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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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Verify that the Windows computer on which you install View Connection Server has version 2.0 or later
of the MSI runtime engine. For details, see the Microsoft Web site.
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Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See “Microsoft Windows Installer
Command-Line Options,” on page 47.
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Familiarize yourself with the silent installation properties available with a standard installation of View
Connection Server. See “Silent Installation Properties for a View Connection Server Standard
Installation,” on page 38.
Procedure
1 Download the View Connection Server installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/ to the Windows Server computer.
The installer filename is VMware-viewconnectionserver-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe or VMware-
viewconnectionserver-x86_64-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe, where xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the
version number.
2 Open a command prompt on the Windows Server computer.
3 Type the installation command on one line.
For example: VMware-viewconnectionserver-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe /s /v"/qn VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=1"
The VMware View services are installed on the Windows Server computer. For details, see “Install View
Connection Server with a New Configuration,” on page 36.
Silent Installation Properties for a View Connection Server Standard Installation
You can include specific View Connection Server properties when you perform a silent installation from the
command line. You must use a
PROPERTY
=
value
format so that Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) can interpret
the properties and values.
Table 5-1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing View Connection Server in a Standard Installation
MSI Property Description Default Value
INSTALLDIR The path and folder in which the View Connection Server software is
installed.
For example: INSTALLDIR=""D:\abc\my folder""
The sets of two double quotes that enclose the path permit the MSI
installer to interpret the space as a valid part of the path.
%ProgramFiles
%\VMware\VMware
View\Server
VDM_SERVER_
INSTANCE_TYPE
The type of View server installation:
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1. Standard installation
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2. Replica installation
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3. Security server installation
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4. View Transfer Server installation
For example, to perform a standard installation, define
VDM_SERVER_INSTANCE_TYPE=1
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FWCHOICE The MSI property that determines whether to configure a firewall for
the View Connection Server instance.
A value of 1 configures a firewall. A value of 2 does not configure a
firewall.
For example: FWCHOICE=1
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