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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
4 Type the password in the Pairing password and Confirm password text boxes and specify a password
timeout value.
You must use the password within the specified timeout period.
5 Click OK to configure the password.
What to do next
Install a security server. See “Install a Security Server,” on page 43.
IMPORTANT If you do not provide the security server pairing password to the View Connection Server
installation program within the password timeout period, the password becomes invalid and you must
configure a new password.
Install a Security Server
A security server is an instance of View Connection Server that adds an additional layer of security between
the Internet and your internal network. You can install one or more security servers to be connected to a View
Connection Server instance.
Prerequisites
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Determine the type of topology to use. For example, determine which load balancing solution to use.
Decide if the View Connection Server instances that are paired with security servers will be dedicated to
users of the external network. For information, see the VMware View Architecture Planning document.
IMPORTANT If you use a load balancer, you must have static IP addresses for the load balancer and each
security server. For example, if you use a load balancer with two security servers, you need 3 static IP
addresses.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in “View Connection Server
Requirements,” on page 7.
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Prepare your environment for the installation. See “Installation Prerequisites for View Connection
Server,” on page 35.
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Verify that the View Connection Server instance to be paired with the security server is installed and
configured and is running View Connection Server 4.6 or later. You cannot pair a View 4.6 or later security
server with an older version of View Connection Server.
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Verify that the View Connection Server instance to be paired with the security server is accessible to the
computer on which you plan to install the security server.
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Configure a security server pairing password. See “Configure a Security Server Pairing Password,” on
page 42.
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Familiarize yourself with the format of external URLs. See “Configuring External URLs for PCoIP Secure
Gateway and Tunnel Connections,” on page 57.
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Familiarize yourself with the network ports that must be opened on the Windows Firewall for a security
server. See “Firewall Rules for View Connection Server,” on page 39.
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 To start the View Connection Server installation program, double-click the installer file.
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