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
TherecommendedapplicationtousewiththesefilesisWindowsMediaPlayer10—this
applicationsupportsMMRandshouldbeinstalledonboththeclientandView
Managerdesktop.
View Portal
ActiveXcontrolsarerequiredforWindowsuserswhoaccesstheirdesktopsusing
View PortalonInternetExplorer 6orhigher.
BeforeconnectingtoaWindowsdesktopusingtheViewPortalonaLinuxsystem,you
mustinstallrdesktop 1.5.0.Youcandownloadrdesktopfromthefollowinglocation:
http://www.rdesktop.org
Afteryoudownloadrdesktop,followtheinstructions
inthereadmefile.
Operating System Support
ViewPortalisanexperimentalfeatureonMacOS/XandLinuxoperatingsystems.
Referto“SystemRequirements”onpage 14formoreinformationaboutexperimental
features.
USB Support
InordertousetheUSBredirectionfeaturewithViewPortal,usersmustfirstinstall
ViewClientontheirlocalsystem.Referto“ViewClientandViewPortal”onpage 86
formoreinformationaboutthis.
Virtual Printing
ViewPortaldoesnotsupportvirtualprinting.
N
OTEMMRwillnotworkcorrectlyiftheViewClientvideodisplayhardwaredoes
nothaveoverlaysupport.
NOTEWindows2000doesnotsupportUSBredirection.