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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
Configure SSL server certificates for View Connection Server. See “Configuring SSL Certificates for View
Connection Server and Security Server,” on page 76.
If you are reinstalling View Connection Server on a Windows Server 2008 operating system and you have a
data collector set configured to monitor performance data, stop the data collector set and start it again.
Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install a replicated
instance of View Connection Server on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the
command line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one View Connection Server instance is installed and configured on the network.
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To install the replicated instance, you must log in as a user with credentials to access the View
Administrators account. You specify the View Administrators account when you install the first instance
of View Connection Server. The account can be the local Administrators group or a domain user or group
account. See “Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration,” on page 36.
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Verify that you can log in as a domain user with administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer
on which you plan to install the replicated instance.
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If the existing View Connection Server instance is in a different domain than the replicated instance, the
domain user must also have View Administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer where the
existing instance is installed.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in “View Connection Server
Requirements,” on page 7.
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Verify that the computers on which you install replicated View Connection Server instances are connected
over a high-performance LAN. See “Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server
Instances,” on page 9.
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Prepare your environment for the installation. See “Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
Server,” on page 35.
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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 replica installation of View
Connection Server. See “Silent Installation Properties for a Replicated Instance of View Connection
Server,” on page 42.
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=2
ADAM_PRIMARY_NAME=cs1.companydomain.com"
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