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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
3 Type the installation command on one line.
For example: VMware-viewconnectionserver-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn
VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=4"
The VMware View Transfer Server, View Transfer Server Control Service, and VMware View Framework
Component services are installed and started on the virtual machine.
What to do next
In View Administrator, add View Transfer Server to your View Manager deployment.
Silent Installation Properties for View Transfer Server
You can include specific properties when you silently install a View Transfer 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 6‑2. MSI Properties for Silently Installing View Transfer 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 View Transfer Server, define
VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=4
This MSI property is optional for a standard installation. It is required
for all other types of installation.
1
SERVERDOMAIN The network domain of the virtual machine on which you install View
Transfer Server. This value corresponds to the Apache Web Server
network domain that is configured during an interactive installation.
For example: SERVERDOMAIN=companydomain.com
If you specify a custom Apache Web Server domain with the MSI
property, SERVERDOMAIN, you also must specify custom SERVERNAME
and SERVERADMIN properties.
This MSI property is optional.
None
SERVERNAME The host name of the virtual machine on which you install View
Transfer Server. This value corresponds to the Apache Web Server host
name that is configured during an interactive installation.
For example: SERVERNAME=ts1.companydomain.com
If you specify a custom Apache Web Server host name with the MSI
property, SERVERNAME, you also must specify custom SERVERDOMAIN
and SERVERADMIN properties.
This MSI property is optional.
None
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