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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 2 Installation
View LDAP
ViewLDAPisanembeddedLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocoldirectorythat
servesasthedatarepositoryforallViewManagerconfigurationinformation.View
LDAPisprovidedaspartoftheViewConnectionServerinstallation.
ViewLDAPcontainsthefollowingcomponentsthatareusedwithinViewManager:
SpecificViewManagerschemadefinitions
Directoryinformationtree(DIT)definitions
Accesscontrollists(ACLs)
ViewLDAPcontainsentriesthatrepresentthefollowingViewManagerobjects:
Virtualdesktopentriesthatrepresenteachaccessiblevirtualdesktop—this
containsreferencestotheForeignSecurityPrincipal(FSP)entriesofWindows
usersandWindowsusergroupsinActiveDirectorywhoareauthorizedtousethis
desktop
Virtualdesktoppoolentriesthatrepresentmultiplevirtualdesktopsmanaged
together
Virtualmachineentriesthatrepresenteachvirtualdesktop
ViewManagercomponentconfigurationentriesusedtostoreconfiguration
settings
ViewLDAPalsoincludesasetofViewManagerplug‐inDLLsthatprovideautomation
andnotificationservicesforotherViewManagercomponents.
Standard Server Installation
AstandardserverdeploymentcreatesasinglestandaloneViewConnectionServer.
ThisservercouldlaterbecomethefirstserverinstancewithinareplicatedView
ConnectionServergroup.
WhenastandardserverinstanceiscreatedduringViewConnectionServerinstallation,
anewlocalViewLDAPinstanceisalsocreated.Theschemadefinitions,
DITdefinition,
ACLs,andsoforthareloadedandthedataisinitialized.
N
OTESecurityserverinstancesdonotcontaintheViewLDAPcomponent.
NOTEMostconfigurationdatainViewLDAPismaintainedfromViewAdministrator,
althoughViewConnectionServermanagessomeentriesautomatically.