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
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the vCenter Servers panel, click Add.
3 In the server address text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the vCenter
Server instance.
The FQDN includes the host name and domain name. For example, in the FQDN
myserverhost
.
companydomain
.com,
myserverhost
is the host name and
companydomain
.com is the domain.
NOTE If you enter a server by using a DNS name or URL, View Manager does not perform a DNS lookup
to verify whether an administrator previously added this server to View Manager by using its IP address.
A conflict arises if you add a vCenter Server with both its DNS name and its IP address.
4 Type the name of the vCenter Server user.
5 Type the vCenter Server user password.
6 (Optional) Type a description for this vCenter Server instance.
7 To connect to the vCenter Server instance using a secure channel (SSL), make sure that Connect using
SSL is selected. SSL connection is the default setting.
8 Type the TCP port number.
The default port is 443.
9 (Optional) Click Advanced to configure the maximum concurrent pool operations in vCenter Server.
a Set the maximum number of concurrent provisioning operations.
This setting determines the largest number of concurrent requests that View Manager can make to
provision full virtual machines in this vCenter Server instance. The default value is eight. This setting
does not control linked-clone provisioning.
b Set the maximum number of concurrent power operations.
This setting determines the largest number of power operations (startup, shutdown, suspend, and so
on) that can take place simultaneously on full virtual machines managed by View Manager in this
vCenter Server instance. The default value is five. This setting controls power operations for full
virtual machines and linked clones.
10 Choose whether to configure View Composer.
Option Action
You are not using View Composer
Click OK.
You are using View Composer
Configure the View Composer settings.
What to do next
If this View Connection Server instance or group of replicated View Connection Server instances uses multiple
vCenter Server instances, repeat this procedure to add the other vCenter Server instances.
Configure View Composer Settings for vCenter Server
To use View Composer, you must configure View Manager with initial settings that match the settings for the
View Composer service that is installed in vCenter Server. View Composer is a feature of View Manager, but
its service operates directly on virtual machines in vCenter Server.
NOTE If you are not using View Composer, you can skip this task.
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