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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 5 Client Management
To install View Client
1RuntheViewClientexecutableonthesystemthatwillhosttheclient,wherexxx
isthebuildnumberofthefile:
VMware-viewclient-xxx.exe
TheInstallationwizardopens.ClickNext.
2AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.
3 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions.YoumaydeselecttheUSBRedirection
componentifusersdonotneedtoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdevicesthrough
theirdesktops.
ClickNexttoacceptthedefaultdestinationfolderorclickChange
tousea
differentdestinationfolderandthenclickNext.
4 (Optional)EntertheIPaddressorFQDNoftheservertowhichtheclientwill
connectandclickNext.
5ConfigureshortcutsfortheViewClientandthenclickNext.
6TolaunchViewClientwheninstallationiscompleted,selectthecheck
box.Click
Install>Finish.
To start View Client
1IfViewClientdoesnotstartautomaticallyafterinstallation,clickStart>Programs>
VMware>VMwareViewClient.
2IntheConnectionServerdrop‐downmenu,enterthehostnameorIPaddressof
aViewConnectionServerandclickConnect.
3Enterthecredentials
foranentitleduser,selectthedomainandclickLogin.
4 ChooseadesktopfromthelistprovidedandclickConnect.
ViewClientwillattempttoconnecttothespecifieddesktop.Uponconnection,the
clientwindowisdisplayed.
To connect to desktops using View Portal
1OpenabrowsersupportedbyViewPortal,andentertheURLofa
standardor
replicaViewConnectionServerorSecurityServerinstance.
2Enteranentitledusernameandpassword,selectthecorrectdomainfromthe
drop‐downmenu,andclickLogin.
3WhentheAccessStatusisReady,clickOptions>Connectnexttothedesktopyou
wanttouse.