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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 Windows-Based 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 SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Transfer Server
- Prepare an Existing Certificate in PKCS#12 Format for Use with View Transfer Server
- Obtain a Signed Certificate from a CA for Use with a View Transfer Server Instance
- Generate a Self-Signed Certificate for View Transfer Server
- Configure a View Transfer Server Instance to Use a Certificate
- Configure SSL for View Transfer Server Communications
- Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows
- Appendix: Additional SSL Configuration Tasks
- Creating an Event Database
- Installing and Starting View Client
- Index
Supported Operating Systems for View Composer
View Composer supports 64-bit operating systems with specific requirements and limitations. You must install
View Composer on the same physical computer or virtual machine as vCenter Server.
Table 1-3 lists the operating systems supported for View Composer.
Table 1-3. 64-Bit Operating System Support for View Composer
vCenter Server
Version Operating System Edition Service Pack
4.0 Update 3 and later Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise None or SP1
4.1 Update 1 and later Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise None or SP1
5.0 and later Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise None or SP1
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 1-4. For example, View Composer can use the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008
Express instance provided with vCenter Server. If a database server does not already exist, you must install
one.
View Composer supports a subset of the database servers that vCenter Server supports. If you are already
using vCenter Server with a database server that is not supported by View Composer, continue to use that
database server for vCenter Server and install a separate database server to use for View Composer and View
Manager database events.
IMPORTANT If you create the View Composer database on the same SQL Server instance as vCenter Server, do
not overwrite the vCenter Server database.
Table 1-4 lists the supported database servers and versions. For a complete list of database versions supported
with vCenter Server, see the VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes on the VMware vSphere documentation
Web site.
Table 1-4. Supported Database Servers for View Composer
Database vCenter Server 5.0 and later
vCenter Server 4.1 U1 and
later
vCenter Server 4.0 U3 and
later
Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
Express
No Yes Yes
Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 SP3
and later,
Standard and
Enterprise
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 R2
Express
Yes No No
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