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
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Verify that the user is entitled to access this desktop. See the VMware View Administrator's Guide.
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Verify that the client computer allows remote desktop connections.
What to do next
For instructions on using View Client, see the VMware View Client Help.
Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature
The virtual printing feature lets end users use local or network printers from a View desktop without requiring
that additional print drivers be installed in the View desktop. For each printer available through this feature,
you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided printing, color, and so on.
After a printer is added on the local computer, View adds that printer to the list of available printers on the
View desktop. No further configuration is required. Users who have administrator privileges can still install
printer drivers on the View desktop without creating a conflict with the virtual printer component.
IMPORTANT This feature is not available for the following types of printers:
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USB printers that are using the USB redirection feature to connect to a virtual USB port in the View desktop
You must disconnect the USB printer from the View desktop in order to use the virtual printing feature
with it.
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The Windows feature for printing to a file
Selecting the Print to file check box in a Print dialog box does not work. Using a printer driver that creates
a file does work. For example, you can use a PDF writer to print to a PDF file.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Virtual Printing component of View Agent is installed on the View desktop. In the View desktop
file system, the drivers are located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\Virtual Printer.
Installing View Agent is one of the tasks required for preparing a virtual machine to be used as a View desktop.
For more information, see the VMware View Administrator's Guide.
Procedure
1 In the View desktop, click Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes.
2 In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click any of the locally available printers and select Properties.
On Windows 7 desktops, you might see only the default printer, even though other printers are available.
To see the other printers, right-click the default printer and point to Printer properties.
3 In the Print Properties window, click the ThinPrint Device Setup tab and specify which settings to use.
4 On the General tab, click Printing Preferences and edit the page and color settings.
5 On the Advanced tab, set preferences for double-sided printing and portrait (long edge) or landscape
(short edge) printing.
6 To preview each printout on the host, enable Preview on client before printing.
From this preview, you can use any printer with all its available properties.
7 On the Adjustment tab, review the settings for automatic print adjustment.
VMware recommend that you retain the default settings.
8 Click OK.
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