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
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Create an Oracle 11g or 10g Database for View Composer on page 32
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 11g or 10g database. You create
a View Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle 11g or 10g instance and configuring an
ODBC data source for it.
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Create an Oracle 9i Database for View Composer on page 33
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 9i database. You create a View
Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle 9i instance and configuring an ODBC data source
for it.
Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer
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.
Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server
You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Microsoft SQL Server instance to store linked-clone
data for View Composer.
If the database resides on the same system as vCenter Server, you can use the Integrated Windows
Authentication security model. If the database resides on a remote system, you cannot use this method of
authentication.
Prerequisites
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Verify that a supported version of SQL Server is installed on the vCenter Server computer or in your
network environment. For details, see “Database Requirements for View Composer,” on page 10.
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Verify that you use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Management Studio Express to create
and administer the data source. You can download and install SQL Server Management Studio Express
from the following Web site.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?
familyid=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796
Procedure
1 On the vCenter Server computer, select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft
SQL Server 2005.
2 Select SQL Server Management Studio Express and connect to the existing SQL Server instance for
vSphere Management.
3 In the Object Explorer panel, right-click the Databases entry and select New Database.
4 In the New Database dialog box, type a name in the Database name text box.
For example: viewComposer
5 Click OK.
SQL Server Management Studio Express adds your database to the Databases entry in the Object Explorer
panel.
6 Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in “Add an ODBC Data Source to SQL Server,” on page 31.
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