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 and Starting View Client 9
You can obtain the View Client installer either from the VMware Web site or from View Portal, a Web access
page provided by View Connection Server. You can set various startup options for end users after View Client
is installed.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 89
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“Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 90
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“Install View Client by Using View Portal,” on page 92
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“Install View Client on Mac OS X,” on page 93
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“Start View Client on Mac OS X,” on page 94
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“Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature,” on page 96
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“Using USB Printers,” on page 97
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“Installing View Client Silently,” on page 97
Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
End users open View Client to connect to their virtual desktops from a physical machine. You can run a
Windows-based installer file to install all components of View Client.
In addition to accessing virtual desktops with View Client, end users can use View Client to configure some
display options if the View administrator enables these options. For example, end users can optionally choose
a display protocol or window size or use their current login credentials for View authentication.
View Client with Local Mode lets end users download a copy of their virtual desktop to their local computer.
End users can then use the virtual desktop even when they do not have a network connection. Latency is
minimized and performance is enhanced.
View Client with Local Mode is the fully supported feature that in earlier releases was an experimental feature
called View Client with Offline Desktop.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.
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Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See “Supported Operating Systems for
View Client and View Client with Local Mode,” on page 16.
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Verify that View Agent is not installed.
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
Mode.
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