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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
2 Add a user for this database that has permission to create tables, views, and, in the case of Oracle, triggers
and sequences, as well as permission to read from and write to these objects.
For a Microsoft SQL Server database, do not use the Integrated Windows Authentication security model
method of authentication. Be sure to use the SQL Server Authentication method of authentication.
The database is created, but the schema is not installed until you configure the database in View Administrator.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in “Configure the Event Database,” on page 92.
Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting
Before you can use View Administrator to configure an event database on Microsoft SQL Server, you must
configure the correct TCP/IP properties and verify that the server uses SQL Server Authentication.
Prerequisites
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Create an SQL Server database for event reporting. See “Add a Database and Database User for View
Events,” on page 91.
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Verify that you have the required database privileges to configure the database.
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Verify that the database server uses the SQL Server Authentication method of authentication. Do not use
Windows Authentication.
Procedure
1 Open SQL Server Configuration Manager and expand SQL ServerYYYYNetwork Configuration.
2 Select Protocols forserver_name.
3 In the list of protocols, right-click TCP/IP and select Properties.
4 Set the Enabled property to Yes.
5 Verify that a port is assigned or, if necessary, assign one.
For information on the static and dynamic ports and how to assign them, see the online help for the SQL
Server Configuration manager.
6 Verify that this port is not blocked by a firewall.
What to do next
Use View Administrator to connect the database to View Connection Server. Follow the instructions in
“Configure the Event Database,” on page 92.
Configure the Event Database
The event database stores information about View events as records in a database rather than in a log file.
You configure an event database after installing a View Connection Server instance. You need to configure
only one host in a View Connection Server group. The remaining hosts in the group are configured
automatically.
You can use Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database reporting tools to examine events in the database tables.
For more information, see the VMware View Integration document.
Prerequisites
You need the following information to configure an event database:
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The DNS name or IP address of the database server.
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