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
configuring a pairing password 42
configuring an external URL 57
configuring to use a certificate 81
installer file 43
installing silently 45
modifying an external URL 58
operating system requirements 8
silent installation properties 46
silent installation
group policies to allow installation 71, 101
replicated instances 41
security servers 45
View Client 101
View Client with Local Mode 101
View Connection Server 37
View Transfer Server 71, 72
sizing Windows Server settings
calculating ephemeral ports 59
calculation worksheets 63
increasing ephemeral ports 59, 60
increasing the JVM heap size 64
increasing the TCB hash table size 62
smart card authentication
Active Directory preparation 24
requirements 20
UPNs for smart card users 25
software requirements, server components 7
SQL Server database
adding an ODBC data source 28
adding for View Composer 28
preparing for event database 92
SQL Server databases 10
SQL Server Management Studio Express,
installing 28
SSL
configuring for client connections 82
configuring for View Transfer Server
communications 87
SSL certificates, See certificates
storetype property 81
streaming multimedia 19
support, online and telephone 5
system page file size, Windows Server 65
T
TCB hash table
how View uses 61
increasing size for non-security servers 61
increasing size for security servers 62
increasing size on a Windows Server
computer 62
TCP ports
View Connection Server 39
View Transfer Server 71
technical support and education 5
ThinPrint setup 99
Transfer Server repository, configuring 70
transmission control block
how View uses 61
increasing size for non-security servers 61
increasing size for security servers 62
trust relationships, configuring for View
Connection Server 21
Trusted Root Certification Authorities policy 25,
88
U
uninstalling View components 48
UPNs
smart card users 25
View Client 96
View Client with Local Mode 96
USB printers 100
user accounts
requirements 49
vCenter Server 22, 49
View Composer 23, 49
userPrincipalName attribute 25
V
vCenter Server
configuring for View Composer 34
creating a user for local mode 49
installing the View Composer service 32
user accounts 22, 49
vCenter Server instances, adding in View
Administrator 53
vCenter Server user
local mode privileges 52
vCenter Server privileges 51
View Composer privileges 51
View Administrator
logging in 52
overview 52
requirements 9
View Agent, installation requirements 13
View Client
installation overview 95
installing on a Windows PC or laptop 95
installing silently on a Windows PC or
laptop 101
silent installation properties 103
starting 95, 96
supported operating systems 14
using View Portal to install 98
View Client with Local Mode
group policies for silent installation 101
supported operating systems 14
View clients, configuring connections 56
Index
VMware, Inc. 107