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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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VMware Horizon View PCoIP Secure Gateway
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VMware Blast Secure Gateway
For information about these services, see the View Administration document.
The security server appears in the Security Servers pane in View Administrator.
The VMware Horizon View Connection Server (Blast-In) rule is enabled in the Windows Firewall on the
security server. This firewall rule allows Web browsers on client devices to use HTML Access to connect to
the security server on TCP port 8443.
NOTE If the installation is cancelled or aborted, you might have to remove IPsec rules for the security server
before you can begin the installation again. Take this step even if you already removed IPsec rules prior to
reinstalling or upgrading security server. For instructions on removing IPsec rules, see “Prepare to Upgrade
or Reinstall a Security Server,” on page 55.
What to do next
Configure an SSL server certificate for the security server. See Chapter 6, “Configuring SSL Certificates for
View Servers,” on page 63.
You might have to configure client connection settings for the security server, 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 the security server and you have a data collector set configured to monitor
performance data, stop the data collector set and start it again.
Install a Security Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a security
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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Determine the type of topology to use. For example, determine which load balancing solution to use.
Decide if the View Connection Server instances that are paired with security servers will be dedicated
to users of the external network. For information, see the View Architecture Planning document.
IMPORTANT If you use a load balancer, you must have static IP addresses for the load balancer and each
security server. For example, if you use a load balancer with two security servers, you need 3 static IP
addresses.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in “View Connection Server
Requirements,” on page 7.
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Prepare your environment for the installation. See “Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
Server,” on page 37.
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Verify that the View Connection Server instance to be paired with the security server is installed and
configured and is running a View Connection Server version that is compatible with the security server
version. See "View Component Compatibility Matrix" in the View Upgrades document.
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Verify that the View Connection Server instance to be paired with the security server is accessible to the
computer on which you plan to install the security server.
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Configure a security server pairing password. See “Configure a Security Server Pairing Password,” on
page 49.
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