Start View Client On Mac Os X - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

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3 Double-click the
The contents of the disk image appear in a VMware View Client Finder window.
4 Open a new Finder window and navigate to the Applications folder.
5 Drag the VMware View Client icon to the Applications folder.
If you are not logged in as an administrator user, you are prompted for an administrator user name and
password.
You can now unmount the disk image.
What to do next
Start View Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See
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Start View Client on Mac OS X

Before you have end users access their virtual desktops, test that you can log in to a virtual desktop from the
Mac client system.
In addition to accessing virtual desktops with View Client, end users can configure View Client settings. For
example, end users can optionally choose a window size or use their current login credentials for View
authentication.
Prerequisites
Verify that View Client is installed on the client system.
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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.
Verify that the AllowDirectRDP View Agent group policy setting is enabled. This setting is enabled by
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default.
Procedure
1 In the folder where you installed View Client (typically the Applications folder), double-click VMware
View Client.
2 Select your View Connection Server from the Address drop-down menu, or enter the server host name
or IP address.
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file to open it and click Agree.
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