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
Creating an Event Database 8
You create an event database to record information about View Manager events. If you do not configure an
event database, you must look in the log file to get information about events, and the log file contains very
limited information.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Add a Database and Database User for View Events,” on page 85
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“Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting,” on page 86
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“Configure the Event Database,” on page 86
Add a Database and Database User for View Events
You create an event database by adding it to an existing database server. You can then use enterprise reporting
software to analyze the events in the database.
The database server for the event database can reside on a View Connection Server host itself or on a dedicated
server. Alternatively, you can use a suitable existing database server, such as a server that hosts a View
Composer database.
NOTE You do not need to create an ODBC data source for this database.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have a supported Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database server on a system that a View
Connection Server instance has access to. For a list of supported database versions, see “Database
Requirements for View Composer,” on page 10.
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Verify that you have the required database privileges to create a database and user on the database server.
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If you are not familiar with the procedure to create databases on Microsoft SQL Server database servers,
review the steps in “Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server,” on page 30.
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If you are not familiar with the procedure to create databases on Oracle database servers, review the steps
in “Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 11g or 10g,” on page 32.
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