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Index
VMware View Security Essentials
Table of Contents
VMware View Security Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Introduction to View
VMware View definitions
Summary
2. Securing Your Base
vSphere considerations
VMware High Availability (HA)
Fault Tolerance (FT)
DRS and resource pools
Capacity planning
Basic View hardening
vSphere hardening
Operating system (OS) hardening
User accounts
A View Administrator Console user
Services
Logging
The Event Database
Logfiles
VMware support logs
SSL certificates
Creating a Certificate Authority (CA) and obtaining a certificate
Creating a CA on AD
Creating a certificate
Importing a certificate
Retrofit vSphere
The View Composer
Installer
Retrofit
The View Connection Server
Creating a redundant View Connection Server
Usage of a replica server
Installation of a replica server
Creating a load balanced View Connection Server
A configuration example with vCloud Network and Security (vCNS or vShield)
Summary
3. Securing the Connection
View connections
A View DMZ
View Security Server
Setup
Load balancing
General connection settings
Desktop connection
A quick look at TCP and UDP
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
PCoverIP (PCoIP)
RDP and PCoIP – direct comparison
Setting up PCoIP Secure Gateway
HTTP(s) secure tunnel
USB redirection
Multimedia redirect (MMR)
View Transfer Server
Setup
Server connection
View connect and security firewall rules
Summary
4. Securing the Client
Client software
View Client
View Agent
Local Mode
Global settings
View desktop pools
The Settings tab
The Inventory tab
The Sessions tab
The Entitlements tab
The Events tab
The Policies tab
Working with ADM templates
Importing View ADM templates
View Agent settings
View Client settings
Working with USB devices
View Persona management
Example setup
Summary
5. Backup and Recovery
Backup and recovery
The vSphere environment
VMware View Servers
Basic infrastructure
Desktop pools and linked cloning
Documenting – the ultimate backup
Backup timing
Patching the View environment
View server
View desktops
Summary
Index
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