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
Add an ODBC Data Source to SQL Server
After you add a View Composer database to SQL Server, you must configure an ODBC connection to the new
database to make this data source visible to the View Composer service.
These instructions assume that you are configuring the ODBC data source on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Some
steps are different if you configure the ODBC data source on Windows XP Professional SP2.
Prerequisites
Complete the steps described in “Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server,” on page 30.
Procedure
1 On the vCenter Server computer, select Start > Administrative Tools > Data Source (ODBC).
2 Select the System DSN tab.
3 Click Add and select SQL Native Client from the list.
4 Click Finish.
5 In the Create a New Data Source to SQL Server setup wizard, type a name and description of the View
Composer database.
For example: ViewComposer
6 In the Server text box, type the SQL Server database name.
Use the form host_name\server_name, where host_name is the name of the computer and server_name is the
SQL Server instance.
For example: VCHOST1\SQLEXP_VIM
7 Click Next.
8 Make sure that the Connect to SQL Server to obtain default settings for the additional configuration
options check box is selected and select an authentication option.
Option Description
Windows NT authentication
Select this option if you are using a local instance of SQL Server. This option
is also known as trusted authentication. Windows NT authentication is
supported only if SQL Server is running on the vCenter Server computer.
SQL Server authentication
Select this option if you are using a remote instance of SQL Server. Windows
NT authentication is not supported on remote SQL Server.
9 Click Next.
10 Select the Change the default database to check box and select the name of the View Composer database
from the list.
For example: ViewComposer
11 Finish and close the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard.
What to do next
Install the new View Composer service on the vCenter Server computer. See “Install the View Composer
Service,” on page 34.
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