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
Display
A 32-bit display adapter is recommended. 3D benchmarks, such as 3DMark '06, might not render correctly or
at all when running Windows Vista or Windows 7 virtual machines on some graphics hardware.
To play video at 720p or higher requires a multiprocessor system.
For CPU and GPU requirements to support Windows 7 Aero, see the table in “PC Hardware,” on page 16.
Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
From a client system, you can browse to a View Connection Server instance and use View Portal to install a
Mac-based View Client, a Windows-based View Client, or View Client with Local Mode. If yo use Internet
Explorer, View Portal indicates when a new version of View Client is available for download.
To use View Portal, you must have one of the following Web browsers:
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Internet Explorer 7
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Internet Explorer 8
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Firefox 3.0
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Firefox 3.5
If you use Internet Explorer and you already have View Client installed, if the version available from View
Connection Server is newer than that installed on the client device, you can choose to upgrade. If the version
is the same as that on the client device, View Portal starts the View Client installed on the local system.
NOTE View Portal does not support Linux. A native client for Linux is available only through certified VMware
partners.
Remote Display Protocol and Software Support
Remote display protocols and software provide access to the desktops of remote computers over a network
connection. View Client supports the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), PCoIP from VMware, and
Hewlett-Packard Remote Graphics Software (RGS) display protocols.
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VMware View with PCoIP on page 19
PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment,
including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or across
the WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that
end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.
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Microsoft RDP on page 20
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) uses RDP to transmit data. RDP is a multichannel protocol
that allows a user to connect to a computer remotely.
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HP RGS Software on page 20
View Client supports connections to desktops using HP RGS when connecting to HP Blade PCs, HP
Workstations, and HP Blade Workstations. VMware does not bundle or license HP RGS with View. You
must contact HP to license a copy of HP RGS version 5.2.5 to use with View.
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Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on page 21
Multimedia redirection (MMR) delivers the multimedia stream directly to client computers by using a
virtual channel.
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