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
Prerequisites
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Verify that View Client or View Client with Local Mode is installed on the client device.
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If you plan to use View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
Mode and verify that the View desktop meets the requirements for local mode. See the overview topic for
setting up a local desktop deployment in the VMware View Administrator's Guide.
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Verify that a virtual desktop pool has been created and that the user account you plan to use is entitled to
access this desktop. See the topics about creating desktop pools in the VMware View Administrator's
Guide.
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Verify that you have the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the View Connection Server
instance that provides access to the virtual desktop.
Procedure
1 If View Client does not start automatically after installation, double-click the desktop shortcut or click
Start > Programs > VMware > VMware View Client.
2 In the Connection Server drop-down menu, enter the host name or IP address of View Connection Server.
3 Verify that the other optional settings in the dialog box appear as you configured them.
Option Description
Log in as current user
This check box is displayed or hidden according to the global setting in View
Administrator. Do not select this check box if you plan to check out the View
desktop for use in local mode.
Use secure connection (SSL)
If this check box is selected, you must also select the global setting called Use
SSL for client connections in View Administrator.
Port
If you use a secure connection, the default port is 443.
Autoconnect
If you select this check box, the next time you start View Client, the
Connection Server field is disabled and you are connected to the server
specified when you selected the Autoconnect check box. To deselect this
check box, cancel the next dialog box that appears and click Options to
display and change this setting.
4 Click Connect.
5 Enter the credentials of a user who is entitled to use at least one desktop pool, select the domain, and click
Login.
If you type the user name using the format user@domain, the name is treated as a user principal name
(UPN) because of the @ sign, and the domain drop-down menu is disabled.
For information about creating desktop pools and entitling users to pools, see VMware View Administrator's
Guide.
6 (Optional) In the Display drop-down menu, select the window size for displaying the View desktop.
7 (Optional) To select a display protocol, click the down-arrow next to a desktop in the list, click Display
Protocol, and select the protocol.
This choice is available only if your View administrator has enabled it.
8 Select a desktop from the list of desktop pools and click Connect.
View Client attempts to connect to a desktop in the specified pool.
After you are connected, the client window appears.
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