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Establishing a Server Environment 9
Using VMware View Manger Services
VMware
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View Manager is a desktop management solution that enables system
administrators to provision desktops and control user access. Client software securely
connects users to centralized virtual desktops, back-end physical systems, or terminal
servers.
Note
Information on installing and configuring View Manager can be found on the
VMware Web site at: http://www.vmware.com
.
View Manager consists of the following major components:
• View Connection Server—a software service that acts as a broker for client
connections by authenticating and then directing incoming remote desktop user
requests to the appropriate virtual desktop, physical desktop, or terminal server.
• View Agent—a software service that is installed on all guest virtual machines, physical
systems, or terminal servers in order to allow them to be managed by View Manager.
The agent provides features such as RDP connection monitoring, virtual printing,
remote USB support, and single sign on.
• View Client—a locally installed software application that communicates with View
Connection Server in order to allow users to connect to their desktops using Microsoft
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
• View Client with Offline Desktop (experimental)—a version of View Client that is
extended to support the Offline Desktop feature which allows users to download virtual
machines and use them on their local systems.
• View Portal—a Web-based version of View Client supported by multiple operating
systems and browsers.
• View Administrator—a Web application that allows View Manager administrators to
configure View Connection Server, deploy and manage desktops, control user
authentication, initiate and examine system events, and carry out analytical activities.
• View Composer—a software service that is installed on the VirtualCenter server in
order to allow View Manager to rapidly deploy multiple linked clone desktops from a
single centralized base image.
Implementing View Client Support on Wyse Thin Clients
There are two ways to implement View Client support on Wyse thin clients running
Windows XP Embedded:
• For the Windows XP Embedded WFR2 software release, View Client support is
provided as part of the XP Embedded image by including the XP Embedded View
Client component.
• For the Windows XP Embedded WFR1 software release, View Client support can be
provided using a Wyse Device Manager (WDM) package to push the View Client to the
Wyse thin clients.
Note
The View Client requires 9 MB of space in the flash memory of the thin client.
Note
You must install Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services
Client 6.0 or later) on the thin client before pushing the View Client WDM
package to a thin client with an XP Embedded SP2 WFR 1 image.