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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
Installing and Starting View Client 9
You can obtain the Windows-based View Client installer either from the VMware Web site or from View Portal,
a Web access page provided by View Connection Server. You can set various startup options for end users
after View Client is installed.
For information about installing and using other View Clients, such as View Client for the Mac and View Client
for iPad, see the documents that pertain to the specific client. Go to
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 95
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“Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 96
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“Install View Client by Using View Portal,” on page 98
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“Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on Windows Clients,” on page 99
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“Using USB Printers,” on page 100
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“Installing View Client Silently,” on page 101
Install the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
End users open View Client to connect to their virtual desktops from a physical machine. You can run a
Windows-based installer file to install all components of View Client.
In addition to accessing virtual desktops with View Client, end users can use View Client to configure some
display options if the View administrator enables these options. For example, end users can optionally choose
a display protocol or window size or use their current login credentials for View authentication.
View Client with Local Mode lets end users download a copy of their virtual desktop to their local computer.
End users can then use the virtual desktop even when they do not have a network connection. Latency is
minimized and performance is enhanced.
View Client with Local Mode is the fully supported feature that in earlier releases was an experimental feature
called View Client with Offline Desktop.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.
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Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See “Supported Operating Systems for
Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode,” on page 14.
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Verify that View Agent is not installed.
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