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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Figure 5-1. External Client Connection
ThisscenariocanbeaddressedbyconfiguringViewConnectionServertoreturnan
externalURLinsteadofitsownFQDNforthesecondconnectionchannel.
TheprocessofsettingtheexternalURLisnotthesameforalltypesofservers.For
standardorreplicaserversyoucansetthe
URLfromwithinViewAdministrator.Fora
securityserveryoumustcreateoreditapropertiesfilethatcontainstheinbound
connectiondetailsandsaveitinadirectorylocatedunderthesecurityserver
installationpath.
To set the external URL on a standard or replica server
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheConfigurationbutton.
2UnderViewServersselectaViewConnection
ServerentryandclickEdit.
3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.Thenamemustcontaintheprotocol,
address,andportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
ClickOK.
View
Connection Server
server2.int
View
Security
Server
server1.int
VMware
Infrastructure
third-
party
load
balancer
View
Client
1 https://myview.mycorp.com
1 https://server2.int
2 https://server2.int
firewall firewall
internalexternal
VirtualCenter
ESX
Active
Directory
2
1
2 https://server1.int
CAUTIONForsecurityservers,youmustusethemethoddescribedin“Togeneratea
SecurityServerconfig.propertiesfilefromtheConfigurationview”onpage 99ifyou
intendto usemessagesecuritymodeinyourViewenvironment—theconfigurationfile
createdbythisprocedurecontainsinformationthatiscriticaltothistypeof
global
configuration.