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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
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
Mode.
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If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that none of the following products is installed:
VMware View Client, VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Server.
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Determine whether the person who uses the client device is allowed to access locally connected USB
devices from a virtual desktop. If not, you must deselect the USB Redirection component that the wizard
presents.
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If you plan to install the USB Redirection component, verify that the Windows Automatic Update feature
is not turned off on the client computer.
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Determine whether to use the feature that lets end users log in to View Client and their virtual desktop
as the currently logged in user. Credential information that the user entered when logging in to the client
system is passed to the View Connection Server instance and ultimately to the virtual desktop. Some client
operating systems do not support this feature.
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If you do not want to require end users to supply the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
of the View Connection Server instance that hosts their virtual machine, determine the IP address or FQDN
so that you can supply it during installation.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client system as a user with administrator privileges.
2 On the client system, download the View Client installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
Select the appropriate installer file, where xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the version number.
Option Action
View Client on 64-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-viewclient-x86_64-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe for View Client.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-x86_64-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe
for View Client with Local mode.
View Client on 32-bit operating
systems
Select VMware-viewclient-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe for View Client.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-
y.y.y
-
xxxxxx
.exe for View
Client with Local Mode.
3 To start the View Client installation program, double-click the installer file.
4 Follow the prompts to install the components you want.
The VMware View Client service is installed on the Windows client computer. The service name for View
Client is wsnm.exe. The service name for the USB component is wsnm_usbctrl.exe.
What to do next
Start the View Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See “Start the Windows-
Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,” on page 96 or “Install View Client by Using View
Portal,” on page 98.
Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode
Before you have end users access their virtual desktops, test that you can log in to a virtual desktop from a
client device. You can start View Client from the Start menu or a desktop shortcut on the client system.
In environments where a network connection is available, the user session is authenticated by View Connection
Server.
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