Setting Up for Linux Desktops

Table 6‑3. install_viewagent.sh Optional Parameters
Optional
Parameters Description
-n Machine name that is registered to View Connection Server. By default, the View Agent installer uses
the host name. You can specify your own name.
-s Subject DN of the self-signed certificate.
By default, the View Agent installer generates a self-signed certificate with the following Subject DN
value: '/C=US/ST=California/O=VMware/CN=Hostname.DomainName'. The default CN specifies
the host name and domain name of the machine.
You can specify your own Subject DN.
-m yes Enable smart card redirection.
-j JMS SSL keystore password. If not specified, the installer will generate a random password.
-k The Active Directory server's address for Kerberos authentication. Setting this parameter means that
the installer will only use Kerberos for authentication.
-r
Reboot the operating system after installation. The allowed values are yes and no. The default is no.
Enable Reversible Password Encryption
During installation, View Agent must authenticate itself to View Connection Server as a View administrator.
If the authentication mechanism is DIGEST-MD5, you must first enable the Active Directory (AD) setting
Store password using reversible encryption for the administrator's account.
Procedure
1 On the AD server, open Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
2 Right-click the View administrator's account and select Properties.
3 Select the Account tab.
4 In Account options, select the Store password using reversible encryption setting.
5 Reset the password for the View administrator.
Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
To configure Linux virtual machines for use as remote desktops, you create a manual desktop pool and add
the Linux machines to the pool.
When you create the desktop pool, add only Linux virtual machines to the pool. If the pool contains both
Windows and Linux guest operating systems, the pool is treated as a Windows pool, and you will be unable
to connect to the Linux desktops.
When you entitle users to Linux machines in the desktop pool, as a best practice, make sure that the users
do not have administrative privileges in the Linux guest operating system. An admin user in Linux can
open a terminal window and invoke commands such as shutdown, which powers off the virtual machine.
The vCenter Server administrator must power on the machine again. Entitling non-admin Linux users
ensures that you do not have to manage these power operations manually.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that View Agent is installed on the Linux guest operating systems. See “Install View Agent on a
Linux Virtual Machine,” on page 39.
n
Verify that the Linux virtual machines are registered in View Connection Server. In View
Administrator, select View Configuration > Registered Machines and select the Others tab. Verify that
each machine's state is Available.
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