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Technical Note

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Getting Started with VMware View

Thisguideprovidesanoverv i ewofhowtoinstallVMware

®

View™componentsandprovisionvirtualdesktops.

AdditionalViewdocumentationisavailableathttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html

Prerequisites

IfyouarenotfamiliarwithView ,see“ViewComponentReference”onpage 13forabriefdescriptionofthe

componentsyouwillinstall.

ReviewtheSystemRequirementssectionoftheViewManagerAdministrationGuidefordetailedinformation

abouttherequirementstoinstallandconfigureViewManager,includingthesupportedoperatingsystems

for

eachcomponent.

ThefollowingareprerequisitestoinstallingViewManager:

 ObtainavalidlicensekeyforViewManager.

TouseViewComposerorViewClientwithOfflineDesktop,makesurethatyouhavealicenseforthe

featuresyouwanttouse.

 InstallandconfigureVMware vSphere™4Update1(Update1required),VMwareInfrastructure 3.5

(Update3orUpdate4recommended,Update5notsupported),orVMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2.

BothESX™andESXihostsaresupported.vCenter™isrequired.

 InstallMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourvCenterServersystemifyouwanttoapplycustomization

specificationstostandard(ratherthanViewComposerlinkedclone)desktoppools.

 ViewManagerusesyourexistingActiveDirectoryinfrastructureforuserauthenticationand

management.ThefollowingversionsofActiveDirectoryaresupported:

 Windows2000ActiveDirectory

 Windows2003ActiveDirectory

 Windows2008ActiveDirectory

OTETousetheViewComposerfeature,vSphere 4Update1orVMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3or

Update4isrequired.

TousetheOfflineDesktopexperimentalfeature,VMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3orUpdate 4is

required.vSphere4isnotsupported.

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Technical Note Getting Started with VMware View View 4.0 This guide provides an overview of how to install VMware® View™ components and provision virtual desktops. Additional View documentation is available at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html Prerequisites If you are not familiar with View, see “View Component Reference” on page 13 for a brief description of the components you will install.
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Getting Started with VMware View (Optional) Install View Composer on the vCenter Server System View Composer provides a versatile and highly storage‐efficient alternative to creating and managing many standalone virtual machines. With View Composer linked clone technology, you can rapidly clone and deploy multiple desktops from a single centralized base image. Subsequent changes to this image can be automatically proliferated among all desktops in a linked clone pool.
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Getting Started with VMware View Perform Initial Configuration with View Administrator Use View Administrator, the Web‐based administrative component of View Manager, to perform View Connection Server configuration. For detailed information about the operating system and Web browser requirements for View Administrator, see the System Requirements section of the View Manager Administration Guide.
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Getting Started with VMware View b Enter the name of an administrative user in the User name text box. To use vCenter with View Manager, administrative users must have permission to carry out certain operations in vCenter. These permissions are granted by creating and assigning vCenter roles to a View Manager user from within vCenter. vCenter administrative users have all the required permissions enabled by default.
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Getting Started with VMware View Prepare the Virtual Machine for Deployment The virtual machine, which you create in vCenter, provides the basis for virtual desktop deployment. Configure the Guest System You must perform certain installation and configuration tasks to prepare the guest operating system of the virtual machine for deployment. To prepare the guest operating system 1 Install the guest operating system and required applications and drivers.
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Getting Started with VMware View 4 Select your custom setup options. You must install the View Composer Agent if you want to deploy View Composer linked clone desktops. You can also select or deselect the following feature components:  If you want to allow users to download copies of their virtual desktops from the View Connection Server for use on a local computer such as a laptop, install the Offline Desktop component. Offline Desktop is an experimental feature.
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Getting Started with VMware View 7 Enter and confirm the local administrator password and click Next. 8 Select the local time zone from the drop‐down menu and click Next. 9 (Optional) Provide one or more command prompt instructions to be executed the first time a user connects. 10 a Enter a command in the field provided and click Add. b Repeat for each command and click Next when you have finished. Select the setting for your network interface and click Next.
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Getting Started with VMware View  Automated Pool—a pool that contains one or more dynamically generated desktops that are automatically created and customized by View Manager from a vCenter virtual machine template.  Terminal Server Pool—a pool of terminal server desktop sources served by one or more terminal servers. A terminal server desktop source can deliver multiple desktops. This section describes how to deploy an automated desktop pool.
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Getting Started with VMware View 15 (Optional) When a summary of the configuration settings for this deployment appears, you can click Back to modify any previous page. 16 Click Finish to deploy the automated desktop pool. After the deployment is initiated, you can monitor the progress of the automated desktop pool from the Desktops and Pools or Desktop Sources tab in the Global desktop and pool view pane.
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Getting Started with VMware View 12 Select the folder where you want this desktop pool to reside within vCenter and click Next. 13 Select a host or a cluster on which to run the virtual machines used by this desktop and click Next. The Use vSphere mode for View Composer check box becomes available if you select a cluster that contains ESX/ESXi 4 hosts only.
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Getting Started with VMware View After deployment is initiated, you can monitor the progress of the linked clone desktop pool from the Desktops and Pools or Desktop Sources tab in the Global desktop and pool view pane. After deployment is complete, entitle users or groups to use the desktop pool as described in “Entitle Users and Groups to Desktops and Desktop Pools.
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Getting Started with VMware View 5 If you selected the Log in as current user component, you can further configure the default behavior when users log in using View Client:  Select Show in connection dialog to display the Log in as current user check box in the View Client connection dialog box.
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Getting Started with VMware View View Component Reference View consists of the following major components:  View Connection Server—a software service that acts as a broker for client connections by authenticating and then directing incoming remote desktop user requests to the appropriate virtual desktop, physical desktop, or terminal server. Replica servers are additional View Connection Server instances that provide high‐availability and load balancing.