Integration
Table Of Contents
- View Integration
- Contents
- Introduction
- Integrating with the Event Database
- Using View PowerCLI
- Introduction to View PowerCLI
- View PowerCLI Cmdlets
- View Administrator, View PowerCLI Cmdlet, and vdmadmin Operations
- View PowerCLI Cmdlet Parameters
- Examples of Using View PowerCLI Cmdlets
- Displaying Information About a View Connection Server Instance
- Updating the Configuration of a View Connection Server Instance
- Managing the Configuration of vCenter Servers in View
- Managing Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Automatically Provisioned Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Manually Provisioned Desktop Pools
- Creating Manual Unmanaged Desktop Pools
- Creating and Updating Desktops Provisioned by RDS Hosts
- Obtaining Information About Users and Groups from Active Directory
- Managing Desktop Entitlements
- Managing Remote Sessions
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Displaying Information About Physical Computers
- Updating the Ownership of Machines
- Displaying Information About Events
- Managing the Global Configuration of View
- Managing View Licenses
- Examples of Using View PowerCLI for Enhanced Functionality
- Assign Multiple Network Labels to a Desktop Pool
- Customizing LDAP Data
- Integrating with SCOM
- View Management Packs
- Name a View Connection Server Group
- Import the View MPs
- View Discovery Script
- Run the Discovery Script
- Display Discovered Objects
- Display Managed Objects
- Views and Monitors
- Enable a Proxy Agent on a Server
- Display Performance Data
- Display Information About an Alert
- Restart a Service
- Exclude a Domain from Connectivity Monitoring
- Close Alerts
- Class and Relationship Definitions
- Examining PCoIP Session Statistics
- Dynamically Setting Desktop Policies with Start Session Scripts
- Index
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With View, system administrators can provision desktops and control user access to these desktops. Client
software connects users to virtual machines running in VMware vSphere™, or to physical systems running
within your network environment. In addition, View administrators can configure Remote Desktop Services
(RDS) hosts to provide View desktop and application sessions to client devices.
This chapter includes the following topics:
“View Components” on page 9
“Integration Interfaces to View” on page 10
View Components
You can use View with VMware vCenter Server to create desktops from virtual machines that are running on
VMware ESX
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or VMware ESXi™ hosts and deploy these desktops to end users. You can also install View on
RDS hosts to deploy desktops and applications to end users. View uses your existing Active Directory
infrastructure for user authentication and management.
After you create a desktop or application, authorized end users can use Web-based or locally installed client
software to securely connect to centralized virtual machines, back-end physical systems, or Remote Desktop
Services (RDS) hosts.
View consists of the following major components:
View Connection Server – a software service that acts as a broker for client connections by authenticating
and then directing incoming user requests to the appropriate virtual machine, physical system, or Remote
Desktop Services (RDS) host.
View Agent – a software service that is installed on all guest virtual machines, physical systems, or RDS
hosts in order to allow them to be managed by View. The agent provides features such as connection
monitoring, Virtual Printing, USB support, and single sign-on.
Horizon Client – a software application that communicates with View Connection Server to allow users
to connect to their desktops.
View Administrator – a Web application that allows View administrators to configure View Connection
Server, deploy desktop and application pools, manage machines, control user authentication, initiate and
examine system events, and carry out analytical activities.
vCenter Server – a server that acts as a central administrator for ESX/ESXi hosts that are connected on a
network. A vCenter Server provides the central point for configuring, provisioning, and managing virtual
machines in the datacenter.
View Composer – a software service that is installed on a vCenter server to allow View to rapidly deploy
multiple linked-clone desktops from a single centralized base image.
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