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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
2 On the View Composer Settings page, if you are not using View Composer, select Do not use View
Composer.
If you select Do not use View Composer, the other View Composer settings become inactive. When
you click Next, the Add vCenter Server wizard displays the Storage Settings page. The View Composer
Domains page is not displayed.
3 If you are using View Composer, select the location of the View Composer host.
Option Description
View Composer is installed on the
same host as vCenter Server.
a Select View Composer co-installed with the vCenter Server.
b Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you
specified when you installed the View Composer service on vCenter
Server. The default port number is 18443.
View Composer is installed on its
own separate host.
a Select Standalone View Composer Server.
b In the View Composer server address text box, type the fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) of the View Composer host.
c Type the name of the View Composer user.
For example: domain.com\user or user@domain.com
d Type the password of the View Composer user.
e Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you
specified when you installed the View Composer service. The default
port number is 18443.
4 Click Next to display the View Composer Domains page.
What to do next
Configure View Composer domains.
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If the View Composer 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 Domains page.
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If the View Composer 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.
Configure View Composer Domains
You must configure an Active Directory domain in which View Composer deploys linked-clone desktops.
You can configure multiple domains for View Composer. After you first add vCenter Server and View
Composer settings to View, you can add more View Composer domains by editing the vCenter Server
instance in View Administrator.
Prerequisites
In View Administrator, verify that you completed the vCenter Server Information and View Composer
Settings pages in the Add vCenter Server wizard.
Procedure
1 On the View Composer Domains page, click Add to add the domain user for View Composer account
information.
2 Type the domain name of the Active Directory domain.
For example: domain.com
3 Type the domain user name, including the domain name.
For example: domain.com\admin
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