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
Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
To use vCenter Server with View Manager, you must configure a user account with permission to perform
operations in vCenter Server. To use View Composer, you must give this vCenter Server user additional
privileges. To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give this user privileges in addition to
those that are required for View Manager and View Composer.
You also must create a domain user for View Composer in Active Directory. See “Create a User Account for
View Composer,” on page 25.
Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
After you create and configure these two user accounts, you specify the user names in View Administrator.
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You specify a vCenter Server user when you add vCenter Server to View Manager.
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You specify a domain user for View Composer when you configure View Composer for vCenter Server.
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You specify the domain user for View Composer when you create linked-clone pools.
Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local
Mode
To configure a user account that gives View Manager permission to operate in vCenter Server, you must assign
a role with appropriate privileges to that user. To use the View Composer service in vCenter Server, you must
give the user account additional privileges. To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give
the user account privileges that include View Manager, View Composer, and local mode privileges.
To support View Composer, you also must make this user a local system administrator on the vCenter Server
computer.
Prerequisites
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In Active Directory, create a user in the View Connection Server domain or a trusted domain. See “Creating
a User Account for vCenter Server,” on page 24.
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Familiarize yourself with the privileges that are required for the user account. See “View Manager
Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 53.
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If you use View Composer, familiarize yourself with the additional required privileges. See “View
Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 53.
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If you manage local desktops, familiarize yourself with the additional required privileges. See “Local
Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 54.
Chapter 5 Installing View Connection Server
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