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
Volume Licensing and Windows Vista Ultimate
WindowsVistaUltimateisnotdesignedforbroadenterprisedeploymentandtherefore
doesnotsupportvolumelicensing—inordertodeploydesktopclonesthatuse
WindowsVistaUltimate,youmustfirstcontactMicrosoftinordertodetermineyour
licensingobligations.
View Client / View Client with Offline Desktop
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewClientorViewClientwith
OfflineDesktopontheclientdesktop.InordertoredirecttheUSBdevicesattachedto
theclientsystemforuseontheViewManagerdesktop,youmustenabletheUSB
redirectionfeaturewhenyouinstalleitherclientapplication.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection
MicrosoftRemoteDesktopConnection(RDC)6.1isrecommended,RDC5.0and
RDC 6.0aresupported—youmusthaveatleastRDC6.0installedinordertohave
multiplemonitorsupport.RDC6.1canbedownloadedfromthefollowinglocation:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6E1EC93D‐BDBD‐4983‐92F7‐4
79E088570AD
HP Remote Graphics Software
RemoteGraphicSoftware(RGS)isadisplayprotocolfromHPthatallowsusersto
accessthedesktopofaremotecomputeroverastandardnetwork.ViewClientcanuse
HPRGSasthedisplayprotocolwhenconnectingtoHPBladePCs,HPWorkstations,
andHPBladeWorkstations.HPRGSversion5.2.5
issupported.VMwaredoesnot
bundleorlicenseHPRGSwithView3.1.ContactHPtolicenseacopyofHPRGS
softwareversion5.2.5tousewithView3.1.ThisreleasedoesnotsupportHPRGS
connectionstovirtualmachines.
Product Compatibility
ViewClient,ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop,andViewAgentcannotbeinstalledon
thesamemachine.
N
OTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Referto“SystemRequirements”on
page 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.