Vmware View Security Essentials

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to View Chapter 2: Securing Your Base Chapter 3: Securing the Connection Chapter 4: Securing the Client Chapter 5: Backup and Recovery Index Preface Up Chapter 1: Introduction to View VMware View definitions Summary Up Chapter 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 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 Up Chapter 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 Up Chapter 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 Up Chapter 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