5.2

Prerequisites
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Install the View Connection Server product license key.
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Prepare a vCenter Server user with permission to perform the operations in vCenter Server that are
necessary
to support View Manager. To use View Composer, you must give the user additional privileges.
To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give the user privileges in addition to those
that are required for View Manager and View Composer.
For details about configuring a vCenter Server user for View Manager, see the VMware Horizon View
Installation document.
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Verify that an SSL server certificate is installed on the vCenter Server host. In a production environment,
install a valid SSL certificate that is signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).
In a testing environment, you can use the default certificate that is installed with vCenter Server, but you
must accept the certificate thumbprint when you add vCenter Server to View.
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Verify that all View Connection Server instances in the replicated group trust the root CA certificate for
the server certificate that is installed on the vCenter Server host. Check if the root CA certificate is in the
Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates folder in the Windows local computer certificate
stores on the View Connection Server hosts. If it is not, import the root CA certificate into the Windows
local computer certificate stores.
See "Import a Root Certificate and Intermediate Certificates into a Windows Certificate Store" in the
VMware Horizon View Installation document.
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Verify that the vCenter Server instance contains ESXi hosts. If no hosts are configured in the vCenter Server
instance, you cannot add the instance to View.
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Familiarize yourself with the settings that determine the maximum operations limits for vCenter Server
and View Composer. See “Concurrent Operations Limits for vCenter Server and View Composer,” on
page 21 and “Setting a Concurrent Power Operations Rate to Support View Desktop Logon Storms,” on
page 22.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the vCenter Servers tab, click Add.
3 In the vCenter Server Settings server address text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of
the vCenter Server instance.
The FQDN includes the host name and domain name. For example, in the FQDN
myserverhost . companydomain .com, myserverhost is the host name and companydomain .com is the domain.
NOTE If you enter a server by using a DNS name or URL, View Manager does not perform a DNS lookup
to verify whether an administrator previously added this server to View Manager by using its IP address.
A conflict arises if you add a vCenter Server with both its DNS name and its IP address.
4 Type the name of the vCenter Server user.
For example: domain\user or [e-mail]
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Type the vCenter Server user password.
6 (Optional) Type a description for this vCenter Server instance.
7 Type the TCP port number.
The default port is 443.
8 Under Advanced Settings, set the concurrent operations limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
operations.
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