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
Procedure
1 On the client system, download the View Client installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
Select the appropriate installer file, where xxxxxx is the build number.
Option Action
View Client on 64-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-viewclient-x86_64-4.5.
x-xxxxxx
.exe for View Client.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-x86_64-4.5.
x-xxxxxx
.exe
for View Client with Local mode.
View Client on 32-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-viewclient-4.5.
x-xxxxxx
.exe for View Client.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-4.5.
x-xxxxxx
.exe for View
Client with Local Mode.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows client computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
This example installs View Client with single sign-on and USB redirection features. A default View
Connection Server instance is configured for View Client users: VMware-viewclient-4.5.
x-
xxxxxx
.exe /s /v"/qn VDM_SERVER=cs1.companydomain.com ADDLOCAL=Core,TSSO,USB"
This example installs View Client with Local Mode: VMware-viewclientwithlocal-4.5.
x-
xxxxxx
.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Core,MVDI"
NOTE The Core feature is mandatory.
The VMware View Client service is installed on the Windows client computer.
What to do next
Start the View Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See “Start the Windows-
Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 90 or “Install View Client by Using View
Portal,” on page 92.
Silent Installation Properties for View Client
You can include specific properties when you silently install View Client from the command line. You must
use a
PROPERTY
=
value
format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties and values.
Table 9-1 shows the View Client silent installation properties that you can use at the command-line.
Table 9-1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing View Client
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the View Client software is installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the MSI
installer to ignore the space in the path.
This MSI property is optional.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware
View\Client
VDM_SERVER The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the View
Connection Server instance to which View Client users connect by
default. When you configure this property, View Client users do not
have to supply this FQDN or IP address.
For example: VDM_SERVER=cs1.companydomain.com
This MSI property is optional.
None
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