Architecture Planning
Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
The View PowerCLI provides an easy-to-use PowerShell interface to View. You can use the View PowerCLI
cmdlets to perform various administration tasks on View components.
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Create and update desktop pools.
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Configure multiple network labels to greatly expand the number of IP addresses assigned to virtual
machines in a pool.
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Add datacenter resources to a full virtual machine or linked-clone pool.
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Perform rebalance, refresh, or recompose operations on linked-clone desktops.
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Sample the usage of specific desktops or desktop pools over time.
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Query the event database.
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Query the state of services.
You can use the cmdlets in conjunction with the vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets, which provide an
administrative interface to the VMware vSphere product.
For more information, see the View Integration document.
Modifying LDAP Configuration Data in View
When you use View Administrator to modify the configuration of View, the appropriate LDAP data in the
repository is updated. View Connection Server stores its configuration information in an LDAP compatible
repository. For example, if you add a desktop pool, View Connection Server stores information about users,
user groups, and entitlements in LDAP.
You can use VMware and Microsoft command-line tools to export and import LDAP configuration data in
LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) files from and into View. These commands are for advanced
administrators who want to use scripts to update configuration data without using View Administrator or
View PowerCLI.
You can use LDIF files to perform a number of tasks.
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Transfer configuration data between View Connection Server instances.
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Define a large number of View objects, such as desktop pools, and add these to your View Connection
Server instances without using View Administrator or View PowerCLI.
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Back up a configuration so that you can restore the state of a View Connection Server instance.
For more information, see the View Integration document.
Using SCOM to Monitor View Components
You can use Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to monitor the state and performance of
View components, including View Connection Server instances and security servers and the services
running on these hosts.
For more information, see the View Integration document.
Using the vdmadmin Command
You can use the vdmadmin command line interface to perform a variety of administration tasks on a View
Connection Server instance. You can use vdmadmin to perform administration tasks that are not possible from
within the View Administrator user interface or that need to run automatically from scripts.
For more information, see the View Administration document.
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