Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Features and System Requirements
- Preparing a Linux Virtual Machine for Desktop Deployment
- Setting Up Active Directory Integration for Linux Desktops
- Configuration Options for Linux Desktops
- Setting Up Graphics for Linux Desktops
- Installing View Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 6 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 6 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Overview of Bulk Deployment of Linux Desktops
- Create a Virtual Machine Template for Cloning Linux Desktop Machines
- Input File for the Sample PowerCLI Scripts to Deploy Linux Desktops
- Sample Script to Clone Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain Using SSH
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Perform Operations on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Delete Machines from the Connection Server LDAP Database
- Troubleshooting Linux Desktops
- Collect Diagnostic Information for a Horizon 6 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable View Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
Index
A
Active Directory, integrating with Linux 17
B
bulk deployment
create a virtual machine template for
cloning 51
input file for sample scripts 52
overview 49
C
configuration options
audio out 21
clipboard redirection 21
left-handed mouse 21
lossless PNG mode 21
single sign-on (SSO) 21
D
desktop pool creation, Linux virtual machines 42
DIGEST-MD5 39
F
firewalls, Linux desktops 100
G
glossary 5
H
Horizon 6 for Linux
bulk deployment 49
gathering information 46
reinstalling 45
troubleshooting View Agent that is not
responding 100
uninstalling 45
Horizon for Linux
reinstalling 44
uninstalling 44
I
install_viewagent.sh, command usage and
options 41
intended audience 5
K
Kerberos 39
L
Linux desktops
configuring 21
features 7
features and requirements 7
installing View Agent 39
setting up AD integration 17
Linux installation
View Agent fails to register 97
View Agent is unreachable 98
Linux systems
adding to desktop pools 42
collecting diagnostic information 97
configuring the firewall 100
desktops 5
overview of desktop setup steps 8
preparing for desktop use 14
vSphere console display 23
Linux virtual machines, preparing for desktop
deployment 13
N
NVIDIA GRID vGPU
installing the VIB for Linux desktops 25, 34
virtual GPU Types 28
NVIDIA display driver
installing 28, 32
verify the installation 30, 33
NVIDIA vGPU, configuring a shared PCI
device 27
O
OpenLDAP 17
P
physical computers, removing from a pool 44
power operations from vSphere, Linux
desktops 46
R
registered machines
removing 44
removing from View 44
removing registered machines 44
reversible password encryption 42
RHEL
configuring for vDGA 30
VMware, Inc. 101