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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
4 Type the name of the vCenter Server user.
For example: domain\user or user@domain.com
5 Type the vCenter Server user password.
6 (Optional) Type a description for this vCenter Server instance.
7 Type the TCP port number.
The default port is 443.
8 Under Advanced Settings, set the concurrent operations limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
operations.
9 Click Next to display the View Composer Settings page.
What to do next
Configure View Composer settings.
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If the vCenter Server instance is configured with a signed SSL certificate, and View Connection Server
trusts the root certificate, the Add vCenter Server wizard displays the View Composer Settings page.
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If the vCenter Server instance is configured with a default certificate, you must first determine whether
to accept the thumbprint of the existing certificate. See “Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL
Certificate,” on page 102.
If View Manager uses multiple vCenter Server instances, repeat this procedure to add the other vCenter
Server instances.
Configure View Composer Settings
To use View Composer, you must configure settings that allow View Manager to connect to the View
Composer service. View Composer can be installed on its own separate host or on the same host as vCenter
Server.
There must be a one-to-one mapping between each View Composer service and vCenter Server instance. A
View Composer service can operate with only one vCenter Server instance. A vCenter Server instance can
be associated with only one View Composer service.
Prerequisites
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Your Active Directory administrator must create a domain user with permission to add and remove
virtual machines from the Active Directory domain that contains your linked clones. To manage the
linked-clone machine accounts in Active Directory, the domain user must have Create Computer
Objects, Delete Computer Objects, and Write All Properties permissions.
See “Create a User Account for View Composer,” on page 23.
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Verify that you configured View Manager to connect to vCenter Server. To do so, you must complete
the vCenter Server Information page in the Add vCenter Server wizard. See “Add vCenter Server
Instances to View Manager,” on page 95.
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Verify that this View Composer service is not already configured to connect to a different vCenter
Server instance.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, complete the vCenter Server Information page in the Add vCenter Server
wizard.
a Click View Configuration > Servers.
b In the vCenter Servers tab, click Add and provide the vCenter Server settings.
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