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Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon View Installation
- Contents
- VMware Horizon View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for View Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for View Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Installing 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 Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Installing View Transfer Server
- 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 View Clients to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- View Transfer Server and SSL Certificates
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
- Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local Mode
- View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- View Administrator and View Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the View Connection Server License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View Manager
- 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 View Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring View Client Connections
- 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
- Replace the Default Ports for View Transfer Server
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Adding the View Desktops Plug-in to the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
Supported Operating Systems for View Composer
View Composer supports 64-bit operating systems with specific requirements and limitations. You can
install View Composer on the same physical or virtual machine as vCenter Server or on a separate server.
Table 1‑3. Operating System Support for View Composer
Operating System Version Edition
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
If you plan to install View Composer on a different physical or virtual machine than vCenter Server, see
“Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer,” on page 10.
Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer
With View 5.1 and later releases, View Composer is no longer required to be installed on the same physical
or virtual machine as vCenter Server. If you install View Composer on a separate server, you must use a
dedicated physical or virtual machine that meets specific hardware requirements.
A standalone View Composer installation works with vCenter Server installed on a Windows Server
computer and with the Linux-based vCenter Server Appliance. VMware recommends having a one-to-one
mapping between each View Composer service and vCenter Server instance.
Table 1‑4. View Composer Hardware Requirements
Hardware Component Required Recommended
Processor 1.4 GHz or faster Intel 64 or
AMD 64 processor with 2 CPUs
2GHz or faster and 4 CPUs
Networking One or more 10/100Mbps
network interface cards (NICs)
1Gbps NICs
Memory 4GB RAM or higher 8GB RAM or higher for deployments of 50 or more
View desktops
Disk space 40GB 60GB
IMPORTANT The physical or virtual machine that hosts View Composer must use a static IP address.
Database Requirements for View Composer
View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on, or be
available to, the View Composer server host.
If a database server already exists for vCenter Server, View Composer can use that existing database server
if it is a version listed in Table 1-5. For example, View Composer can use the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or
2008 Express instance provided with vCenter Server. If a database server does not already exist, you must
install one.
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