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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
View Composer supports a subset of the database servers that vCenter Server supports. If you are already
using vCenter Server with a database server that is not supported by View Composer, continue to use that
database server for vCenter Server and install a separate database server to use for View Composer and
View Manager database events.
IMPORTANT If you create the View Composer database on the same SQL Server instance as vCenter Server,
do not overwrite the vCenter Server database.
Table 1-5 lists the supported database servers and versions. For a complete list of database versions
supported with vCenter Server, see the VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes on the VMware vSphere
documentation Web site.
The versions of vCenter Server listed in the table column headings are general. For specific supported
update versions of each vCenter Server release, see the VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes on the
VMware vSphere documentation Web site.
Table 1‑5. Supported Database Servers for View Composer
Database
vCenter
Server 5.1
vCenter
Server 5.0
vCenter
Server 4.1
vCenter
Server 4.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP4), Standard, Enterprise, and
Datacenter
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Standard
only
Standard
only
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express (R2 SP1)
(64-bit)
Yes Yes No No
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP2), Standard, Enterprise, and
Datacenter
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (R2), Standard and Enterprise
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oracle 10g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and
Enterprise [10.2.0.4]
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oracle 11g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and
Enterprise [11.2.0.1]
with Patch 5
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
NOTE If you use an Oracle 11g R2 database, you must install Oracle 11.2.0.1 Patch 5. This patch requirement
applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
View Transfer Server Requirements
View Transfer Server is an optional View Manager component that supports check in, check out, and
replication of desktops that run in local mode. View Transfer Server has specific installation, operating
system, and storage requirements.
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Installation and Upgrade Requirements for View Transfer Server on page 12
You must install View Transfer Server as a Windows application in a virtual machine that meets
specific requirements.
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Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server on page 12
You must install View Transfer Server on a supported operating system with at least the minimum
required amount of RAM.
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