Installation
Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing View in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up View in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere , Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for View Servers in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Windows Operating Systems for Desktops and RDS Hosts in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Clients in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Remoting Protocols in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Authentication Types in an IPv6 Environment
- Other Supported Features in an IPv6 Environment
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Creating a User Account for a Standalone View Composer Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- 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
- Firewall Rules for View Connection Server
- Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Configuration
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates
- Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA
- Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Configure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- View Administrator and View Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View
- Configure View Composer Settings
- Configure View Composer Domains
- Allow vSphere to Reclaim Disk Space in Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for vCenter Server
- Concurrent Operations Limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Setting a Concurrent Power Operations Rate to Support Remote Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring Horizon Client Connections
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and Secure Tunnel Connections
- Configure Secure HTML Access
- Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
- Set the External URLs for a View Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When View Connection Server Returns Address Information
- Replacing Default Ports for View Services
- Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for View Connection Server Instances and Security Servers
- Replace the Default Ports or NICs for the PCoIP Secure Gateway on View Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Port for View Composer
- Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to Connection Server
- Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Connection Server
- Enable Remote Access to View Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
Procedure
1 Start the ADSI Edit utility on your View Connection Server computer.
2 In the console tree, select Connect to.
3 In the Select or type a Distinguished Name or Naming Context text box, type the distinguished name
DC=vdi, DC=vmware, DC=int.
4 In the Select or type a domain or server text box, select or type localhost:389 or the fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) of the View Connection Server computer followed by port 389.
For example: localhost:389 or mycomputer.mydomain.com:389
5 On the object CN=Common, OU=Global, OU=Properties, set the pae-PreferDNS attribute value to 1.
When this attribute is set to 1, View Connection Server returns a DNS name, if a DNS name is available
and the recipient supports name resolution. Otherwise, View Connection Server returns an IP address,
if an IP address of the correct type for your environment (IPv4 or IPv6) is available.
When this attribute is not set or is set to 0, View Connection Server returns an IP address, if an IP
address of the correct type is available. Otherwise, an IP address compatibility error is returned.
Replacing Default Ports for View Services
During installation, View services are set up to listen on certain network ports by default. In certain
organizations, these ports must be changed to comply with organization policies or to avoid contention. You
can change the default ports that are used by View Connection Server, security server, PCoIP Secure
Gateway, and View Composer services.
Changing ports is an optional setup task. Use the default ports if your deployment does not require you to
change them.
For a list of the default TCP and UDP ports that are used by View servers, see "View TCP and UDP Ports" in
the View Security document.
Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for View Connection Server Instances
and Security Servers
You can replace the default HTTP ports or NICs for a View Connection Server instance or security server by
editing the locked.properties file on the server computer. Your organization might require you to perform
these tasks to comply with organization policies or to avoid contention.
The default SSL port is 443. The default non-SSL port is 80.
The port that is specified in the secure tunnel External URL does not change as a result of changes that you
make to ports in this procedure. Depending on your network configuration, you might have to change the
secure tunnel External URL port as well.
If the server computer has multiple NICs, the computer listens on all NICs by default. You can select one
NIC to listen on the configured port by specifying the IP address that is bound to that NIC.
During installation, View configures the Windows firewall to open the required default ports. If you change
a port number or the NIC on which it listens, you must manually reconfigure your Windows firewall to
open the updated ports so that client devices can connect to the server.
If you change the SSL port number and you need HTTP redirection to continue working, you must also
change the port number for HTTP redirection. See “Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to
Connection Server,” on page 112.
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