VMware VIEW 4.5 Quick setup guide

VMware View Integration Guide
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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
1Introduction 7
VMwareViewComponents 7
IntegrationInterfacestoVMwareView 8
2IntegratingwiththeEventDatabase 9
EventDatabaseTablesandSchemas 9
ConnectionBrokerEvents 11
ViewAgentEvents 17
ViewAdministratorEvents 17
ViewTransferServerEvents 25
EventMessageAttributes 25
SampleDatabaseQueriesandViews 27
3UsingViewPowerCLI 29
IntroductiontoViewPowerCLI 29
StartthePowerShellConsolewithViewPowerCLILoaded 29
DisplayingHelpforaViewPowerCLIcmdlet 30
ErrorWhenPipingandSpecifyingObjectsattheSameTime 30
EscapingCharactersinvCenterPathnames 30
ViewPowerCLICmdlets 31
ViewAdministrator,ViewPowerCLICmdlet,andvdmadminOperations 33
ViewPowerCLICmdletParameters 35
DefaultDisplayProtocolSettings 35
DeletionPolicySettings 35
FlashQualitySettings 36
FlashThrottlingSettings 36
LDAPBackupFrequency 36
PoolTypeSettings 37
PowerPolicySettings 37
RefreshPolicySettings 38
SmartCardAuthenticationSettings 38
ViewComposerMaintenanceTaskTypes 38
ExamplesofUsingViewPowerCLICmdlets 39
DisplayingInformationAboutaViewConnectionServerInstance 39
UpdatingtheConfigurationofaViewConnectionServerInstance 39
ManagingtheConfigurationofvCenterServersinVMwareView 39
ManagingDesktopPools 39
CreatingandUpdatingAutomaticallyProvisionedDesktopPools 40
CreatingandUpdatingLinked‐CloneDesktopPools 40
CreatingandUpdatingManuallyProvisionedDesktopPools 41
CreatingManualUnmanagedDesktopPools 41
CreatingandUpdatingDesktopsProvisionedbyTerminalServers 41
ObtainingInformationAboutUsersandGroupsfromActiveDirectory 41
ManagingDesktopEntitlements 41
ManagingLocalDesktops 42

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ManagingRemoteSessions 42
ManagingVirtualMachines 42
DisplayingInformationAboutPhysicalComputers 43
UpdatingtheOwnershipofMachines 43
DisplayingInformationAboutEvents 43
ManagingtheGlobalConfigurationofVMwareView 43
ManagingViewLicenses 44
4CustomizingLDAPData 45
LDAPConfigurationData 45
ExportLDAPConfigurationData 46
ModifyLDAPConfigurationData 46
ImportLDAPConfigurationData 49
ImportLDAPConfigurationDataUsingtheLDIFDECommand 50
5IntegratingwithSCOM 51
ViewManagementPacks 51
NameaViewConnectionServerGroup 52
ImporttheViewMPs 52
ViewDiscoveryScript 52
RuntheDiscoveryScript 53
DisplayDiscoveredObjects 53
DisplayManagedObjects 53
ViewsandMonitors 53
PerformanceDataCollectionSettings 55
EnableaProxyAgentonaServer 55
DisplayPerformanceData 56
DisplayInformationAboutanAlert 56
RestartaService 56
ExcludeaDomainfromConnectivityMonitoring 56
CloseAlerts 57
ClassandRelationshipDefinitions 57
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ThisguidedescribeshowtointegrateVMwareView™softwarewiththird‐partysoftwaresuchas
Windows PowerShell,businessintelligencereportingengines,andMicrosoftSystemCenterOperations
Manager(SCOM).
Intended Audience
ThisbookisintendedforanyonewhowantstocustomizeorintegratesoftwaretoworkwithView Manager.
TheinformationinthismanualiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswhoare
familiarwithvirtualmachinetechnologyanddatacenteroperations.
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WithVMwareView™,systemadministratorscanprovisiondesktopsandcontroluseraccesstothese
desktops.ClientsoftwareconnectsuserstovirtualdesktopsrunningonVMwarevSphere™,ortophysical
systemsrunningwithinyournetworkenvironment.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“VMwareViewComponents”onpage 7
“IntegrationInterfacestoVMwareView”onpage 8
VMware View Components
YoucanuseVMwareViewwithVMwarevCenterServertocreatedesktopsfromvirtualmachinesthatare
runningonVMware®ESX™serversanddeploythesedesktopstoendusers.Inaddition,VMwareViewuses
yourexistingActiveDirectoryinfrastructureforuserauthenticationandmanagement.
Afteryoucreateadesktop,authorizedenduserscanuseWeb‐basedorlocallyinstalledclientsoftwareto
securelyconnecttocentralizedvirtualdesktops,back‐endphysicalsystems,orterminalservers.
VMware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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VMwareView.Theagentprovidesfeaturessuch
asconnectionmonitoring,VirtualPrinting,USBsupport,andsinglesign‐on.
ViewClient–asoftwareapplicationthatcommunicateswithViewConnectionServertoallowusersto
connecttotheirdesktops.
ViewClientwithLocalMode–aversionofViewClientthatisextendedtosupportthelocaldesktop
feature,whichallowsuserstodownloadvirtualmachinesandusethemontheirlocalsystems.
ViewAdministrator–aWebapplicationthatallowsViewadministratorstoconfigureViewConnection
Server,deployandmanagedesktops,controluserauthentication,initiateandexaminesystemevents,and
carryoutanalyticalactivities.
vCenterServer–aserverthatactsasacentraladministratorforVMwareESXserversthatareconnected
onanetwork.AvCenterServerprovidesthecentralpointforconfiguring,provisioning,andmanaging
virtualmachinesinthedatacenter.
ViewComposer–asoftwareservicethatisinstalledonavCenterservertoallowVMwareViewtorapidly
deploymultiplelinked‐clonedesktopsfromasinglecentralizedbaseimage.
ViewTransferServer–asoftwareservicethatmanagesandstreamlinesdatatransfersbetweenthe
datacenterandViewdesktopsthatarecheckedoutforuseonendusersʹlocalsystems.ViewTransfer
ServerisrequiredtosupportdesktopsthatrunViewClientwithLocalMode.
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Integration Interfaces to VMware View
YoucanuseseveralinterfacestointegrateVMwareViewwithexternalapplications.
Eventdatabase–youcanconfigureVMwareViewtorecordeventstoaMicrosoftSQLServerorOracle
database.Youcanthenusebusinessintelligencereportingenginestoaccessandanalyzethisdatabase.
ViewPowerCLI–youcanusethePowerShellinterfacetoperformawidevarietyofadministrationtasks
onViewcomponents.
LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol(LDAP)–youcanexportandimportLDAPconfigurationdata
fromandintoVMwareView.Youcancreatescriptsthatupdatethisconfigurationdatawithoutaccessing
ViewAdministratordirectly.
MicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM)–youcanmonitortheoperationsofView
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YoucanconfigureVMwareViewtorecordeventstoaMicrosoftSQLServerorOracledatabase.VMwareView
recordseventssuchasthefollowingexamples:
End‐useractionssuchaslogginginandstartingadesktopsession.
Administratoractionssuchasaddingentitlementsandcreatingdesktoppools.
Alertsthatreportsystemfailuresanderrors.
Statisticalsamplingsuchasrecordingthemaximumnumberofusersovera24‐hourperiod.
YoucanusebusinessintelligencereportingenginessuchasCrystalReports,IBMCognos,MicroStrategy9,
andOracleEnterprisePerformanceManagementSystemtoaccessandanalyzetheeventdatabase.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“EventDatabaseTablesandSchemas”onpage 9
“ConnectionBrokerEvents”onpage 11
“ViewAgentEvents”onpage 17
“ViewAdministratorEvents”onpage 17
“ViewTransferServerEvents”onpage 25
“EventMessageAttributes”onpage 25
“SampleDatabaseQueriesandViews”onpage 27
Event Database Tables and Schemas
Table 2‐1showsthetablesthatimplementtheeventdatabaseinVMwareView.
Theeventdatabaseprependsthenamesofthesetableswithaprefixthatyoudefinewhenyousetupthe
database.SeetheVMwareViewInstallationGuideformoreinformation.
Integrating with the Event Database 2
Table 2-1. Event Database Tables
Table Name Description
event Metadataandsearchoptimizationdataforrecentevents.
event_data Datavaluesforrecentevents.
event_data_historical Datavaluesforallevents.
event_historical Metadataandsearchoptimizationdataforallevents.
IMPORTANTVMwareViewdoesnotrestrictthegrowthoftheevent_historicalandevent_data_historical
tables.Youmustimplementaspacemanagementpolicyforthesetables.

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VMwareViewrecordsdetailsabouteventstoallthedatabasetables.Afteracertainperiodoftimehaselapsed
sincewritinganeventrecord,VMwareViewdeletestherecordfromtheeventandevent_datatables.Youcan
useViewAdministratortoconfigurethetimeperiodforwhichthedatabasekeepsarecordintheeventand
event_datatables.SeetheVMwareVie wInstallationGuideformoreinformation.
Auniqueprimarykey,EventID,identifieseacheventthatVMwareViewrecordsintheeventandevent_
historicaltables.VMwareViewrecordsdatavaluesforeacheventintheevent_dataandevent_data_historical
tables.Youcanobtainthecompletesetofinformationforaneventbyjoiningtheeventandevent_datatables
ortheevent_historicalandevent_data_historicaltablesontheEventIDcolumn.
TheEventType,Severity,andTimecolumnsintheeventandevent_historicaltablesidentifythetypeand
severityofaneventandthetimeatwhichitoccurred.
Table 2‐2showstheschemafortheeventandevent_historicaltables.
NOTEItispossibleforeventstobelostifyourestartViewConnectionServerinstanceswhiletheevent
databaseisnotrunning.Forasolutionthatavoidsthisproblemseehttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021461.
Table 2-2. Schema for the event and event_historical Tables
Column Name
Oracle
Data Type
SQLServer
Data Type Description
Acknowledged SMALLINT tinyint WhetherVMwareViewacknowledgedthe
event.
0=false
1=true
DesktopId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) DesktopIDoftheassociatedpool.
EventID INTEGER int Uniqueprimarykeyfortheevent.
EventType NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Eventnamethatcorrespondstoanitemin
themessagecatalog.Forexample,
BROKER_USERLOGGEDIN.
FolderPath NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Fullpathofthefolderthatcontainsthe
associatedobject.
GroupId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) SIDoftheassociatedgroupinActive
Directory.
LUNId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) IDoftheLUNthatstorestheassociated
object.
MachineId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) IDoftheassociatedphysicalorvirtual
machine.
Module NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Viewcomponentthatraisedtheevent.For
example,Admin,Broker,Tunnel,
Framework,Client,orAgent.
ModuleAndEventText NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Eventmessagewithvaluessubstitutedfor
attributeparameters.
Node NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Nameofthevirtualdevicenode.
Severity NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Severitylevel.Forexample,INFO,
WARNING,ERROR,AUDIT_SUCCESS,
AUDIT_FAIL.
Source NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) Identifierforthesourceoftheevent.
ThinAppId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) IDoftheassociatedThinApp™object.
Time TIMESTAMP datetime Timeatwhichtheeventoccurred,
measuredfromtheepoch(January1,1970).
UserDiskPathId NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) IDoftheuserdisk.
UserSID NVARCHAR2(512) nvarchar(512) SIDoftheassociateduserinActive
Directory.