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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
Prerequisites
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In Active Directory, create a user in the View Connection Server domain or a trusted domain. See
“Creating a User Account for vCenter Server,” on page 21.
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Familiarize yourself with the vCenter Server privileges that are required for the user account. See
“Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 83.
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If you use View Composer, familiarize yourself with the additional required privileges. See “View
Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 84.
Procedure
1 In vCenter Server, prepare a role with the required privileges for the user.
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You can use the predefined Administrator role in vCenter Server. This role can perform all
operations in vCenter Server.
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If you use View Composer, you can create a limited role with the minimum privileges needed by
View Connection Server and View Composer to perform vCenter Server operations.
In vSphere Client, click Home > Roles > Add Role, enter a role name such as
View Composer Administrator, and select privileges for the role.
This role must have all the privileges that both View Connection Server and View Composer need
to operate in vCenter Server.
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If you use View without View Composer, you can create an even more limited role with the
minimum privileges needed by View Connection Server to perform vCenter Server operations.
In vSphere Client, click Home > Roles > Add Role, enter a role name such as
View Manager Administrator, and select privileges for the role.
2 In vSphere Client, right-click the vCenter Server at the top level of the inventory, click Add Permission,
and add the vCenter Server user.
NOTE You must define the vCenter Server user at the vCenter Server level.
3 From the drop-down menu, select the Administrator role, or the View Composer or View Manager role
that you created, and assign it to the vCenter Server user.
4 If you use View Composer, on the vCenter Server computer, add the vCenter Server user account as a
member of the local system Administrators group.
View Composer requires that the vCenter Server user is a system administrator on the vCenter Server
computer.
What to do next
In View Administrator, when you add vCenter Server to View, specify the vCenter Server user. See “Add
vCenter Server Instances to View,” on page 86.
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