To install View Connection Server as a single server or as the first instance in a group of replicated View Connection Server instances, you use the standard installation option.
About this task
When you select the standard installation option, the installation creates a new, local View LDAP configuration. The installation loads the schema definitions, Directory Information Tree (DIT) definition, and ACLs and initializes the data.
After installation, you manage most View LDAP configuration data by using View Administrator. View Connection Server automatically maintains some View LDAP entries.
The View Connection Server software cannot coexist on the same virtual or physical machine with any other View software component, including a replica server, security server, View Composer, View Agent, or Horizon Client.
When you install View Connection Server with a new configuration, you can participate in a customer experience improvement program. VMware collects anonymous data about your deployment in order to improve VMware's response to user requirements. No data that identifies your organization is collected. You can choose not to participate by deselecting this option during the installation. If you change your mind about participating after the installation, you can either join or withdraw from the program by editing the Product Licensing and Usage page in View Administrator. To review the list of fields from which data is collected, including the fields that are made anonymous, see "Information Collected by the Customer Experience Improvement Program" in the View Administration document.
By default, the HTML Access component is installed on the View Connection Server host when you install View Connection Server. This component configures the View user portal page to display an HTML Access icon in addition to the Horizon Client icon. The additional icon allows users to select HTML Access when they connect to their desktops.
For an overview of setting up View Connection Server for HTML Access, see "Preparing View Connection Server and Security Servers for HTML Access" in the Using HTML Access document, located on the Horizon Client Documentation page.
Prerequisites
Verify that you can log in as a domain user with administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer on which you install View Connection Server.
Verify that your installation satisfies the requirements described in View Connection Server Requirements.
Prepare your environment for the installation. See Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server.
If you intend to authorize a domain user or group as the View Administrators account, verify that you created the domain account in Active Directory.
If you use MIT Kerberos authentication to log in to a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer on which you are installing View Connection Server, install the Microsoft hotfix that is described in KB 978116 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978116.
Prepare a data recovery password. When you back up View Connection Server, the View LDAP configuration is exported as encrypted LDIF data. To restore the encrypted backup View configuration, you must provide the data recovery password. The password must contain between 1 and 128 characters. Follow your organization's best practices for generating secure passwords.
Important:You will need the data recovery password to keep View operating and avoid downtime in a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) scenario. You can provide a password reminder with the password when you install View Connection Server.
Familiarize yourself with the network ports that must be opened on the Windows Firewall for View Connection Server instances. See Firewall Rules for View Connection Server.
If you plan to pair a security server with this View Connection Server instance, verify that Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is set to on in the active profiles. It is recommended that you turn this setting to on for all profiles. By default, IPsec rules govern connections between security server and View Connection Server and require Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to be enabled.
If your network topology includes a back-end firewall between a security server and the View Connection Server instance, you must configure the firewall to support IPsec. See Configuring a Back-End Firewall to Support IPsec.
Procedure
Results
The View services are installed on the Windows Server computer:
VMware Horizon View Connection Server
VMware Horizon View Framework Component
VMware Horizon View Message Bus Component
VMware Horizon View Script Host
VMware Horizon View Security Gateway Component
VMware Horizon View PCoIP Secure Gateway
VMware Horizon View Blast Secure Gateway
VMware Horizon View Web Component
VMware VDMDS, which provides View LDAP directory services
For information about these services, see the View Administration document.
If the Install HTML Access setting was selected during the installation, the HTML Access component is installed on the Windows Server computer. This component configures the HTML Access icon in the View user portal page and enables the VMware Horizon View Connection Server (Blast-In) rule in the Windows Firewall. This firewall rule allows Web browsers on client devices to connect to the View Connection Server on TCP port 8443.
What to do next
Configure SSL server certificates for View Connection Server. See Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers.
Perform initial configuration on View Connection Server. See Configuring View for the First Time.
If you plan to include replicated View Connection Server instances and security servers in your deployment, you must install each server instance by running the View Connection Server installer file.
If you are reinstalling View Connection Server and you have a data collector set configured to monitor performance data, stop the data collector set and start it again.