VMware View VCENTER SERVER 4.0 - GETTING STARTED UPDATE 1 Specification

Brand: VMware View

Model: VCENTER SERVER 4.0 - GETTING STARTED UPDATE 1

Category: Servers

Type: Specification

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View 4.0

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Getting Started with VMware View

Thisguideprovidesanoverv i ewofhowtoinstallVMware

®

View™componentsandprovisionvirtualdesktops.

AdditionalViewdocumentationisavailableathttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html

Prerequisites

IfyouarenotfamiliarwithView ,see“ViewComponentReference”onpage 13forabriefdescriptionofthe

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.

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 vSphere™4Update1(Update1required),VMwareInfrastructure 3.5

(Update3orUpdate4recommended,Update5notsupported),orVMwareInfrastructure 3.0.2.

BothESX™andESXihostsaresupported.vCenter™isrequired.

 InstallMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourvCenterServersystem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

 Windows2008ActiveDirectory

OTETousetheViewComposerfeature,vSphere 4Update1orVMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3or

Update4isrequired.

TousetheOfflineDesktopexperimentalfeature,VMwareInfrastructure3.5Update3orUpdate 4is

required.vSphere4isnotsupported.

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(Optional) Install View Composer on the vCenter Server System

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.

ViewComposerissupportedonthefollowing32‐bitplatforms:

 WindowsServer2003ServicePack2orhigher

 WindowsXPProfessionalServicePack2orhigher

TostoreViewComposerdata,aSQLdatabaseservermustresideon,orbeavailableto,thevCenterServer

system.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vCenterby

default.IfyouareinstallingonthesameSQLServerinstanceasvCenter,donotoverwritethevCenter

database.Fordetaileddatabaserequirements,seetheSystemRequirementssectionoftheView Manager

AdministrationGuide.

TouseViewComposer,youmustinstalltheViewComposer

service(VMware-viewcomposer-xxxxxx.exe,

wherexxxxxxisthebuildnumberofthefile)onyourvCenterServersystem,andconfigureittouseadata

sourcethatisdedicatedtothestorageoflinkedclones.FordetailedinformationaboutViewComposer

installationanddatabaseconfiguration,seetheView Composerchapterofthe

ViewManagerAdministration

Guide.

Install View Connection Server on a Dedicated Server

ViewConnectionServeractsasabrokerforclientconnectionsbyauthenticatingandthendirectingincoming

remotedesktopuserrequeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physicaldesktop,orterminalserver.

YoumustrunViewConnectionServerona32‐bitor64‐bitdedicatedphysicalorvirtualserver.Fordetailed

information

aboutthehardware,operatingsystem,andActiveDirectoryrequirementsforViewConnection

Server,seetheSystemRequirementssectionoftheViewManagerAdministrationGuide.

AstandardserverdeploymentcreatesasinglestandaloneViewConnectionServer.Thisservercanlater

becomethefirstserverinstancewithinareplicatedViewConnectionServ er

group.DonotrunViewManager

asareplicaofearlierViewManagerreleases.

To install a standard server

1RunthefollowingexecutableonthesystemthatwillhostViewConnectionServer,wherexxxxxxisthe

buildnumberofthefile:

VMware-viewconnectionserver-xxxxxx.exe

2WhentheVMwareInstallationwizardappears,clickNext.

3AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsand

clickNext.

4AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderandclickNext.

5 SelecttheStandarddeploymentoptionandclickNext.

6ClickInstall.

7ClickFinish.

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Perform Initial Configuration with View Administrator

UseViewAdministrator,theWeb‐basedadministrativecomponentofViewManager,toperform

View ConnectionServerconfiguration.FordetailedinformationabouttheoperatingsystemandWebbrowser

requirementsforViewAdministrator,seetheSystemRequirementssectionoftheViewManagerAdministration

Guide.

AfteryouinstallViewConnectionServer,logintoViewAdministratortoperforminitialconfigurationtasks.

To log in to View Administrator

1UsingInternetExplorer7or8orFirefox3.0or3.5,enterthefollowingURL,where<server>isthehost

nameorIPaddressoftheViewConnectionServerinstance:

https://<server>/admin

ViewAdministratorisaccessedusing

asecure(SSL)connection.Thefirsttimeyouconnect,yourWeb

browsermightpresentyouwithanintermediarypagethatwarnsyouthatthesecuritycertificate

associatedwiththeaddressisnotissuedbyatrustedcertificateauthority.Thisresponseisexpected

behavior,becausethedefaultrootcertificatesuppliedwith

ViewConnectionServerisself‐signed.

2ClickIgnoretocontinueusingthecurrentSSLcertificate.

3Loginusingtheappropriatecredentials.

Initially,alldomainusersthataremembersofthelocaladministratorsgroupontheViewConnection

ServersystemareallowedtologintoViewAdministrator.YoucanuseViewAdministrator



(Configuration>Administrators)tochangethelistofViewManageradministratorslater.

Install the License Key

Thefirsttimeyoulogin,ViewAdministratordisplaystheConfigurationview.IftheConfigurationviewisnot

displayed,clicktheConfigurationbuttonatthetopofthewindow.

Afteryouinstallthelicensekey,theDesktopviewisdisplayedwhenyoulogin.

To install the license key

1FromtheConfigurationtab,clickProductLicensing

andUsageintheleftnavigationpane.

2IntheProductLicensingtable,clickEditLicenseandentertheViewManagerlicensekey.

3ClickOK.

4Verifythedisplayedlicenseexpirationdate.

Add the vCenter Server

Afteryouinstallthelicensekey,youmustconfigurethevCenterServertousewithViewManager.

To add a vCenter Server entry in View Administrator

1FromtheConfigurationtab,clickServersintheleftnavigationpane.

2UnderVirtualCenterServers,clickAddandentertheinformationforthevCenterServer.

aEnterthefullyqualifieddomainname(FQDN)orIP

addressofthevCenterServeryouwantView

ManagertocommunicatewithintheServeraddresstextbox.

TheFQDNincludesthehostnameandthedomainname.Forexample,intheFQDN

myserverhost.companydomain.com,myserverhostisthehostname,andcompanydomain.comis

thedomain.

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bEnterthenameofanadministrativeuserintheUsernametextbox.

TousevCenterwithViewManager,administrativeusersmusthavepermissiontocarryoutcertain

operationsinvCenter.ThesepermissionsaregrantedbycreatingandassigningvCenterrolestoa

ViewManageruserfromwithinvCenter.vCenteradministrative

usershavealltherequired

permissionsenabledbydefault.

cEnterthepasswordthatcorrespondstotheadministrativeuserinthePasswordtextbox.

d (Optional)EnteradescriptionforthisvCenterServerintheDescriptiontextbox.

eIfyouwanttoconnecttothevCenterServerusingasecurechannel(SSL),makesure

thatConnect

usingSSLisselected.Thisisthedefaultsetting.

fEntertheTCPportnumberinthePorttextbox.

Thedefaultis443.

IfyouarenotusingViewComposer,skiptoStep 8.

3ClickCheckforViewComposerCompatibilitytoverifythattheView Composerserviceisrunningon

the

vCenterServersystem.

Ifthecheckissuccessful,theViewComposerSettingspropertygroupappears.

4MakesurethatEnableViewComposerisselectedandthattheportnumbercorrespondstotheport

specifiedduringtheinstallationoftheView ComposerserviceonthevCenterServersystem.

5ClickAddtoentertherequiredinformation

intheAddQuickPrepDomaindialogbox.

EntertheFQDNoftheActiveDirectorydomain(forexample,domain.com),theusernameincludingthe

FQDN(forexample,domain.com\admin),andthepasswordforthespecifieduser.

Thecredentialsprovidedmustrepresentadomainaccount,createdbyyourActiveDirectory

administrator,thathas

permissiontoaddandremovecomputerobjectsinaspecifiedActiveDirectory

container.ViewComposerusestheaddeddomainsandassociatedusercredentialstojoinlinkedclones

toadomain.

6ClickAdd.

7ClickOK.

TheViewComposeruserisaddedtotheQuickPrepdomainslist.

8ClickOKtoclosethevCenter

Serversettingsdialogbox.

(Optional) Configure an External URL for View Connection Server

TheexternalURListheURLthatViewConnectionServer(orasecurityserver)returnstoViewClientsothat

itcanestablishaconnection.YoumighthavetosettheexternalURLtoprovideanalternateDNSnameor

IP addressthatcanberesolvedfromclientsystems.

To set the external URL on a standard or replica server

1FromtheConfiguration

tab,clickServersintheleftnavigationpane.

2UnderViewServers,selectaViewConnectionServerentryandclickEdit.

3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.

Youmustincludetheprotocol,address,andportnumber.Forexample:

https://view.example.com:443

4ClickOK.

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Prepare the Virtual Machine for Deployment

Thevirtualmachine,whichyoucreateinvCenter ,providesthebasisforvirtualdesktopdeployment.

Configure the Guest System

Youmustperformcertaininstallationandconfigurationtaskstopreparetheguestoperatingsystemofthe

virtualmachinefordeployment.

To prepare the guest operating system

1Installtheguestoperatingsystemandrequiredapplicationsanddrivers.

IfyouareinstallingWindowsXPasyourguestoperatingsystem,reviewtheadditionalinstructionsand

guidelinesintheWindowsXP

DeploymentGuideat

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/vmware‐view‐xp‐deployment‐guide.pdf

 InstallthelatestversionofVMwareTools(providedwithVMwarevSphere).

 InstallMicrosoftservicepacksandWindowsupdates.

 Installantivirussoftware.

 Installotherapplications,suchasWindowsMediaPlayerifyouareusingMMR.

 Installanyrequiredsmartcarddrivers.

2Configurenetworkproxysettings.

3ConfigureActiveDirectorysettings.

aConfigurethepreferredandalternateDNSserverstouseyourActiveDirectoryserveraddresses.

Forexample,onWindowsXP,configuretheDNSserversettingsfromthepropertiesmenu:

Start>ControlPanel>NetworkConnections>LAN>PropertiesInternetProtocol(TCP/IP)>

Properties>UsethefollowingDNSserveraddresses

bJointheguestsystemtotheappropriateActiveDirectorydomain.

4IftheguestsystemhasmorethanonevirtualNIC,youmustconfigurethesubnetthatViewAgentwill

use.Foradditionalinformation,seetheView ManagerAdministrationGuide.

5ConfigurethefirewalltoallowRemoteDesktopconnections.

6Makesurethatyouhaveadministrativerightstotheguestsystem.

7 (Optional)Configureusercustomizationscripts.

8 (Optional)FollowtheperformanceoptimizationguidelinesdescribedintheWindowsXPDeployment

Guide.

Install View Agent on the Guest System

YoumustinstallViewAgentontheguestsystemtoenableViewConnectionServertocommunicatewith

virtualdesktops.

To install View Agent

1Runthefollowingexecutableontheguestsystem,wherexxxxxxisthebuildnumberofthefile:

VMware-viewagent-xxxxxx.exe

2WhentheVMwareInstallationwizardappears,clickNext.

3AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.

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4 Selectyourcustomsetupoptions.

YoumustinstalltheViewComposerAgentifyouwanttodeployViewComposerlinkedclonedesktops.

Youcanalsoselectordeselectthefollowingfeaturecomponents:

 IfyouwanttoallowuserstodownloadcopiesoftheirvirtualdesktopsfromtheViewConnection

Serverforuseonalocalcomputersuchasalaptop,installtheOfflineDesktopcomponent.

OfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.

 IfvirtualdesktopusersneedtoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdeviceswiththeirvirtualdesktops,

installtheUSBRedirectioncomponent.

Windows2000doesnotsupportUSBredirection.

 Ifyouwanttoenablesinglesign‐on(SSO),installtheViewSecureAuthenticationcomponent.

Ifenabled,whenuserslogintoViewClienttheyarenotpromptedtore‐entertheirauthentication

informationtologintotheirvirtualdesktops.

 Ifyouwanttoenableuserstoprinttoanyprinteravailabletotheirclientsystemswithoutfirst

installingadditionaldriversontheirvirtualdesktops,installtheVirtualPrintingcomponent.

 IfyouwanttoallowuserstoconnectusingthePCoIPdisplayprotocol,installthePCoIPServer

component.PCoIPprovidesanoptimizedPCexperienceforthedeliveryofimages,audio,andvideo

contentforawiderangeofusersontheLANoracrosstheWAN.

5Acceptorchangethedestination

folderandclickNext.

6ClickInstalltobegintheinstallationprocess.

7Aftertheprocessiscomplete,clickFinish.

(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.

ViewComposerlinkedclonevirtualdesktopsdonotusecustomizationspecifications.Thisdeployment

optionisdescribedin“(Optional)DeployaViewComposerVirtualDesktopPool”onpage 9.

To create a customization specification

1In

vCenter,clickEdit>CustomizationSpecifications.

2ClickNewtocreateanewcustomizationspecification.

3Makesurethat Windowsisselectedinthe TargetVirtualMachineOSdrop‐downmenu,provideaname

andan(optional)descriptionforthecustomizationspecification,andclickNext.

4EntertheNameandOrganizationtoassociatewith

thedesktopsthatyouwillcreateintheautomated

desktoppool,andclickNext.

5 SelectoneofthefollowingoptionsandclickNext.

 Usethevirtualmachinenameifyouwantthedesktopsinthepooltoderivetheirnamesfromthe

nameassignedtoeachdesktopvirtualmachineduringdeploymentfromViewManager.Thisisthe

recommendedoption.

 Useaspecificnameifyouwantthedesktopsinthepooltoderivetheirnamesfromapredefined

label.Ifyouselectthisoption,alsoselectAppendanumericvaluetoensureuniqueness.

6EnterthelicensenumberforthevirtualdesktopoperatingsystemintheProductIDfield,specifywhether



thisisasingleormultipleseatlicense,andclickNext.

OTEOnWindowsVista,ifyouinstallthePCoIPServercomponent,theWindowsgrouppolicy

DisableorenablesoftwareSecureAttentionSequenceisenabledandsettoServices and Ease

of Access applications.Ifyouchangethissetting,singlesign‐onwillnotworkcorrectly.

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7EnterandconfirmthelocaladministratorpasswordandclickNext.

8 Selectthelocaltimezonefromthedrop‐downmenuandclickNext.

9 (Optional)Provideoneormorecommandpromptinstructionstobeexecutedthefirsttimeauser

connects.

aEnteracommandinthefieldprovidedandclickAdd.

bRepeat

foreachcommandandclickNextwhenyouhavefinished.

10 SelectthesettingforyournetworkinterfaceandclickNext.

TherecommendedselectionisTypicalsettings.

11 Specifyhowthedesktopsderivedfromthistemplatewillparticipateinyournetwork.

Ifyouwanttoautomaticallyadddeployeddesktopstoadomain,

selectWindowsServerDomainand

enterthedomainname.Intheusername,password,andpasswordconfirmationfields,enterthe

credentialsforauserthathastherequiredpermissionstoaddsystemstothisdomain.

12 MakesurethatGenerateNewSecurityID(SID)isselectedandclickNext.

TheReadyto

Completepageappears.

YoucanclickBacktomodifyanypreviouspage.

13 ClickFinishtosavetheguestcustomizationspecification.

Thecustomizationmighttakeseveralminutestocomplete.Whencompleted,makesurethatthenewvirtual

machineisjoinedtoyourActiveDirectorydomain.

Youcannowassigntheguest

customizationspecificationtoaViewManagerautomateddesktoppoolwhen

youprovisionvirtualdesktops.

Create a Virtual Machine Template for Standard Virtual Desktops

Afteryouinstallandconfiguretheguestsystem,convertthevirtualmachinetoatemplate.Youcanthenuse

thetemplateasadesktopsourceforautomateddesktoppools.

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 9.

To create a virtual machine template in vCenter

1Poweroffthevirtualmachine.

2Right‐clickthepreviouslyconfiguredguestsystemandselectoneofthefollowingoptions:

 ClonetoTemplate—Selectthisoptionifyouwanttousetheselectedguestsystemasthebasisfora

newtemplatewithoutalteringthevirtualmachineitself.Ifyouselectthisoptionyouarepresented

withasetupwizardthatasksyoutoprovidethenameofthetemplate,environmental

information

aboutwhereyouwantthetemplatetoreside,andthediskformattouse.

 ConverttoTemplate—Selectthisoptionifyouwanttochangetheguestsystemintoatemplate.This

processisinstant.

Deploy a Virtual Desktop or Desktop Pool

ViewManagerprovidesflexibilityinhowadesktopiscreated,entitled,delivered,andused.ViewManager

supportsthefollowingdesktopdeliverymodels:

 IndividualDesktop—adesktopthatallowsasingle,preexistingback‐endsource.

 ManualPool—apoolofdesktopsourcesthatisnotprovisionedautomatically.Multipleusersare

mappedtomultipledesktops.However,onlyoneuserisactiveonadesktopatatime.

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 AutomatedPool—apoolthatcontainsoneormoredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthatare

automaticallycreatedandcustomizedbyViewManagerfromavCentervirtualmachinetemplate.

 TerminalServerPool—apoolofterminalserverdesktopsourcesservedbyoneormoreterminalservers.

Aterminalserverdesktopsourcecandelivermultipledesktops.

Thissectiondescribeshowtodeployanautomateddesktoppool.Automateddesktoppoolscontainoneor

moredynamicallygenerateddesktopsthatareautomaticallycreatedand

customizedbyViewManagerfrom

avCentervirtualmachinetemplate.

Ifyouwanttodeployalinkedclonedesktoppool,see“(Optional)DeployaViewComposerVirtualDesktop

Pool”onpage 9.

TherequirementsandinstructionsforcreatingothertypesofdesktopsaredescribedintheDeployment

chapteroftheViewManagerAdministration

Guide.

To deploy an automated desktop pool

1InViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPools,andclicktheInventorytab.

2IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,makesurethattheDesktopsandPoolstabisselect edandclickAdd.

3When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.

 Persistent—Desktopsareallocatedstaticallytomakesurethatusersconnecttothesamesystemeach

timetheylogin.Desktopassignmenttakesplacethefirsttimeeachuserconnects.

 Non‐persistent—Desktopsareallocateddynamicallywhentheuserlogsinandarereturnedtothe

poolwhentheuserdisconnects.

5Fromthelistprovided,selectthevCenterServertobeusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

6EntertheUniqueID,(optional)Displayname,and(optional)Description,andclick

Next.

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.

7Configure

thedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.

IfyouareusingaWindowsVistavirtualmachine,youmustsetthepowerpolicytoEnsureVMisalways

poweredon.

8ConfigurethedesktopprovisioningpropertiesandclickNext.

9 Selectthetemplatetouseasthebaseimageforthedeploymentandclick

Next.

YouarepresentedonlywithtemplatesthatcontainadesktopoperatingsystemsupportedbyViewManager.

10 SelectthefolderwhereyouwantthisdesktoppooltoresidewithinvCenterandclickNext.

11 Selectahostoraclusteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktop

andclickNext.

12 SelectaresourcepoolinwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

13 SelectoneormoredatastoresonwhichtostorethedesktoppoolandclickNext.

14 Fromthefollowingoptions,selecthowyouwouldlikethedesktopscreatedfromtheguestsystemtobe

customized,andclickNext.

 IfavCentercustomizationspecificationexists,youcanselectitfrom theUsethiscustomization

specificationlisttopreconfigurepropertiessuchaslicensing,domainattachm en t,andDHCPsettings.

 Ifyouwanttomanuallyconfigurethedesktopsinthispoolaftertheyhavebeenprovisioned,orifno

customizationspecificationisdetected,selectNone ‐Customizationwillbedonemanually.

 Ifyouwantthevirtualmachinetoremainpoweredoff,selectDonotpoweronvirtualmachines

aftercreation.

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15 (Optional)Whenasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthisdeploymentappears,youcanclickBack

tomodifyanypreviouspage.

16 ClickFinishtodeploytheautomateddesktoppool.

Afterthedeploymentisinitiated,youcanmonitortheprogressoftheautomateddesktoppoolfromthe

DesktopsandPoolsorDesktop

SourcestabintheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane.

Afterdeploymentiscomplete,entitleusersorgroupstousethedesktoppoolasdescribedin“EntitleUsers

andGroupstoDesktopsandDesktopPools”onpage 11.

(Optional) Deploy a View Composer Virtual Desktop Pool

MakesureyouhaveconfiguredyourvCenterServerforViewComposer,asdescribedin“Ad d thevCenter

Server”onpage 3.Beforeyoucancreateanewlinkedclonedesktoppool,youmustmakesurethatView

ManagerisabletocontactvCenterandthattheViewComposerservicehasstarted.After

aconnectionis

established,youcandeployanewViewComposerlinkedclonedesktoppool.

WhenyouuseViewComposer,linkedclonesarecreatedfromacentralizedbaseimage,calledaParentVM.

AfteryouhavecreatedtheguestsystemandinstalledViewAgent,youmusttakeasnapshot.The

ParentVM

mustbecompletelyshutdownbeforeyoutakethesnapshot.Thissnapshotisusedasthebaseline

configurationforthefirstsetoflinkedclonedesktopsanchoredtotheParentVM.

TheParentVMmustremaininastaticstateduringthedeploymentprocess.

FordetailedinformationaboutView

Composerdeployment,seetheViewComposerchapterofthe

View ManagerAdministrationGuide.

To deploy a linked clone desktop pool

1InViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPoolsandclicktheInventorytab.

2IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,makesurethattheDesktopsandPoolstabisselectedandclick

Add.

3When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.

 Persistent—Desktopsareallocatedstaticallytomakesurethatusersconnecttothesamesystemeach

timetheylogin.Desktopassignmenttakesplacethefirsttimeeachuserconnects.

 Non‐persistent—Desktopsareallocateddynamicallywhentheuserlogsinandarereturnedtothe

poolwhentheuserdisconnects.

5Fromthelistprovided,selectthevCenterServertobeusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

6MakesurethatUselinkedclonetechnologytocreatedesktopsinthispool

isselectedandclickNext.

7EntertheUniqueID,(optional)Displayname,and(optional)Description,andclickNext.

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.

8Configure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.

9Configurethedesktop

provisioningpropertiesandclickNext.

10 SelecttheParentVMtobeusedasthebaseimageforthedeploymentandclickNext.

Youarepresentedonlywithvirtualmachinesthatcontainoneormoresnapshotsthatweretakenwhen

thevirtualmachinewaspowereddown.

11 Selectthesnapshotthatyoupreviously

createdontheParentVMwhileinitsinactivestateandclickNext.

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12 SelectthefolderwhereyouwantthisdesktoppooltoresidewithinvCenterandclickNext.

13 SelectahostoraclusteronwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

TheUsevSpheremodeforViewComposercheckboxbecomesavailableifyouselectaclusterthat

containsESX/ESXi4hostsonly.ThenewvSpheremodeismorereliablethaninpreviousreleasesand

supportsup‐to‐datehardwareconfigurations,butvSphere4requires64‐bit(x86_64)hardware.Ifyou

plantohaveESX/ESXi3.5hostsinthecluster,donotselectthischeckbox.

14 Select

aresourcepoolinwhichtorunthevirtualmachinesusedbythisdesktopandclickNext.

15 (Optional)Configurehowuserdataisstoredbydesktops(inpersistentpoolsonly)andclickNext.

 Ifyouwantuserdatatobepreservedafterarefreshorrecompositionevent,selectRedirectuser

profiletoaseparatediskandspecifythemaximumsizeoftheuserdatadiskandassociateddrive.

Ifyouareusingmultipledatastores,youcanselectUsedifferentdatastoresforuserdatadisks

and

OSdisks.Thenyoucanselectwhichdatastoresareusedforwhichtypeofdataduringdatastore

selectioninStep 16.

DonotselectaletterthatcorrespondstoadrivethatisalreadypresentontheParentVM.

 Ifyoudonotwantuserdatatobepreservedafterarefreshorrecompositionevent,selectStoreuser

profileonthesamediskastheOS.Userdataisretaineduntiloneoftheseeventsareperformedby

theadministratororexecutedautomaticallybypolicy.

16 Selectoneormoredatastores

onwhichtostorethedesktoppoolandclickNext.

 IfyouarecreatingapersistentpoolandyouselectedUsedifferentdatastoresforuserdatadisks

andOSdisksinStep 15,youcanclickthedown‐arrowintheUse Forcolumntospecifyhowthe

storagespaceforthecorrespondingdatastoreisused.YoucanselectOSDataor

UserData.

Youmustallocatesufficientspaceforboththeoperatingsystemanduserdatatoproceed.

 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.Theactualrequirementsforthepoolvarybasedonclientusage

patterns,applicationworkload,pooltype,andsoforth.

Ifyoudonothavesufficientspaceavailable,youmustaddfreespace

byselectinganadditionaldatastore.

Forclusters,onlyshareddatastoresaresupported.Everyhostintheclustermustbeconnectedtothe

datastoretobeshown.

17 Tojoinlinkedclonedesktopstoadomain,ViewManagerrequiresdomainadministratorcredentialsfor

thetargetdomain.EnterthecredentialsandclickNext.

 SelectthedomainnameandusernameentryfromtheQuickPrepdomaindrop‐downmenu.

YouspecifythesecredentialswhenyouaddoredityourvCenterServersettingsintheprocedure

“A d d thevCenterServer”onpage 3.ThesesettingsarenotvalidatedbyViewComposer.

 Ifyouwantascripttorunonthedesktopsbeforetheyarepoweredoff,enterthepathtoascripton

theParentVMinthePower‐offscriptfield.

 Ifyouwantascripttorunondesktopsaftertheyarecreated,recomposed,orrefreshed,enterthepath

toascriptontheParentVMinthePostSynchronizationscriptfield.

 EntertheActiveDirectorycontainerrelativedistinguishedname(forexample,CN=Computers).

18 (Optional)Whenyouarepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthisdeployment,

youcanclickBacktomodifyanypreviouspage.

19 ClickFinishtodeploythelinkedclonedesktoppool.

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Afterdeploymentisinitiated,youcanmonitortheprogressofthelinkedclonedesktoppoolfromthe

DesktopsandPoolsorDesktopSourcestabintheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane.

Afterdeploymentiscomplete,entitleusersorgroupstousethedesktoppoolasdescribedin“EntitleUsers

and

GroupstoDesktopsandDesktopPools.”

Entitle Users and Groups to Desktops and Desktop Pools

Afteradesktopordesktoppooliscreated,youcanentitleActiveDirectoryusersandgroupstoaccessit.

To entitle a desktop to an Active Directory user or group

1InViewAdministrator,clickDesktopsandPools,andclicktheInventorytab.

2IntheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane,selectthedesktoporpoolyouwanttoentitleandclick

Entitlements.

Theusersandgroupsthatcanusethisdesktoporpoolarelisted.

3ClickAdd.

Theuserandgroupentitlementdialogboxappears.Fromhereyoucanview,searchon,andfilterall

ActiveDirectoryuserswithinthedomainforest.

4FortheType,selectUsers,Groups,orboth.

5FromtheDomaindrop‐downmenu,selectthedomainthatcontainstheusersorgroupsyouwantto

entitle,orselectEntireDirectorytosearchacrosstheentireActiveDirectorydomainforest.

Youcansearchbynameordescription.Ifyouwanttoviewalistofallusersinthe

domain,leavetheName

andDescriptionfieldsblank.

6ClickFindtoexecutethesearch.

7From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.

8ClickOKtofinish.

Install and Run View Client

Onaclientmachine,installViewClienttoenableend‐userstoremotelyaccessdesktops.

To install View Client

1RuntheViewClientexecutableonthesystemthatwillhosttheclient,wherexxxxxxisthebuildnumber

ofthefile:

VMware-viewclient-xxxxxx.exe

2WhentheVMwareInstallationwizardappears,clickNext.

3AccepttheVMwarelicensetermsandclickNext.

4 Chooseyourcustomsetupoptions:

 IfyoudonotwantuserstoaccesslocallyconnectedUSBdevicesthroughtheirdesktops,deselectthe

USBRedirectioncomponent.

 IfyouwanttorequirealluserstoprovideidentityandcredentialinformationtologintoaView

ConnectionServerandagaintoaccessaViewdesktop,deselect theLoginascur rentusercomponent.

OTEInstallViewClientwithOfflineDesktopifyouaregoingtousetheOfflineDesktopfeature.TheOffline

Desktopfeatureallowsuserstodownloadvirtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocalsystems.

OfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.

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5IfyouselectedtheLoginascurrentusercomponent,youcanfurtherconfigurethedefaultbehaviorwhen

usersloginusingViewClient:

 SelectShowinconnectiondialogtodisplaytheLoginascurrentusercheckboxintheViewClient

connectiondialogbox.

Whenthischeckboxisselected,theidentityandcredentialinformationthattheuserprovidedwhen

loggingintotheclientsystemispassedtotheViewConnectionServer

instanceandultimatelytothe

Viewdesktop.

 SelectSetdefaultoptiontologinascurrentusertohavetheLoginascurrentusercheckbox

selectedbydefaultintheViewClientconnectiondialogbox.

ClickNext.

6AcceptorchangethedestinationfolderandclickNext.

7 (Optional)EntertheFQDNorIPaddressoftheserver

towhichtheclientwillconnectandclickNext.

8ConfigureshortcutsforViewClientandclickNext.

9IfyouwanttolaunchViewClientwheninstallationiscompleted,selectthecheckbox.

10 ClickInstall>Finish.

To start View Client

1IfViewClient doesnotstartautomaticallyafter installation,double‐clickthedesktopshortcut

orclick

Start > Programs>VMware>VMware ViewClient.

2IntheConnectionServerdrop‐downmenu,enterthehostnameorIPaddressofaViewConnectionServer.

3 (Optional)IftheLoginascurrentusercheckboxisdisplayed,youcanselectthischeckboxtousethe

credentials

thatyouspecifiedwhenyouloggedintothissystemtologintotheViewConnectionServer

andtheViewdesktop.

IfyoudonotselectLoginascurrentuser, youhavetoprovidecredentialstologinmultipletimesbefore

youcanaccessaViewdesktop.

Ifyou

selectLoginascurrentuserandyouareauthorizedtologintotheViewConnectionServer,you

arenotpromptedtoenterlogincredentialsinStep 5.

4ClickConnect.

5Enterthecredentialsforanentitleduser,selectthedomain,andclickLogin.

Ifyoutypetheusernameasuser@domain

,itistreatedasauserprincipalname(UPN)becauseofthe

at‐sign(@),sothedomaindrop‐downmenudims.

6 SelectadesktopfromthelistprovidedandclickConnect.

ViewClientattemptstoconnecttothespecifieddesktop.

Afteryouareconnected,theclientwindowappears.

(Optional) Next Steps

YoucanusepoliciestoconfigureViewcomponentsbycontrollingtheloggingofinformation,managingclient

access,restrictingdeviceusage,establishingsecurityparametersforclientusage,andsoforth.Formore

information,seetheComponentPolicieschapteroftheViewManagerAdministrationGuide.

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.

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View Component Reference

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remotedesktopuserrequeststotheappropriatevirtualdesktop,physical

desktop,orterminalserver.

ReplicaserversareadditionalViewConnectionServerinstancesthatprovidehigh‐availabilityandload

balancing.Whenareplica

serverisinstalled,alocalLDAPinstanceisalsocreatedandtheViewLDAP

dataonthereplicaserverisinitializedfromanexistingViewConnectionServer.

Securityserverscanbeinstalledinthedemilitarizedzone(DMZ)toaddanadditionallayerofnetwork

protection.Securityserversmakesurethatonly

authenticateduserscanconnecttotheinternalnetwork

fromexternallocationsbyprovidingasinglepointofaccess.

 ViewAdministrator—aWebapplicationthatallowsViewManageradministratorstoconfigureView

ConnectionServer,deployandmanagedesktops,controluserauthentication,initiateandexamine

systemevents,andcarryoutanalyticalactivities.

 ViewComposer—asoftwareservicethatisinstalledonthevCenterServersystemtoallowView

Managertorapidlydeploymultiplelinkedclonedesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.

 ViewAgent—asoftwareservicethatyouinstallonallguestvirtualmachines,physicalsystems,or

terminalserverstoallowthemtobemanagedbyViewManager.

 ViewClient—alocallyinstalledsoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswithViewConnectionServerto

allowuserstoconnecttotheirdesktops.

 ViewClientwithOfflineDesktop(experimental)—aversionofViewClientthatisextendedtosupport

theOfflineDesktopfeaturewhichallowsuserstodownloadvirtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocal

systems.

 ViewPortal—aWeb‐basedversionofViewClientsupportedbymultipleoperatingsystemsand

browsers.

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