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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
What to do next
Configure an SSL server certificate for the security server. See Chapter 7, “Configuring SSL Certificates for
View Servers,” on page 71.
You might have to configure client connection settings for the security server, and you can tune Windows
Server settings to support a large deployment. See “Configuring View Client Connections,” on page 103
and “Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment,” on page 112.
If your users connect to the security server through HTML Access, you must enable a rule in the Windows
Firewall to open the HTML Access port. See “Open the Port Used by HTML Access on Security Servers,” on
page 105.
Silent Installation Properties for a Security Server
You can include specific properties when you silently install a security server from the command line. You
must use a PROPERTY=value format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties
and values.
Table 5‑3. MSI Properties for Silently Installing a Security Server
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the View Connection Server software is
installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the MSI
installer to interpret the space as a valid part of the path.
This MSI property is optional.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware
View\Server
VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_
TYPE
The type of View server installation:
n
1. Standard installation
n
2. Replica installation
n
3. Security server installation
n
4. View Transfer Server installation
To install a security server, define VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=3
This MSI property is required when installing a security server.
1
VDM_SERVER_NAME The host name or IP address of the existing View Connection Server
instance to pair with the security server.
For example: VDM_SERVER_NAME=cs1.internaldomain.com
This MSI property is required.
None
VDM_SERVER_SS_EXTURL The external URL of the security server. The URL must contain the
protocol, externally resolvable security server name, and port number
For example:
VDM_SERVER_SS_EXTURL=https://view.companydomain.com:443
This MSI property is required.
None
VDM_SERVER_SS_PWD The security server pairing password.
For example: VDM_SERVER_SS_PWD=secret
This MSI property is required.
None
FWCHOICE The MSI property that determines whether to configure a firewall for
the View Connection Server instance.
A value of 1 configures a firewall. A value of 2 does not configure a
firewall.
For example: FWCHOICE=1
This MSI property is optional.
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