Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

Preparing Unmanaged Machines 2
Users can access remote desktops delivered by machines that are not managed by vCenter Server. These
unmanaged machines can include physical computers and virtual machines running on virtualization
platforms other than vCenter Server. You must prepare an unmanaged machine to deliver remote desktop
access.
For information about preparing machines that are used as Remote Desktop Services (RDS) hosts, see
Chapter 7, “Setting Up Remote Desktop Services Hosts,” on page 87.
For information about preparing Linux virtual machines for remote desktop deployment, see the Setting Up
Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops guide.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Prepare an Unmanaged Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 15
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“Install View Agent on an Unmanaged Machine,” on page 16
Prepare an Unmanaged Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment
You must perform certain tasks to prepare an unmanaged machine for remote desktop deployment.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have administrative rights on the unmanaged machine.
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To make sure that remote desktop users are added to the local Remote Desktop Users group of the
unmanaged machine, create a restricted Remote Desktop Users group in Active Directory. See the View
Installation document for more information.
Procedure
1 Power on the unmanaged machine and verify that it is accessible to the View Connection Server
instance.
2 Join the unmanaged machine to the Active Directory domain for your remote desktops.
3 Configure the Windows firewall to allow Remote Desktop connections to the unmanaged machine.
What to do next
Install View Agent on the unmanaged machine. See “Install View Agent on an Unmanaged Machine,” on
page 16.
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