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
Installing View Composer 4
To use View Composer, you create a View Composer database, install the View Composer service on the
vCenter Server computer, and optimize your View infrastructure to support View Composer.
View Composer is an optional feature. Install View Composer if you intend to deploy linked-clone desktop
pools.
You must have a license to install and use the View Composer feature.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Prepare a View Composer Database,” on page 29
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“Install the View Composer Service,” on page 34
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“Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer,” on page 36
Prepare a View Composer Database
You must create a database and data source name (DSN) to store View Composer data.
The View Composer service does not include a database. If a database instance does not exist on the vCenter
Server computer or in your network environment, you must install one. After you install a database instance,
you add the View Composer database to the instance.
The View Composer database stores information about connections and components that are used by View
Composer:
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vCenter Server connections
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Active Directory connections
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Linked-clone desktops that are deployed by View Composer
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Replicas that are created by View Composer
Each instance of the View Composer service must have its own View Composer database. Multiple View
Composer services cannot share a View Composer database.
For a list of supported database versions, see “Database Requirements for View Composer,” on page 10.
To add a View Composer database to an installed database instance, choose one of these procedures.
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Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer on page 30
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a View
Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.
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