5.2
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
Index
A
Active Directory
configuring domains and trust relationships 21
preparing for smart card authentication 25
preparing for use with View 21
Active Directory groups
creating for kiosk mode client accounts 22
creating for View users and administrators 22
ADM template files 24
antivirus software, View Composer 37
B
browser requirements 9
C
CBRC, configuring for vCenter Server 99
certificate revocation checking, enabling 82
certificate signing requests, See CSRs
certificates
accept the thumbprint 102
benefits of using 88
checking in View Client 83
configuration overview 73
configuring clients to trust the root 80
creating new 74
determining when to configure for View
Composer 35
friendly name 77
guidelines and concepts 71
importing into a Windows certificate store 75
obtaining from a CA 74
obtaining signatures from Windows Certificate
Store 74
replacing the default 71
requirements 71
trusting vCenter Server certificates in View
Administrator 88
trusting View Composer certificates in View
Administrator 88
View Client for iPad 81
View Client for Mac OS X 81
View Transfer Server 87
certutil command 27
CRL (certificate revocation list) 82
CSRs, creating through Windows Certificate
Enrollment 74
D
databases
creating for View Composer 29
View events 121, 123
default certificate, replacing 71
direct connections, configuring 104
DNS resolution, View Composer 37
documentation feedback, how to provide 5
domain filtering 22
E
Enterprise NTAuth store, adding root
certificates 27
ESX/ESXi hosts, View Composer 37
event database
creating for View 121, 123
SQL Server configuration 122
events, sent to Syslog servers 124
external URLs
configuring for a View Connection Server
instance 107
modifying for a security server 108
purpose and format 106
F
Firefox, supported versions 9
firewall rules
back-end firewall 58
View Connection Server 57
View Transfer Server 67
firewalls, configuring 40
friendly name
modifying for SSL certificates 77
registry setting for the PSG 86
G
glossary, where to find 5
GPOs, linking to a View desktop OU 24
Group Policy Objects, See GPOs
GroupPolicyFiles directory 24
guest operating system software
requirements 15
H
hardware requirements
PCoIP 16
VMware, Inc. 127