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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
If the View LDAP configurations on View Connection Server instances become inconsistent, users might not
be able to access their desktops. A user might be denied access when connecting to a View Connection
Server instance with an out-of-date configuration.
View Administrator Requirements
Administrators use View Administrator to configure View Connection Server, deploy and manage
desktops, control user authentication, initiate and examine system events, and carry out analytical activities.
Client systems that run View Administrator must meet certain requirements.
View Administrator is a Web-based application that is installed when you install View Connection Server.
You can access and use View Administrator with the following Web browsers:
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Internet Explorer 8
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Internet Explorer 9
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Internet Explorer 10 (from a Windows 8 system in Desktop mode)
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Firefox 6 and later releases
To use View Administrator with your Web browser, you must install Adobe Flash Player 10 or later. Your
client system must have access to the Internet to allow Adobe Flash Player to be installed.
The computer on which you launch View Administrator must trust the root and intermediate certificates of
the server that hosts View Connection Server. The supported browsers already contain certificates for all of
the well-known certificate authorities (CAs). If your certificates come from a CA that is not well known, you
must follow the instructions in the VMware Horizon View Installation document about importing root and
intermediate certificates.
To display text properly, View Administrator requires Microsoft-specific fonts. If your Web browser runs on
a non-Windows operating system such as Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X, make sure that Microsoft-specific
fonts are installed on your computer.
Currently, the Microsoft Web site does not distribute Microsoft fonts, but you can download them from
independent Web sites.
View Composer Requirements
View Manager uses View Composer to deploy multiple linked-clone desktops from a single centralized base
image. View Composer has specific installation and storage requirements.
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Supported Operating Systems for View Composer on page 10
View Composer supports 64-bit operating systems with specific requirements and limitations. You can
install View Composer on the same physical or virtual machine as vCenter Server or on a separate
server.
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Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer on page 10
With View 5.1 and later releases, View Composer is no longer required to be installed on the same
physical or virtual machine as vCenter Server. If you install View Composer on a separate server, you
must use a dedicated physical or virtual machine that meets specific hardware requirements.
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Database Requirements for View Composer on page 10
View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on,
or be available to, the View Composer server host.
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