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Table 1-9. View Connection Server and Security Server Resources (Continued)
Resource Location Protection
Log files
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \Application Data\VMware\VDM\logs
<Drive Letter> :\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\VMware\VDM\logs
Protected by access control.
web.xml
(Tomcat configuration
file)
install_directory \VMware View\Server\broker\web
apps\ROOT\Web INF
Protected by access control.
Table 1-10. View Transfer Server Resources
Resource Location Protection
httpd.conf
(Apache configuration
file)
install_directory \VMware\VMware
View\Server\httpd\conf
Can be protected by access
control. Ensure that this file is
secured against access by any
user other than View
administrators.
Log files
<Drive Letter> :\ProgramData\VMware\VDM\logs
(Windows Server 2008 R2)
<Drive Letter> :\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache2\logs (Apache server)
Protected by access control.
View Log Files
VMware Horizon View software creates log files that record the installation and operation of its components.
NOTE View log files are intended for use by VMware Support. VMware recommends that you configure and
use the event database to monitor View. For more information, see the VMware Horizon View Installation and
VMware Horizon View Integration documents.
Table 1-11. View Log Files
View Component File Path and Other Information
All components (installation logs) %TEMP%\vminst.log_date_timestamp
%TEMP%\vmmsi.log_date_timestamp
View Agent Windows XP guest OS:
<Drive Letter> :\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\VDM\logs
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 guest OS:
<Drive Letter> :\ProgramData\VMware\VDM\logs
If a User Data Disk (UDD) is configured, <Drive Letter> might correspond to the UDD.
The logs for PCoIP are named pcoip_agent*.log and pcoip_server*.log.
View Applications View Event Database configured on an SQL Server or Oracle database server.
Windows Application Event logs. Disabled by default.
View Client with Local Mode Windows XP host OS:
C:\Documents and Settings\ %username% \Local Settings\Application
Data\VMware\VDM\Logs\
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 host OS:
C:\Users\ %username% \AppData\Local\VMware\VDM\Logs\
View Composer %system_drive%\Windows\Temp\vmware-viewcomposer-ga-new.log on the
linked-clone desktop.
The View Composer log contains information about the execution of QuickPrep and
Sysprep scripts. The log records the start time and end time of script execution, and
any output or error messages.
VMware Horizon View Security
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