3.1
Table Of Contents
- View Manager 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
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Device Information
- Enabling HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing VirtualCenter for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- locked.properties
- Glossary
- Index
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ViewManager3.1isaflexibleandintuitivedesktopmanagementsolutionthatenables
systemadministratorstorapidlyprovisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccess.Client
softwareconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwareVirtualInfrastructure,
ortophysicalsystemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterprovidesabriefoverviewof
thefeaturesofferedbyViewManagerand
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
‐basedorlocallyinstalledclientsoftwareenables
authorizedend‐userstosecurelyconnecttocentralizedvirtualdesktops,back‐end
physicalsystems,orterminalservers.
Figure 1‐1showsahigh‐levelviewofanexampleViewManagerenvironmentandits
maincomponents—thesecomponentsaredescribedinmoredetailinlatersectionsof
thisbook.
Introduction
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