View Client And View Client With Local Mode - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

VMware View Installation Guide
Install View Client Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Client or
View Client with Local Mode on several Windows computers. In a silent installation, you use the command
line and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
Prerequisites
Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.
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Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See
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View Client and View Client with Local Mode,"

If you plan to install View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
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Mode.
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 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.
Familiarize yourself with the MSI installer command-line options. See
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Command-Line Options,"
Familiarize yourself with the silent installation (MSI) properties available with View Client. See
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Installation Properties for View Client,"
Determine whether to allow end users to access locally connected USB devices from their virtual desktops.
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If not, set the MSI property,
see "Silent Installation Properties for View Client,"
If you install View Client with Local Mode, verify that the Windows Installer group policies that are
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required for silent installation are configured on the client computer. See
Silent Installation of View Client with Local Mode,"
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on page 16.
on page 48.
on page 99.
, to the list of features of interest and omit the USB feature. For details,
ADDLOCAL
on page 99.
on page 97.
"Supported Operating Systems for
"Microsoft Windows Installer
"Set Group Policies to Allow
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"Silent