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 View Connection Servers panel, select a View Connection Server instance and click Edit.
3 Type the external URL in the External URL text box.
The URL must contain the protocol, externally resolvable host name, and port number.
For example: https://view.example.com:443
4 Click OK.
Modify the External URL for a Security Server
You use View Administrator to modify the external URL for a security server.
You initially configure the external URL for a security server in the View Connection Server installation
program.
Prerequisites
Verify that the security server is upgraded to View Connection Server 4.5.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the Security Servers pane, select the security server and click Edit.
The Edit button is unavailable if the security server is not upgraded to View Connection Server 4.5.
3 Type the external URL in the External URL text box.
The URL must contain the protocol, externally resolvable security server host name, and port number.
For example: https://view.example.com:443
4 Click OK to save your changes.
View Administrator sends the updated external URL to the security server. You do not need to restart the
security server service for the changes to take effect.
Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
To support a large deployment of View Manager desktops, you can configure the Windows Server computers
on which you install View Connection Server. On each computer, you can size the ephemeral ports, TCB hash
table, Java Virtual Machine settings, and Windows page-file. These adjustments ensure that the computers
have adequate resources to run correctly with the expected user load.
For hardware and memory requirements for View Connection Server, see “Hardware Requirements for View
Connection Server,” on page 7.
For hardware and memory recommendations for using View Connection Server in a large View deployment,
see "Connection Server Virtual Machine Configuration and Maximums" in the VMware View Architecture
Planning Guide.
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