This option will work with both the Windows vCenter Server and the vCenter Server virtual appliance.

Standalone View Composer Server – View Composer is installed on a standalone Windows Server, and credentials will be required to connect to the Composer instance. This option is only available with the Windows vCenter Server.Ĭ. View Composer is co-installed with vCenter Server – View Composer is installed on the vCenter Server, and the vCenter Server credentials entered on the previous screen will be used for connecting. Do not use View Composer – View Composer and Linked Clones will not be available for desktop pools that use this vCenter.ī. Select the View Composer option that you plan to use with this vCenter. Click View Certificate to view and accept the certificate.ĥ. Note: If you are using vCenter 5.5 or later, the username should be entered in User Principal Name format – If you have not updated the certificates on your vCenter Server, you will receive an Invalid Certificate Warning. The service account that you use in this section should be the vCenter Service Account that you created in Part 6. Select the vCenter Servers tab and select Add…ģ, Enter your vCenter server information.

Expand View Configuration and select Servers.Ģ. In this step, the Connection Server will be configured to talk to vCenter and View Composer.ġ. Once you’ve logged in and configured your license, you can start setting up the Horizon View environment. After your license key is installed, the Licensing area will show when your license expires and the features that are licensed in your deployment. Paste your license key from the MyVMware site into the license key box and click OK.Ħ. You can add or change a license key later under View Configuration –> Product Licensing and Usage.ĥ. If you do not input a license key, you will not be able to connect to View Desktops after they are provisioned. Note: The license keys are retrieved from your MyVMware site. After you log in, you will be prompted for a View License key. Log in with the Administrator Account you designated (or with an account that is a member of the administrator group you selected) when you installed the Connection Server.Ĥ.

Internet Explorer 8 or later (on Windows 8, IE is only supported in Desktop Mode)Īlthough it is not officially supported, I have never had an issue with View Administrator when using Google Chrome.Ģ.

The web browsers that VMware supports are: As I mentioned above, you will need to have Adobe Flash installed and enabled in your web browser. Logging into View Administratorīefore anything can be configured, though, we need to first log into Horizon View Administrator. Now that the Connection Server and View Composer are installed, it’s time to configure the components to actually work together with vCenter to provision and manage desktop pools.

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