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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
4 On the Database Identification page, type a Global Database Name and an Oracle System Identifier (SID)
prefix.
For simplicity, use the same value for both items.
5 On the Management Options page, click Next to accept the default settings.
6 On the Database Credentials page, select Use the Same Administrative Passwords for All Accounts and
type a password.
7 On the remaining configuration pages, click Next to accept the default settings.
8 On the Creation Options page, verify that Create Database is selected and click Finish.
9 On the Confirmation page, review the options and click OK.
The configuration tool creates the database.
10 On the Database Creation Complete page, click OK.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in “Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 11g or 10g,” on page 35.
Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 9i
You can use the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant to add a new View Composer database to an existing
Oracle 9i instance.
Prerequisites
Verify that a supported version of Oracle 9i is installed on the vCenter Server computer. See “Database
Requirements for View Composer,” on page 10.
Procedure
1 On the vCenter Server computer, select Start > All Programs > Oracle-OraHome92 > Configuration and
Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistant.
2 On the Operations page, select Create a database.
3 On the Database Templates page, select the General Purpose template.
4 On the Database Identification page, type a Global Database Name and an Oracle System Identifier (SID)
prefix.
For simplicity, use the same value for both items.
5 On the Database Connection Options page, select Dedicated Server Mode.
6 On the remaining configuration pages, click Next to accept the default settings.
7 On the Creation Options page, verify that Create Database is selected and click Finish.
8 On the Summary page, review the options and click OK.
The configuration tool creates the database.
9 Set passwords for the SYS and SYSTEM administrator accounts.
You use the SYSTEM account to set up the data-source connection.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in “Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 9i,” on page 36.
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