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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
VMware View with PCoIP
PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment, including
applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or across the WAN. PCoIP
can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end users can remain
productive regardless of network conditions.
PCoIP is supported as the display protocol for View desktops with virtual machines and with physical
machines that contain Teradici host cards.
PCoIP Features
Key features of PCoIP include the following:
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For users outside the corporate firewall, you can use this protocol with your company's virtual private
network or with View security servers.
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Connections to Windows desktops with the View Agent operating system versions listed in “Supported
Operating Systems for View Agent,” on page 13 are supported.
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Connections from Windows clients with the View Client operating system versions listed in “Supported
Operating Systems for Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode,” on page 14 are
supported.
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MMR redirection is supported for Windows XP and Vista clients. MMR redirection is not supported for
Windows 7 View Clients and is not supported on Windows 7 View desktops.
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USB redirection is supported.
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Audio redirection with dynamic audio quality adjustment for LAN and WAN is supported.
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Multiple monitors are supported. You can use up to four monitors and adjust the resolution for each
monitor separately, with a resolution of up to 2560x1600 per display. Pivot display and autofit are also
supported.
When 3D feature is enabled, up to 2 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920x1200.
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32-bit color is supported for virtual displays.
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ClearType fonts are supported.
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Copy and paste of text and images between the local system and the desktop is supported, up to 1MB.
Supported file formats include text, images, and RTF (Rich Text Format). You cannot copy and paste
system objects such as folders and files between systems.
Video Quality
480p-formatted video
You can play video at 480p or lower at native resolutions when the View
desktop has a single virtual CPU. If the operating system is Windows 7 and
you want to play the video in high-definition Flash or in full screen mode, the
desktop requires a dual virtual CPU.
720p-formatted video
You can play video at 720p at native resolutions if the View desktop has a dual
virtual CPU. Performance might be affected if you play videos at 720p in high
definition or in full screen mode.
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