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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
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Installing View Transfer Server 63
Install View Transfer Server 64
Add View Transfer Server to View Manager 65
Configure the Transfer Server Repository 66
Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server 67
Installing View Transfer Server Silently 67
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Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers 71
Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers 71
Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates 73
Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA 74
Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL
Certificate 75
Configure View Clients to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates 80
Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates 82
Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows 83
Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate 83
View Transfer Server and SSL Certificates 87
Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate 88
Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA 88
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Configuring View for the First Time 89
Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer 89
Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time 93
Configuring View Client Connections 103
Replacing Default Ports for View Services 109
Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment 112
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Adding the View Desktops Plug-in to the vSphere Web Client 115
Add the View Desktops Plug-in 115
Search for View Users in the vSphere Web Client 119
Remove the View Desktops Plug-in 120
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Configuring Event Reporting 121
Add a Database and Database User for View Events 121
Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting 122
Configure the Event Database 123
Configure Event Logging for Syslog Servers 124
Index 127
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