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
Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and
Security Server
Certificate issues on a View server prevent you from connecting to View Administrator or cause a red health
indicator to be displayed for a server.
Problem
You cannot connect to View Administrator on the View Connection Server instance with the problem. When
you connect to View Administrator on another View Connection Server instance in the same pod, you see
that the dashboard health indicator is red for the problem View Connection Server instance.
From the other View Connection Server instance, clicking the red health indicator displays SSL
Certificate: Invalid and Status: (blank), indicating that a valid certificate could not be found. The View
log file contains a log entry of type ERROR with the following error text: No qualifying certificates in
keystore.
The View log data is located in C:\ProgramData\VMware\VDM\logs\log-*.txt on the View Connection Server
instance.
Cause
A certificate might not be installed successfully on a View server for any of the following reasons:
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The certificate is not in the Personal folder in the Windows local computer certificate store.
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The certificate store does not have a private key for the certificate.
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The certificate does not have a friendly name of vdm.
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The certificate was generated from a v3 certificate template, for a Windows Server 2008 or later server.
View cannot detect a private key, but if you use the Certificate snap-in to examine the Windows
certificate store, the store indicates that there is a private key.
Solution
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Verify that the certificate is imported into the Personal folder in the Windows local computer certificate
store.
See “Import a Signed Server Certificate into a Windows Certificate Store,” on page 76.
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Verify that the certificate contains a private key.
See “Import a Signed Server Certificate into a Windows Certificate Store,” on page 76.
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Verify that the certificate has a friendly name of vdm.
See “Modify the Certificate Friendly Name,” on page 77.
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If the certificate was generated from a v3 certificate template, obtain a valid, signed certificate from a
CA that does not use a v3 template.
See “Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA,” on page 74.
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