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Getting Started with VMware View
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YoucanusetheEventsviewofViewAdministratortoexamineeventsgeneratedbytheactionstakingplace
inViewConnectionServer.YoucanentertextintheContainsfieldandsearchbytypeofmessage,thetimeof
themessage,orthemessagetextitself.Youcanalsodeterminethe
numberofdaysofmessagestodisplay.For
moreinformation,seetheViewAdministratorchapteroftheViewManagerAdministrationGuide.
View Component Reference
Viewconsistsofthefollowingmajorcomponents:
 ViewConnectionServer—asoftwareservicethatactsasabrokerforclientconnectionsbyauthenticating
andthendirectingincomingremotedesktopuserrequeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physical
desktop,orterminalserver.
ReplicaserversareadditionalViewConnectionServerinstancesthatprovidehigh‐availabilityandload
balancing.Whenareplica
serverisinstalled,alocalLDAPinstanceisalsocreatedandtheViewLDAP
dataonthereplicaserverisinitializedfromanexistingViewConnectionServer.
Securityserverscanbeinstalledinthedemilitarizedzone(DMZ)toaddanadditionallayerofnetwork
protection.Securityserversmakesurethatonly
authenticateduserscanconnecttotheinternalnetwork
fromexternallocationsbyprovidingasinglepointofaccess.
 ViewAdministrator—aWebapplicationthatallowsViewManageradministratorstoconfigureView
ConnectionServer,deployandmanagedesktops,controluserauthentication,initiateandexamine
systemevents,andcarryoutanalyticalactivities.
 ViewComposer—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledontheVirtualCenterservertoallowViewManager
torapidlydeploymultiplelinkedclonedesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.
 ViewAgent—asoftwareservicethatyouinstallonallguestvirtualmachines,physicalsystems,or
terminalserverstoallowthemtobemanagedbyViewManager. 
 ViewClient—alocallyinstalledsoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswithViewConnectionServerto
allowuserstoconnecttotheirdesktops.
 ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop(experimental)—aversionofViewClientthatisextendedtosupport
theOfflineDesktopfeaturewhichallowsuserstodownloadvirtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocal
systems.
 ViewPortal—aWeb‐basedversionofViewClientsupportedbymultipleoperatingsystemsand
browsers.