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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
Installing View Client Silently
You can install View Client silently by typing the installer filename and installation options at the command
line. With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Client with Local Mode
Before you can install View Client with Local Mode silently, you must configure Microsoft Windows group
policies to allow installation with elevated privileges.
You do not have to set these group policies to install View Client silently. These policies are required only for
View Client with Local Mode.
You must set Windows Installer group policies for computers and for users on the client computer.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have administrator privileges on the Windows client computer on which you will install View
Client with Local Mode.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client computer and click Start > Run.
2 Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
3 In the Group Policy Object Editor, click Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration.
4 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
5 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
6 In the left pane, click User Configuration.
7 Expand Administrative Templates, open the Windows Installer folder, and double-click Always install
with elevated privileges.
8 In the Always Install with Elevated Privileges Properties window, click Enabled and click OK.
What to do next
Install View Client with Local Mode silently.
Install View Client Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Client or
View Client with Local Mode on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the command
line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.
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Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See “Supported Operating Systems for
Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode,” on page 14.
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
Mode.
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that none of the following products is installed:
VMware View Client, VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Server.
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