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Getting Started with VMware View
fEntertheTCPportnumberinthePorttextbox.
Thedefaultis443.
IfyouarenotusingViewComposer,skiptoStep 8.
3ClickCheckforViewComposerCompatibilitytoverifythattheView Composerserviceisrunningon
theVirtualCenterserver.
Ifthecheckissuccessful,theViewComposerSettings
propertygroupappears.
4MakesurethatEnableViewComposerisselectedandthattheportnumbercorrespondstotheport
specifiedduringtheinstallationoftheView ComposerserviceontheVirtualCenterserver.
5ClickAddtoentertherequireddetailsintheAddQuickPrepDomaindialogbox.
EntertheFQDNoftheActive
Directorydomain(forexample,domain.com),theusernameincludingthe
FQDN(forexample,domain.com\admin),andthepasswordforthespecifieduser.
Thecredentialsprovidedmustrepresentadomainaccount,createdbyyourActiveDirectory
administrator,thathaspermissiontoaddandremovemachineaccountsfromthespecifiedactive
directorycontainer.
ViewComposerusestheaddeddomainsandassociatedusercredentialstojoin
linkedclonestoadomain.
6ClickAdd.
7ClickOK.
TheViewComposeruserisaddedtotheQuickPrepdomainslist.
8ClickOKtoclosetheVirtualCentersettingsdialogbox.
(Optional) Configure an External URL for View Connection Server
TheexternalURListheURLthatViewConnectionServer(orasecurityserver)returnstoViewClientsothat
itcanestablishaconnection.YoumighthavetosettheexternalURLtoprovideanalternateDNSnameorIP
addressthatcanberesolvedfromclientsystems.
To set the external URL on a standard or replica server
1Fromthe
Configurationtab,clickServersintheleftnavigationpane.
2UnderViewServers,selectaViewConnectionServerentryandclickEdit.
3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.
Youmustincludetheprotocol,address,andportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
4ClickOK.
Create and Prepare the Guest System
Theguestsystemofthevirtualmachine,whichyoucreateinVirtualCenter,providesthebasisforvirtual
desktopdeployment.Toprepareaguestsystemfordeployment,performthefollowingtasks:
 Installtheguestoperatingsystem.IfyouareinstallingWindowsXPasyourguestoperatingsystem,
reviewtheadditionalinstructionsandguidelinesintheWindowsXPDeploymentGuideat
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/vmware‐view‐xp‐deployment‐guide.pdf
 InstallthelatestversionofVMwareTools(providedwithVMwareInfrastructure).
 InstallMicrosoftservicepacksandWindowsupdates.
 Installantivirussoftware.
 Installotherapplications,suchasWindowsMediaPlayerifyouareusingMMR.