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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
Supported Operating Systems for Standalone View Persona
Management
The standalone View Persona Management software provides persona management for standalone physical
computers and virtual machines that do not have View Agent 5.x installed. When users log in, their profiles
are downloaded dynamically from a remote profile repository to their standalone systems.
NOTE To configure View Persona Management for View desktops, install View Agent with the View
Persona Management setup option. The standalone View Persona Management software is intended for
non-View systems only.
Table 2-2 lists the operating systems supported for the standalone View Persona Management software.
Table 2‑2. Operating System Support for Standalone View Persona Management
Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack
Windows 8 64-bit and 32-bit Pro - Desktop and Enterprise -
Desktop
N/A
Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and Professional None and SP1
Windows Vista 32-bit Business and Enterprise SP1 and SP2
Windows XP 32-bit Professional SP3
The standalone View Persona Management software is not supported on Microsoft Terminal Services or
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
Remote Display Protocol and Software Support
Remote display protocols and software provide access to the desktops of remote computers over a network
connection. View Client supports the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and PCoIP from VMware.
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PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment,
including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or
across the WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to
ensure that end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.
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Remote Desktop Protocol is the same multichannel protocol many people already use to access their
work computer from their home computer. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) uses RDP to
transmit data.
Horizon View with PCoIP
PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment,
including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or across the
WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end
users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.
PCoIP is supported as the display protocol for View desktops with virtual machines and with physical
machines that contain Teradici host cards.
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