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TheaboveapplicationsmustbeuninstalledpriortoinstallingViewClientwith
Offline Desktop.
Beforedownloadinganautomatedpooldesktopforthefirsttime,usersmustconnect
tothisdesktopusinganyViewManagerclient.Thiswillensurethatalocalprofileis
createdonthatdesktopthatcanbeusedto
authenticateofflinesessionsin
environmentsthathavenonetworkavailability.Itwillalsoensurethatthedesktopis
correctlyassociatedwiththeuserinViewManager.Thisstepisoptional(although
recommended)forindividualdesktops.
To install View Client with Offline Desktop
1RuntheViewClientwithOfflineDesktopexecutableonthesystemthatwillhost
theclient,
wherexxxisthebuildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewclientwithoffline-xxx.exe
TheInstallationwizardisdisplayed.ClickNext.
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions.YoumustinstalltheViewClientwithOffline
Desktopcomponent,howeveryoumaydeselecttheUSBRedirectioncomponent
ifvirtualdesktopusers
donotneedtoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdeviceswith
theirvirtualdesktops.
ClickNexttoacceptthedefaultdestinationfolderorclickChangetousea
differentdestinationfolderandthenclickNext.
4 (Optional)EnterthedefaultIPaddressorFQDNoftheservertowhichtheclient
will
connectandclickNext.
5ConfigureshortcutsfortheViewClientwithOfflineDesktopandthenclick
Next > Install > Finish.
N
OTETheViewClientapplicationprovidesasubsetofthefunctionalityofferedby
ViewClientforOfflineDesktop;however,manyoftheadministrativetasksand
connectionconsiderationsarecommontobothapplications,includinganumberof
startupoptionsthatcanbeinvokedwhenlaunchingtheapplicationfromacommand
prompt.Refer
toChapter 5,“ClientManagement,”onpage 85formoreinformation
aboutthis.
N
OTEInenvironmentswhereanetworkconnectionisavailable,theusersessionwill
alwaysbeauthenticatedbyViewConnectionServer.