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Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- 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 Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for 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 Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- 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 Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- View Administrator and View Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View
- 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 Remote Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring Horizon 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
- Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to Connection Server
- Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Connection Server
- Enable Remote Access to View Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
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Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer on page 28
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a
View Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.
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Create an Oracle Database for View Composer on page 30
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 11g or 10g database. You
create a View Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle instance and configuring an
ODBC data source for it. You can add a new View Composer database by using the Oracle Database
Configuration Assistant or by running a SQL statement.
Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a View
Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.
Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server
You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Microsoft SQL Server instance to store linked-
clone data for View Composer.
If the database resides locally, on the system on which View Composer will be installed, you can use the
Integrated Windows Authentication security model. If the database resides on a remote system, you cannot
use this method of authentication.
Prerequisites
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Verify that a supported version of SQL Server is installed on the computer on which you will install
View Composer or in your network environment. For details, see “Database Requirements for View
Composer,” on page 10.
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Verify that you use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Management Studio Express to
create and administer the data source. You can download and install SQL Server Management Studio
Express from the following Web site.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?
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Procedure
1 On the View Composer computer, select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or
Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
2 Select SQL Server Management Studio Express and connect to the existing SQL Server instance for
vSphere Management.
3 In the Object Explorer panel, right-click the Databases entry and select New Database.
4 In the New Database dialog box, type a name in the Database name text box.
For example: viewComposer
5 Click OK.
SQL Server Management Studio Express adds your database to the Databases entry in the Object
Explorer panel.
6 Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in “Add an ODBC Data Source to SQL Server,” on page 29.
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