ILT ViewTechExpress 05ViewClientOptions VV4.5 v1.0

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2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved


Module 5:

VMware

View ClientOptions

> View Client Options

> Installing View Client

> Connecting to the View

Connection Server

> Using Thin Clients withView

> Virtual Printing with View

Clients

> View Client with Local

Mode

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Module Outcomes

Module 5: VMware View Client Options learning objectives:

Describe how to install and configure View Client.

Describe how View is implemented on Thin Clients.

Explain the importance of virtual printing.

List the steps for a View with Local Mode desktop deployment.


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View Client Options

View Client or View Client with Local Mode:

Windows 7 Home, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate editions,

32-bit and 64-bit.

Windows XP Home or Professional editions SP3, 32-bit.

Windows Vista Home, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions,

SP1, SP2, 32-bit.

View Client for the Mac: Mac OS X 10.5 or greater.

Compatible thin clients and zero clients.


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Installing the View Client

Begin your installation by selecting the appropriate installer file that

came with your View package: VMware-viewclient-x86_64-4.5.x-

xxxxxx or VMware-viewclient-4.5.x-xxxxxx.exe.


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Custom Installation

View Client features:

USB redirection is optional. USB redirection works only if it was selected during View Agent

installation.

Log in as current user offers user single sign-on choices.


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Optional Default View Connection Server

(Optional) Add a default View Connection Server fully qualified

domain name.

The FQDN can be overridden when the View Client is started.


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Default Login Behavior

Select the default action for logging in as the current user on the

client system.


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Installation Summary

1. Click Install.

2. Click Install this driver

software anyway in any

warning. Installation completes.

3. Restart the system when

prompted.

By default, shortcuts appear on the

desktop and in the Start menu.



Before Using the Client

Confirm prerequisites for target desktop:

Remote desktop access should be granted.

Users or groups must be specifically authorized.

User prerequisites:

Users must be members of the Remote Desktop Users group.

Users must be entitled by View Manager to connect to a desktop.



Connect to the View Connection Server

1. Enter the FQDN of the View Connection Server.

2. Set options:

Leave Port blank. SSL is selected by default. Selecting Autoconnect saves the View Connection Server address

and options so that subsequent logins will skip this dialog box.



Enter User Credentials


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Unblocking Windows Firewall



Common Login Issues

Only one user can log in to a specific desktop at a time.

A user must be entitled to at least one desktop in order to connect

to the View Connection Server.

A user must be specifically authorized, or be a member of a group

that is specifically authorized, as a Remote Desktop User for this

computer.



Login Successful



Menu Bar

Desktop optionsDesktop display

name



USB Device Access over Remote Desktop Protocol

USB plug-in

Orchestrator

RDP plug-in

RDP client

object

USB hub driver

USB mgr

VC driver

Terminal

Services

Orchestrator

USB plug-in

USB mgr

device driver

kernel mode

View Client View Agent

kernel mode

virtual desktopclient

Stream virtual channels

through Remote Desktop

Protocol.



USB Devices

Option to autoconnect

USB devices Shows devices

present, authorized,

and enabled.

Authorized, softwareenabled, but no

devices present.



Session Disconnect

To end your desktop session, use the Options menu.

Disconnect:

You remain logged in. No one else can use the desktop. Programs continue to run.

Disconnect and Log Off:

You log out. Other users can now use this desktop.



Standby, Sleep, and Hibernate

Do not use Standby, Sleep, orHibernate with virtual desktops.

You can use the VMware vSphere Client to suspend virtualmachines, rather than allow them to go on standby.



View Client for Mac OS

View Client supported on Mac OS X 10.5 or

later. A user can access a View desktop from a

Mac or Windows system.

Supports USB Redirection and Virtual

Printing.

Capabilities not supported:

PCoIP display protocol. Multimedia redirection (MMR). Local Mode desktops. Users cannot access their virtual desktops

on the Mac while offline.



Troubleshooting Unavailable Desktops

Make sure that the virtual desktop is powered

on, not suspended. A hibernating or sleeping desktop might look

powered on to the vSphere Client remote

console.

After the desktop has been powered on,

attempt to connect through: RDC directly to the desktop. vSphere Client remote console connection.

Administrative accounts can log in to a

desktop, which will log out a user.

Reset the desktop from View Administrator.

Only one user at a time can be logged in to a

virtual desktop.



Using Thin Clients with View What is a Thin Client?

Compatible Thin Clients



What Is a Thin Client?

A thin client is typically a hardware terminal.

Thin clients are low cost and designed to be

centrally managed.

Thin clients are designed not to be

customized by the user.

Thin client devices use View thin client

software and can be configured so that the

only application that users can launch

directly on the device is View Thin Client.

Repurposing a legacy PC into a thin client

desktop can extend the life of the hardware

by three to five years.



Compatible Thin Clients

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Selecting the Default Desktop for Thin Clients

To set a virtual desktop to be the default desktop for a thin client:

Connect to the desktop with the View Client.

Select AutoConnect to this Desktop.


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Virtual Printing with View Clients Introduction

Virtual Printing Functionality

Installation of the Virtual Printing Feature

Configuration


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Virtual Printing Feature

The virtual printing feature allows end users to

use local or network printers from a View

desktop without requiring that additional printdrivers be installed in the View desktop.

You can set preferences for data

compression, print quality, doublesided

printing, color, and so on.

After a printer is added on the local computer,View adds that printer to the list of available

printers on the View desktop.

Virtual Printing


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What Is Virtual Printing?

A software solution that provides driver-free printing:

Consists of a server component on the virtual desktop and a clientcomponent on the View Client.

application rendering printer

Virtual desktop with

Virtual Printing

component

Client with Virtual Printingcomponent, connected to

print resources


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Transparency

Client System Remote Desktop

Printing from the remote desktop looks exactly

like printing from a physical desktop.


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Functions at the Desktop and Client Systems

Bandwidth control.

Conversion of print data to a common data format. Encryption.

Compression.

Virtual printer driver, which replaces the need forindividual printer drivers and enables driver-freeprinting.

Functions on thedesktop:

Reception of print data.

Decompression/decryption.

Conversion of the common data format into printer-specific formats.

Sending the data to the print device.

Functions on themachine that hosts

the print resources:


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Additional Functions

PCoIP or RDP is available for online sessions. Virtual serial port for local-mode sessions.

Supports online andoffline virtual desktops:

Completely integrated into View.

Proven technology used in multiple VMware products.

http://www.thinprint.com.

Licensed from ThinPrint:

Checks every 30seconds for new print

resource


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Installation of Virtual Printing Feature

Host (client) system Virtual Printing client components are always

installed on the client system by the View Client installer.

Desktop Virtual Printing server components are installed on thedesktop if:

The virtual printing feature is selected during View Agent installation. VMware Tools is present.

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Configuration

1. From the virtual desktop,click Start, and then click

Printers and Faxes.2. Right-click a printer andselect Properties.

3. Click the General tab, then,click Printing Preferences.

4. Edit Orientation and Colorappearance.

5. Click the Advanced tab.6. To preview each printout on

the client machine, select

Preview on client before

printing.7. Click the Adjustment tab to

view the Page adjustment

on client options.


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View Client with Local Mode Introduction

Benefits

Terminology

Limitations and Restrictions

Setting up a View with Local Mode DesktopDeployment

Vi Cli t ith L l M d


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View Client with Local Mode

The View Client with Local Mode

feature enables a users to access

their virtual desktops while online oroffline.

View Client with Local Mode allows

an user to download a cloned

instance of the entire virtual desktop

from the datacenter to a local devicelike a laptop.

IT policies for View desktops can be

extended to the local mode desktop

even when it is offline so the desktop

and all data is still secure

View Manager

Vi Cli t ith L l M d Li it ti d R t i ti


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View Client with Local Mode Limitations and Restrictions

You must have a View license that includes the

Local Mode feature. Users cannot access their local desktops while

rollback and check-in operations are taking

place.

Virtual machine must be managed by VMware

vCenter Server. Assigning VMware ThinApp application

packages is not supported on local desktops.

For security reasons, the user cannot:

Access the host CD-ROM drive from the Viewdesktop

Copy and paste text or system objects betweenthe local system and the View desktop

View Client with

Local Mode

Ch k t O ti


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Check-out Operation

View Manager

Connection

Server

vCenter Server

ESX host

Ch k I O ti


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Check-In Operation

Ch k i O ti


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Check-in Options

Online desktop is updated with changes from the local

desktop. vCenter Server version remains locked.

Local desktop remains active.Replication:

Local desktop is discarded.

Lock is released on the vCenter Server version.

The online desktop is active and future client connectionsare directed to it, rather than to the local desktop.

Rollback:

Online desktop is updated with changes from the localdesktop.

Lock is released on the vCenter Server version.

Online system is active.

Check-in:

Setting Up a Local Desktop Deployment


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Setting Up a Local Desktop Deployment

Step 1: Verify that you have alicense for the View with Local

Mode component.

Step 2: Verify that the vCenterServer account has

administrator privileges.

Step 3: Install View TransferServer and add it to a View

Connection Server.

Step 4: If using linked clones,configure a Transfer Server

repository.

Step 5: Verify that all desktopsources are managed by

vCenter Server.

Step 6: If using linked clones,

publish the base images of thedesktops as a package in the

View Transfer Serverrepository.

Step 7: Set policies for local-mode use.

Step 8: Direct end users toinstall View Client with Local

Mode software.

Step 9:

For automated pools:

Use dedicated assignment.

Include only desktops intendedto be used in local mode.

View Transfer Server


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Checkout operations.

Check-in operations.

Replication (synchronization).


is a required ViewManager component

if local-mode desktopsare to be used. It

supports:

Authorizes checkout and check-in.

Transfers files between datacenter and localdesktop.

Synchronizes local desktops with vCenterServer versions.

Downloads View Composer base images tolocal desktops.

View Transfer Serveroffloads operations

from a connectionserver:

View Transfer Server Repository


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View Transfer Server Repository

View Transfer Server uses theTransfer Server repository tostore View Composer base

images in an accessibledatastore.

Before a linked-clone desktopcan be checked out, the base

image must be published to therepository.

Image files are stored asencrypted packages.

At the first checkout of a linkedclone, View Transfer Server:

Downloads the base image fromthe repository to the local

computer.

Downloads the remote linked-clone desktop, which consists ofthe system delta disk and the

persistent disk.

When you run linked-clone

desktops in the datacenter, the

linked clones share access to

one base image, the replica.

When you run a linked-clone

desktop in local mode, a read-only copy of the base image

must reside with the linked-clone

desktop on the local computer.

Installing View Transfer Server


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Installing View Transfer Server

Installation is similar to other connection server types.

Apache Web Server is configured as a service.

Adding View Transfer Server to View Manager


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Adding View Transfer Server to View Manager

1. In View Administrator, clickView Configuration >

Servers.2. In the Transfer Serverspanel, click Add.

3. In the Add Transfer Serverwizard, select the vCenter

Server instance that

manages the ViewTransfer Server virtual

machine and click Next.

4. Select the virtual machinewhere View Transfer

Server is installed and

click Finish.

Configuring a Transfer Server Repository


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Configuring a Transfer Server Repository

1.In the Transfer Serverspanel, select the appropriate

transfer server and click EnterMaintenance Mode.

2.Click Not Configured.3.In the Transfer Server

Repository pane, click Edit.

4.Specify the source of therepository.

5.On the View Configuration >Servers page, select the ViewTransfer Server instance and

click Exit Maintenance Mode.

Publishing View Composer Base Images


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Publishing View Composer Base Images

1.In the Contents panel on theTransfer Server repository page,

2.Click Publish. Publishing progressis displayed in the Contents panel.

3.Enter a description and select thename of the parent virtual machine.

4.Enter a description for the package.

5.Select the View Composer baseimage from the list and click OK.

Published Base Image


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Published Base Image

The Contents panel on the Transfer Server repository page

displays the size of the compressed base image.

The package folder in the Transfer Server repository shows the

base images files.

Installing View Client with Local Mode


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Installing View Client with Local Mode

Module Summary


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Module Summary

Module 5: VMware View Client Options learning objectives:

Discuss how to install and configure View Client

Describe how View is implemented on Thin Clients.

Explain the importance of virtual printing.

List the steps for a View with Local Mode desktop deployment.

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