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
keyfile property 80
keypass property 80
keytool utility
adding to the system path 76
creating a CSR 78
generating a keystore file 77
kiosk mode, Active Directory preparation 24
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license key, View Connection Server 55
local desktop configuration
adding a View Transfer Server instance 67,
69
creating a vCenter Server user 51
hardware requirements 16
privileges for vCenter Server user 54
locked.properties file 80
Log in as current user feature 90
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Mac OS X, installing View Client 93
media file formats, supported 21
memory requirements, local mode desktops 16
Microsoft IIS SSL server certificates, using
existing 76
Microsoft Windows Installer
command-line options for silent installation 48
MSI properties for View Transfer Server 73
properties for replicated View Connection
Server 44
properties for security server 48
properties for View Client 99
properties for View Connection Server 40
uninstalling View Components silently 50
multimedia redirection (MMR) 21
O
ODBC
connecting to Oracle 11g or 10g 32
connecting to Oracle 9i 34
connecting to SQL Server 31
openssl utility
adding to the system path 76
configuring a certificate for View Transfer
Server 81
Oracle 10g database
adding an ODBC data source 32
adding for View Composer 32
Oracle 11g database
adding an ODBC data source 32
adding for View Composer 32
Oracle 9i database
adding an ODBC data source 34
adding for View Composer 33
organizational units, See OUs
OS X, installing View Client 93
OUs
creating for kiosk mode client accounts 24
creating for View desktops 24
P
page-file size, View Connection Server 65
PCoIP, hardware requirements 19
PKCS#12 format certificates 79
PKCS#7 format certificates 79
policies
Restricted Groups 25
Trusted Root Certification Authorities 27
printers, setting up 96
professional services 5
R
RDP 20
remote display protocols
HP RGS 20
PCoIP 19
RDP 20
replicated instances
installing 41
installing silently 43
network requirements 8
silent installation properties 44
Restricted Groups policy, configuring 25
RGS 20
root certificates
adding to the Enterprise NTAuth store 28
adding to trusted roots 27
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security servers
calculating TCB hash table size 62
configuring a pairing password 44
configuring an external URL 58
configuring to use a certificate 80
installer file 45
installing silently 46
modifying an external URL 59
silent installation properties 48
silent installation
group policies to allow installation 71, 97
replicated instances 43
security servers 46
View Client 97, 98
View Client with Local Mode 98
View Connection Server 39
View Transfer Server 71, 72
sizing Windows Server settings
calculating ephemeral ports 60
calculation worksheets 63
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