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 Log in to the Windows Server computer and click Start > Run.
2 Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
3 In the Group Policy Object Editor, click Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration.
4 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
5 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
6 In the left pane, click User Configuration.
7 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
8 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
What to do next
Install View Transfer Server silently.
Install View Transfer Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Transfer
Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the command line and do not have to
respond to wizard prompts.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server on which you will install View
Transfer Server.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the View Transfer Server requirements described in “View Transfer
Server Requirements,” on page 11.
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Verify that you have a license to install View Transfer Server and use local desktops.
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Verify that the virtual machine on which you install View Transfer Server has version 2.0 or later of the
MSI runtime engine. For details, see the Microsoft Web site.
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Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See “Microsoft Windows Installer
Command-Line Options,” on page 48.
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Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with View Transfer Server. See “Silent
Installation Properties for View Transfer Server,” on page 73.
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Verify that the Windows Installer group policies that are required for silent installation are configured on
the Windows Server computer. See “Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Transfer
Server,” on page 71.
CAUTION Verify that the virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server is configured with an LSI Logic
Parallel SCSI controller. You cannot install View Transfer Server on a virtual machine with a SAS or VMware
paravirtual controller.
On Windows Server 2008 virtual machines, the LSI Logic SAS controller is selected by default. You must change
this selection to a BusLogic or LSI Logic controller before you install the operating system.
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