VMware Horizon View - 5.2 Installation Manual

VMware Horizon View Installation

View Manager 5.2

View Composer 5.2

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System Requirements for Server Components 7

View Connection Server Requirements 7

View Administrator Requirements 9

View Composer Requirements 9

View Transfer Server Requirements 11

System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems 15

Supported Operating Systems for View Agent 15

Supported Operating Systems for Standalone View Persona Management 16

Remote Display Protocol and Software Support 16

Preparing Active Directory 21

Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships 21

Creating an OU for View Desktops 22

Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts 22

Creating Groups for View Users 22

Creating a User Account for vCenter Server 22

Create a User Account for View Composer 23

Configure the Restricted Groups Policy 24

Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files 24

Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication 25

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Installing View Composer 29

Prepare a View Composer Database 29

Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer 35

Install the View Composer Service 35

Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer 37

Installing View Connection Server 39

Installing the View Connection Server Software 39

Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server 40

Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration 40

Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server 45

Configure a Security Server Pairing Password 50

Install a Security Server 51

Firewall Rules for View Connection Server 57

Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Configuration 58

Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options 60

Uninstalling View Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options 61

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Installing View Transfer Server 63

Install View Transfer Server 64

Add View Transfer Server to View Manager 65

Configure the Transfer Server Repository 66

Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server 67

Installing View Transfer Server Silently 67

Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers 71

Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers 71

Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates 73

Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA 74

Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL

Certificate 75

Configure View Clients to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates 80

Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates 82

Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows 83

Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate 83

View Transfer Server and SSL Certificates 87

Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate 88

Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA 88

Configuring View for the First Time 89

Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer 89

Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time 93

Configuring View Client Connections 103

Replacing Default Ports for View Services 109

Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment 112

Adding the View Desktops Plug-in to the vSphere Web Client 115

Add the View Desktops Plug-in 115

Search for View Users in the vSphere Web Client 119

Remove the View Desktops Plug-in 120

Configuring Event Reporting 121

Add a Database and Database User for View Events 121

Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting 122

Configure the Event Database 123

Configure Event Logging for Syslog Servers 124

Index 127

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VMware Horizon View Installation explains how to install the VMware® Horizon View™ server and client components.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for anyone who wants to install VMware Horizon View. The information is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations.

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System Requirements for Server

Components 1

Hosts that run VMware Horizon View server components must meet specific hardware and software requirements.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“View Connection Server Requirements,” on page 7

“View Administrator Requirements,” on page 9

“View Composer Requirements,” on page 9

“View Transfer Server Requirements,” on page 11

View Connection Server Requirements

View Connection Server acts as a broker for client connections by authenticating and then directing incoming user requests to the appropriate View desktop. View Connection Server has specific hardware, operating system, installation, and supporting software requirements.

Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server on page 8

You must install all View Connection Server installation types, including standard, replica, and security server installations, on a dedicated physical or virtual machine that meets specific hardware requirements.

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Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server on page 8

You must install View Connection Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

Virtualization Software Requirements for View Connection Server on page 8

View Connection Server requires certain versions of VMware virtualization software.

Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server Instances on page 8

If you install replicated View Connection Server instances, configure the instances in the same location and connect them over a high-performance LAN.

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Hardware Requirements for View Connection Server

Table 1‑1. View Connection Server Hardware Requirements

Hardware Component Required Recommended

Processor Pentium IV 2.0GHz processor

or higher

Networking One or more 10/100Mbps

network interface cards (NICs)

Memory

Windows Server 2008 64-bit

These requirements also apply to replica and security server View Connection Server instances that you install for high availability or external access.

IMPORTANT The physical or virtual machine that hosts View Connection Server must use a static IP address.

4GB RAM or higher At least 10GB RAM for deployments of 50 or more

4 CPUs

1Gbps NICs

View desktops

Supported Operating Systems for View Connection Server

You must install View Connection Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

The following operating systems support all View Connection Server installation types, including standard, replica, and security server installations.

Table 1‑2. Operating System Support for View Connection Server

Operating System Version Edition

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard

Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard

Enterprise

Virtualization Software Requirements for View Connection Server

View Connection Server requires certain versions of VMware virtualization software.

If you are using vSphere, you must use a supported version of vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenter Server.

For details about which versions of Horizon View are compatible with which versions of vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix at

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php.

Network Requirements for Replicated View Connection Server Instances

If you install replicated View Connection Server instances, configure the instances in the same location and connect them over a high-performance LAN.

When installing replicated View Connection Server instances, you must configure the instances in the same physical location and connect them over a high-performance LAN. Do not use a WAN, MAN (metropolitan area network), or other non-LAN to connect replicated View Connection Server instances.

Even a high-performance WAN, MAN, or other non-LAN with low average latency and high throughput might have periods when the network cannot deliver the performance characteristics that are needed for View Connection Server instances to maintain consistency.

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If the View LDAP configurations on View Connection Server instances become inconsistent, users might not be able to access their desktops. A user might be denied access when connecting to a View Connection Server instance with an out-of-date configuration.

View Administrator Requirements

Administrators use View Administrator to configure View Connection Server, deploy and manage desktops, control user authentication, initiate and examine system events, and carry out analytical activities. Client systems that run View Administrator must meet certain requirements.

View Administrator is a Web-based application that is installed when you install View Connection Server. You can access and use View Administrator with the following Web browsers:

Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 10 (from a Windows 8 system in Desktop mode)

Firefox 6 and later releases

To use View Administrator with your Web browser, you must install Adobe Flash Player 10 or later. Your client system must have access to the Internet to allow Adobe Flash Player to be installed.

The computer on which you launch View Administrator must trust the root and intermediate certificates of the server that hosts View Connection Server. The supported browsers already contain certificates for all of the well-known certificate authorities (CAs). If your certificates come from a CA that is not well known, you must follow the instructions in the VMware Horizon View Installation document about importing root and intermediate certificates.

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To display text properly, View Administrator requires Microsoft-specific fonts. If your Web browser runs on a non-Windows operating system such as Linux, UNIX, or Mac OS X, make sure that Microsoft-specific fonts are installed on your computer.

Currently, the Microsoft Web site does not distribute Microsoft fonts, but you can download them from independent Web sites.

View Composer Requirements

View Manager uses View Composer to deploy multiple linked-clone desktops from a single centralized base image. View Composer has specific installation and storage requirements.

Supported Operating Systems for View Composer on page 10

View Composer supports 64-bit operating systems with specific requirements and limitations. You can install View Composer on the same physical or virtual machine as vCenter Server or on a separate server.

Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer on page 10

With View 5.1 and later releases, View Composer is no longer required to be installed on the same physical or virtual machine as vCenter Server. If you install View Composer on a separate server, you must use a dedicated physical or virtual machine that meets specific hardware requirements.

Database Requirements for View Composer on page 10

View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on, or be available to, the View Composer server host.

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Table 1‑3. Operating System Support for View Composer

Operating System Version Edition

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard

If you plan to install View Composer on a different physical or virtual machine than vCenter Server, see

“Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer,” on page 10.

Hardware Requirements for Standalone View Composer

Enterprise

A standalone View Composer installation works with vCenter Server installed on a Windows Server computer and with the Linux-based vCenter Server Appliance. VMware recommends having a one-to-one mapping between each View Composer service and vCenter Server instance.

Table 1‑4. View Composer Hardware Requirements

Hardware Component Required Recommended

Processor 1.4 GHz or faster Intel 64 or

AMD 64 processor with 2 CPUs

Networking One or more 10/100Mbps

network interface cards (NICs)

Memory 4GB RAM or higher 8GB RAM or higher for deployments of 50 or more

Disk space 40GB 60GB

2GHz or faster and 4 CPUs

1Gbps NICs

View desktops

IMPORTANT The physical or virtual machine that hosts View Composer must use a static IP address.

Database Requirements for View Composer

View Composer requires an SQL database to store data. The View Composer database must reside on, or be available to, the View Composer server host.

If a database server already exists for vCenter Server, View Composer can use that existing database server if it is a version listed in Table 1-5. For example, View Composer can use the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008 Express instance provided with vCenter Server. If a database server does not already exist, you must install one.

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View Composer supports a subset of the database servers that vCenter Server supports. If you are already using vCenter Server with a database server that is not supported by View Composer, continue to use that database server for vCenter Server and install a separate database server to use for View Composer and View Manager database events.

IMPORTANT If you create the View Composer database on the same SQL Server instance as vCenter Server, do not overwrite the vCenter Server database.

Table 1-5 lists the supported database servers and versions. For a complete list of database versions

supported with vCenter Server, see the VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes on the VMware vSphere documentation Web site.

The versions of vCenter Server listed in the table column headings are general. For specific supported update versions of each vCenter Server release, see the VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes on the VMware vSphere documentation Web site.

Table 1‑5. Supported Database Servers for View Composer

Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP4), Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter

(32- and 64-bit)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express (R2 SP1)

(64-bit)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP2), Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter

(32- and 64-bit)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (R2), Standard and Enterprise

(32- and 64-bit)

Oracle 10g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and Enterprise [10.2.0.4]

(32- and 64-bit)

Oracle 11g Release 2, Standard, Standard ONE, and Enterprise [11.2.0.1]

with Patch 5

(32- and 64-bit)

vCenter Server 5.1

Yes Yes Standard

Yes Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes

vCenter Server 5.0

vCenter Server 4.1

only

vCenter Server 4.0

Standard only

NOTE If you use an Oracle 11g R2 database, you must install Oracle 11.2.0.1 Patch 5. This patch requirement applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

View Transfer Server Requirements

View Transfer Server is an optional View Manager component that supports check in, check out, and replication of desktops that run in local mode. View Transfer Server has specific installation, operating system, and storage requirements.

Installation and Upgrade Requirements for View Transfer Server on page 12

You must install View Transfer Server as a Windows application in a virtual machine that meets specific requirements.

Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server on page 12

You must install View Transfer Server on a supported operating system with at least the minimum required amount of RAM.

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Storage Requirements for View Transfer Server on page 13

View Transfer Server transfers static content to and from the Transfer Server repository and dynamic content between local desktops and remote desktops in the datacenter. View Transfer Server has specific storage requirements.

Installation and Upgrade Requirements for View Transfer Server

You must install View Transfer Server as a Windows application in a virtual machine that meets specific requirements.

IMPORTANT If users will be checking out local desktops that use the space-efficient sparse disk format (SEFlex), available starting with vSphere 5.1, View Transfer Server must be hosted on a vSphere 5.1 or later virtual machine (virtual hardware version 9). The SE Sparse disk format allows stale or deleted data within a guest operating system to be reclaimed with a wipe and shrink process.

To use the space reclamation feature, you must verify that your vCenter Server and hosts are version 5.1 with ESXi 5.1 download patch ESXi510-201212001 or later. In an ESXi cluster, verify that all the hosts are version 5.1 with download patch ESXi510-201212001 or later.

The virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server must meet several requirements regarding network connectivity:

It must be managed by the same vCenter Server instance as the local desktops that it will manage.

It does not have to be part of a domain.

It must use a static IP address.

The View Transfer Server software cannot coexist on the same virtual machine with any other View Manager software component, including View Connection Server.

Do not manually add or remove PCI devices on the virtual machine that hosts View Transfer Server. If you add or remove PCI devices, View might be unable to discover hot-added devices, which might cause data transfer operations to fail.

You can install multiple View Transfer Server instances for high availability and scalability.

Supported Operating Systems for View Transfer Server

You must install View Transfer Server on a supported operating system with at least the minimum required amount of RAM.

Table 1‑6. Operating System Support for View Transfer Server

Operating System Version Edition Minimum RAM

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Standard

Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Standard

Enterprise

IMPORTANT Configure two virtual CPUs for virtual machines that host View Transfer Server.

4GB

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Storage Requirements for View Transfer Server

The disk drive on which you configure the Transfer Server repository must have enough space to store

your static image files. Image files are View Composer base images.

View Transfer Server must have access to the datastores that store the desktop disks to be transferred.

The datastores must be accessible from the ESX/ESXi host where the View Transfer Server virtual machine is running.

The recommended maximum number of concurrent disk transfers that View Transfer Server can

support is 20.

During a transfer operation, a local desktop's virtual disk is mounted on View Transfer Server. The View Transfer Server virtual machine has four SCSI controllers. This configuration allows multiple disks to be attached to the virtual machine at one time.

Because local desktops can contain sensitive user data, make sure data is encrypted during its transit

over the network.

In View Administrator, you can configure data-transfer security options on each View Connection Server instance. To configure these options in View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers, select a View Connection Server instance, and click Edit.

When View Transfer Server is added to View Manager, its Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

automation policy is set to Manual, which effectively disables DRS.

To migrate a View Transfer Server instance to another ESX host or datastore, you must place the instance in maintenance mode before you begin the migration.

When View Transfer Server is removed from View Manager, the DRS automation policy is reset to the value it had before View Transfer Server was added to View Manager.

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System Requirements for Guest

Operating Systems 2

Systems running View Agent or Standalone View Persona Management must meet certain hardware and software requirements.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Supported Operating Systems for View Agent,” on page 15

“Supported Operating Systems for Standalone View Persona Management,” on page 16

“Remote Display Protocol and Software Support,” on page 16

Supported Operating Systems for View Agent

The View Agent component assists with session management, single sign-on, and device redirection. You must install View Agent on all virtual machines, physical systems, and terminal servers that will be managed by View Manager.

Table 2‑1. View Agent Operating System Support

Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack

Windows 8 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and

Professional

Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and

Professional

Windows Vista 32-bit Business and

Enterprise

Windows XP 32-bit Professional SP3

Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server 64-bit Standard SP1

Windows 2008 Terminal Server 64-bit Standard SP2

N/A

None and SP1

SP1 and SP2

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To use the View Persona Management setup option with View Agent, you must install View Agent on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP virtual machines. This option does not operate on physical computers or Microsoft Terminal Servers.

You can install the standalone version of View Persona Management on physical computers. See

“Supported Operating Systems for Standalone View Persona Management,” on page 16.

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Supported Operating Systems for Standalone View Persona Management

The standalone View Persona Management software provides persona management for standalone physical computers and virtual machines that do not have View Agent 5.x installed. When users log in, their profiles are downloaded dynamically from a remote profile repository to their standalone systems.

NOTE To configure View Persona Management for View desktops, install View Agent with the View Persona Management setup option. The standalone View Persona Management software is intended for

non-View systems only.

Table 2-2 lists the operating systems supported for the standalone View Persona Management software.

Table 2‑2. Operating System Support for Standalone View Persona Management

Guest Operating System Version Edition Service Pack

Windows 8 64-bit and 32-bit Pro - Desktop and Enterprise -

Desktop

Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit Enterprise and Professional None and SP1

Windows Vista 32-bit Business and Enterprise SP1 and SP2

Windows XP 32-bit Professional SP3

N/A

The standalone View Persona Management software is not supported on Microsoft Terminal Services or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.

Remote Display Protocol and Software Support

Remote display protocols and software provide access to the desktops of remote computers over a network connection. View Client supports the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and PCoIP from VMware.

Horizon View with PCoIP on page 16

PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment, including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide range of users on the LAN or across the WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.

Microsoft RDP on page 18

Remote Desktop Protocol is the same multichannel protocol many people already use to access their work computer from their home computer. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) uses RDP to transmit data.

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PCoIP is supported as the display protocol for View desktops with virtual machines and with physical machines that contain Teradici host cards.

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PCoIP Features

Key features of PCoIP include the following:

Users outside the corporate firewall can use this protocol with your company's virtual private network

(VPN), or users can make secure, encrypted connections to a View security server in the corporate DMZ.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption is supported and is turned on by default. You

can, however, change the encryption key cipher to AES-192 or AES-256.

Connections to Windows desktops with the View Agent operating system versions listed in “Supported

Operating Systems for View Agent,” on page 15 are supported.

Connections from all types of View clients.

MMR redirection is supported for some Windows client operating systems and some View desktop

(agent) operating systems. See "Feature Support Matrix" in the VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning document..

USB redirection is supported for some client types.

Audio redirection with dynamic audio quality adjustment for LAN and WAN is supported.

Optimization controls for reducing bandwidth usage on the LAN and WAN.

Multiple monitors are supported for some client types. For example, on Windows-based clients, you

can use up to four monitors and adjust the resolution for each monitor separately, with a resolution of up to 2560x1600 per display. Pivot display and autofit are also supported.

When the 3D feature is enabled, up to 2 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 X 1200.

32-bit color is supported for virtual displays.

ClearType fonts are supported.

Copy and paste of text and images between a Windows-based client operating system and a View

desktop is supported, up to 1MB. Supported file formats include text, images, and RTF (Rich Text Format). You cannot copy and paste system objects such as folders and files between systems.

For information about which client devices support specific PCoIP features, go to

https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.

Recommended Guest Operating System Settings

Recommended guest operating system settings include the following settings:

For Windows XP desktops: 768MB RAM or more and a single CPU.

For Windows 7 or 8 desktops: 1GB of RAM or more and a dual CPU is recommended for playing in

high-definition, full screen mode, or 720p or higher formatted video.

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480p-formatted video

720p-formatted video

1080p-formatted video

You can play video at 480p or lower at native resolutions when the View desktop has a single virtual CPU. If the operating system is Windows 7 or later and you want to play the video in high-definition Flash or in full screen mode, the desktop requires a dual virtual CPU. Even with a dual virtual CPU desktop, as low as 360p-formatted video played in full screen mode can lag behind audio, particularly on Windows clients.

You can play video at 720p at native resolutions if the View desktop has a dual virtual CPU. Performance might be affected if you play videos at 720p in high definition or in full screen mode.

If the View desktop has a dual virtual CPU, you can play 1080p formatted video, although the media player might need to be adjusted to a smaller window size.

If you use VMware vSphere 5.1 or later, you can configure View desktops to use software or hardware accelerated graphics.

With Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration (vSGA), a vSphere 5.1

feature that uses physical graphics cards installed on the ESXi hosts, you can use 3D applications for design, modeling, and multimedia.

With the software accelerated graphics feature, available with vSphere

5.0 and later, you can use less demanding 3D applications such as Windows Aero themes, Microsoft Office 2010, and Google Earth.

This non-hardware accelerated graphics feature enables you to run DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.1 applications without requiring a physical graphics processing unit (GPU).

For 3D applications, up to 2 monitors are supported, and the maximum screen resolution is 1920 x 1200. The guest operating system on the View desktops must be Windows 7 or later.

Hardware Requirements for Client Systems

For information about processor and memory requirements, see the "Using VMware Horizon View Client" document for the specific type of desktop or mobile client device. Go to

https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.

Microsoft RDP

Microsoft RDP provides the following features:

With RDP 6, you can use multiple monitors in span mode. RDP 7 has true multiple monitor support, for

up to 16 monitors.

You can copy and paste text and system objects such as folders and files between the local system and

the View desktop.

32-bit color is supported for virtual displays.

RDP supports 128-bit encryption.

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Users outside the corporate firewall can use this protocol with your company's virtual private network

(VPN), or users can make secure, encrypted connections to a View security server in the corporate DMZ.

NOTE For Windows XP desktop virtual machines, you must install the RDP patches listed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles 323497 and 884020. If you do not install the RDP patches, a Windows Sockets

failed error message might appear on the client.

Hardware Requirements for Client Systems

For information about processor and memory requirements, see the "Using VMware Horizon View Client" document for the specific type of client system. Go to

https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.

NOTE iOS and Android client devices use only the PCoIP display protocol.

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Preparing Active Directory 3

View uses your existing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for user authentication and management. You must perform certain tasks to prepare Active Directory for use with View.

View supports the following versions of Active Directory:

Windows 2003 Active Directory

Windows 2008 Active Directory

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships,” on page 21

“Creating an OU for View Desktops,” on page 22

“Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts,” on page 22

“Creating Groups for View Users,” on page 22

“Creating a User Account for vCenter Server,” on page 22

“Create a User Account for View Composer,” on page 23

“Configure the Restricted Groups Policy,” on page 24

“Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files,” on page 24

“Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication,” on page 25

Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships

You must join each View Connection Server host to an Active Directory domain. The host must not be a domain controller. You place View desktops in the same domain as the View Connection Server host or in a domain that has a two-way trust relationship with the View Connection Server host's domain.

You can entitle users and groups in the View Connection host's domain to View desktops and pools. You can also select users and groups from the View Connection Server host's domain to be administrators in View Administrator. To entitle or select users and groups from a different domain, you must establish a two-way trust relationship between that domain and the View Connection Server host's domain.

Users are authenticated against Active Directory for the View Connection Server host's domain and against any additional user domains with which a trust agreement exists.

NOTE Because security servers do not access any authentication repositories, including Active Directory, they do not need to reside in an Active Directory domain.

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Trust Relationships and Domain Filtering

To determine which domains it can access, a View Connection Server instance traverses trust relationships beginning with its own domain.

For a small, well-connected set of domains, View Connection Server can quickly determine the full list of domains, but the time that it takes increases as the number of domains increases or as the connectivity between the domains decreases. The list might also include domains that you would prefer not to offer to users when they log in to their View desktops.

You can use the vdmadmin command to configure domain filtering to limit the domains that a View Connection Server instance searches and that it displays to users. See the VMware Horizon View Administration document for more information.

Creating an OU for View Desktops

You should create an organizational unit (OU) specifically for your View desktops. An OU is a subdivision in Active Directory that contains users, groups, computers, or other OUs.

To prevent group policy settings from being applied to other Windows servers or workstations in the same domain as your desktops, you can create a GPO for your View group policies and link it to the OU that contains your View desktops. You can also delegate control of the OU to subordinate groups, such as server operators or individual users.

If you use View Composer, you should create a separate Active Directory container for linked-clone desktops that is based on the OU for your View desktops. View administrators that have OU administrator privileges in Active Directory can provision linked-clone desktops without domain administrator privileges. If you change administrator credentials in Active Directory, you must also update the credential information in View Composer.

Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts

A client in kiosk mode is a thin client or a locked-down PC that runs View Client to connect to a View Connection Server instance and launch a remote desktop session. If you configure clients in kiosk mode, you should create dedicated OUs and groups in Active Directory for kiosk mode client accounts.

Creating dedicated OUs and groups for kiosk mode client accounts partitions client systems against unwarranted intrusion and simplifies client configuration and administration.

See the VMware Horizon View Administration document for more information.

Creating Groups for View Users

You should create groups for different types of View users in Active Directory. For example, you can create a group called VMware Horizon View Users for your View desktop users and another group called VMware Horizon View Administrators for users that will administer View desktops.

Creating a User Account for vCenter Server

You must create a user account in Active Directory to use with vCenter Server. You specify this user account when you add a vCenter Server instance in View Administrator.

The user account must be in the same domain as your View Connection Server host or in a trusted domain. If you use View Composer, you must add the user account to the local Administrators group on the vCenter Server computer.

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You must give the user account privileges to perform certain operations in vCenter Server. If you use View Composer, you must give the user account additional privileges. See “Configuring User Accounts for

vCenter Server and View Composer,” on page 89 for information on configuring these privileges.

Create a User Account for View Composer

If you use View Composer, you must create a user account in Active Directory to use with View Composer. View Composer requires this account to join linked-clone desktops to your Active Directory domain.

To ensure security, you should create a separate user account to use with View Composer. By creating a separate account, you can guarantee that it does not have additional privileges that are defined for another purpose. You can give the account the minimum privileges that it needs to create and remove computer objects in a specified Active Directory container. For example, the View Composer account does not require domain administrator privileges.

Procedure

1 In Active Directory, create a user account in the same domain as your View Connection Server host or

in a trusted domain.

2 Add the Create Computer Objects, Delete Computer Objects, and Write All Properties permissions to

the account in the Active Directory container in which the linked-clone computer accounts are created or to which the linked-clone computer accounts are moved.

Chapter 3 Preparing Active Directory

The following list shows all the required permissions for the user account, including permissions that are assigned by default:

List Contents

Read All Properties

Write All Properties

Read Permissions

Reset Password

Create Computer Objects

Delete Computer Objects

NOTE If you select the Allow reuse of pre-existing computer accounts setting for a desktop pool, you only need to add the following permissions:

List Contents

Read All Properties

Read Permissions

Reset Password

3 Make sure that the user account's permissions apply to the Active Directory container and to all child

objects of the container.

What to do next

Specify the account in View Administrator when you configure View Composer for vCenter Server and when you configure and deploy linked-clone desktop pools.

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Configure the Restricted Groups Policy

To be able to log in to a View desktop, users must belong to the local Remote Desktop Users group of the View desktop. You can use the Restricted Groups policy in Active Directory to add users or groups to the local Remote Desktop Users group of every View desktop that is joined to your domain.

The Restricted Groups policy sets the local group membership of computers in the domain to match the membership list settings defined in the Restricted Groups policy. The members of your View desktop users group are always added to the local Remote Desktop Users group of every View desktop that is joined to your domain. When adding new users, you need only add them to your View desktop users group.

Prerequisites

Create a group for View desktop users in your domain in Active Directory.

Procedure

1 On the Active Directory server, navigate to the Group Policy Management plug-in.

AD Version Navigation Path

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

2 Expand the Computer Configuration section and open Windows Settings\Security Settings.

a Select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory

Users and Computers.

b Right-click your domain and click Properties.

c On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy

Management plug-in.

d Right-click Default Domain Policy, and click Edit.

a Select Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management.

b Expand your domain, right-click Default Domain Policy, and click

Edit.

3 Right-click Restricted Groups, select Add Group, and add the Remote Desktop Users group.

4 Right-click the new restricted Remote Desktop Users group and add your View desktop users group to

the group membership list.

5 Click OK to save your changes.

Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files

View includes several component-specific group policy administrative (ADM) template files.

During View Connection Server installation, the View ADM template files are installed in the

install_directory\VMware\VMware View\Server\Extras\GroupPolicyFiles directory on your View

Connection Server host. You must copy these files to a directory on your Active Directory server.

You can optimize and secure View desktops by adding the policy settings in these files to a new or existing GPO in Active Directory and then linking that GPO to the OU that contains your View desktops.

See the VMware Horizon View Administration document for information on using View group policy settings.

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Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication

You might need to perform certain tasks in Active Directory when you implement smart card authentication.

Add UPNs for Smart Card Users on page 25

Because smart card logins rely on user principal names (UPNs), the Active Directory accounts of users that use smart cards to authenticate in View must have a valid UPN.

Add the Root Certificate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities on page 26

If you use a certification authority (CA) to issue smart card login or domain controller certificates, you must add the root certificate to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities group policy in Active Directory. You do not need to perform this procedure if the Windows domain controller acts as the root CA.

Add an Intermediate Certificate to Intermediate Certification Authorities on page 26

If you use an intermediate certification authority (CA) to issue smart card login or domain controller certificates, you must add the intermediate certificate to the Intermediate Certification Authorities group policy in Active Directory.

Add the Root Certificate to the Enterprise NTAuth Store on page 27

If you use a CA to issue smart card login or domain controller certificates, you must add the root certificate to the Enterprise NTAuth store in Active Directory. You do not need to perform this procedure if the Windows domain controller acts as the root CA.

Add UPNs for Smart Card Users

Because smart card logins rely on user principal names (UPNs), the Active Directory accounts of users that use smart cards to authenticate in View must have a valid UPN.

If the domain a smart card user resides in is different from the domain that your root certificate was issued from, you must set the user’s UPN to the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) contained in the root certificate of the trusted CA. If your root certificate was issued from a server in the smart card user's current domain, you do not need to modify the user's UPN.

NOTE You might need to set the UPN for built-in Active Directory accounts, even if the certificate is issued from the same domain. Built-in accounts, including Administrator, do not have a UPN set by default.

Prerequisites

Obtain the SAN contained in the root certificate of the trusted CA by viewing the certificate properties.

If the ADSI Edit utility is not present on your Active Directory server, download and install the

appropriate Windows Support Tools from the Microsoft Web site.

Procedure

1 On your Active Directory server, start the ADSI Edit utility.

2 In the left pane, expand the domain the user is located in and double-click CN=Users.

3 In the right pane, right-click the user and then click Properties.

4 Double-click the userPrincipalName attribute and type the SAN value of the trusted CA certificate.

5 Click OK to save the attribute setting.

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Add the Root Certificate to Trusted Root Certification Authorities

Procedure

1 On the Active Directory server, navigate to the Group Policy Management plug-in.

AD Version Navigation Path

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

2 Expand the Computer Configuration section and open Windows Settings\Security Settings\Public

Key.

a Select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory

Users and Computers.

b Right-click your domain and click Properties.

c On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy

Management plug-in.

d Right-click Default Domain Policy, and click Edit.

a Select Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management.

b Expand your domain, right-click Default Domain Policy, and click

Edit.

3 Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and select Import.

4 Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the root certificate (for example, rootCA.cer) and click OK.

5 Close the Group Policy window.

All of the systems in the domain now have a copy of the root certificate in their trusted root store.

What to do next

If an intermediate certification authority (CA) issues your smart card login or domain controller certificates, add the intermediate certificate to the Intermediate Certification Authorities group policy in Active Directory. See “Add an Intermediate Certificate to Intermediate Certification Authorities,” on page 26.

Add an Intermediate Certificate to Intermediate Certification Authorities

Procedure

1 On the Active Directory server, navigate to the Group Policy Management plug-in.

AD Version Navigation Path

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

a Select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory

Users and Computers.

b Right-click your domain and click Properties.

c On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy

Management plug-in.

d Right-click Default Domain Policy, and click Edit.

a Select Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management.

b Expand your domain, right-click Default Domain Policy, and click

Edit.

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2 Expand the Computer Configuration section and open the policy for Windows Settings\Security

Settings\Public Key.

3 Right-click Intermediate Certification Authorities and select Import.

4 Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the intermediate certificate (for example,

intermediateCA.cer) and click OK.

5 Close the Group Policy window.

All of the systems in the domain now have a copy of the intermediate certificate in their intermediate certification authority store.

Add the Root Certificate to the Enterprise NTAuth Store

Procedure

On your Active Directory server, use the certutil command to publish the certificate to the Enterprise

NTAuth store.

For example: certutil -dspublish -f path_to_root_CA_cert NTAuthCA

The CA is now trusted to issue certificates of this type.

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Installing View Composer 4

To use View Composer, you create a View Composer database, install the View Composer service, and optimize your View infrastructure to support View Composer. You can install the View Composer service on the same host as vCenter Server or on a separate host.

View Composer is an optional feature. Install View Composer if you intend to deploy linked-clone desktop pools.

You must have a license to install and use the View Composer feature.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Prepare a View Composer Database,” on page 29

“Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer,” on page 35

“Install the View Composer Service,” on page 35

“Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer,” on page 37

Prepare a View Composer Database

You must create a database and data source name (DSN) to store View Composer data.

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The View Composer service does not include a database. If a database instance does not exist in your network environment, you must install one. After you install a database instance, you add the View Composer database to the instance.

You can add the View Composer database to the instance on which the vCenter Server database is located. You can configure the database locally, or remotely, on a network-connected Linux, UNIX, or Windows Server computer.

The View Composer database stores information about connections and components that are used by View Composer:

vCenter Server connections

Active Directory connections

Linked-clone desktops that are deployed by View Composer

Replicas that are created by View Composer

Each instance of the View Composer service must have its own View Composer database. Multiple View Composer services cannot share a View Composer database.

For a list of supported database versions, see “Database Requirements for View Composer,” on page 10.

To add a View Composer database to an installed database instance, choose one of these procedures.

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Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer on page 30

View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a View Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.

Create an Oracle Database for View Composer on page 32

View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 11g or 10g database. You create a View Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle instance and configuring an ODBC data source for it. You can add a new View Composer database by using the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant or by running a SQL statement.

Create a SQL Server Database for View Composer

View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in a SQL Server database. You create a View Composer database by adding it to SQL Server and configuring an ODBC data source for it.

Add a View Composer Database to SQL Server

You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Microsoft SQL Server instance to store linkedclone data for View Composer.

If the database resides locally, on the system on which View Composer will be installed, you can use the Integrated Windows Authentication security model. If the database resides on a remote system, you cannot use this method of authentication.

Prerequisites

Verify that a supported version of SQL Server is installed on the computer on which you will install

View Composer or in your network environment. For details, see “Database Requirements for View

Composer,” on page 10.

Verify that you use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Management Studio Express to

create and administer the data source. You can download and install SQL Server Management Studio Express from the following Web site.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx? familyid=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796

Procedure

1 On the View Composer computer, select Start > All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or

Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

2 Select SQL Server Management Studio Express and connect to the existing SQL Server instance for

vSphere Management.

3 In the Object Explorer panel, right-click the Databases entry and select New Database.

4 In the New Database dialog box, type a name in the Database name text box.

For example: viewComposer

5 Click OK.

SQL Server Management Studio Express adds your database to the Databases entry in the Object Explorer panel.

6 Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.

What to do next

Follow the instructions in “Add an ODBC Data Source to SQL Server,” on page 31.

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