Specifications
Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
View Manager Administration Guide
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View Client / View Client with Offline Desktop
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewClientorViewClientwith
OfflineDesktopontheclientdesktop.InordertoredirecttheUSBdevicesattachedto
theclientsystemforuseontheViewManagerdesktop,youmustenabletheUSB
redirectionfeaturewhenyouinstalleitherclientapplication.
Smart Card Support
SmartcardsandsmartcardreadersthatuseaPKCS#11orMicrosoftCryptoAPI
provideraresupported.
Display Protocols
ViewClientsupportstheRDP,PCoIP,andHPRGSdisplayprotocols.
PCoIP
PCoIPprovidesanoptimizeddesktopexperienceforthedeliveryoftheentiredesktop
environmentincludingapplications,images,audio,andvideocontentforawiderange
ofusersontheLANoracrosstheWAN.PCoIPcancompensateforanincrease
in
latencyorareductioninbandwidth,toensurethatenduserscanremainproductive
regardlessofnetworkconditions.PCoIPissupportedasthedisplayprotocolforView
desktopswithvirtualmachinesandwithphysicalmachinesthatcontainTeradicihost
cards.
Keyfeaturesandrestrictionsincludethefollowing:
RemoteconnectionsusingVirtualPrivateNetworks(VPNs)aresupported.
ConnectionstoWindowsXPandWindowsVistadesktopswiththeViewAgent
operatingsystemversionslistedinTable 1‐1aresupported.
ConnectionsfromWindowsXPandWindowsVistaclientswiththeViewClient
operatingsystemversionslistedinTable 1‐1aresupported.
ViewclientsthatusePCoIPcanconnecttoViewsecurityservers,butPCoIP
sessionswiththedesktopignorethesecurityserver.PCoIPusesUDPfor
streamingaudioandvideo.SecurityserverssupportonlyTCP.
Smartcardsarenotsupported.
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OTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Referto“SystemRequirements”on
page 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.
OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.TousetheOfflineDesktop
experimentalfeature,VMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3orUpdate4isrequired.