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
Silent Installation Properties for a Security Server
You can include specific properties when you silently install a security server from the command line. You
must use a
PROPERTY
=
value
format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties and
values.
Table 5-4. MSI Properties for Silently Installing a Security Server
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the View Connection Server software is
installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the MSI installer
to ignore the space in the path.
This MSI property is optional.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware
View\Server
VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_
TYPE
The type of View Connection Server installation:
n
1. Standard installation
n
2. Replica installation
n
3. Security server installation
n
4. View Transfer Server installation
To install a security server, define VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=3
This MSI property is optional for a standard installation. It is required for
all other types of installation.
1
VDM_SERVER_NAME The host name or IP address of the existing View Connection Server
instance to pair with the security server.
For example: VDM_SERVER_NAME=cs1.companydomain.com
This MSI property is required.
None
VDM_SERVER_SS_EXTURL The external URL of the security server. The URL must contain the
protocol, externally resolvable security server name, and port number
For example:
VDM_SERVER_SS_EXTURL=https://ss1.companydomain.com:443
This MSI property is required.
None
VDM_SERVER_SS_PWD The security server pairing password.
For example: VDM_SERVER_SS_PWD=secret
This MSI property is required.
None
FWCHOICE The MSI property that determines whether to configure a firewall for the
View Connection Server instance.
A value of 1 sets a firewall. A value of 2 does not set a firewall.
For example: FWCHOICE=1
This MSI property is optional.
1
Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
To install View components silently, you must use Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) command-line options
and properties. The View component installers are MSI programs and use standard MSI features. You can also
use MSI command-line options to uninstall View components silently.
For details about MSI, see the Microsoft Web site. For MSI command-line options, see the Microsoft Developer
Network (MSDN) Library Web site and search for MSI command-line options. To see MSI command-line usage,
you can open a command prompt on the View component computer and type msiexec /?.
To run a View component installer silently, you begin by disabling the bootstrap program that extracts the
installer into a temporary directory and starts an interactive installation.
Table 5-5 shows the command-line options that control the installer's bootstrap program.
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