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Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing View in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up View in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere, Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for View 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 View 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 View 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 View Connection Server
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server
- Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration
- Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server
- Configure a Security Server Pairing Password
- Install a Security Server
- Firewall Rules for View Connection Server
- Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Configuration
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates
- Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA
- Configure View 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 View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- View Administrator and View Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View
- 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
- 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 a View Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When View Connection Server Returns Address Information
- Allow HTML Access Through a Load Balancer
- Allow HTML Access Through a Gateway
- Replacing Default Ports for View Services
- Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for View Connection Server Instances and Security Servers
- Replace the Default Ports or NICs for the PCoIP Secure Gateway on View 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 View Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
For a list of supported database versions, see “Database Requirements for View Composer and the Events
Database,” on page 11.
To add a View Composer database to an installed database instance, choose one of these procedures.
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Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer on page 40
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a
View Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.
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Create an Oracle Database for View Composer on page 43
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 12c or 11g database. You
create a View Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle instance and configuring an
ODBC data source for it. You can add a new View Composer database by using the Oracle Database
Configuration Assistant or by running a SQL statement.
Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a View
Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.
Procedure
1 Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server on page 40
You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Microsoft SQL Server instance to store
linked-clone data for View Composer.
2 (Optional) Set SQL Server Database Permissions By Manually Creating Database Roles on page 41
By using this recommended method, the View Composer database administrator can set permissions
for View Composer administrators to be granted through Microsoft SQL Server database roles.
3 Add an ODBC Data Source to SQL Server on page 42
After you add a View Composer database to SQL Server, you must configure an ODBC connection to
the new database to make this data source visible to the View Composer service.
Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server
You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Microsoft SQL Server instance to store linked-
clone data for View Composer.
If the database resides locally, on the system on which View Composer will be installed, you can use the
Integrated Windows Authentication security model. If the database resides on a remote system, you cannot
use this method of authentication.
Prerequisites
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Verify that a supported version of SQL Server is installed on the computer on which you will install
View Composer or in your network environment. For details, see “Database Requirements for View
Composer and the Events Database,” on page 11.
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Verify that you use SQL Server Management Studio to create and administer the database.
Alternatively, you can use SQL Server Management Studio Express, which you can download and
install from the following Web site.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7593
Procedure
1 On the View Composer computer, select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
2 Select SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the SQL Server instance.
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