{"id":10072,"date":"2014-10-01T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=10072"},"modified":"2014-09-30T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T08:59:20","slug":"vmware-horizon-6-part-8-connect-view-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-horizon-6-part-8-connect-view-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Horizon 6 - part 8 connect View Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Installed and configured the VMware Horizon 6 components, the\u00a0connection to View Desktops<\/strong>\u00a0can be established\u00a0using the Horizon View clients, HTML and mobile clients.<\/p>\n

Same procedure applies to applications<\/strong> using Horizon Clients as well.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Blog series<\/h2>\n

VMware Horizon 6 - part 1 install Connection Server<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 2 basic configuration<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 3 setup RDS Host<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 4 install View Composer<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 5 setup Linked-Clone Desktop<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 6 deploy RDS Desktops<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 7 deploy RDS Application Pools<\/a>
\nVMware Horizon 6 - part 8 connect View Desktop<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Firewall ports<\/h2>\n

Ports used by Horizon View Client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Protocol<\/strong><\/td>\nPort<\/strong><\/td>\nUse<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n80<\/td>\nView Connection Server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n443<\/td>\nView Connection Server<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n3389<\/td>\nRDP traffic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n4172<\/td>\nPCoIP traffic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UDP<\/td>\n4172<\/td>\nPCoIP traffic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n9427<\/td>\nMultimedia Redirection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCP<\/td>\n32111<\/td>\nUSB redirection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Install Horizon client<\/h2>\n

Copy the program file to the target client and run the installer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click Next<\/strong> to start the setup wizard.<\/p>\n

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Accept the EULA and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leave default and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Enter the default View Connection Server<\/strong>. Click Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n

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Set the default behavior options then click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Select the shortcuts to create. Click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click Install<\/strong> button to begin the installation.<\/p>\n

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The application is being installed.<\/p>\n

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When the installation completes, click Finish<\/strong> to exit the wizard.<\/p>\n

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Click Yes<\/strong> to restart the client to apply changes.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Connect to Applications and View Desktop<\/h2>\n

Launch Horizon Client. Click on the default Connection Server name (w12r2-horizon01) set during setup or click on\u00a0New Server<\/strong> button to connect to a different server. Click New Server<\/strong>\u00a0item.<\/p>\n

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Type the FQDN of the View Connection Server and click Connect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The client start connecting the server.<\/p>\n

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If a Self-Signed SSL certificate has been used, a warning window appears. Click Continue<\/strong> to connect the server.<\/p>\n

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Type the user credentials and click Login<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The main screen appears. Double click an application name to open the application, for instance Calculator.<\/p>\n

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The selected application is being opened.<\/p>\n

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Close the application. Now double click the View Desktop<\/strong> to connect to.<\/p>\n

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You are connected to the View Desktop<\/strong>. You can work as you normally would.<\/p>\n

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To disconnect click on the Options<\/strong> button and select Disconnect and Log Off<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n

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To disconnect the Horizon View Client, click the Disconnect<\/strong> button then OK<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Connect to View Desktop using HTML access<\/h2>\n

Open your favorite browser and insert the address of the View Connection Server. When connected, click VMware Horizon View HTML Access<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Type the user credentials and click Sign In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The available entitled View Desktops<\/strong> for the user are shown. Click on the desktop to connect to.<\/p>\n

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You are now connected to the View desktop via HTTPS<\/strong>. You can work as you normally would.<\/p>\n

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To disconnect click on the arrow to make the View menu visible then click on the username. Select Disconnect<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n

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Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n

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Logoff the system or connect to another View Desktop if available.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Connect to View Desktop with mobile<\/h2>\n

From your tablet or smartphone, launch the View Client and select the default View Connection Server. Click the plus + icon<\/strong> and enter the address to connect to a different server.<\/p>\n

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Click on Continue<\/strong> button to accept the Self-Signed certificate.<\/p>\n

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Enter the credentials of the user to login the server then click Connect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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From the list select the View Desktop to open.<\/p>\n

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The selected Desktop is being loaded.<\/p>\n

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After few seconds the View Desktop is available in your device.<\/p>\n

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Disconnect the View Desktop and go back to main screen. In the main screen select an application<\/strong> from the list.<\/p>\n

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The selected application is being loaded.<\/p>\n

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After few second the application is available in your device.<\/p>\n

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Exit the application to return to main screen. To disconnect Horizon View click the disconnect button<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click Log Out<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Troubleshooting<\/h4>\n

While trying to establish a connection to the Horizon Connection Server using a device outside the LAN<\/strong> you receive the error:<\/p>\n

Keep waiting or abort?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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To fix this error open Horizon View Administrator and navigate to View Configuration > Servers<\/strong>. Select the Horizon Connection Server<\/strong> and click Edit<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Check if PCoIP Secure Gateway<\/strong> field is enabled and configured with a public IP.<\/p>\n

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Horizon 6 installation and configuration is complete. You can dive into the system to test different configurations and features available.<\/p>\n

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Installed and configured the VMware Horizon 6 components, the\u00a0connection to View Desktops\u00a0can be established\u00a0using the Horizon View clients, HTML and mobile clients. Same procedure applies to applications using Horizon Clients as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":"","linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","bluesky_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1025,903],"tags":[993,1033,699],"class_list":["post-10072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horizon-en","category-vmware-en","tag-horizon-6-en","tag-view-desktop-en","tag-vmware-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}