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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
The View Transfer Server software cannot coexist on the same virtual machine with any other View Manager
software component, including View Connection Server.
You can install multiple View Transfer Server instances for high availability and scalability.
Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server
You must install View Transfer Server on a supported operating system with at least the minimum required
amount of RAM.
Table 1-5. Operating System Support for View Transfer Server
Operating System Version Edition Service Pack Minimum RAM
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard
Enterprise
None or SP1 4GB
Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit Standard
Enterprise
SP2 2GB
IMPORTANT Configure two virtual CPUs for virtual machines that host View Transfer Server.
Storage Requirements for View Transfer Server
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.
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The disk drive on which you configure the Transfer Server repository must have enough space to store
your static image files. Image files are View Composer base images.
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View Transfer Server must have access to the datastores that store the desktop disks to be transferred. The
datastores must be accessible from the ESX/ESXi host where the View Transfer Server virtual machine is
running.
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The recommended maximum number of concurrent disk transfers that View Transfer Server can support
is 20.
During a transfer operation, a local desktop's virtual disk is mounted on View Transfer Server. The View
Transfer Server virtual machine has four SCSI controllers. This configuration allows multiple disks to be
attached to the virtual machine at one time.
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Because local desktops can contain sensitive user data, make sure data is encrypted during its transit over
the network.
In View Administrator, you can configure data-transfer security options on each View Connection Server
instance. To configure these options in View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers, select a
View Connection Server instance, and click Edit.
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When View Transfer Server is added to View Manager, its Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
automation policy is set to Manual, which effectively disables DRS.
To migrate a View Transfer Server instance to another ESX host or datastore, you must place the instance
in maintenance mode before you begin the migration.
When View Transfer Server is removed from View Manager, the DRS automation policy is reset to the
value it had before View Transfer Server was added to View Manager.
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