5.0
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
Index
A
Active Directory
configuring domains and trust relationships 21
preparing for smart card authentication 24
preparing for SSL certificate configuration 88
preparing for use with View 21
Active Directory groups
creating for kiosk mode client accounts 22
creating for View users and administrators 22
ADM template files 24
Adobe Flash requirements 19
antivirus software, View Composer 34
B
browser requirements 9, 16
C
certificate signing requests, See CSRs
certificates
additional tasks 88
checking in View Client 87
configuring View Connection Server to use 81
configuring View Transfer Server to use 85
creating new 78
exporting to PEM format 84
for View Connection Server 76
for View Transfer Server 83
importing to a keystore file 81
obtaining signatures 79, 84
replacing the default 75
requirements 75
self-signed for View Transfer Server 85
using an existing certificate 76
certutil, identifying the type of CA signature 77
certutil command 26, 88
client software requirements 13
CPU requirements, local mode desktops 14
CSRs, creating 79, 84
D
databases
creating for View Composer 27
View events 91, 92
default certificate, replacing 75
direct connections, configuring 56
display requirements, local mode desktops 14
DNS resolution, View Composer 34
documentation feedback, how to provide 5
domain filtering 22
E
Enterprise NTAuth store, adding root
certificates 26, 88
ephemeral ports
calculating 59
how View Manager uses 59
increasing on a Windows Server computer 60
ESX hosts, View Composer 34
event database
creating for View 91, 92
SQL Server configuration 92
external URLs
configuring for a View Connection Server
instance 58
modifying for a security server 58
purpose and format 57
F
Firefox, supported versions 9, 16
firewall rules
View Connection Server 39
View Transfer Server 71
firewalls, configuring 36
G
glossary, where to find 5
GPOs, linking to a View desktop OU 24
Group Policy Objects, See GPOs
GroupPolicyFiles directory 24
H
hardware requirements
local mode desktops 14
PCoIP 17
smart card authentication 20
View Connection Server 7
I
intermediate certificates
adding to intermediate certification
authorities 26, 88
importing to a keystore file 80
Intermediate Certification Authorities policy 26,
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