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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
Configuring View for the First Time 8
After you install the View server software and configure SSL certificates for the servers, you must take a few
additional steps to set up a working View environment.
You configure user accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer, install a View license key, add vCenter
Server and View Composer to your View environment, configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and secure
tunnel, and, optionally, size Windows Server settings to support your View environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer,” on page 89
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“Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time,” on page 93
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“Configuring View Client Connections,” on page 103
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“Replacing Default Ports for View Services,” on page 109
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“Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment,” on page 112
Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
To use vCenter Server with View Manager, you must configure a user account with permission to perform
operations in vCenter Server. To use View Composer, you must give this vCenter Server user additional
privileges. To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give this user privileges in addition to
those that are required for View Manager and View Composer.
You also must create a domain user for View Composer in Active Directory. See “Create a User Account for
View Composer,” on page 23.
Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
After you create and configure these two user accounts, you specify the user names in View Administrator.
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You specify a vCenter Server user when you add vCenter Server to View Manager.
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You specify a domain user for View Composer when you configure View Composer for vCenter Server.
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You specify the domain user for View Composer when you create linked-clone pools.
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