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
Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a replicated
instance of View Connection Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the
command line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one View Connection Server instance is installed and configured on the network.
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Verify that you can log in as a domain user with administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer
on which you plan to install the replicated instance.
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If the existing View Connection Server instance is in a different domain than the replicated instance, the
domain user must also have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer where the
existing instance is installed.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in “View Connection Server
Requirements,” on page 7.
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Verify that the computers on which you install replicated View Connection Server instances are connected
over a high-performance LAN. See “Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server
Instances,” on page 8.
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Prepare your environment for the installation. See “Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
Server,” on page 37.
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Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See “Microsoft Windows Installer
Command-Line Options,” on page 48.
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Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with a replica installation of View
Connection Server. See “Silent Installation Properties for a Replicated Instance of View Connection
Server,” on page 44.
Procedure
1 Download the View Connection Server installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/ to the Windows Server computer.
The installer filename is VMware-viewconnectionserver-4.5.
x
-
xxxxxx
.exe or VMware-
viewconnectionserver-x86_64-4.5.
x
-
xxxxxx
.exe, where xxxxxx is the build number.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows Server computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
For example: VMware-viewconnectionserver-4.5.
x
-
xxxxxx
.exe /s /v"/qn VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=2
ADAM_PRIMARY_NAME=cs1.companydomain.com"
The VMware View services are installed on the Windows Server computer. For details, see “Install a Replicated
Instance of View Connection Server,” on page 41.
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