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Upgrade Horizon Client Online
You can congure Horizon Client to check for and install updates automatically each time it starts. You can
also check for and install updates manually.
If Horizon Client detects a new version, you can choose to download and install the new version, have
Horizon Client remind you to install the new version the next time it starts, or skip the new version. If you
skip a new version when checking for updates manually, the automatic update checking process also skips
that version.
Procedure
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To congure Horizon Client to check for and install updates each time it starts, select VMware Horizon
Client > Preferences and select the Automatically check for updates check box.
The Automatically check for updates check box is selected by default.
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To manually check for and install an update, select VMware Horizon Client > Check for Updates.
Add Horizon Client to the Dock
You can add Horizon Client to the Dock.
Procedure
1 In the Applications folder, select VMware Horizon Client.
2 Drag the VMware Horizon Client icon to the Dock.
3 To congure the Dock icon to open Horizon Client at login or to show the icon in the Finder, right-click
the icon on the Dock, select Options, and select the appropriate command from the context menu.
When you quit Horizon Client, the application shortcut remains in the Dock.
Setting the Certificate Checking Mode in Horizon Client
You can determine whether client connections are rejected if any or some server certicate checks fail by
conguring a seing in Horizon Client.
You can congure the default certicate verication mode and prevent end users from changing it in
Horizon Client. For more information, see “Conguring Certicate Checking for End Users,” on page 14.
Certicate checking occurs for SSL connections between the server and Horizon Client. Certicate
verication includes the following checks:
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Is the certicate intended for a purpose other than verifying the identity of the sender and encrypting
server communications? That is, is it the correct type of certicate?
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Has the certicate expired, or is it valid only in the future? That is, is the certicate valid according to
the computer clock?
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Does the common name on the certicate match the host name of the server that sends it? A mismatch
can occur if a load balancer redirects Horizon Client to a server that has a certicate that does not match
the host name entered in Horizon Client. Another reason a mismatch can occur is if you enter an IP
address rather than a host name in the client.
Chapter 1 Setup and Installation
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