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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View Manager Components
ViewManagerconsistsofthefollowingmajorcomponents:
ViewConnectionServer—asoftwareservicethatactsasabrokerforclient
connectionsbyauthenticatingandthendirectingincomingremotedesktopuser
requeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physicaldesktop,orterminalserver.
ViewAgent—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledonallguestvirtualmachines,
physicalsystems,orterminalserversinordertoallowthemtobemanagedby
ViewManager.TheagentprovidesfeaturessuchasRDPconnectionmonitoring,
virtualprinting,remoteUSBsupport,andsinglesignon.
ViewClient—alocallyinstalledsoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswith
ViewConnectionServerinordertoallowuserstoconnecttotheirdesktopsusing
MicrosoftRemoteDesktopProtocol(RDP).
ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop(experimental)—aversionofViewClientthatis
extendedtosupporttheOfflineDesktopfeaturewhichallowsuserstodownload
virtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocalsystems.
ViewPortal—aWeb‐basedversionofViewClientsupportedbymultipleoperating
systemsandbrowsers.
ViewAdministrator—aWebapplicationthatallowsViewManageradministrators
toconfigureViewConnectionServer,deployandmanagedesktops,controluser
authentication,initiateandexaminesystemev ents,andcarryoutanalytical
activities.
ViewComposer—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledontheVirtualCenterserverin
ordertoallowViewManagertorapidlydeploymultiplelinkedclonedesktops
fromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.
System Requirements
Thefollowingsectionsdescribethehardwareandsoftwarerequirementsforthemajor
componentsprovidedaspartofViewManager.
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OTEVMwareincludescertain“experimentalfeatures”insomeofourproduct
releases.Thesefeaturesarethereforyoutotestandexperimentwith.Wedonotexpect
thesefeaturestobeusedinaproductionenvironment.However,ifyoudoencounter
anyissueswithanexperimentalfeature,weareinterestedin
anyfeedbackyouare
willingtoshare.Pleasesubmitasupportrequestviathenormalaccessmethods.You
willreceiveanauto‐acknowledgementofyourrequest.Wecannot,however,committo
troubleshoot,provideworkaroundsorprovidefixesfortheseexperimentalfeatures.