Step By Step VMware View 5 Installation Tutorial.
Software Requirement
Active Directory
View Manager Requirements
The View Manager can be installed on a 32-bit or 64-bit dedicated physical or virtual machine (a system hosted
On VMware ESXi hypervisor). The hardware requirements are listed in Chapter 1 of the View installation
Manual; but briefly, the system should support at least dual processors, have multiple network interface
Cards, 4GB of RAM (Windows Server 2008) or 2 GB of RAM (Windows Server 2003 32-bit). Windows Server
2003 32-bit, Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit are supported for the View
Manager. Note that the View Manager provides a web server interface which supports Internet Explorer 7 or
Greater. You may need to update the View Manager Host web browser if you are running an older Operating
System.
Ensure that you have a valid license key for the VMware View Connection Server. You can request an evaluation
Key as well as download the View and ESXi software from the VMware website http://www.vmware.com
The View Manager must be joined to an Active Directory domain. The View Manager must also be configured
With a static IP address.
View Composer Requirements
For the purposes of our lab environment we will be deploying linked-clone desktops from a single desktop
Image. View Composer provides this capability and has a few requirements. Namely, a SQL database must
reside on or be available to the vCentre Server instance that will be integrated with the View Manager. If an
SQL databases already exists for vCentre Server, View Composer can use that existing database instance. If not,
View Composer can use the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instance provided with vCentre for quick proof
of concept deployment. In actual production, we recommend that you have a standalone SQL server instance
that can also be used later for logging the VMware View event database. This SQL Server Express database
Should be upgraded if the View system is going into production use. The VMware hypervisor, ESX or ESXi must
Be vSphere 4 or later to take advantage of View Composer.
Preparing Active Directory
VMware View utilizes Microsoft Active Directory for user authentication and management. Windows 2000
AD, Windows 2003 AD, and Windows 2008 AD are supported. Again, ensure that the View Manager system
is joined to an Active Directory domain. Since users will be authenticated against Active Directory, the View
Manager domain should have proper trust agreements in place to authenticate the lab users.
You may want to consider (although it’s not required) creating an Active Directory organizational unit (OU)
Specifically for your View desktops. An OU is a subdivision in Active Directory that contains users, groups,
Computers, or other OUs. This capability allows group policies to be applied uniquely to the virtual desktops.
GPOs can be managed via the Group Policy module for PowerShell (including in Windows Server 2008 or with
Microsoft’s Remote Server Administration Tools).
Step 2. Preparation of VMware View Composer DB & Installation.
