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
Install View Client Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Client or
View Client with Local Mode 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 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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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
Mode.
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that none of the following products is installed:
VMware View Client, VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Server.
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Determine whether to use the single-sign-on feature. This feature lets end users log in to View Client and
their virtual desktop as the currently logged in user. Credential information that the user entered when
logging in to the client system is passed to the View Connection Server instance and ultimately to the
virtual desktop. Some client operating systems do not support this feature.
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If you do not want to require end users to supply the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
of the View Connection Server instance that hosts their virtual machine, determine the IP address or FQDN
so that you can supply it during installation.
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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 (MSI) properties available with View Client. See “Silent
Installation Properties for View Client,” on page 99.
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Determine whether to allow end users to access locally connected USB devices from their virtual desktops.
If not, set the MSI property, ADDLOCAL, to the list of features of interest and omit the USB feature. For details,
see “Silent Installation Properties for View Client,” on page 99.
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If you install View Client with Local Mode, verify that the Windows Installer group policies that are
required for silent installation are configured on the client computer. See “Set Group Policies to Allow
Silent Installation of View Client with Local Mode,” on page 97.
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