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
Installing View Transfer Server 6
View Transfer Server transfers data between local desktops and the datacenter during check in, check out, and
replication. To install View Transfer Server, you install the software on a Windows Server virtual machine,
add View Transfer Server to your View Manager deployment, and configure the Transfer Server repository.
You must install and configure View Transfer Server if you deploy View Client with Local Mode on client
computers.
You must have a license to install View Transfer Server and use local desktops.
1 Install View Transfer Server on page 67
View Transfer Server downloads system-image files, synchronizes data between local desktops and the
corresponding remote desktops in the datacenter, and transfers data when users check in and check out
local desktops. You install View Transfer Server in a virtual machine that runs Windows Server.
2 Add View Transfer Server to View Manager on page 69
View Transfer Server works with View Connection Server to transfer files and data between local
desktops and the datacenter. Before View Transfer Server can perform these tasks, you must add it to
your View Manager deployment.
3 Configure the Transfer Server Repository on page 70
The Transfer Server repository stores View Composer base images for linked-clone desktops that run in
local mode. To give View Transfer Server access to the Transfer Server repository, you must configure
it in View Manager. If you do not use View Composer linked clones in local mode, you do not have to
configure a Transfer Server repository.
4 Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server on page 71
Certain incoming TCP ports must be opened on the firewall for View Transfer Server instances.
5 Installing View Transfer Server Silently on page 71
You can install View Transfer Server silently by typing the installer filename and installation options at
the command line. With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large
enterprise.
Install View Transfer Server
View Transfer Server downloads system-image files, synchronizes data between local desktops and the
corresponding remote desktops in the datacenter, and transfers data when users check in and check out local
desktops. You install View Transfer Server in a virtual machine that runs Windows Server.
At runtime, View Transfer Server is deployed to an Apache Web Server. When you install View Transfer Server,
the installer configures Apache Web Server as a service on the virtual machine. The Apache service uses ports
80 and 443.
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