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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“A d o b e FlashBandwidthReduction”onpage 108
“ClientDeviceInformation”onpage 110
“EnablingHPRGSDisplayProtocol”onpage 112
View Client and View Portal
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallthecomponentsrequiredtouseViewClientand
ViewPortal.Youmustbeloggedinasanadministratorontheclientsystemtocarryout
eitherofthesetasks.
ThefunctionalityofferedbyViewClientandViewPortalisderivedfromacommonset
of
locallyinstalledbasecomponents.UserswhohavealreadyinstalledViewClientwill
beinvitedtoinstallanadditionalActiveXcontrolontheirbrowserswhentheyuse
ViewPortalforthefirsttime.
Similarly,ViewPortaluserswhodonot haveViewClientinstalledwillbepromptedto
allowthebrowserto
automaticallyinstalltherequiredViewClientcomponentsthe
firsttimetheyconnectonline.
AnexpedientwayofinstallingtheViewClientapplicationistovisittheViewPortal
pageandallowthebrowsertoautomaticallyinstalltherequiredcomponentsonthe
clientsystem.However,ifyouchoosetodothisyou
mustbeawareofthefollowing:
VirtualPrintingandUSBsupportisnotprovidedbyViewPortal
WindowsStartMenuentriesforViewPortalarenotcreatedafterinstallation
IfyouinstallViewClientfromtheexecutable,USBsupportandvirtualprintingwillbe
offeredwithintheapplication,andStartMenuentrieswillbecreated.
N
OTEFeaturesdifferaccordingtowhichViewClientyouuse.Thisguidedescribes
primarilyViewClientandViewPortalforMicrosoftWindows.Thefollowingtypesof
clientsarenotcoveredindetailinthisguide:
ViewPortalforLinux(experimental)andViewPortalforMacOSX
(experimental).
ViewClientforLinux,availableonlythroughcertifiedpartners.
Variousthird‐partyclients,availableonlythroughcertifiedpartners.
ViewOpenClient,whichsupportstheVMw arepartnercertificationprogram.
ViewOpenClientisnotanofficialViewclient,andisnotsupportedassuch.
NOTEViewPortaldoesnotsupportUSBredirection,regardlessofinstallationpath.