Start The Windows-Based View Client Or View Client With Local Mode - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

VMware View Installation Guide
If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that none of the following products is installed:
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VMware View Client, VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Server.
Determine whether the person who uses the client device is allowed to access locally connected USB
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devices from a virtual desktop. If not, you must deselect the USB Redirection component that the wizard
presents.
If you plan to install the USB Redirection component, verify that the Windows Automatic Update feature
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is not turned off on the client computer.
Determine whether to use the single-sign-on feature. This feature lets end users log in to View Client and
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their virtual desktop as the currently logged in user. Credential information that the user entered when
logging in to the client system is passed to the View Connection Server instance and ultimately to the
virtual desktop. Some client operating systems do not support this feature.
If you do not want to require end users to supply the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
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of the View Connection Server instance that hosts their virtual machine, determine the IP address or FQDN
so that you can supply it during installation.
Procedure
1 Log in to the client system as a user with administrator privileges.
2 On the client system, download the View Client installer file from the VMware product page at
http://www.vmware.com/products/.
Select the appropriate installer file, where xxxxxx is the build number.
Option
View Client on 64-bit operating
systems
View Client on 32-bit operating
systems
3 To start the View Client installation program, double-click the installer file.
4 Follow the prompts to install the components you want.
The VMware View Client service is installed on the Windows client computer. The service name for View
Client is
wsnm.exe
What to do next
Start the View Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See
Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode,"
Portal," on page 92.

Start the Windows-Based View Client or View Client with Local Mode

Before you have end users access their virtual desktops, test that you can log in to a virtual desktop from a
client device. You can start View Client from the Start menu or a desktop shortcut on the client system.
In environments where a network connection is available, the user session is authenticated by View Connection
Server.
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Action
Select VMware-viewclient-x86_64-4.5.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-x86_64-4.5.
for View Client with Local mode.
Select VMware-viewclient-4.5.
Select VMware-viewclientwithlocalmode-4.5.
Client with Local Mode.
. The service name for the USB component is
x-xxxxxx .exe for View Client.
wsnm_usbctrl.exe
on page 90 or "Install View Client by Using View
x-xxxxxx .exe for View Client.
x-xxxxxx .exe
x-xxxxxx .exe for View
.
"Start the Windows-
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