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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
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server on which you will install View
Transfer Server.
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Verify that your installation satisfies the View Transfer Server requirements described in “View Transfer
Server Requirements,” on page 11.
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Verify that you have a license to install View Transfer Server and use local desktops.
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Familiarize yourself with the network ports that must be opened on the Windows Firewall for View
Connection Server instances. See “Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server,” on page 71.
CAUTION Verify that the virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server is configured with an LSI Logic
Parallel SCSI controller. You cannot install View Transfer Server on a virtual machine with a SAS or VMware
paravirtual controller.
On Windows Server 2008 virtual machines, the LSI Logic SAS controller is selected by default. You must change
this selection to an LSI Logic Parallel controller before you install the operating system.
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 installation program, double-click the installer file.
3 Accept the VMware license terms.
4 Accept or change the destination folder.
5 Select View Transfer Server.
6 Configure the Apache Web Server to which View Transfer Server is deployed.
You can accept the default values for the network domain, Apache Server name, and administrator's email
address that are provided by the installer.
7 If you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2008, choose how to configure the Windows
Firewall service.
Option Action
Configure Windows Firewall
automatically
Let the installer configure Windows Firewall to allow the required network
connections.
Do not configure Windows Firewall
Configure the Windows firewall rules manually.
If you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2003 R2, you must configure the required Windows
firewall rules manually.
8 Complete the installation program to install View Transfer Server.
The VMware View Transfer Server, View Transfer Server Control Service, and VMware View Framework
Component services are installed and started on the virtual machine.
What to do next
In View Administrator, add View Transfer Server to your View Manager deployment.
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