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ViewManagerisaflexibleandintuitivedesktopmanagementsolutionthatenables
systemadministratorstorapidlyprovisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccess.Client
softwareconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwarevSphere,ortophysical
systemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterprovidesabriefoverviewofthefeatures
offeredbyViewManagerand
describesthesystemrequirementsforinstallingandrunningthesoftwarecomponents
associatedwiththisapplication.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofViewManager”onpage 11
“ViewManagerComponents”onpage 14
“SystemRequirements”onpage 14
Overview of View Manager
ViewManagerintegrateswithVMwarevCenterServer,allowingadministratorsto
createdesktopsfromvirtualmachinesrunningonVMwareESXserverandthendeploy
themtoendusers.Inaddition,ViewManagerutilizesyourexistingActiveDirectory
infrastructureforuserauthenticationandmanagement.
Onceadesktophasbeencreated,Web‐basedor
locallyinstalledclientsoftwareenables
authorizedenduserstosecurelyconnecttocentralizedvirtualdesktops,back‐end
physicalsystems,orterminalservers.
Figure 1‐1showsahigh‐levelviewofanexampleViewManagerenvironmentandits
maincomponents—thesecomponentsaredescribedinmoredetailinlatersectionsof
thisbook.
Introduction
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