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View Manager Administration Guide

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Overview of View Connection Server

ViewConnectionServercommunicateswithVirtualCenterinordertoprovide

advancedmanagementofvirtualdesktops.Thisincludesvirtualdesktopcreationas

partofpoolmanagementandpoweroperations,suchasautomaticsuspendand

resume.

ViewConnectionServerperformsthefollowingfunctions:

 Userauthentication

 UserdesktopentitlementswithViewLDAP

 Virtualdesktopsessionmanagement

 Coordinationofthesecureconnectionestablishment,virtualdesktopconnection,

andsinglesign‐on

 AdministrationserverusedbyViewAdministratorWebclient

 Virtualdesktoppoolmanagement

View Connection Server Instances

ViewConnectionServerisinstalledonaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003systemthatis

locatedoneitheraphysicalorvirtualserverdedicatedtobrokeringViewManager

connections.ThehostsystemmustbejoinedtoanActiveDirectorydomain—butmust

notbeadomaincontroller—anditisrecommendedthatthehostsy

stemusesastatic

IP address.

ThedomainuseraccountusedtoinstallViewConnectionServermusthave

administratorprivilegesonthatserver.TheViewConnectionServeradministratoralso

mustpossesadministrativecredentialsforVirtualCenter.

Theservercanbeinstalledasaeitherastandard,replica,orsecurityserver—the

instancetypeisselecteddu

ringtheinstallationprocess.

CAUTIONDonotinstallViewConnectionServeronaplatformthatperformsanyother

functionsorroles—forexample,donotusethesamesystemtohostVirtualCenter

NOTEInordertoaddusersinanActiveDirectorydomainotherthantheoneinwhich

youhaveinstalledastandardorreplicaViewConnectionServer,youmustestablisha

two‐waytrustrelationshipbetweentheirdomainandtheoneinwhichtheView

ConnectionServerislocated.