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
increasing ephemeral ports 60
increasing the JVM heap size 64
increasing the TCB hash table size 63
smart card authentication
Active Directory preparation 26
requirements 21
UPNs for smart card users 27
software requirements, server components 7
SQL Server database
adding an ODBC data source 31
adding for View Composer 30
preparing for event database 86
SQL Server Management Studio Express,
installing 30
SSL
configuring for client connections 82
configuring for View Transfer Server
communications 82
SSL certificates, See certificates
streaming multimedia 21
support, online and telephone 5
Sysprep, requirements for View Composer 11
system page file size, Windows Server 65
T
TCB hash table
how View uses 61
increasing size for non-security servers 61
increasing size for security servers 62
increasing size on a Windows Server
computer 63
TCP ports
View Connection Server 41
View Transfer Server 71
technical support and education 5
ThinPrint setup 96
Transfer Server repository, configuring 70
transmission control block
how View uses 61
increasing size for non-security servers 61
increasing size for security servers 62
trust relationships, configuring for View
Connection Server 23
Trusted Root Certification Authorities policy 27
U
uninstalling View components 50
UPNs
smart card users 27
View Client 90
View Client on Mac OS X 94
View Client with Local Mode 90
USB printers 97
user accounts
requirements 51
vCenter Server 24, 51
View Composer 25, 51
userPrincipalName attribute 27
V
vCenter Server
adding instances to View Manager 55
configuring for View Composer 36
creating a user for local mode 51
installing the View Composer service 34
user accounts 24, 51
vCenter Server user
local mode privileges 54
vCenter Server privileges 53
View Composer privileges 53
View Administrator
logging in 54
overview 54
requirements 9
View Agent, installation requirements 15
View Client
installation overview 89
installing on a Windows PC or laptop 89
installing on Mac OS X 93
installing silently on a Windows PC or
laptop 97, 98
silent installation properties 99
starting 89, 90, 94
supported operating systems 16
using View Portal to install 92
View Client with Local Mode
group policies for silent installation 97
supported operating systems 16
View clients, configuring connections 57
View components, command-line options for
silent installation 48
View Composer configuration
creating a user account 25
creating a vCenter Server user 24, 51
privileges for the vCenter Server user 53
settings in View Administrator 56
View Composer database
ODBC data source for Oracle 11g or 10g 32
ODBC data source for Oracle 9i 34
ODBC data source for SQL Server 31
Oracle 11g and 10g 32
Oracle 9i 33
requirements 29
SQL Server 30
View Composer infrastructure
configuring vSphere 36
optimizing 36
testing DNS resolution 36
View Composer installation
database requirements 10
Index
VMware, Inc. 103