Configuring View Connection Server For The First Time - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

VMware View Installation Guide
Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
To manage desktops that are used in local mode, the vCenter Server user must have privileges in addition to
those required to support View Manager and View Composer. Create a Local Mode Administrator role for the
vCenter Server user that combines the View Manager privileges, View Composer privileges, and local mode
privileges.
Table 5-9. Local Mode Privileges
Privilege Group
Global
Host

Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time

After you install View Connection Server, you must install a product license, add vCenter Servers and View
Composer services to View Manager, add security servers if you use them, and set external URLs for client
desktops that run outside your network.
View Administrator and View Connection Server
View Administrator provides a management interface for View Manager.
Depending on your View deployment, you use one or more View Administrator interfaces.
Use one View Administrator interface to manage the View components that are associated with a single,
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standalone View Connection Server instance or a group of replicated View Connection Server instances.
You can use the IP address of any replicated instance to log in to View Administrator.
You must use a separate View Administrator interface to manage the View components for each single,
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standalone View Connection Server instance and each group of replicated View Connection Server
instances.
You also use View Administrator to manage security servers and View Transfer Server instances associated
with View Connection Server.
Each security server is associated with one View Connection Server instance.
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Each View Transfer Server instance can communicate with any View Connection Server instance in a
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group of replicated instances.
Log In to View Administrator
To perform initial configuration tasks, you must log in to View Administrator.
Prerequisites
Verify that View Connection Server is installed on a dedicated computer.
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Verify that you are using a Web browser supported by View Administrator. See
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Requirements,"
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on page 9.
Privileges to Enable
Set custom attribute
In Configuration:
System management
"View Administrator
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