Firewall Rules For View Transfer Server; Installing View Transfer Server Silently - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

5 In the General panel on the Transfer Server repository page, click Edit.
6 Type the Transfer Server repository location and other information.
Option
Network Share
Local File System
7 Click OK.
If the repository network path or local drive is incorrect, the Edit Transfer Server Repository dialog
displays an error message and does not let you configure the location. You must type a valid location.
8 On the View Configuration > Servers page, select the View Transfer Server instance and click Exit
Maintenance Mode.
The View Transfer Server status changes to Ready.

Firewall Rules for View Transfer Server

Certain incoming TCP ports must be opened on the firewall for View Transfer Server instances.
When you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2008, the installation program can optionally
configure the required Windows firewall rules for you.
When you install View Transfer Server on Windows Server 2003, you must configure the required Windows
firewall rules manually.
Table 6-1 lists the incoming TCP ports that must be opened on the firewall for View Transfer Server instances.
Table 6-1. TCP Ports for View Transfer Server Instances
Protocol
HTTP
HTTPS

Installing View Transfer Server Silently

You can install View Transfer Server silently by typing the installer filename and installation options at the
command line. With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
Set Group Policies to Allow Silent Installation of View Transfer Server
Before you can install View Transfer Server silently, you must configure Microsoft Windows group policies to
allow installation with elevated privileges.
You must set Windows Installer group policies for computers and for users on the local computer.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have local administrator privileges on the Windows Server computer on which you will install
View Transfer Server.
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Description
Path. Type the UNC path that you configured.
n
Username. Type the user ID of an administrator with credentials to
n
access the network share.
Password. Type the administrator password.
n
Domain. Type the domain name of the network share in NetBIOS
n
format. Do not use the .com suffix.
Type the path that you configured on the local View Transfer Server virtual
machine.
Ports
80
443
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