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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
By default, the system can create a maximum of approximately 16,000 ephemeral ports that run
concurrently on Windows Server 2008. 16,000 ephemeral ports can support more than 2,000 concurrent
client connections, the maximum supported number for a View Connection Server instance.
On Windows Server 2008 computers, you do not need to increase the maximum size of the TCB hash table.
Windows Server 2008 fully tunes this value by default.
For hardware and memory requirements for View Connection Server, see “Hardware Requirements for
View Connection Server,” on page 8.
For hardware and memory recommendations for using View Connection Server in a large View
deployment, see "View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration" in VMware
Horizon View Architecture Planning.
Sizing the Java Virtual Machine
The View Connection Server installer sizes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) heap memory on View
Connection Server computers to support a large number of concurrent View desktop sessions.
On a 64-bit Windows Server computer with at least 10GB of memory, the installer configures a JVM heap
size of 2GB for the View Secure Gateway Server component. This configuration supports approximately
2,000 concurrent tunnel sessions, the maximum number that View Connection Server can support. There is
no benefit in increasing the JVM heap size on a 64-bit computer with 10GB of memory.
NOTE On a 64-bit View Connection Server computer, 10GB of memory is recommended for deployments of
50 or more View desktops. Configure less than 10GB of memory for small, proof-of-concept deployments
only.
If a 64-bit computer has less than 10GB of memory, the installer configures a JVM heap size of 512MB for the
View Secure Gateway Server component. If the computer has the required minimum of 4GB of memory, this
configuration supports approximately 500 concurrent tunnel sessions. This configuration is more than
adequate to support small, proof-of-concept deployments.
If you increase a 64-bit computer's memory to 10GB to support a larger deployment, View Connection
Server does not increase the JVM heap size. To adust the JVM heap size to the recommended value, reinstall
View Connection Server.
IMPORTANT Do not change the JVM heap size on 64-bit Windows Server computers. Changing this value
might make View Connection Server behavior unstable. On 64-bit computers, the View Connection Server
installer sets the JVM heap size to accord with the physical memory. If you change the physical memory on
a 64-bit View Connection Server computer, reinstall View Connection Server to reset the JVM heap size.
Configure the System Page-File Settings
You can optimize the virtual memory on the Windows Server computers on which your View Connection
Server instances are installed by changing the system page-file settings.
When Windows Server is installed, Windows calculates an initial and maximum page-file size based on the
physical memory installed on the computer. These default settings remain fixed even after you restart the
computer.
If the Windows Server computer is a virtual machine, you can change the memory size through vCenter
Server. However, if Windows uses the default setting, the system page-file size does not adjust to the new
memory size.
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