3.0.1
Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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ViewManager3.0.1isaflexibleandintuitivedesktopmanagementsolutionthat
enablessystemadministratorstorapidlyprovisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccess.
ClientsoftwareconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwareVirtual
Infrastructure,ortophysicalsystemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterprovidesabriefoverviewofthefeaturesof
feredbyViewManagerand
describesthesystemrequirementsforinstallingandrunningthesoftwarecomponents
associatedwiththisapplication.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewManager”onpage 11
“ViewManagerComponents”onpage 14
“SystemRequirements”onpage 14
Overview of View Manager
ViewManagerintegrateswithVMwareVirtualCenterinordertoallowadministrators
tocreatedesktopsfromvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareESXserverandthen
deploythemtoend‐users.Inaddition,ViewManagerutilizesyourexistingActive
Directoryinfrastructureforuserauthenticationandmanagement.
Onceadesktophasbeencreated,Web‐ba
sedorlocallyinstalledclientsoftwareenables
authorizedend‐userstosecurelyconnecttocentralizedvirtualdesktops,back‐end
physicalsystems,orterminalservers.
Figure 1‐1showsahigh‐lev elviewofanexampleViewManagerenvironmentandits
maincomponents—thesecomponentsaredescribedinmoredetailinlatersectionsof
thisbook.
Introduction
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