3.0.1

View Manager Administration Guide
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View Client and View Portal
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallthecomponentsrequiredtouseViewClientand
ViewPortal.Youmustbeloggedinasanadministratorontheclientsysteminorderto
carryouteitherofthesetasks.
ThefunctionalityofferedbyViewClientandViewPortalisderivedfromthesameset
oflo
callyinstalledbasecomponents.UserswhohavealreadyinstalledViewClientwill
beinvitedtoinstallanadditionalActiv eXcontrolontheirbrowserswhentheyuse
ViewPortalforthefirsttime.
Similarly,ViewPortaluserswhodonothaveViewClientinstalledwillbeinvitedto
allowthebrowse
rtoautomaticallyinstalltherequiredViewClientcomponentsthe
firsttimetheyconnectonline.
AnexpedientwayofinstallingtheViewClientapplicationistovisittheViewPortal
pageandallowthebrowsertoautomaticallyinstalltherequiredcomponentsonthe
clientsystem.However,ifyouchoosetodothisyo
umustbeawareofthefollowing:
 VirtualPrintingandUSBsupportisnotprovidedbyViewPortalisnotbeavailable
inViewClient
 WindowsStartMenuentriesforViewClientarenotcreatedafterinstallation
IfyouinstalltheViewClientfromtheexecutable,USBsupportwillbeofferedwithin
theapplication,andStartMenuentrieswillbecreated.
To install View Client
1RuntheViewClientexecutableonthesystemthatwillhosttheclient,wherexxx
isthebu
ildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewclient-xxx.exe
TheInstallationwizardopens.ClickNext.
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions.YoumaydeselecttheUSBRedirection
componentifusersdonotneedtoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdevicesthrough
theirvirtualdesktops.
ClickNexttoacceptthede
faultdestinationfolderorclickChangetousea
differentdestinationfolderandthenclickNext.
N
OTEViewPortaldoesnotsupportUSBredirection,regardlessofinstallationpath.