Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware View Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Client Components
- Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
- Supported Operating Systems for View Client and View Client with Local Mode
- Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Remote Display Protocol and Software Support
- Adobe Flash Requirements
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for View Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for View 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
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
- Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local Mode
- View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- Configuring View Client Connections
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installing View Transfer Server
- Configuring Certificate Authentication
- Replacing the Default Certificate
- Add keytool and openssl to the System Path
- Export an Existing Microsoft IIS SSL Server Certificate
- Creating a New SSL Certificate
- Configure a View Connection Server Instance or Security Server to Use a New Certificate
- Configure a View Transfer Server Instance to Use a New Certificate
- Configure SSL for Client Connections
- Configure SSL for View Transfer Server Communications
- Using Group Policy to Configure Certificate Checking in View Client
- Creating an Event Database
- Installing and Starting View Client
- Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
- Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
- Install View Client by Using View Portal
- Install View Client on Mac OS X
- Start View Client on Mac OS X
- Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature
- Using USB Printers
- Installing View Client Silently
- Index
Index
A
Active Directory
configuring domains and trust relationships 23
preparing for smart card authentication 26
preparing for use with View 23
Active Directory groups
creating for kiosk mode client accounts 24
creating for View users and administrators 24
ADM template files 26
Adobe Flash requirements 21
antivirus software, View Composer 36
B
browser requirements 9, 18
C
certificate signing requests, See CSRs
certificates
checking in View Client 83
configuring View Connection Server to use 80
configuring View Transfer Server to use 81
converting to PKCS#7 format 79
creating new 77
importing to a keystore file 79
obtaining signatures 78
replacing the default 75
requirements 75
using keytool to generate 77
certutil command 28
client software requirements 15
CPU requirements, local mode desktops 16
CSRs, creating 78
D
databases
creating for View Composer 29
View events 85, 86
default certificate, replacing 75
direct connections, configuring 58
display requirements, local mode desktops 16
DNS resolution, View Composer 36
documentation feedback, how to provide 5
domain filtering 24
E
Enterprise NTAuth store, adding root
certificates 28
ephemeral ports
calculating 60
how View Manager uses 60
increasing on a Windows Server computer 60
ESX hosts, View Composer 36
event database
creating for View 85, 86
SQL Server configuration 86
external URLs
configuring for a View Connection Server
instance 58
modifying for a security server 59
purpose and format 58
F
Firefox, supported versions 9, 18
firewall rules
View Connection Server 41
View Transfer Server 71
firewalls, configuring 38
G
glossary, where to find 5
GPOs, linking to a View desktop OU 26
Group Policy Objects, See GPOs
GroupPolicyFiles directory 26
H
hardware requirements
local mode desktops 16
PCoIP 19
smart card authentication 21
HP RGS 20
I
Internet Explorer, supported versions 9, 18
J
JVM heap size
default 64
increasing 64
K
keychain 94
VMware, Inc.
101