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Table Of Contents
- VMware View Installation
- Contents
- VMware View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Client Components
- Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
- Supported Operating Systems for View Client and View Client with Local Mode
- Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Remote Display Protocol and Software Support
- Adobe Flash Requirements
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for View Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for View Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Installing View Composer
- Installing View Connection Server
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server
- Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration
- Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server
- Configure a Security Server Pairing Password
- Install a Security Server
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
- Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local Mode
- View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- Configuring View Client Connections
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installing View Transfer Server
- Configuring Certificate Authentication
- Replacing the Default Certificate
- Add keytool and openssl to the System Path
- Use an Existing PKCS#12 Certificate and Private Key
- Convert a PKCS#12 Keystore to JKS Format
- Creating a New SSL Certificate
- Configure a View Connection Server Instance or Security Server to Use a New Certificate
- Configure a View Transfer Server Instance to Use a New Certificate
- Configure SSL for Client Connections
- Configure SSL for View Transfer Server Communications
- Using Group Policy to Configure Certificate Checking in View Client
- Creating an Event Database
- Installing and Starting View Client
- Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
- Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
- Install View Client by Using View Portal
- Install View Client on Mac OS X
- Start View Client on Mac OS X
- Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on Windows Clients
- Using USB Printers
- Installing View Client Silently
- Index
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Database Requirements for View Composer on page 10
View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on,
or be available to, the vCenter Server computer.
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Virtualization Software Requirements for View Composer Features on page 11
You must create linked-clone virtual machines on hosts that run ESX/ESXi 4 or later, and you must
configure linked-clone pools in vSphere mode, to take advantage of several View Composer and vSphere
features.
Supported Operating Systems for View Composer
View Composer supports 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems with specific requirements and limitations. You
must install View Composer on the same physical computer or virtual machine as vCenter Server.
64-Bit Operating Systems
Table 1-3 lists the 64-bit operating systems supported for View Composer. Standard and Enterprise editions
are supported.
Table 1-3. 64-Bit Operating System Support for View Composer
vCenter Server Version Operating System Service Pack
4.1 and later Windows Server 2008 R2 N/A
4.1 and later Windows Server 2008 SP2
4.1 and later Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
4.1 and later Windows Server 2003 SP2
4.0 Update 2 and later Windows Server 2008 SP2
32-Bit Operating Systems
Table 1-4 lists the 32-bit operating systems supported for View Composer. Standard and Enterprise editions
are supported.
Table 1-4. 32-Bit Operating System Support for View Composer
vCenter Server Version Operating System Service Pack
4.0 Update 2 and later Windows Server 2003 SP2
2.5 Update 6 Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
2.5 Update 6 Windows Server 2003 SP2
Database Requirements for View Composer
View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on, or be
available to, the vCenter Server computer.
If a database server already exists for vCenter Server, View Composer can use that existing database server if
it is a version listed in Table 1-5. For example, View Composer can use the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
instance provided with vCenter Server. If a database server does not already exist, you must install one.
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