3.1

View Manager Administration Guide
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Bydefault,theFQDNofthehostisrequiredbyView Clientinordertoestablisha
connectionwithViewConnectionServer.Thisinformationwillnotbeavailableto
clientswhoattempttocontacttheserverfromoutsideyournetworkenvironment.
Referto“ClientConnectionsfromtheInternet”onpage 88forinformation
onhowto
addanexternalURLtoasecurityservertomakeitaccessiblefromtheInternet.
Offline Desktop
IfyouintendtousetheOfflineDesktopfeature,youmustalsoensurethatport902is
similarlyaccessibleonyourESX/ESXiserver;thisportisusedtoestablishtheTCP
connectionthroughwhichtheofflinedesktopdataisdownloadedanduploaded.Refer
toChapter 7,“OfflineDesktop,”onpage 155
formoreinformationaboutthis
component.
RDP
WhenViewAgentisinstalledonadesktopvirtualmachineoranunmanageddesktop
source,theapplicationinstallerconfiguresthelocalfirewallruleforinboundRDP
connectionstomatchthecurrentRDPportofthehostoperatingsystem—inmostcases
thiswillbeport3389.
Ifanadministratorsubsequentlychangesthe
portnumberusedforRDP,theassociated
firewallrulesforboththedesktopvirtualmachineorunmanageddesktopsourceand
theback‐endfirewallmustbesimilarlymodifiedbytheadministrator.
Formoreinformationaboutdesktopvirtualmachinesandunmanageddesktop
sources,refer“DesktopSources”onpage 64.
To install a security server
1Runthefollowingexecutable
onthesystemthatwillhostthesecurityserver,
wherexxxisthebuildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewconnectionserver-xxx.exe
TheInstallationwizardisdisplayed.ClickNext.
2AcceptthelicensetermsandclickNext.
3AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderandclickNext.
4 ChooseSecurityServer.