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
5 In the General panel on the Transfer Server repository page, click Edit.
6 Type the Transfer Server repository location and other information.
Option Description
Network Share
n
Path. Type the UNC path that you configured.
n
Username. Type the user ID of an administrator with credentials to
access the network share.
n
Password. Type the administrator password.
n
Domain. Type the domain name of the network share in NetBIOS
format. Do not use the .com suffix.
Local File System
Type the path that you configured on the local View Transfer Server virtual
machine.
7 Click OK.
If the repository network path or local drive is incorrect, the Edit Transfer Server Repository dialog
displays an error message and does not let you configure the location. You must type a valid location.
8 On the View Configuration > Servers page, select the View Transfer Server instance and click Exit
Maintenance Mode.
The View Transfer Server status changes to Ready.
Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server
Certain incoming TCP ports must be opened on the firewall for View Transfer Server instances.
When you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2008, the installation program can optionally
configure the required Windows firewall rules for you.
When you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2003, you must configure the required Windows
firewall rules manually.
Table 6-1 lists the incoming TCP ports that must be opened on the firewall for View Transfer Server instances.
Table 6-1. TCP Ports for View Transfer Server Instances
Protocol Ports
HTTP 80
HTTPS 443
Installing View Transfer Server Silently
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.
Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Transfer Server
Before you can install View Transfer Server silently, you must configure Microsoft Windows group policies to
allow installation with elevated privileges.
You must set Windows Installer group policies for computers and for users on the local computer.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer on which you will install
View Transfer Server.
Chapter 6 Installing View Transfer Server
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