Administration
Table Of Contents
- View Administration
- Contents
- View Administration
- Using Horizon Administrator
- Configuring View Connection Server
- Configuring vCenter Server and View Composer
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- Add vCenter Server Instances to Horizon 7
- Configure View Composer Settings
- Configure View Composer Domains
- 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
- Remove a vCenter Server Instance from View
- Remove View Composer from View
- Conflicting vCenter Server Unique IDs
- Backing Up View Connection Server
- Configuring Settings for Client Sessions
- Set Options for Client Sessions and Connections
- Change the Data Recovery Password
- Global Settings for Client Sessions
- Global Security Settings for Client Sessions and Connections
- Message Security Mode for View Components
- Configure the Secure Tunnel and PCoIP Secure Gateway
- Configure the Blast Secure Gateway
- Off-load SSL Connections to Intermediate Servers
- Configure the Gateway Location for a Horizon Connection Server or Security Server Host
- Disable or Enable View Connection Server
- Edit the External URLs
- Join or Withdraw from the Customer Experience Program
- View LDAP Directory
- Configuring vCenter Server and View Composer
- Setting Up Smart Card Authentication
- Logging In with a Smart Card
- Configure Smart Card Authentication on View Connection Server
- Configure Smart Card Authentication on Third-Party Solutions
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Verify Your Smart Card Authentication Configuration
- Using Smart Card Certificate Revocation Checking
- Setting Up Other Types of User Authentication
- Using Two-Factor Authentication
- Using SAML Authentication
- Using SAML Authentication for VMware Identity Manager Integration
- Configure a SAML Authenticator in Horizon Administrator
- Configure Proxy Support for VMware Identity Manager
- Change the Expiration Period for Service Provider Metadata on Connection Server
- Generate SAML Metadata So That Connection Server Can Be Used as a Service Provider
- Response Time Considerations for Multiple Dynamic SAML Authenticators
- Configure Workspace ONE Access Policies in Horizon Administrator
- Configure Biometric Authentication
- Authenticating Users Without Requiring Credentials
- Providing Unauthenticated Access for Published Applications
- Using the Log In as Current User Feature Available with Windows-Based Horizon Client
- Saving Credentials in Mobile and Mac Horizon Clients
- Setting Up True SSO
- Determining an Architecture for True SSO
- Set Up an Enterprise Certificate Authority
- Create Certificate Templates Used with True SSO
- Install and Set Up an Enrollment Server
- Export the Enrollment Service Client Certificate
- Import the Enrollment Service Client Certificate on the Enrollment Server
- Configure SAML Authentication to Work with True SSO
- Configure View Connection Server for True SSO
- Command-line Reference for Configuring True SSO
- Advanced Configuration Settings for True SSO
- Identify an AD User That Does not Have an AD UPN
- Using the System Health Dashboard to Troubleshoot Issues Related to True SSO
- Configuring Role-Based Delegated Administration
- Understanding Roles and Privileges
- Using Access Groups to Delegate Administration of Pools and Farms
- Understanding Permissions
- Manage Administrators
- Manage and Review Permissions
- Manage and Review Access Groups
- Manage Custom Roles
- Predefined Roles and Privileges
- Required Privileges for Common Tasks
- Best Practices for Administrator Users and Groups
- Configuring Policies in Horizon Administrator and Active Directory
- Maintaining View Components
- Backing Up and Restoring View Configuration Data
- Monitor View Components
- Monitor Machine Status
- Understanding View Services
- Change the Product License Key
- Monitoring Product License Usage
- Update General User Information from Active Directory
- Migrate View Composer to Another Machine
- Update the Certificates on a View Connection Server Instance, Security Server, or View Composer
- Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Managing ThinApp Applications in View Administrator
- View Requirements for ThinApp Applications
- Capturing and Storing Application Packages
- Assigning ThinApp Applications to Machines and Desktop Pools
- Best Practices for Assigning ThinApp Applications
- Assign a ThinApp Application to Multiple Machines
- Assign Multiple ThinApp Applications to a Machine
- Assign a ThinApp Application to Multiple Desktop Pools
- Assign Multiple ThinApp Applications to a Desktop Pool
- Assign a ThinApp Template to a Machine or Desktop Pool
- Review ThinApp Application Assignments
- Display MSI Package Information
- Maintaining ThinApp Applications in View Administrator
- Remove a ThinApp Application Assignment from Multiple Machines
- Remove Multiple ThinApp Application Assignments from a Machine
- Remove a ThinApp Application Assignment from Multiple Desktop Pools
- Remove Multiple ThinApp Application Assignments from a Desktop Pool
- Remove a ThinApp Application from View Administrator
- Modify or Delete a ThinApp Template
- Remove an Application Repository
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting ThinApp Applications in View Administrator
- ThinApp Configuration Example
- Setting Up Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Configure Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Prepare Active Directory and View for Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Set Default Values for Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Display the MAC Addresses of Client Devices
- Add Accounts for Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Enable Authentication of Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Verify the Configuration of Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Connect to Remote Desktops from Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Configure Clients in Kiosk Mode
- Troubleshooting Horizon 7
- Using Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Verify Horizon Help Desk Tool License
- Configure Role-Based Access for Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Log In to Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Troubleshooting Users in Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Session Details for Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Session Processes for Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Application Status for Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Troubleshoot Desktop or Application Sessions in Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Monitoring System Health
- Monitor Events in Horizon 7
- Collecting Diagnostic Information for Horizon 7
- Create a Data Collection Tool Bundle for Horizon Agent
- Save Diagnostic Information for Horizon Client
- Collect Diagnostic Information for View Composer Using the Support Script
- Collect Diagnostic Information for Horizon Connection Server
- Collect Diagnostic Information for Horizon Agent , Horizon Client, or Horizon Connection Server from the Console
- Update Support Requests
- Troubleshooting an Unsuccessful Security Server Pairing with Horizon Connection Server
- Troubleshooting View Server Certificate Revocation Checking
- Troubleshooting Smart Card Certificate Revocation Checking
- Further Troubleshooting Information
- Using Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Using the vdmadmin Command
- vdmadmin Command Usage
- Configuring Logging in Horizon Agent Using the -A Option
- Overriding IP Addresses Using the -A Option
- Setting the Name of a View Connection Server Group Using the ‑C Option
- Updating Foreign Security Principals Using the ‑F Option
- Listing and Displaying Health Monitors Using the ‑H Option
- Listing and Displaying Reports of View Operation Using the ‑I Option
- Generating View Event Log Messages in Syslog Format Using the ‑I Option
- Assigning Dedicated Machines Using the ‑L Option
- Displaying Information About Machines Using the -M Option
- Reclaiming Disk Space on Virtual Machines Using the ‑M Option
- Configuring Domain Filters Using the ‑N Option
- Configuring Domain Filters
- Displaying the Machines and Policies of Unentitled Users Using the ‑O and ‑P Options
- Configuring Clients in Kiosk Mode Using the ‑Q Option
- Displaying the First User of a Machine Using the -R Option
- Removing the Entry for a View Connection Server Instance or Security Server Using the ‑S Option
- Providing Secondary Credentials for Administrators Using the ‑T Option
- Displaying Information About Users Using the ‑U Option
- Unlocking or Locking Virtual Machines Using the ‑V Option
- Detecting and Resolving LDAP Entry and Schema Collisions Using the -X Option
What to do next
When you use the vdmimport utility to restore a backup View configuration, provide the new password.
Global Settings for Client Sessions
General global settings determine session timeout lengths, SSO enablement and timeout limits, status
updates in View Administrator, whether prelogin and warning messages are displayed, whether View
Administrator treats Windows Server as a supported operating system for remote desktops, and other
settings.
Changes to any of the settings in the following table take effect immediately. You do not need to restart
View Connection Server or Horizon Client.
Table 2‑2. General Global Settings for Client Sessions
Setting Description
View Administrator session timeout Determines how long an idle View Administrator session continues before the session
times out.
Important Setting the View Administrator session timeout to a high number of minutes
increases the risk of unauthorized use of View Administrator. Use caution when you
allow an idle session to persist a long time.
By default, the View Administrator session timeout is 30 minutes. You can set a session
timeout from 1 to 4320 minutes (72 hours).
Forcibly disconnect users Disconnects all desktops and applications after the specified number of minutes has
passed since the user logged in to View. All desktops and applications will be
disconnected at the same time regardless of when the user opened them.
For clients that do not support application remoting, a maximum timeout value of 1200
minutes applies if the value of this setting is Never or greater than 1200 minutes.
The default is After 600 minutes.
Single sign-on (SSO) If SSO is enabled, View caches a user's credentials so that the user can launch remote
desktops or applications without having to provide credentials to log in to the remote
Windows session. The default is Enabled.
If you plan to use the True SSO feature, introduced in Horizon 7 or later, SSO must be
enabled. With True SSO, if a user logs in using some other form of authentication than
Active Directory credentials, the True SSO feature generates short-term certificates to
use, rather than cached credentials, after users log in to VMware Identity Manager.
Note If a desktop is launched from Horizon Client, and the desktop is locked, either by
the user or by Windows based on a security policy, and if the desktop is running View
Agent 6.0 or later or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, View Connection Server discards the
user's SSO credentials. The user must provide login credentials to launch a new desktop
or a new application, or reconnect to any disconnected desktop or application. To enable
SSO again, the user must disconnect from View Connection Server or exit
Horizon Client, and reconnect to View Connection Server. However, if the desktop is
launched from Workspace ONE or VMware Identity Manager and the desktop is locked,
SSO credentials are not discarded.
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