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 database
ODBC data source for Oracle 11g or 10g 34
ODBC data source for SQL Server 31
Oracle 11g and 10g 32
requirements 10, 29
SQL Server 30
View Composer infrastructure
configuring vSphere 37
optimizing 37
testing DNS resolution 37
View Composer installation
installer file 35
overview 29
requirements overview 9
View Composer upgrade
compatibility with vCenter Server versions 10
operating system requirements 10
requirements overview 9
View Connection Server, hardware
requirements 8
View Connection Server configuration
client connections 103
event database 121, 123
events for syslog servers 124
external URL 106, 107
first time 93
overview 39
replacing the default certificate 71
sizing Windows Server settings 112
system page file size 113
trust relationships 21
View Connection Server installation
installation types 39
network configuration 8
overview 39
prerequisites 40
product license key 94
reinstalling with a backup configuration 58
replicated instances 45
requirements overview 7
security servers 51
silent 43
silent installation properties 44
single server 40
supported operating systems 8
virtualization software requirements 8
View desktops
adding plug-in to vSphere Web Client 115
configuring direct connections 104
prerequisite tasks for the View Desktops plug-
in 116
registering the View Desktops plug-in 118
removing the plug-in from vSphere Web
Client 120
View Storage Accelerator, configuring for
vCenter Server 99
View Transfer Server, SSL certificates 87
View Transfer Server configuration
adding an instance 65
Transfer Server repository 66
View Transfer Server installation
group policies for silent installation 67
installer file 64
overview 63
requirements overview 11
silent 67, 68
silent installation properties 69
storage requirements 13
supported operating systems 12
virtual machine requirements 12
vSphere, configuring for View Composer 37
vSphere Web Client
adding View Desktops plug-in 115
configure View Desktops plug-in 115
removing the View Desktops plug-in 120
searching for View users 119
W
Web browser requirements 9
Windows Certificate Store
configuring certificates 75
importing a certificate 76
importing a root certificate 78
obtaining a signed certificate 74
Windows Server, system page file size 113
VMware Horizon View Installation
130 VMware, Inc.