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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
If the Install HTML Access setting was selected during the installation, the HTML Access component is
installed on the Windows Server computer. This component configures the HTML Access icon in the View
user portal page and enables the VMware Horizon View Connection Server (Blast-In) rule in the Windows
Firewall. This firewall rule allows Web browsers on client devices to connect to the View Connection Server
on TCP port 8443.
What to do next
Configure an SSL server certificate for the View Connection Server instance. See Chapter 6, “Configuring
SSL Certificates for View Servers,” on page 63.
You do not have to perform an initial View configuration on a replicated instance of View Connection
Server. The replicated instance inherits its configuration from the existing View Connection Server instance.
However, you might have to configure client connection settings for this View Connection Server instance,
and you can tune Windows Server settings to support a large deployment. See “Configuring Horizon Client
Connections,” on page 94 and “Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment,” on
page 104.
If you are reinstalling View Connection Server and you have a data collector set configured to monitor
performance data, stop the data collector set and start it again.
Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a replicated
instance of View Connection Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the
command line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one View Connection Server instance is installed and configured on the network.
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To install the replicated instance, you must log in as a user with credentials to access the View
Administrators account. You specify the View Administrators account when you install the first
instance of View Connection Server. The account can be the local Administrators group or a domain
user or group account. See “Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration,” on page 38.
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If the existing View Connection Server instance is in a different domain than the replicated instance, the
domain user must also have View Administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer where
the existing instance is installed.
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If you use MIT Kerberos authentication to log in to a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer on which you
are installing View Connection Server, install the Microsoft hotfix that is described in KB 978116 at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978116.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in “View Connection Server
Requirements,” on page 7.
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Verify that the computers on which you install replicated View Connection Server instances are
connected over a high-performance LAN. See “Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection
Server Instances,” on page 9.
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Prepare your environment for the installation. See “Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
Server,” on page 37.
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Familiarize yourself with the network ports that must be opened on the Windows Firewall for View
Connection Server instances. See “Firewall Rules for View Connection Server,” on page 56.
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