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Getting Started with VMware View

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View Component Reference

View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.

ReplicaserversareadditionalViewConnectionServerinstancesthatprovidehigh‐availabilityandload

balancing.Whenareplica

serverisinstalled,alocalLDAPinstanceisalsocreatedandtheViewLDAP

dataonthereplicaserverisinitializedfromanexistingViewConnectionServer.

Securityserverscanbeinstalledinthedemilitarizedzone(DMZ)toaddanadditionallayerofnetwork

protection.Securityserversmakesurethatonly

authenticateduserscanconnecttotheinternalnetwork

fromexternallocationsbyprovidingasinglepointofaccess.

 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vCenterServersystemtoallowView

Managertorapidlydeploymultiplelinkedclonedesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.

 ViewAgent—asoftwareservicethatyouinstallonallguestvirtualmachines,physicalsystems,or

terminalserverstoallowthemtobemanagedbyViewManager.

 ViewClient—alocallyinstalledsoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswithViewConnectionServerto

allowuserstoconnecttotheirdesktops.

 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.

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