VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual page 91

Prerequisites
Verify that View Client or View Client with Local Mode is installed on the client device.
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If you plan to use View Client with Local Mode, verify that your license includes View Client with Local
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Mode and verify that the View desktop meets the requirements for local mode. See the overview topic for
setting up a local desktop deployment in the VMware View Administrator's Guide.
Verify that a virtual desktop pool has been created and that the user account you plan to use is entitled to
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access this desktop. See the topics about creating desktop pools in the VMware View Administrator's
Guide.
Verify that you have the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the View Connection Server
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instance that provides access to the virtual desktop.
Procedure
1 If View Client does not start automatically after installation, double-click the desktop shortcut or click
Start > Programs > VMware > VMware View Client.
2 In the Connection Server drop-down menu, enter the host name or IP address of View Connection Server.
3 Verify that the other optional settings in the dialog box appear as you configured them.
Option
Log in as current user
Use secure connection (SSL)
Port
Autoconnect
4 Click Connect.
5 Enter the credentials of a user who is entitled to use at least one desktop pool, select the domain, and click
Login.
If you type the user name using the format
(UPN) because of the @ sign, and the domain drop-down menu is disabled.
For information about creating desktop pools and entitling users to pools, see VMware View Administrator's
Guide.
6 (Optional) In the Display drop-down menu, select the window size for displaying the View desktop.
7 (Optional) To select a display protocol, click the down-arrow next to a desktop in the list, click Display
Protocol, and select the protocol.
This choice is available only if your View administrator has enabled it.
8 Select a desktop from the list of desktop pools and click Connect.
View Client attempts to connect to a desktop in the specified pool.
After you are connected, the client window appears.
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Description
This check box is displayed or hidden according to the global setting in View
Administrator. Do not select this check box if you plan to check out the View
desktop for use in local mode.
If this check box is selected, you must also select the global setting called Use
SSL for client connections in View Administrator.
If you use a secure connection, the default port is 443.
If you select this check box, the next time you start View Client, the
Connection Server field is disabled and you are connected to the server
specified when you selected the Autoconnect check box. To deselect this
check box, cancel the next dialog box that appears and click Options to
display and change this setting.
, the name is treated as a user principal name
user@domain
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