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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
Silent Installation Properties for View Client
You can include specific properties when you silently install View Client from the command line. You must
use a
PROPERTY
=
value
format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret the properties and values.
Table 9-1 shows the View Client silent installation properties that you can use at the command-line.
Table 9-1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing View Client
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the View Client software is installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the MSI
installer to interpret the space as a valid part of the path.
This MSI property is optional.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware
View\Client
VDM_SERVER The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the View
Connection Server instance to which View Client users connect by
default. When you configure this property, View Client users do not
have to supply this FQDN or IP address.
For example: VDM_SERVER=cs1.companydomain.com
This MSI property is optional.
None
DESKTOP_SHORTCUT Configures a desktop shortcut icon for View Client.
A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install the
shortcut.
This MSI property is optional.
1
QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT Configures a shortcut icon on the quick-launch tray for View Client.
A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install the
shortcut.
This MSI property is optional.
1
STARTMENU_SHORTCUT Configures a shortcut for View Client in the Start menu.
A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install the
shortcut.
This MSI property is optional.
1
In a silent installation command, you can use the MSI property, ADDLOCAL=, to specify features that the View
Client installer configures. Each silent-installation feature corresponds to a setup option that you can select
during an interactive installation.
Table 9-2 shows the View Client features you can type at the command line and the corresponding interactive-
installation options.
Table 9-2. View Client Silent Installation Features and Interactive Custom Setup Options
Silent Installation Feature Custom Setup Option in an Interactive Installation
Core
If you specify individual features with the MSI property,
ADDLOCAL=, you must include Core.
If you specify ADDLOCAL=ALL, all View Client and View
Client with Local Mode features, including Core, are
installed.
None.
During an interactive installation, the core View Client
functions are installed by default.
MVDI
Use this feature when you install View Client with Local
Mode and specify individual features with ADDLOCAL=.
If you specify ADDLOCAL=ALL, all View Client with Local
Mode features, including MVDI, are installed.
None.
When you install View Client with Local Mode interactively,
the MVDI functions are installed by default.
When you install View Client interactively, the MVDI
functions are not available.
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