Installation
Table Of Contents
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- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing Horizon 7 in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up Horizon 7 in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere, Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for Horizon 7 Servers in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Windows Operating Systems for Desktops and RDS Hosts in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Clients in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Remoting Protocols in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Authentication Types in an IPv6 Environment
- Other Supported Features in an IPv6 Environment
- Installing Horizon 7 in FIPS Mode
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Creating a User Account for a Standalone View Composer Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- Create a User Account for Instant-Clone Operations
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using Horizon 7 Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Disable Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS
- Installing View Composer
- Prepare a View Composer Database
- Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer
- Install the View Composer Service
- Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from View Composer
- Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer
- Installing Horizon Connection Server
- Installing the Horizon Connection Server Software
- Installation Prerequisites for Horizon Connection Server
- Install Horizon Connection Server with a New Configuration
- Install a Replicated Instance of Horizon Connection Server
- Configure a Security Server Pairing Password
- Install a Security Server
- Firewall Rules for Horizon Connection Server
- Reinstall Horizon Connection Server with a Backup Configuration
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling Horizon 7 Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring SSL Certificates for Horizon 7 Servers
- Understanding SSL Certificates for Horizon 7 Servers
- Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates
- Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA
- Configure Horizon Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Configure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Setting Horizon Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on Horizon Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring Horizon 7 for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server, View Composer, and Instant Clones
- Configuring Horizon Connection Server for the First Time
- Horizon Administrator and Horizon Connection Server
- Log In to Horizon Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to Horizon 7
- Configure View Composer Settings
- Configure View Composer Domains
- Add an Instant-Clone Domain Administrator
- Allow vSphere to Reclaim Disk Space in Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for vCenter Server
- Concurrent Operations Limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Setting a Concurrent Power Operations Rate to Support Remote Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring Horizon Client Connections
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and Secure Tunnel Connections
- Configure the Blast Secure Gateway
- Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
- Set the External URLs for an Horizon Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When Horizon Connection Server Returns Address Information
- Allow HTML Access Through a Load Balancer
- Allow HTML Access Through a Gateway
- Replacing Default Ports for Horizon 7 Services
- Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for Horizon Connection Server Instances and Security Servers
- Replace the Default Ports or NICs for the PCoIP Secure Gateway on Horizon Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Control Port for PCoIP Secure Gateway on Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Port for View Composer
- Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to Connection Server
- Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Connection Server
- Enable Remote Access to Horizon 7 Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
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VMware Horizon View Web Component
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VMware VDMDS, which provides View LDAP directory services
For information about these services, see the View Administration document.
If the Install HTML Access setting was selected during the installation, the HTML Access component is
installed on the Windows Server computer. This component configures the HTML Access icon in the
Horizon 7 user portal page and enables the VMware Horizon View Connection Server (Blast-In) rule in
the Windows Firewall. This firewall rule allows Web browsers on client devices to connect to the
Connection Server on TCP port 8443.
What to do next
Configure an SSL server certificate for the Connection Server instance. See Chapter 8 Configuring SSL
Certificates for Horizon 7 Servers.
You do not have to perform an initial Horizon 7 configuration on a replicated instance of Connection
Server. The replicated instance inherits its configuration from the existing Connection Server instance.
However, you might have to configure client connection settings for this Connection Server instance, and
you can tune Windows Server settings to support a large deployment. See Configuring Horizon Client
Connections and Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment.
If you are reinstalling Connection Server and you have a data collector set configured to monitor
performance data, stop the data collector set and start it again.
Install a Replicated Instance of Horizon Connection Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a replicated
instance of Connection Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the
command line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy Horizon 7 components in a large enterprise.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one Connection Server instance is installed and configured on the network.
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To install the replicated instance, you must log in as a user with credentials to access the
Administrators account. You specify the Administrators account when you install the first instance of
Connection Server. The account can be the local Administrators group or a domain user or group
account. See Install Horizon Connection Server with a New Configuration.
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If the existing Connection Server instance is in a different domain than the replicated instance, the
domain user must also have Administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer where the
existing instance is installed.
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If you use MIT Kerberos authentication to log in to a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer on which
you are installing Connection Server, install the Microsoft hotfix that is described in KB 978116 at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978116.
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