VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual page 95

3 (Optional) Choose options for how you connect to the selected server.
Option
Port
Use Secure Connection (SSL)
Always connect to this server at
startup
You can also supply the port and SSL options by typing them into the address field directly. For a non-
SSL connection, type
https:// URL [:port number]
4 Click Continue.
You are connected to View Connection Server and can now log in.
5 Enter your user name and password in the login dialog box.
If you type the user name as
sign ( ), so the domain drop-down menu dims. Otherwise, you must also select a domain.
@
6 (Optional) Select Remember this password in my keychain to securely store your login credentials.
7 Click Continue.
If login is successful, the list of desktops that you are authorized to use appears.
8 Select a desktop from the list.
9 (Optional) Select an option from the Display drop-down menu.
Option
Full Screen
Large Window
Small Window
Custom
Display settings are retained the next time you open the desktop.
10 Click Continue, or click the Action menu (with the Gear icon) and select Connect.
After you are connected, the client window appears. If View Client cannot connect to the desktop, perform the
following tasks:
Verify that the View Client setting for using secure (SSL) connections matches the global setting in View
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Administrator. For example, if the check box for secure connections is deselected on the client, the check
box must also be deselected in View Administrator.
Verify that the security certificate for View Connection Server is working properly. If it is not, in View
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Administrator, you might also see that the View Agent on desktops is unreachable.
Verify that the tags set on the View Connection Server instance allow connections from this user. See the
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VMware View Administrator's Guide.
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Description
Specify the port number, or leave blank to use the default port for View
Connection Server.
Select to use a secure (SSL) connection to protect sensitive corporate
information and ensure that all connections are completely encrypted. Your
View administrator might have configured View Connection Server to
always use a secure connection, even if you select a nonsecure connection.
Select to connect directly to the current instance of View Connection Server
when you start View Client. Select this option if you always connect to the
same View Connection Server. If deselected, you must enter or select a View
Connection Server when you start View Client.
http:// URL [:port number]
.
, it is treated as a user principal name (UPN) because of the at-
user@domain
Description
Display the desktop over the complete monitor screen. If you select Full
Screen and have multiple monitors, drag the desktop selection window to
the monitor in which you want the desktop to appear.
Display the desktop in a large window.
Display the desktop in a small window.
Use the slider in the displayed dialog box to set the window size and click
Select. The size you select is added to the Display drop-down menu.
Chapter 9 Installing and Starting View Client
. For an SSL connection, type
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