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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
1080p-formatted video
If the View desktop has a dual virtual CPU, you can play 1080p formatted
video, although the media player might need to be adjusted to a smaller
window size.
3D
If you plan to use 3D applications such as Windows Aero themes or Google
Earth, the Windows 7 View desktop must have virtual hardware version 8,
available with vSphere 5 and later. You must also turn on the pool setting called
Windows 7 3D Rendering. Up to 2 monitors are supported, and the maximum
screen resolution is 1920 x 1200.
This non-hardware accelerated graphics feature enables you to run DirectX 9
and OpenGL 2.1 applications without requiring a physical graphics processing
unit (GPU).
Recommended Guest Operating System Settings
Recommended guest operating system settings include the following settings:
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For Windows XP desktops: 768MB RAM or more and a single CPU
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For Windows 7 desktops: 1GB of RAM and a dual CPU
Client Hardware Requirements
Client hardware requirements include the following:
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x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with a 800MHz or higher processor speed.
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ARM processor with NEON (preferred) or WMMX2 extensions, with a 1Ghz or higher processor speed.
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Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor setups. Use the following formula
as a general guide:
20MB + (24 * (# monitors) * (monitor width) * (monitor height))
As a rough guide, you can use the following calculations:
1 monitor: 1600 x 1200: 64MB
2 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 128MB
3 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 256MB
Microsoft RDP
Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) uses RDP to transmit data. RDP is a multichannel protocol that
allows a user to connect to a computer remotely.
Following are RDP-related requirements and considerations for different Windows operating systems and
features.
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For Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded systems, you should use Microsoft RDC 6.x.
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Windows Vista comes with RDC 6.x installed, though RDC 7 is recommended.
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Windows 7 comes with RDC 7 installed. Windows 7 SP1 comes with RDC 7.1 installed.
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You must have RDC 6.0 or later to use multiple monitors.
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For Windows XP desktop virtual machines, you must install the RDP patches listed in Microsoft
Knowledge Base (KB) articles 323497 and 884020. If you do not install the RDP patches, a Windows Sockets
failed error message might appear on the client.
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