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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
Table 1-4. Supported Database Servers for View Composer (Continued)
Database vCenter Server 5.0 and later
vCenter Server 4.1 U1 and
later
vCenter Server 4.0 U3 and
later
Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 SP1
and later,
Standard and
Enterprise
(32- and 64-bit)
Yes Yes Yes
Oracle 10g Release
2
Yes Yes Yes
Oracle 11g Release
2,
with Oracle
11.2.0.1 Patch 5
Yes Yes Yes
NOTE If you use an Oracle 11g R2 database, you must install Oracle 11.2.0.1 Patch 5. This patch requirement
applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
View Transfer Server Requirements
View Transfer Server is an optional View Manager component that supports check in, check out, and replication
of desktops that run in local mode. View Transfer Server has specific installation, operating system, and storage
requirements.
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Installation Requirements for View Transfer Server on page 11
You must install View Transfer Server as a Windows application in a virtual machine that meets specific
requirements.
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Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server on page 12
You must install View Transfer Server on a supported operating system with at least the minimum
required amount of RAM.
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Storage Requirements for View Transfer Server on page 12
View Transfer Server transfers static content to and from the Transfer Server repository and dynamic
content between local desktops and remote desktops in the datacenter. View Transfer Server has specific
storage requirements.
Installation Requirements for View Transfer Server
You must install View Transfer Server as a Windows application in a virtual machine that meets specific
requirements.
The virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server must meet several requirements regarding network
connectivity:
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It must be managed by the same vCenter Server instance as the local desktops that it will manage.
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It does not have to be part of a domain.
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It must use a static IP address.
CAUTION You must configure the virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server with an LSI Logic Parallel
SCSI controller. You cannot use a SAS or VMware paravirtual controller.
On Windows Server 2008 virtual machines, the LSI Logic SAS controller is selected by default. You must change
this selection to an LSI Logic Parallel controller before you install the operating system.
Chapter 1 System Requirements for Server Components
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