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Technical Note

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Getting Started with VMware View

ThisguideprovidesanoverviewofhowtoinstallViewManagercomponentsandprovisionvirtualdesktops.

AdditionalViewManagerdocumentationisavailableat

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html

Prerequisites

IfyouarenotfamiliarwithViewManager,see“ViewComponentReference”onpage 12forabriefdescription

oftheViewManagercomponentsyouwillinstall.

ReviewtheSystemRequirementssectionoftheViewManagerAdministrationGuidefordetailedinformation

abouttherequirementstoinstallandconfigureViewManager,includingthe

supportedoperatingsystemsfor

eachcomponent.

ThefollowingareprerequisitestoinstallingViewManager:

 ObtainavalidlicensekeyforViewManager.

IfyouwanttouseViewComposerorViewClientwithOfflineDesktop,makesurethatyouhavealicense

forthefeaturesyouwanttouse.

 InstallandconfigureVMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2(supported)orVMwareInfrastructure 3.5

(recommended).

VirtualCenter2.5Update3orUpdate4isrequiredtousetheViewComposerorOffline Desktopfeatures.

ToupgradeVMwareInfrastructure,followtheinstructionsintheVMware VirtualCenterUpgradeGuide.

 InstallMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourVirtualCenterserverifyouwanttoapplycustomization

specificationstostandard(ratherthanViewComposerlinkedclone)desktoppools.

 ViewManagerusesyourexistingActiveDirectoryinfrastructureforuserauthenticationand

management.ThefollowingversionsofActiveDirectoryaresupported:

 Windows2000ActiveDirectory

 Windows2003ActiveDirectory

(Optional) Install View Composer on the VirtualCenter Server

ViewComposerprovidesaversatileandhighlystorage‐efficientalternativetocreatingandmanagingmany

standalonevirtualmachines.WithViewComposerlinkedclonetechnology,youcanrapidlycloneanddeploy

multipledesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.Subsequentchangestothisimagecanbe

automaticallyproliferatedamongalldesktopsin

alinkedclonepool.Afterthedesktopsarecreated,they

remainindirectlylinkedtoasnapshotresidingontheParentVM.

Ifyoudonot wanttouseViewComposer,youcanskipthissection.

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Technical Note Getting Started with VMware View View 3.1 This guide provides an overview of how to install View Manager components and provision virtual desktops. Additional View Manager documentation is available at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html Prerequisites If you are not familiar with View Manager, see “View Component Reference” on page 12 for a brief description of the View Manager components you will install.
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Getting Started with VMware View View Composer is supported on the following 32‐bit platforms:  Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1  Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 To store View Composer data, a SQL database server must be resident on, or available to, the VirtualCenter server. Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 9i, and Oracle 10g are supported. View Composer can use an existing database server, for example, the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instance provided with VirtualCenter by default.
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Getting Started with VMware View To log in to View Administrator 1 Open a Web browser supported by View Administrator and enter the following URL, where is the host name or IP address of the View Connection Server instance: https:///admin View Administrator is accessed using a secure (SSL) connection.
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Getting Started with VMware View f Enter the TCP port number in the Port text box. The default is 443. If you are not using View Composer, skip to Step 8. 3 Click Check for View Composer Compatibility to verify that the View Composer service is running on the VirtualCenter server. If the check is successful, the View Composer Settings property group appears.
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Getting Started with VMware View  Install any required smart card (such as Common Access Card) drivers.  Configure network proxy settings.  Configure Active Directory settings. a Configure the preferred and alternate DNS servers to use your Active Directory server addresses.
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Getting Started with VMware View (Optional) Create a Virtual Machine Customization Specification Customization specifications can expedite automated desktop pool deployments by providing configuration information for general properties, such as licensing, domain attachment, and DHCP settings. To create a customization specification 1 In VirtualCenter, click Edit > Customization Specifications. 2 Click New to create a new customization specification.
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Getting Started with VMware View View Composer linked clone virtual desktops use a snapshot instead of a virtual machine template as a base image. This deployment option is described in “(Optional) Deploy a View Composer Virtual Desktop Pool” on page 8. To create a virtual machine template in VirtualCenter 1 Power off the virtual machine.
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Getting Started with VMware View The unique ID is used by View Manager to identify the desktop pool and is the name that the user sees when logging in. The unique ID and display name can be arbitrary, but if you do not specify a display name the unique ID is used for both. 7 Configure the desktop properties and click Next. If you are using Windows Vista as your Parent VM, you must set the power policy to Ensure VM is always powered on. 8 Configure the desktop provisioning properties and click Next.
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Getting Started with VMware View To deploy a linked clone desktop pool 1 From within View Administrator, click Desktops and Pools and click the Inventory tab. 2 In the Global desktop and pool view pane, make sure that the Desktops and Pools tab is selected and click Add. 3 When the Add Desktop wizard appears, select Automated Desktop Pool and click Next. 4 Select the type of desktop pool you want to create and click Next.
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Getting Started with VMware View  The Storage Overcommit column entry determines how aggressively the system assigns new virtual machines to the free space available on a datastore. As the level increases, less space is reserved for individual virtual machine growth but more virtual machines fit on the datastore. Click the entry to modify the overcommit level for each datastore.  The Min Recommended, Storage at 50% provision, and Storage at 100% provision values are provided only as guidelines.
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Getting Started with VMware View 6 Click Find to execute the search. 7 From the table, select the user or group to enable to use this desktop or pool and click OK. You are returned to the listing of entitled users and groups, which now contains the user or group that you added. 8 Click OK to finish. Install and Run View Client On a client machine, install View Client to enable end‐users to remotely access desktops.
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Getting Started with VMware View You can use the Events view of View Administrator to examine events generated by the actions taking place in View Connection Server. You can enter text in the Contains field and search by type of message, the time of the message, or the message text itself. You can also determine the number of days of messages to display. For more information, see the View Administrator chapter of the View Manager Administration Guide.