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 2 Installation
dIntheVirtualCenterServerstable,clickAddandcompletethedetailsforone
ormoreVirtualCenterserverstousewithViewManager.
iEntertheFQDNorIPaddressoftheVMwareVirtualCenterserveryou
wantViewManagertocommunicatewithintheServeraddresstextbox.
ii Entertheusernameofa
VirtualCenteruserintheUsernametextbox.If
youwanttoselectaVirtualCenteruserwhoisnotanadministratorbut
hastherequisitelevelofauthority,ensurethattheirrolemeetsthecriteria
describedin“VirtualCenterPermissionsforViewManagerUsers”on
page 37.
iii Enterthepasswordthatcorrespondsto
theusernameenteredabovein
thePasswordtextbox.
iv (Optional)EnteradescriptionforthisVirtualCenterserverinthe
Descriptiontextbox.
vIfyouwillbeconnectingtotheVirtualCenterthroughasecurechannel
(SSL),makesureConnectusingSSLisselected.Thisisthedefault
setting.
vi EntertheTCPport
numberinthePorttextbox.Thedefaultis443.
vii (Optional)IfyouclicktheAdvancedbutton,youcanalsoconfigurethe
followingsettings:
viii Maximumnumberofconcurrentprovisioningoperations—Thisisthe
maximumnumberofvirtualmachinesthatwillbesimultaneously
createdbyViewManagerinVirtualCenteratanygiven
time.
ix Maximumnumberofconcurrentpoweroperations—Thisisthe
maximumnumberofconcurrentpoweroperations(startup,shutdown,
suspendandsoforth)thatwilltakeplaceonViewManagermanaged
virtualmachinesinVirtualCenteratanygiventime.
eClickOKtostoretheVirtualCentersettings.
CAUTIONIfyouenteraserverusingaDNSnameorURL,noDNSlookupis
performedtoverifywhetherornottheserverhaspreviouslybeenentered
usingitsIPaddress.AconflictwillariseifaVirtualCenterserverisaddedwith
bothitsDNSnameanditsIPaddress.