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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
To install View Manager Agent
1RuntheViewAgentexecutableonthesystemthatwillhosttheagent,wherexxx
isthebuildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewagent-xxx.exe
Theinstallationwizardopens.ClickNext.
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions.YoumustinstalltheViewManagerComposer
Agentifyouwanttodeploylinkedclonedesktops.RefertoChapter 6,“View
Composer,”onpage 115forfurtherinformationaboutthisfeature.Youmayalso
selectordeselectthefollowingfeatures:
InstalltheViewSecureAuthenticationcomponentifyouwanttoinstallthe
GraphicalIdentificationandAuthentication(GINA)dynamiclinklibrary.
Installingthiscomponentenablessinglesignon(SSO)sothatwhenauserlogs
intoViewClienttheyarenotadditionallypromptedtoreentertheir
authenticationinformationinorderto
logintotheirdesktop.
InstalltheUSBRedirectioncomponentifvirtualdesktopusersneedtoaccess
locallyconnectedUSBdeviceswiththeirvirtualdesktops.
InstalltheVirtualPrintingcomponentifyouwanttoenableuserstoprintto
anyprinteravailabletotheirclientsystemwithoutfirstinstallingadditional
driversontheirdesktop.Referto“ViewClientConfigurationFile”on
page 106formoreinformationaboutthisfeature.
4Acceptorchangethedestinationfolderandclick
Next.
5ClickInstalltobegintheinstallationprocess.Ontheprocessiscompleteclick
Finish.
Using the View Agent on Virtual Machines with Multiple NICs
ForguestsystemswithmorethanonevirtualNIC,youmustconfigurethesubnetthat
theViewAgentwilluse.ThisdetermineswhichnetworkaddresstheViewAgent
providestotheViewConnectionServerforclientRDPconnections.
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OTEWindows2000doesnotsupportUSBredirection.