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Installing HTML Access Software on View Connection Server
The HTML Access installer configures the View Portal page on View Connection Server to allow users to
select HTML Access when they connect to their desktops. Run the installer on a View Connection Server
instance and on all the instances in a replicated group.
By default, when a users opens a browser and enters the URL of a View Connection Server instance, the
View Portal page that appears contains links to the VMware Download site for downloading View Client.
After you run the HTML Access installer, the View Portal page displays an HTML Access icon in addition to
the View Client icon, allowing users to connect to their desktops through HTML Access. Users do not have
to install View Client to connect to their desktops.
You can customize the View Portal page if you want to disable the icon for downloading View Client,
disable the icon for connecting through HTML Access, or change the URL of the Web page for downloading
View Client. See "Configure the HTML Access Page for End Users" in the Using
VMware Horizon View HTML Access document, located on the VMware Horizon View Clients
Documentation page.
IMPORTANT If you previously edited the View Portal page that came with Horizon View or the HTML
Access Portal page that came with Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack 1, those customizations will be lost when
you upgrade to a newer version of HTML Access. You can customize the page again after you upgrade. If
you previously edited the HTML Access Portal page that came with Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack 2 or
later, your customizations are preserved.
For an overview of setting up View Connection Server for HTML Access, see "Preparing View Connection
Server and Security Servers for HTML Access" in the Using VMware Horizon View HTML Access document,
located on the VMware Horizon View Clients Documentation page.
Upgrading the HTML Access Software
Install the current HTML Access release to obtain the latest updates and improvements.
Before you can install the HTML Access software that is provided with the Horizon View 5.3 Feature Pack 1
release, you must upgrade your View Connection Server instances to Horizon View 5.3.
To upgrade, you run the latest version of the HTML Access software on the View Connection Server
instances in a replicated group.
To complete the upgrade of HTML Access, you also must run the latest version of the Remote Experience
Agent installer on the applicable parent virtual machines or virtual machine templates for your desktop
pools. See “Upgrading the Remote Experience Agent,” on page 14.
Install HTML Access Software on View Connection Server
To configure the View Portal page to display the HTML Access icon for end users, run the HTML Access
installer on the View Connection Server instance or instances in a replicated group.
Prerequisites
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Verify that View Connection Server is Horizon View 5.3.
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Verify that you have access to the HTML Access installer file on the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
Procedure
1 Download the HTML Access installer file from the VMware product page.
The installer is named VMware-Horizon-View-HTML-Access_X64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where y.y.y is the
version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
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