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Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing View in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up View in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere , Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for View Servers in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Windows Operating Systems for Desktops and RDS Hosts in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Clients in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Remoting Protocols in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Authentication Types in an IPv6 Environment
- Other Supported Features in an IPv6 Environment
- Installing View in FIPS Mode
- 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
- Creating a User Account for a Standalone View Composer Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Disable Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS for View Composer and View Agent Machines
- 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
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and Secure Tunnel Connections
- Configure Secure HTML Access
- Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
- Set the External URLs for a View Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When View Connection Server Returns Address Information
- 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
Table 7‑1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing View Connection Server in a Standard Installation (Continued)
MSI Property Description Default Value
VDM_IP_PROTOCOL_
USAGE
Specifies the IP version that View components use for communication.
The possible values are IPv4 and IPv6.
IPv4
VDM_FIPS_ENABLED Specifies whether to enable or disable FIPS mode. A value of 1 enables
FIPS mode. A value of 0 disables FIPS mode. If this property is set to 1
and Windows is not in FIPS mode, the installer will abort.
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Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server
To provide high availability and load balancing, you can install one or more additional instances of View
Connection Server that replicate an existing View Connection Server instance. After a replica installation,
the existing and newly installed instances of View Connection Server are identical.
When you install a replicated instance, View copies the View LDAP configuration data from the existing
View Connection Server instance.
After the installation, identical View LDAP configuration data is maintained on all View Connection Server
instances in the replicated group. When a change is made on one instance, the updated information is
copied to the other instances.
If a replicated instance fails, the other instances in the group continue to operate. When the failed instance
resumes activity, its configuration is updated with the changes that took place during the outage.
NOTE Replication functionality is provided by View LDAP, which uses the same replication technology as
Active Directory.
The replica server software cannot coexist on the same virtual or physical machine with any other View
software component, including a security server, View Connection Server, View Composer, View Agent, or
Horizon Client.
By default, the HTML Access component is installed on the View Connection Server host when you install
View Connection Server. This component configures the View user portal page to display an HTML Access
icon in addition to the Horizon Client icon. The additional icon allows users to select HTML Access when
they connect to their desktops.
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 HTML Access document, located on the
Horizon Client Documentation page.
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 the View Administrators role. You
specify the account or group with the View Administrators role when you install the first instance of
View Connection Server. The role can be assigned to the local Administrators group or a domain user
or group. See “Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration,” on page 50.
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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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