Setting Up for Linux Desktops

The installer filename is VMware-viewagent-linux-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 64-bit Linux or
VMware-viewagent-linux-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 32-bit Linux, where y.y.y is the version number and
xxxxxxx is the build number.
2 Unpack the tarball for your Linux distribution on the guest operating system.
For example:
tar -xzvf <View Agent tar ball>
3 Navigate to the tar ball folder.
4 Run the install_viewagent.sh script.
For example:
sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -A yes
Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 6 for Linux Machines
To uninstall Horizon 6 for Linux on a virtual machine, you must remove the unmanaged machine from the
desktop pool, remove the registered machine from View, uninstall View Agent, and remove configuration
files. You can reinstall Horizon 6 for Linux by running the View Agent installation script.
Remove an Unmanaged Machine from a Manual Desktop Pool
You can reduce the size of a manual desktop pool by removing unmanaged machines from the pool.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Catalog > Desktop Pools.
2 Double-click the pool ID of the manual pool.
3 Select the Inventory tab.
4 Select the unmanaged machines to remove.
5 Click Remove.
6 If users are logged in to the unmanaged machine-based desktops, choose whether to terminate the
sessions or let the sessions remain active.
Option Description
Leave active
Active sessions remain until the user logs off. View Connection Server
does not keep track of these sessions.
Terminate
Active sessions end immediately.
7 Click OK.
The unmanaged machines are removed from the pool.
Remove Registered Machines from View
If you do not plan to use a registered machine again, you can remove it from View.
There are two types of registered machines in View: RDS Hosts and Others. Unmanaged machines are in the
Others category. Unmanaged machines include physical computers and virtual machines that are not
managed by vCenter Server, including Horizon 6 for Linux virtual machines. They are used to form manual
desktop pools that do not contain vCenter Server virtual machines.
After you remove a registered machine, it becomes unavailable in View. To make the machine available
again, you must reinstall View Agent.
Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
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