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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
Storage Requirements for View Transfer Server
View Transfer Server transfers static content to and from the Transfer Server repository and dynamic
content between local desktops and remote desktops in the datacenter. View Transfer Server has specific
storage requirements.
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The disk drive on which you configure the Transfer Server repository must have enough space to store
your static image files. Image files are View Composer base images.
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View Transfer Server must have access to the datastores that store the desktop disks to be transferred.
The datastores must be accessible from the ESX/ESXi host where the View Transfer Server virtual
machine is running.
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The recommended maximum number of concurrent disk transfers that View Transfer Server can
support is 20.
During a transfer operation, a local desktop's virtual disk is mounted on View Transfer Server. The
View Transfer Server virtual machine has four SCSI controllers. This configuration allows
multiple disks to be attached to the virtual machine at one time.
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Because local desktops can contain sensitive user data, make sure data is encrypted during its transit
over the network.
In View Administrator, you can configure data-transfer security options on each View Connection
Server instance. To configure these options in View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers,
select a View Connection Server instance, and click Edit.
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When View Transfer Server is added to View Manager, its Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
automation policy is set to Manual, which effectively disables DRS.
To migrate a View Transfer Server instance to another ESX host or datastore, you must place the
instance in maintenance mode before you begin the migration.
When View Transfer Server is removed from View Manager, the DRS automation policy is reset to the
value it had before View Transfer Server was added to View Manager.
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