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
View Composer, standalone 10
View Connection Server 8
host caching, for vCenter Server 99
HTML access, configuring 105
HTML Access, opening port 105
httpd.conf file, changing View Transfer Server
port 111
I
initial configuration, View 89
intermediate certificates, adding to intermediate
certification authorities 26
Intermediate Certification Authorities policy 26
Internet Explorer, supported versions 9
IPsec, configuring back-end firewall 58
J
JVM heap size, default 113
K
kiosk mode, Active Directory preparation 22
L
license key, View Connection Server 94
local desktop configuration
adding a View Transfer Server
instance 63–65
creating a vCenter Server user 90
privileges for vCenter Server user 92
M
max concurrent power operations, configuration
guidelines 101
Microsoft SQL Server databases 10
Microsoft Windows Installer
command-line options for silent installation 60
MSI properties for View Transfer Server 69
properties for replicated View Connection
Server 49
properties for security server 55
properties for View Connection Server 44
uninstalling View Components silently 61
MMC, adding the certificate snap-in 76
mod_vprov.conf, changing View Transfer Server
port 111
O
OCSP responder, for certificate revocation
checking 82
ODBC
connecting to Oracle 11g or 10g 34
connecting to SQL Server 31
Oracle 10g, creating a View Composer database
with a script 33
Oracle 10g database
adding an ODBC data source 34
adding for View Composer 32
configuring a database user 33
Oracle 11g, creating a View Composer database
with a script 33
Oracle 11g database
adding an ODBC data source 34
adding for View Composer 32
configuring a database user 33
Oracle databases 10
organizational units, See OUs
OUs
creating for kiosk mode client accounts 22
creating for View desktops 22
P
page-file size, View Connection Server 113
PCoIP, hardware requirements 16
PCoIP Secure Gateway
certificate subject name 84
configuring an SSL certificate 83
external URL 106
importing a certificate 85
preventing legacy client access 87
Persona Management, system requirements for
standalone installation 16
policies
Intermediate Certification Authorities 26
Restricted Groups 24
Trusted Root Certification Authorities 26
port
changing for PCoIP Secure Gateway 110
changing for security server 109
changing for View Composer 111
changing for View Connection Server 109
changing for View Transfer Server 111
ports, replacing defaults 109
power operations, setting concurrency limits 101
professional services 5
R
RDP 18
reinstalling, View Connection Server 58
remote display protocols
PCoIP 16
RDP 18
ReplaceCertificate option, sviconfig utility 79
replicated instances
installing 45
installing silently 47
network requirements 8
silent installation properties 49
Restricted Groups policy, configuring 24
root certificate, importing into Windows
Certificate Store 78
VMware Horizon View Installation
128 VMware, Inc.