Specifications

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Getting Started with VMware View
bEnter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.
cEnterthepasswordthatcorrespondstotheadministrativeuserinthePasswordtextbox.
d (Optional)EnteradescriptionforthisvCenterServerintheDescriptiontextbox.
eIfyouwanttoconnecttothevCenterServerusingasecurechannel(SSL),makesure
thatConnect
usingSSLisselected.Thisisthedefaultsetting.
fEntertheTCPportnumberinthePorttextbox.
Thedefaultis443.
IfyouarenotusingViewComposer,skiptoStep 8.
3ClickCheckforViewComposerCompatibilitytoverifythattheView Composerserviceisrunningon
the
vCenterServersystem.
Ifthecheckissuccessful,theViewComposerSettingspropertygroupappears.
4MakesurethatEnableViewComposerisselectedandthattheportnumbercorrespondstotheport
specifiedduringtheinstallationoftheView ComposerserviceonthevCenterServersystem.
5ClickAddtoentertherequiredinformation
intheAddQuickPrepDomaindialogbox.
EntertheFQDNoftheActiveDirectorydomain(forexample,domain.com),theusernameincludingthe
FQDN(forexample,domain.com\admin),andthepasswordforthespecifieduser.
Thecredentialsprovidedmustrepresentadomainaccount,createdbyyourActiveDirectory
administrator,thathas
permissiontoaddandremovecomputerobjectsinaspecifiedActiveDirectory
container.ViewComposerusestheaddeddomainsandassociatedusercredentialstojoinlinkedclones
toadomain.
6ClickAdd.
7ClickOK.
TheViewComposeruserisaddedtotheQuickPrepdomainslist.
8ClickOKtoclosethevCenter
Serversettingsdialogbox.
(Optional) Configure an External URL for View Connection Server
TheexternalURListheURLthatViewConnectionServer(orasecurityserver)returnstoViewClientsothat
itcanestablishaconnection.YoumighthavetosettheexternalURLtoprovideanalternateDNSnameor
IP addressthatcanberesolvedfromclientsystems.
To set the external URL on a standard or replica server
1FromtheConfiguration
tab,clickServersintheleftnavigationpane.
2UnderViewServers,selectaViewConnectionServerentryandclickEdit.
3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.
Youmustincludetheprotocol,address,andportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
4ClickOK.