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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
View components, command-line options for
silent installation 47
View Composer, database requirements 10
View Composer configuration
creating a user account 23
creating a vCenter Server user 22, 49
privileges for the vCenter Server user 51
settings in View Administrator 55
View Composer database
ODBC data source for Oracle 11g or 10g 32
ODBC data source for SQL Server 28
Oracle 11g and 10g 29, 30
requirements 27
SQL Server 28
View Composer infrastructure
configuring vSphere 34
optimizing 34
testing DNS resolution 34
View Composer installation
installer file 32
overview 27
requirements overview 9
View Composer upgrade
compatibility with vCenter Server versions 10
operating system requirements 10
requirements overview 9
View Connection Server
certificate authentication 76
hardware requirements 7
View Connection Server configuration
client connections 56
event database 91, 92
external URL 57, 58
first time 52
overview 35
replacing the default certificate 75
server certificate 81
sizing Windows Server settings 59
system page file size 65
trust relationships 21
View Connection Server installation
installation types 35
network configuration 9
overview 35
prerequisites 35
product license key 53
replicated instances 39
requirements overview 7
security servers 43
silent 37
silent installation properties 38
single server 36
supported operating systems 8
virtualization software requirements 8
View desktops, configuring direct
connections 56
View Portal, browser requirements 16
View Secure Gateway Server component,
increasing the JVM heap size 64
View Transfer Server, certificate
authentication 83
View Transfer Server configuration
adding an instance 69
Transfer Server repository 70
View Transfer Server installation
group policies for silent installation 71
installer file 67
overview 67
requirements overview 11
silent 71, 72
silent installation properties 73
storage requirements 12
supported operating systems 12
virtual machine requirements 11
virtual printing feature 99
vSphere, configuring for View Composer 34
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Web browser requirements 9, 16
Windows 7 requirements, local mode
desktops 14
Windows computers, installing View Client 95
Windows Server, system page file size 65
worksheets, calculating ephemeral ports and TCB
has table size 63
Wyse MMR 19
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