Deployment Guide

VMware Horizon Installation

This section lists the tasks required to install VMware Horizon on top of EVO:RAIL. The tasks listed above

must be completed first so that a vCenter cluster is created successfully. The following tasks are based on

the assumptions that all the required VMs such as View Connection Server, View Composer and others

are created and running on the vCenter cluster created earlier.

View Connection Server

Pre-requisites

The following activities must be performed prior to completing the View Connection Manager Installation

and Setup:

• Configure a static IP Address for the View Connection Server.

• Obtain a valid license key for View Connection Server.

• Join the View Connection Server host to an Active Directory domain. The View Connection Server

supports Active Directory on Windows 2003 and 2008.

• Authorization of a View Administrators account will be required during the installation, pre-create, and

prepare to specify either a local administrators group or a domain user or group account.

• Authorize a user in the vCenter Server in order to add vCenter Server to View Manager.

• In vSphere Client, click Home → Roles → Add Role, type a role name such as View Manager

Administrator, and select appropriate privileges for the role.

• Log in by using a domain user account with Administrator privileges on the system, start the View

Connection Server installation program, double-click the installer file, and then proceed with the

steps here for installation.

Installation steps

1. Start View Connection Server installation media and click Next.