VMware View View 4.0 User guide

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View Manager Administration Guide
View Manager 4.0
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Contents
AboutThisBook 9
1 Introduction 11
OverviewofViewManager 11
ViewManagerFeatures 12
ViewManagerComponents 14
SystemRequirements 14
ViewConnectionServer 15
OperatingSystemSupportforInstalledComponents 17
OperatingSystemSupportforWebComponents 18
ViewAgent 19
ViewClient/ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop 20
ViewPortal 24
ViewComposer 24
2 Installation 27
OverviewofViewConnectionServer 28
ViewConnectionServerInstances 28
StandardServerInstallation 30
ReplicaServerInstallation 30
SecurityServerInstallation 32
ExternalURL 36
OfflineDesktop 36
RDP 36
vCenterServerPermissionsforViewManagerUsers 37
InitialViewManagerConfiguration 38
ViewConnectionServerBackup 40
OptimizingYourInstallation 41
EphemeralPorts 41
IncreasingtheSizeoftheTCBHashTable 43
WorksheettoCalculateEphemeralPortsandTCB
HashTable 45
OptimizingtheJavaVirtualMachine 46
ConfiguringtheSystemPageFileSettings 47
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3 ViewAdministrator 49
OverviewofViewAdministrator 49
DesktopsandPoolsView 50
UsersandGroupsView 53
ConfigurationView 55
ProductLicensingandUsage 56
Servers 56
RegisteredDesktopSources 61
Administrators 61
GlobalSettings 61
EventsView 63
4 VirtualDesktopDeployment 65
OverviewofVirtualDesktopDeployment 66
DesktopSources 66
DesktopDeliveryModels 67
PreparingtheGuestSystem 68
InstallingtheViewAgentontheGuestSystem 69
UsingtheViewAgentonVirtualMachineswithMultipleNICs 71
IndividualDesktops 71
DeployinganIndividualDesktop 71
AutomatedDesktopPools 74
VirtualMachineTemplates 74
CustomizationSpecifications 75
DeployinganAutomatedDesktopPool 76
ManualDesktopPools 81
DeployingaManual
DesktopPool 82
EntitlingaDesktoporPool 85
RestrictingViewDesktopAccess 86
SearchingDesktopsandEntitledUsersandGroups 89
WorkingwithActiveSessions 90
DisablingViewManagerandDeletingObjects 91
DeletingViewManagerObjects 91
5 ClientManagement 93
InstallingandRunningViewClientandViewPortal 94
ViewClientPolicies 97
ClientConnectionsfromtheInternet 97
SettinganExternalURLforViewConnectionServer 97
SecurityServerExternalURLs 99
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CreatingSSLServerCertificates 99
CreatinganSSLCertificate 101
ValidatingtheSSLCertificate 102
UsingExistingSSLCertificates 105
ExportingfromMicrosoftIISServer 105
SmartCardAuthentication 106
SmartCardHardware 106
ObtainingaRootCertificate 107
AddingaRootCertificatetoTrustedRootsonActiveDirectory 108
CreatingaTruststore 109
EnablingSmartCardAuthenticationontheServer 110
VerifyingtheSmartCardAuthentication
Configuration 111
ConfiguringaStandardorReplicaServer 112
ConfiguringUserProfiles 113
RSASecurIDAuthentication 114
NodeSecretReset 115
ViewClientCommandLineOptions 115
ViewClientConfigurationFile 117
VirtualPrinting 117
VirtualPrintingandUSBPrinting 119
AdobeFlashBandwidthReduction 119
SettingAdobeFlashQualityandThrottling 120
OverridingBandwidthReductionSettingsintheDesktop 121
ClientComputerInformation 121
UsingPCoIPDisplayProtocol 124
UsingHP
RGSDisplayProtocol 124
InstallingHPRGSComponents 124
ConfiguringHPRGSinViewAdministrator 125
6 ViewComposer 127
OverviewofViewComposer 127
LinkedCloneDesktopDiskUsage 129
ThinProvisioning 130
StorageOvercommit 130
DesktopRecomposition 131
DesktopRefresh 132
DesktopRebalance 133
PersistentandNonPersistentDesktops 136
UsingQuickPrepforLinkedCloneDesktopDeployment 137
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PreparingvCenterServerforViewComposer 137
CreatingaSQLServerDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer 138
CreatinganOracle9iDatabaseandDataSourceforViewComposer 140
ConfiguringanOracle10gDatabaseandDataSourceforView Composer 141
AddingtheViewComposerServicetovCenterServer 143
vCenterServerUserPermissions 144
PreparingaParentVM 145
DHCPLeaseRemoval 145
InstallingtheViewAgentontheParentVM 146
CreatingaParentVMSnapshot 147
DeployingLinkedCloneDesktopsfromViewManager 147
Refreshing,Recomposing,andRebalancingLinkedCloneDesktops 156
UsinganExistingViewComposerDatabase 160
UsingtheSviConfigToolforViewComposer 161
UpgradeViewComposerDatabase(databaseupgrade) 162
RestoreViewComposerDatabase(restoredata) 163
7 OfflineDesktop 167
OverviewofOfflineDesktop 167
OfflineDesktopLicensingandvCenterServerAccess 170
Storage,Communications,andSecurity 170
OfflineDesktopPolicies 172
SupportedDesktopTypes 172
AdditionalConsiderations 172
InstallingandRunningViewClientwithOfflineDesktop 173
CheckingOutaDesktop 176
OfflineDesktopStatus 176
ClientConnection 177
8 ComponentPolicies 179
PowerPolicy 179
PowerPolicyinAutomatedPools 181
ClientPolicies 183
ConfiguringandApplyingClientPolicies 184
GroupPolicyObjects 186
ApplicationofGroupPolicies 187
ComputerConfigurationGPO 188
UserConfigurationGPO 194
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9 UnifiedAccess 201
PrepareMultipleBackEndMachinestoAccessRemoteDesktops 202
DesktopParameters 202
InstallViewAgentonanUnmanagedDesktopSource 204
AddandChangeDesktopSources 205
EnableorDisableaDesktop 209
EntitleUsersandGroupstoaDesktop 209
AddorRemoveaDesktopSource 209
ChangeanIndividualDesktopSource 210
DeleteaDesktop 211
UnregisteraDesktopSource 211
Uniquenessof
UniqueID 212
10 Troubleshooting 213
CollectingViewManagerDiagnosticInformation 213
UsingtheViewManagerSupportTooltoCollectDiagnosticInformation 214
UsingtheViewManagerSupportScripttoCollectDiagnosticInformation 214
ViewComposerSupport 215
UpdatingSupportRequests 217
FurtherTroubleshootingInformation 217
Appendix:Thelocked.propertiesFile 219
Glossary 221
Index 225
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Thisguidedescribeshowtoinstall,configure,anduseVMware
®
View™,including
howtoinstallthevarioussoftwarecomponents,howtodeployservers,andhowto
provisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccess.Thisguidealsodescribestheclient
softwarethatconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwarevSphere™,orto
physicalsystemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterincludes
thesetopics:
“IntendedAudience”onpage 9
“DocumentFeedback”onpage 9
“TechnicalSupportandEducationResources”onpage 10
Intended Audience
Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstall,administrate,orconfigure
View Manager.TheinformationinthismanualiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsor
Linuxsystemadministratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualmachinetechnologyand
datacenteroperations.
Document Feedback
VMwarewelcomesyoursuggestionsforimprovingourdocumentation.Ifyouhave
comments,sendyourfeedbacktodocfeedback@vmware.com
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Technical Support and Education Resources
Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.To
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ViewManagerisaflexibleandintuitivedesktopmanagementsolutionthatenables
systemadministratorstorapidlyprovisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccess.Client
softwareconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwarevSphere,ortophysical
systemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterprovidesabriefoverviewofthefeatures
offeredbyViewManagerand
describesthesystemrequirementsforinstallingandrunningthesoftwarecomponents
associatedwiththisapplication.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewManageronpage 11
“ViewManagerComponents”onpage 14
“SystemRequirements”onpage 14
Overview of View Manager
ViewManagerintegrateswithVMwarevCenterServer,allowingadministratorsto
createdesktopsfromvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareESXserverandthendeploy
themtoendusers.Inaddition,ViewManagerutilizesyourexistingActiveDirectory
infrastructureforuserauthenticationandmanagement.
Onceadesktophasbeencreated,Webbasedor
locallyinstalledclientsoftwareenables
authorizedenduserstosecurelyconnecttocentralizedvirtualdesktops,backend
physicalsystems,orterminalservers.
Figure 11showsahighlevelviewofanexampleViewManagerenvironmentandits
maincomponents—thesecomponentsaredescribedinmoredetailinlatersectionsof
thisbook.
Introduction
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Figure 1-1. Example High-Level View of a View Manager Environment
View Manager Features
ThemajorfeaturesofViewManageraredescribedbelow:
Enterpriseclassconnectionbrokering—ViewManagermanagestheconnections
betweenusersandtheirvirtualdesktops.WhenusersconnecttoViewManager,
thevirtualdesktopstheyareauthorizedtoaccessaredisplayed.
“Smartpooling”capabilities—Arangeofpersistentandnonpersistentpooling
capabilitiessimplifiestheprovisioningandmanagementofcentralizeddesktops.
network
ESX hosts running
Virtual Desktop VMs
View
Connection
Server
View
Administrator
(browser)
VMware vCenter Server
with View Composer
network
Windows
View Client
Mac
View Portal
Linux
View Portal Thin Client
virtual desktops
ESX host
VM VM VM
VM VM VM
V
virtual machine
desktop OS
app app app
View Agent
Microsoft
Active Directory
VM
Terminal Servers
Blade PCs
Physical PCs
Non-vCenter VMs
View Agent
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Flexibledeploymentoptions—ViewManagercomponentscanbedeployedina
varietyofconfigurationsandtodifferentpartsofthenetwork,whichimproves
security,scalability,andreliability.Inaddition,multiplevCenterServersare
supported,andViewManagercanscalehorizontallytosupportmanyvirtual
desktops.
Highavailability—Serverscanbeclusteredforhighavailabilityandscalability
withautomaticfailover.Theseserverscanalsoleverageindustrystandard
loadbalancingsolutions.
IntegrationwithMicrosoftActiveDirectory—ConnectiontoActiveDirectory
allowsyoutolocateuserandusergroupaccountsanduseauthenticationfeatures
inordertocontrolwhichuserscanaccessvirtualdesktops.
SeamlessintegrationwithVMwarevSphere—WorkswithVMwarevCenterServer
toprovideadvancedvirtualdesktopmanagementcapabilities,suchasautomatic
suspendandresume,whichreducesthememoryandprocessingpowerrequired
tohostvirtualdesktops.
ByleveragingthecapabilitiesofVMwarevSphere,desktopscanrunevenwhen
serverhardwarefailsandrecover
quicklyfromunplannedoutageswithout
duplicatehardware.
Secureaccess—Optionalsecureencapsulationcapabilitiesallowallnetwork
connectionstobeencrypted.
Supportfortwofactorauthentication—WithRSASecurID,accesscontrolis
strengthened.
USBclientdeviceandVirtualPrintingsupport—USBdevicesandprinterscanbe
locallyconnectedtoclientsyetaccessedfromavirtualdesktop.
Webbasedmanagementuserinterface—AWebbasedadministrativeconsole
allowsvirtualdesktopstobemanagedfromanylocation.
SupportfornonvSpheresystems—physicalmachinesorterminalservices
systemscanbealsomanagedbyViewManager,ensuringaseamlessintegrationof
existingarchitecturesintotheViewenvironment.
Scalablevirtualinfrastructure—linkedclonetechnologyallowsmultipledesktops
tobedeployedfromasinglebaseimage.Subsequentchangestothisimagecanbe
automaticallyproliferatedamongalldesktopsinlinkedclonepool.
ViewManagerisafullyinternationalizedproduct.
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View Manager Components
ViewManagerconsistsofthefollowingmajorcomponents:
ViewConnectionServer—asoftwareservicethatactsasabrokerforclient
connectionsbyauthenticatingandthendirectingincomingremotedesktopuser
requeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physicaldesktop,orterminalserver.
ViewAgent—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledonallguestvirtualmachines,
physicalsystems,orterminalserversinordertoallowthemtobemanagedby
ViewManager.Theagentprovidesfeaturessuchasconnectionmonitoring,Virtual
Printing,USBsupport,andsinglesignon.
ViewClient—alocallyinstalledsoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswith
ViewConnectionServerinordertoallowuserstoconnecttotheirdesktops.
ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop(experimental)—aversionofViewClientthatis
extendedtosupporttheOfflineDesktopfeaturewhichallowsuserstodownload
virtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocalsystems.
ViewPortal—aWebbasedversionofViewClientsupportedbymultipleoperating
systemsandbrowsers.
ViewAdministrator—aWebapplicationthatallowsViewManageradministrators
toconfigureViewConnectionServer,deployandmanagedesktops,controluser
authentication,initiateandexaminesystemev ents,andcarryoutanalytical
activities.
ViewComposer—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledonthevCenterServertoallow
ViewManagertorapidlydeploymultiplelinkedclonedesktopsfromasingle
centralizedbaseimage.
System Requirements
Thefollowingsectionsdescribethehardwareandsoftwarerequirementsforthemajor
componentsprovidedaspartofViewManager.
NOTEVMwareincludescertain“experimental”and“techpreview”featuresinsome
ofourproductreleases.Thesefeaturesarethereforyoutotestandexperimentwith.
Wedonotexpectthesefeaturestobeusedinaproductionenvironment.However,if
youdoencounteranyissueswithanexperimentalortech
previewfeature,weare
interestedinanyfeedbackyouarewillingtoshare.Pleasesubmitasupportrequestvia
thenormalaccessmethods.Youwillreceiveanautoacknowledgementofyourrequest.
Wecannot,however,committotroubleshoot,provideworkarounds,orprovidefixes
forthesefeatures.
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View Connection Server
ViewConnectionServerisnotsupportedonserversthathavetheWindowsTerminal
Serverroleinstalled.RemovetheWindowsTerminalServerrolefromanyserveron
whichyouwillbeinstallingViewConnectionServer.
ViewConnectionServerrunsona32bitor64bitdedicatedphysicalorvirtualserver
with
thefollowingspecifications:
PentiumIV2.0Ghzprocessororhigher—dualprocessorsarerecommended
2GBRAMorhigher—3GBRAMisrecommendedfordeploymentsof50ormore
ViewManagerdesktops
Oneormore10/100Mbpsnetworkinterfacecontrollers(NIC)—1GbpsNICis
recommended
Supported Operating Systems
TheViewConnectionServercanbeinstalledonthefollowing32bitoperatingsystems:
WindowsServer2003R2StandardEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003StandardEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003R2EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEditionwithSP2
Prerequisites
ViewConnectionServerhasthefollowingprerequisites:
AvalidlicensekeyforViewManager.Thefollowingtypesoflicenseareavailable:
ViewManager
ViewManagerwithViewComposer
ViewManagerwithViewComposer,andOfflineDesktop
VMwarevirtualizationenvironment
VMwarevSphere4Update1.Update1isrequired.
VMwareInfrastructure 3.5.Update3orUpdate4isrecommended.Update5
isnotsupported.
NOTETheabovespecificationsapplytoanyadditionalViewConnectionServer
instancesthatareinstalledinyourenvironmentforthepurposesofhighavailabilityor
externalaccess.
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VMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2issupported.
BothESXandESXihostsaresupported.
vCenterisrequired.
HostoperatingsystemsforstandardorreplicaViewConnectionServerinstances
arejoinedtoanActiveDirectorydomain.ThefollowingversionsofActive
Directoryaresupported:
Windows2000ActiveDirectory
Windows2003ActiveDirectory
Windows2008ActiveDirectory
Inordertoapplycustomizationspecificationstostandard(nonlinkedclone)
desktoppools,MicrosoftSyspreptoolsmustbeinstalledonyourvCenterServer.
RSA Authentication Manager
ViewConnectionServerhasbeencertifiedwithversion6.1and7.1ofRSA
AuthenticationManager.OtherversionsofRSAAuthenticationManagerthatare
compatiblewithversion6.1arealsosupported.
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OTETousetheViewComposerfeature,VMware vSphere 4 Update1or
VMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3orUpdate4isrequired.
TousetheOfflineDesktopexperimentalfeature,VMwareInfrastructure3.5
Update3orUpdate4isrequired.OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.
N
OTEViewConnectionServerdoesnotmakenorrequireanyschemaor
configurationupdatestoActiveDirectory.
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Operating System Support for Installed Components
Table 11describesthesupportofferedbyvarioustypesofWindowsoperatingsystem
tothelocallyinstalledcomponentsofViewManager.Foreachofthesecomponents,
only32bitsupportisoffered.Anyadditionalenvironmentalrequirementsofthese
componentsaredescribedinsubsequentsections.Thecolumnsrepresentedinthis
tableare:
ViewAgent—referstotheViewAgentservicethatisinstalledonaViewManager
desktop.Theentriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemsthatcanbemanaged
byViewManager.Thecolumnisdividedintotwosubcolumns:
Virtual—referstothevirtualsystemssupportedasguests.Thesesystems
couldresidewithinVMwarevSpherewheretheyareprovisionedand
managed,orcouldexistasstandalonesystemswithinanotherVMware
applicationsuchasVMwareServer.
Physical—referstothephysicalsystemssupportedasalternatemultiple
backends,includingterminalservers.
ViewClient—referstotheViewClientapplication.Theentriesinthiscolumnare
theoperatingsystemscapableofinstallingandrunningthisapplication.
OfflineDesktop—referstotheViewClientforOfflineDesktopapplication.
The entriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemscapableofinstallingand
runningthisapplication.ForalistoftheViewManagerdesktopsthatcanbe
downloadedandusedinanofflinecontext,referto“ViewClientwithOffline
Desktop:Supported
Guests”onpage 23.
ViewComposer—referstotheViewComposerservicethatrunsonthevCenter
Serverhostsystem.Theentriesinthiscolumnaretheoperatingsystemscapableof
runningthisservice.
N
OTETherequirementsforViewConnectionServerarenotincludedinthis
table—referto“ViewConnectionServeronpage 15fordetailedinformationabout
thiscomponent.
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Referto“SystemRequirements”onpage 14formoreinformationabouttechpreview
features.AlsorefertothereleasenotesformoreinformationaboutWindows7support.
Operating System Support for Web Components
Table 12describesthesupportofferedbyvarioustypesofoperatingsystemtothe
WebbasedcomponentsofViewManager,withthespecificbrowserandadditional
softwarerequirementsalsoprovided.Anyadditionalenvironmentalrequirementsof
theWebbasedcomponentsaredescribedinsubsequentsections.
Table 1-1. Operating System Support (32-bit) for Installed Components
Operating System View Agent View Client
Offline
Desktop
Virtual Physical
Windows2000ProfessionalSP4Yes
WindowsXPProfessionalSP2Yes Yes Yes Yes
WindowsXPProfessionalSP3Yes Yes Yes Yes
WindowsXPHomeSP2Yes
WindowsXPHomeSP3Yes
WindowsXPeYes
WindowsVistaHomeSP2 Yes
WindowsVistaBusinessSP1Yes Yes Yes
WindowsVistaEnterpriseSP1 Yes Yes
WindowsVista
BusinessSP2Yes Yes Yes
WindowsVistaEnterpriseSP2Yes Yes Yes
WindowsVistaUltimateSP1Yes Yes Yes
WindowsVistaUltimateSP2Yes Yes Yes
Windows7TechPreview TechPreview TechPreview
WindowsServer2003R2
EnterpriseTerminalServer
Yes Yes
WindowsServer2003Enterprise
TerminalServerSP2
Yes Yes
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View Agent
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewAgentonWindows
View Managerdesktops.
View Composer
YoucannotusetheViewComposerfeatureofViewManagertodeploydesktopsthat
runWindowsVistaUltimateEditionorWindowsXPProfessionalSP1.Formore
informationaboutViewComposer,refertoChapter 6,“ViewComposer,”onpage 127.
Volume Licensing and Windows Vista Ultimate
WindowsVistaUltimateisnotdesignedforbroadenterprisedeploymentandtherefore
doesnotsupportvolumelicensing—inordertodeploydesktopclonesthatuse
WindowsVistaUltimate,youmustfirstcontactMicrosoftinordertodetermineyour
licensingobligations.
Table 1-2. Operating System Support for Web-Based Components (32-bit)
Operating System View Portal View Administrator
WindowsXPProfessionalSP1InternetExplorer6SP2
InternetExplorer7
InternetExplorer7
InternetExplorer8
Firefox3.0
Firefox3.5
WindowsXPProfessionalSP2
WindowsXPProfessionalSP3
WindowsXPHomeSP2
WindowsXPHomeSP3
WindowsVistaHomeInternetExplorer7
WindowsVistaHomePremium
WindowsVistaBusiness
WindowsVista
BusinessSP1
WindowsVistaUltimate
WindowsVistaUltimateSP1
RHEL5.0,Update1‐experimental Firefox2.0/3.0
JavaJRE1.5.0or1.6.0
rdesktop
SLES10SP1‐experimental
Ubuntu8.04‐experimental
MacOS/XTiger(10.4)‐experimental Safari
JavaJRE1.5.0
RDC2.0
MacOS/XLeopard(10.5)‐experimental
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View Client / View Client with Offline Desktop
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewClientorViewClientwith
OfflineDesktopontheclientdesktop.InordertoredirecttheUSBdevicesattachedto
theclientsystemforuseontheViewManagerdesktop,youmustenabletheUSB
redirectionfeaturewhenyouinstalleitherclientapplication.
Smart Card Support
SmartcardsandsmartcardreadersthatuseaPKCS#11orMicrosoftCryptoAPI
provideraresupported.
Display Protocols
ViewClientsupportstheRDP,PCoIP,andHPRGSdisplayprotocols.
PCoIP
PCoIPprovidesanoptimizeddesktopexperienceforthedeliveryoftheentiredesktop
environmentincludingapplications,images,audio,andvideocontentforawiderange
ofusersontheLANoracrosstheWAN.PCoIPcancompensateforanincrease
in
latencyorareductioninbandwidth,toensurethatenduserscanremainproductive
regardlessofnetworkconditions.PCoIPissupportedasthedisplayprotocolforView
desktopswithvirtualmachinesandwithphysicalmachinesthatcontainTeradicihost
cards.
Keyfeaturesandrestrictionsincludethefollowing:
RemoteconnectionsusingVirtualPrivateNetworks(VPNs)aresupported.
ConnectionstoWindowsXPandWindowsVistadesktopswiththeViewAgent
operatingsystemversionslistedinTable 11aresupported.
ConnectionsfromWindowsXPandWindowsVistaclientswiththeViewClient
operatingsystemversionslistedinTable 11aresupported.
ViewclientsthatusePCoIPcanconnecttoViewsecurityservers,butPCoIP
sessionswiththedesktopignorethesecurityserver.PCoIPusesUDPfor
streamingaudioandvideo.SecurityserverssupportonlyTCP.
Smartcardsarenotsupported.
N
OTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Referto“SystemRequirements”on
page 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.
OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.TousetheOfflineDesktop
experimentalfeature,VMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3orUpdate4isrequired.
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VMware View View 4.0 User guide

Category
System management software
Type
User guide

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