VMware View 6 Installation

VMware View 6 Installation Questions

Q1. What is the purpose of the Connection Server?

Page 7 of VMware View Installation Guide.

It is used for ESXi and vCenter Installation

View Connection Server acts as a broker for client connections by authenticating and then directing incoming user requests to the appropriate remote desktops and applications.

It is used for authentication purpose

It is used to query Active Directory.

Q2. How many types of Connection Broker ?

Page 7 of VMware View Installation Guide.

Replica

Enterprise

Standard

Security

Q3. What will happen if the replica server is not configured over high-performance LAN ?

Page 7 of VMware View Installation Guide.

It will have no impact

It will cause the broker service to stop

Latency issues could cause the View LDAP configurations on View Connection Server instances to become inconsistent.

Broker installation will fail

Q4. Can broker use DHCP to get its IP Address ?

Page 7 of VMware View Installation Guide.

True

False

Q5. Supported OS for VMware connection broker ?

Page 8 of VMware View Installation Guide.

Windows Server 2012 R2 64-Bit Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Standard & Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-Bit Standard & Enterprise

Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise

Q6. When do you want to use Cloud Pod Architecture feature ?

Page 9 of VMware View Installation Guide

To use Replicated Servers in LAN

During default installation of connection broker

To use Replicated Servers across WAN

During default installation of Replica Server

Q7. Do you need Adobe Flash Player for VMware View Administrator

Page 9 of VMware View Installation

True

False

Q8. If you are using non-microsoft based browser what do you need to do to display text properly from VMware View Administrator ?

Page 9 of VMware View Installation Guide

Contact Microsoft for VMware View Administrator Fonts

Install Microsoft fonts

Install other browser

Contact VMware for VMware View Administrator Fonts

Q10. What are the OS requirement for VMware View Composer ?

Page 10 of VMware View Installation Guide

Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Standard and Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Standard and Enterprise

Windows Server 2012 R2 64-Bit Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-Bit Standard and Enterprise

Q11. Can VMware View Composer work on DHCP ?

Page 10 of VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q12. What are kind of OS supported by VMware View agent ?

Page 13. VMware View Installation Guide

Windows 8 64-Bit Enterprise and Professional

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Datacenter

Linux RedHat 12.0

Windows 7 64-Bit and 32-Bit Enterprise and Professional with SP1

Windows 2003 64-Bit SP2

Windows XP 32-Bit Professional with SP3

Windows 8.1 64-Bit and 32-Bit Enterprise and Professional

Q14. What OS are supported for creating Desktop Pools and Application Pools ?

Page 14 of VMware View Installation Guide

Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter

Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter with SP1

Q15. What are the two kinds of Persona Management software available ?

Page 14 pf VMware View Installation Guide

View Persona and Persona Management for View Desktops

Standalone View Persona for Non-View and Persona Management for View Desktops

Standalone View Persona and Persona Management for View Desktops

Q16. What OS are supported by Standalone View Persona Management /

Page 14 of VMware View Installation Guide

Windows XP 32-Bit Professional SP3

Windows 7 64-Bit and 32-Bit Enterprise and Professional none and SP 1

Windows Vista 32-Bit Business and Enterprise
SP1 and SP2

Windows 8 64-Bit and 32-Bit Pro Desktop and Enterprise Desktop

Q17. Why PCoIP is preferred display protocol than RDP?

Page 15 VMware View Installation Guide

It is build by VMware and Teradici

PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a
reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.

It offers better display than RDP

It is more secure than RDP

Q18. When 3D feature is enabled how many monitors can be used with PCoIP ?

Page 15 of VMware View Installation guide

1 monitor is supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200.

Upto 3 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200.

Upto 4 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200.

Upto 2 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200.

Q19. How many monitors can RDP support ?

Page 16 of VMware View Installation Guide

RDP 7 has true multiple monitor support, for
up to 4 monitors.

RDP 7 has true multiple monitor support, for
up to 2 monitors.

RDP 7 has true multiple monitor support, for
up to 16 monitors.

RDP 7 has true multiple monitor support, for
up to 12 monitors.

Q20. Why do security servers need not be part of domain ?

Page 20 VMware View Installation Guide

Security Server is part of VMware View installation

Because security servers do not access any authentication repositories, including Active Directory,they do not need to reside in an Active Directory domain.

Because ports are opened between security server in DMZ and Replica Server

Because ADAM Database takes care of security server and replica server

Q21. What permission are needed for VMware view Composer UserID, including permissions that are assigned by default?

Page 21. VMware view Installation Guide

List Contents

Reset Password

Create Computer Objects

Add VM to Domain

Write All Properties

Read Permission

Delete Computer Objects

Read All Properties

Q22. What group should the user be part of to login to Remote Desktop?

Page 22 of VMware View Installation Guide

To be able to connect to a remote desktop, users must belong to the local Admin group

To be able to connect to a remote desktop, users must belong to the local Power User Group

To be able to connect to a remote desktop, users must belong to the local Remote Desktop Users group of
the remote desktop.

Q23. How is UPN (User Principal Name) defined for a user in Active Directory ?

Page 23 of VMware View Installation Guide

domain/username

username@domain

domain/firstname.lastname

Q24. What is the most important service that you need for linked-clone?

Page 27 of VMware View Installation Guide

VMware Composer server

VMware View Replica Server

VMware vCenter Server

VMware View Standard Server

Q25. What component information is stored by VMware View Composer Database ?

Page 27 of VMware View Installation Guide

vCenter Server connections

Linked-clone desktops that are deployed by View Composer

Users connected to linked-clone VM

Active Directory Connections

Replica that are created by View Composer

Q26. Can multiple composer service share the same database?

Page 27. VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q27. In Enterprise environment what kind of database authentication is needed to connect to VMware View Composer Database

Page 29 of VMware View Installation Guide

Windows NT Authentication

SQL Server authentication

Q28. What is the purpose of VMware View Composer Service

Page 27 of VMware ViewInstallation Guide

To deploy linked-clone VM

To deploy VDI VM

To deploy Broker

To deploy cloned VMs

Q29. Can VMware View Composer work with Linux based vCenter Appliance?

Page 33 of VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q30. Can you install vCenter server and composer server on the same VM?

Page 33 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q31. Can VMware View Composer co-exist with other VMware View components, like VMware Broker, VMware view Agent, Horizon Client ?

Page 33 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q32. Can you infall VMware View Agent or Horizon Client on the same VM where connection broker is installed

Page 38 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q33. What is the purpose of Security Server?

Page 50 of VMware View Installation Guide

To add more layers of security in your internal network

To add additional redundancy for your VMware View environment

A security server is an instance of View Connection Server that adds an additional layer of security between
the Internet and your internal network.

Q34. What is the name of the tool that is used to backup your View LDAP configuration?

Page 58 of VMware View Installation Guide

vdmimport

ldapbackup

vdmexport

viewldapbackup

Q35. Do you need one-to-one mapping between vCenter Server and Composer server?

Page 88 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q36. What is the purpose of Disk Space reclamation ?

Page 89 of VMware View Installation Guide

It is used by windows 7 to reduce the size of parent image

It helps in quick deployment of linked-clones

Disk space reclamation reduces the size of the OS disks without
requiring you to refresh or recompose the linked clones.

Q37. Can reclaim disk space, work while VMs are powered on and in use?

Page 89 of VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q38. What version of VM Hardware is needed for View to create space-efficient OS disks

Page 89 VMware View Installation Guide

Q39. Can disk-reclamation work on Windows 8 desktop

Page 90 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q40. Is VAAI supported on VMs that have space efficient-disks?

Page 90 of VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q41. What version of vSphere supports View Storage Accelerator?

Page 90 of VMware View Installation Guide

vSphere 5.1

vSphere 4.1

vSphere 5.0

vSphere 5.5

Q42. Is it necessary for View Storage accelerator to be enabled at vCenter level and individual desktop pool level, to work?

Page 91 of VMware View Installation Guide

True

False

Q43. an VAAI and vSphere Storage accelerator work in a desktop pool

Page 91, of VMware View Installation Guide

False

True

Q44. Max concurrent vCenter provisioning operations applies to ?

Page 92 of VMware View Installation Guide

Full Virtual Machine

Linked Clone Virtual Machine

Q45. Name the file that is used to change the default HTTP ports or nic on broker ?

Page 100 of VMware View Installation Guide

conf file

locked.properties

properties.locked

Q46. What is the cmd that is used to change the default port in View Composer

Page 102 of VMware View Installation Guide

vmwareviewconfig

vdmexport

sviconfig

vdmimport

Q47. Number of concurrent sessions that view server can support?

Page 104 of VMware View Installation Guide

2000

1500

1000

3000

Q48. What is default port used for syslog server ?

Page 110 of VMware View Installation Guide

389

514

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Purna
/ December 1, 2015

Hi Team,

This is really nice blog that have seen recent times, its helps me to get idea on VMware view.
I would like to ask one thing and i have observed “View Installation Guide” while answering the questions on view.
If you don’t mind can i have soft copy of the “VMware View Installation Guide”

Thanks & Regards,
Purna

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