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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
Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server
You must install all View Connection Server installation types, including standard, replica, and security
server installations, on a dedicated physical or virtual machine that meets specific hardware requirements.
Table 1‑1. View Connection Server Hardware Requirements
Hardware Component Required Recommended
Processor Pentium IV 2.0GHz processor
or higher
4 CPUs
Networking One or more 10/100Mbps
network interface cards (NICs)
1Gbps NICs
Memory
Windows Server 2008 64-bit
4GB RAM or higher At least 10GB RAM for deployments of 50 or more
View desktops
These requirements also apply to replica and security server View Connection Server instances that you
install for high availability or external access.
IMPORTANT The physical or virtual machine that hosts View Connection Server must use a static IP address.
Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server
You must install View Connection Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.
The following operating systems support all View Connection Server installation types, including standard,
replica, and security server installations.
Table 1‑2. Operating System Support for View Connection Server
Operating System Version Edition
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
Virtualization Software Requirements for View Connection Server
View Connection Server requires certain versions of VMware virtualization software.
If you are using vSphere, you must use a supported version of vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.
For details about which versions of Horizon View are compatible with which versions of vCenter Server and
ESX/ESXi, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php.
Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server Instances
If you install replicated View Connection Server instances, configure the instances in the same location and
connect them over a high-performance LAN.
When installing replicated View Connection Server instances, you must configure the instances in the same
physical location and connect them over a high-performance LAN. Do not use a WAN, MAN (metropolitan
area network), or other non-LAN to connect replicated View Connection Server instances.
Even a high-performance WAN, MAN, or other non-LAN with low average latency and high throughput
might have periods when the network cannot deliver the performance characteristics that are needed for
View Connection Server instances to maintain consistency.
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