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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Chapter 1 Introduction
View Connection Server
ViewConnectionServerisnotsupportedonserversthathavetheWindowsTerminal
Serverroleinstalled.RemovetheWindowsTerminalServerrolefromanyserveron
whichyouwillbeinstallingViewConnectionServer.
ViewConnectionServerrunsona32‐bitor64‐bitdedicatedphysicalorvirtualserver
with
thefollowingspecifications:
PentiumIV2.0Ghzprocessororhigher—dualprocessorsarerecommended
2GBRAMorhigher—3GBRAMisrecommendedfordeploymentsof50ormore
ViewManagerdesktops
Oneormore10/100Mbpsnetworkinterfacecontrollers(NIC)—1GbpsNICis
recommended
Supported Operating Systems
TheViewConnectionServercanbeinstalledonthefollowing32‐bitoperatingsystems:
WindowsServer2003R2StandardEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003StandardEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003R2EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
Prerequisites
ViewConnectionServerhasthefollowingprerequisites:
AvalidlicensekeyforViewManager.Thefollowingtypesoflicenseareavailable:
ViewManager
ViewManagerwithViewComposer
ViewManagerwithViewComposer,andOfflineDesktop
VMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2(supported)orVMwareVirtualInfrastructure 3.5
(recommended).BothESXandESXi 3.5aresupported.
NOTETheabovespecificationsapplytoanyadditionalViewConnectionServer
instancesthatareinstalledinyourenvironmentforthepurposesofhighavailabilityor
externalaccess.
N
OTEVMwareInfrastructure3.5update3orupdate4isrequiredinordertouse
theViewComposerandOfflineDesktopfeatures.