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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
5 In the Create a New Data Source to SQL Server setup wizard, type a name and description of the View
Composer database.
For example: ViewComposer
6 In the Server text box, type the SQL Server database name.
Use the form host_name\server_name, where host_name is the name of the computer and server_name is
the SQL Server instance.
For example: VCHOST1\VIM_SQLEXP
7 Click Next.
8 Make sure that the Connect to SQL Server to obtain default settings for the additional configuration
options check box is selected and select an authentication option.
Option Description
Integrate Windows authentication
Select this option if you are using a local instance of SQL Server. This
option is also known as trusted authentication. Integrate Windows
authentication is supported only if SQL Server is running on the local
computer.
SQL Server authentication
Select this option if you are using a remote instance of SQL Server.
Windows NT authentication is not supported on remote SQL Server.
If you manually set SQL Server database permissions and assigned them
to a user, authenticate with that user. For example, authenticate with the
user vcmpuser. If not, authenticate as the sysadmin (SA) or a user account
with sysadmin privileges.
9 Click Next.
10 Select the Change the default database to check box and select the name of the View Composer
database from the list.
For example: ViewComposer
11 If the SQL Server connection is configured with SSL enabled, navigate to the Microsoft SQL Server DSN
Configuration page and select Use strong encryption for data.
12 Finish and close the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard.
What to do next
Install the new View Composer service. See “Install the View Composer Service,” on page 47.
Create an Oracle Database for View Composer
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.
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Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 12c or 11g on page 44
You can use the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant to add a new View Composer database to an
existing Oracle 12c or 11g instance.
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Use a SQL Statement to Add a View Composer Database to an Oracle Instance on page 44
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Configure an Oracle Database User for View Composer on page 45
By default, the database user that runs the View Composer database has Oracle system administrator
permissions. To restrict the security permissions for the user that runs the View Composer database,
you must configure an Oracle database user with specific permissions.
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