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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
Procedure
1 Log in to the Windows Server computer and click Start > Run.
2 Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
3 In the Group Policy Object Editor, click Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration.
4 Expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, open the Windows Installer
folder, and double-click Always install with elevated privileges.
5 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
6 In the left pane, click User Configuration.
7 Expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, open the Windows Installer
folder, and double-click Always install with elevated privileges.
8 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
What to do next
Install View Transfer Server silently.
Install View Transfer Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Transfer
Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the command line and do not have to
respond to wizard prompts.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server on which you will install
View Transfer Server.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the View Transfer Server requirements described in “View
Transfer Server Requirements,” on page 11.
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Verify that you have a license to install View Transfer Server and use local desktops.
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Verify that the virtual machine on which you install View Transfer Server has version 2.0 or later of the
MSI runtime engine. For details, see the Microsoft Web site.
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Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See “Microsoft Windows Installer
Command-Line Options,” on page 60.
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Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with View Transfer Server. See
“Silent Installation Properties for View Transfer Server,” on page 69.
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Verify that the Windows Installer group policies that are required for silent installation are configured
on the Windows Server computer. See “Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Transfer
Server,” on page 67.
Procedure
1 Download the View Connection Server installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/ to the Windows Server computer.
The installer filename is VMware-viewconnectionserver-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where xxxxxx is the
build number and y.y.y is the version number.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows Server computer.
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