5.1
Table Of Contents
- VMware View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- VMware View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to VMware View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Benefits of Using View Desktops in Local Mode
- Accessing USB Devices Connected to a Local Computer
- Printing from a View Desktop
- Streaming Multimedia to a View Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a View Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors with a View Desktop
- Managing Desktop Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines
- Virtual Machine Requirements
- VMware View ESX/ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration and Desktop Pool Maximums
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Transfer Server Virtual Machine Configuration and Storage
- vSphere Clusters
- VMware View Building Blocks
- VMware View Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting View Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure View Desktops
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding VMware View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a VMware View Environment
- Index
overview 11
PCoIP Secure Gateway 70
setup, VMware View 73
shared storage 30, 51
single sign-on (SSO) 13, 26, 60
smart card authentication 59
smart card readers 25, 59
snapshots 32
software provisioning 33
storage, reducing, with View Composer 30, 31
storage bandwidth 51
storage configurations 51
streaming applications 33
streaming multimedia 26
suspend files 37, 39
swap files 37
T
tablets 11
task workers 36, 37, 42
TCP ports
Active Directory 72
View Agent 71
View Client with Local Mode 72
View Connection Server 71
technical support 5
templates, GPO 34
terminal servers 47
thin client support 11, 17
ThinApp 33
tunnel connection 47, 56
tunneled communications 57, 70
two-factor authentication 59
U
UDP ports 66
Unified Access 47
USB devices, using with View desktops 9, 17,
25
USB redirection 25
user authentication
Active Directory 58
methods 58
smart cards 59
user profiles 21
user types 36
V
vCenter, configuration 46
vCenter Server 13, 29
vdmadmin command 14
View Administrator 13, 34
View Agent 13, 34
View Broker 70
View Client 12, 34
View Client for Linux 12
View Client with Local Mode, connections 57
View Composer, operations 47, 51
View Connection Server
configuration 13, 34, 47
grouping 63
load balancing 63
overview 11
smart card authentication 59
View deployment diagram 10
View desktop configurations 35
View Messaging 71
View node configuration 40
View Open Client 12
View pod 50, 54
View Portal 11, 12
View PowerCLI 14
View Secure Gateway Server 70
View Transfer Server
configuration 48
synchronizing local desktops 14
virtual machine configuration
for vCenter 46
for View Composer 46
for View Connection Server 47
for View desktops 35
for View Transfer Server 48
virtual printing feature 9, 17, 25
virtual private networks 62
virtual profiles 9, 17
VMotion 49
VMware View with Local Mode, See local
desktop
vSphere 7, 9, 30
vSphere cluster 49, 50
W
WAN support 52
Windows page file 39
Windows roaming profiles 21
worker types 35–37, 39, 41
Wyse MMR 17, 26
Index
VMware, Inc. 77