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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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Chapter 2 Installation
View LDAP
ViewLDAPisanembeddedLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocoldirectorythat
servesasthedatarepositoryforallViewManagerconfigurationinformation,anduses
MicrosoftActiveDirectoryApplicationMode(ADAM)asitsdatastore.ADAMis
providedaspartoftheViewConnectionServerinstallation.
ViewLDAPcontainsthefollowingcomponentsthatareus
edwithinViewManager:
SpecificViewManagerschemadefinitions
Directoryinformationtree(DIT)definitions
Accesscontrollists(ACLs)
ViewLDAPcontainsentriesthatrepresentthefollowingViewManagerobjects:
Virtualdesktopentriesthatrepresenteachaccessiblevirtualdesktop—this
containsreferencestotheForeignSecurityPrincipal(FSP)entriesofWindows
usersandWindowsusergroupsinActiveDirectorywhoareauthorizedtousethis
desktop.
Virtualdesktoppoolentriesthatrepresentmultiplevirtualdesktopsmanaged
together
Virtualmachineentriesthatrepresenteachvirtualdesktop
ViewManagercomponentconfigurationentriesusedtostoreconfiguration
settings
ViewLDAPalsoincludesasetofViewManagerplug‐inDLLsthatprovideautomation
andnotificationservicesforotherViewManagercomponents.
Preparing for Installation
ViewManagerusesephemeralportsinordertoestablishTCPconnectionsbetweenthe
ViewConnectionServerandthedesktopsitadministers.Anephemeral(short‐lived)
portisonethatisautomaticallycreatedbytheoperatingsystemwhenaprogram
requestsanyavailableuserport.Theportisdrawnfromapredefinedrang
e(typically
between1024and65535)andreleasedonceithasserveditspurpose.
Thedefaultmaximumnumberofephemeralportsthatcanbecreatedsimultaneously
onWindows2003Serveris5000.IfyouareplanningtodeployViewManagerintoan
environmentwherealargenumber(>1000)ofconcurrentclientconn
ectionsislikely,it
isstronglyrecommendedthatyouincreasethenumberofavailableephemeralports.
N
OTESecurityserverinstancesdonotcontaintheViewLDAPcomponent.