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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
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The View Agent installer configures the local firewall rule for inbound RDP connections to match the
current RDP port of the host operating system, which is typically 3389. If you change the RDP port number,
you must change the associated firewall rules.
You can download RDC versions from the Microsoft Web site.
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 600MHz or higher processor speed.
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128MB RAM.
Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
Multimedia redirection (MMR) delivers the multimedia stream directly to client computers by using a virtual
channel.
With MMR, the multimedia stream is processed, that is, encoded and decoded, on the client system. Local
hardware formats and plays media content, thereby offloading the demand on the ESX/ESXi host.
View Client and View Client with Local Mode support MMR on the following operating systems:
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Windows XP
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Windows XP Embedded
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Windows Vista
The MMR feature supports the media file formats that the client system supports, since local decoders must
exist on the client. File formats include MPEG2-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2; WMV 7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI; ACE;
MP3; and WAV, among others.
Use Windows Media Player 10 or later, and install it on both the local computer, or client access device, and
the View desktop.
You must add the MMR port as an exception to your firewall software. The default port for MMR is 9427.
NOTE The View Client video display hardware must have overlay support for MMR to work correctly.
Windows 7 clients and Windows 7 View desktops do not support MMR. For Windows 7 clients agents, use
Windows media redirection, included with RDP 7.
Adobe Flash Requirements
You can reduce the amount of bandwidth used by Adobe Flash content that runs in View desktop sessions.
This reduction can improve the overall browsing experience and make other applications running in the
desktop more responsive.
Adobe Flash bandwidth reduction is available for Internet Explorer sessions on Microsoft Windows only, and
for Adobe Flash versions 9 and 10 only. To make use of Adobe Flash bandwidth reduction settings, Adobe
Flash must not be running in full screen mode.
Chapter 2 System Requirements for Client Components
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