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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
Options
The /qb option displays the uninstall progress bar. To suppress displaying the uninstall progress bar, replace
the /qb option with the /qn option.
The /x option uninstalls the View component.
The product_code string identifies the View component product files to the MSI uninstaller. You can find the
product_code string by searching for ProductCode in the %TEMP%\vmmsi.log file that is created during the
installation.
For information about MSI command-line options, see “Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line
Options,” on page 47.
Examples
Uninstall a View Connection Server instance.
msiexec.exe /qb /x {D6184123-57B7-26E2-809B-090435A8C16A}
Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
To use vCenter Server with View Manager, you must configure a user account with permission to perform
operations in vCenter Server. To use View Composer, you must give this vCenter Server user additional
privileges. To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give this user privileges in addition to
those that are required for View Manager and View Composer.
You also must create a domain user for View Composer in Active Directory. See “Create a User Account for
View Composer,” on page 23.
Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
After you create and configure these two user accounts, you specify the user names in View Administrator.
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You specify a vCenter Server user when you add vCenter Server to View Manager.
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You specify a domain user for View Composer when you configure View Composer for vCenter Server.
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You specify the domain user for View Composer when you create linked-clone pools.
Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local
Mode
To configure a user account that gives View Manager permission to operate in vCenter Server, you must assign
a role with appropriate privileges to that user. To use the View Composer service in vCenter Server, you must
give the user account additional privileges. To manage desktops that are used in local mode, you must give
the user account privileges that include View Manager, View Composer, and local mode privileges.
To support View Composer, you also must make this user a local system administrator on the vCenter Server
computer.
Prerequisites
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In Active Directory, create a user in the View Connection Server domain or a trusted domain. See “Creating
a User Account for vCenter Server,” on page 22.
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Familiarize yourself with the privileges that are required for the user account. See “View Manager
Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 51.
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If you use View Composer, familiarize yourself with the additional required privileges. See “View
Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 51.
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