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
Prerequisites
Verify that the registered machines that you want to remove are not being used in any desktop pool.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Registered Machines.
2 Click the Others tab.
3 Select one or more machines and click Remove.
You can select only machines that are not being used by a desktop pool.
4 Click OK to confirm.
Uninstall View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
To uninstall View Agent on a Linux virtual machine, you use the uninstall_viewagent.sh script. You also
must remove the Horizon 6 for Linux configuration files from the machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the machine was removed from the desktop pool and from Horizon 6 . See “Remove an
Unmanaged Machine from a Manual Desktop Pool,” on page 44 and “Remove Registered Machines
from View,” on page 44.
Procedure
1 Open a terminal window on the virtual machine and run the View Agent uninstall script.
For example:
sudo /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/bin/uninstall_viewagent.sh
The script stops View Agent processes, deletes the View Agent service, and deletes the View Agent
installation directory, /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent.
2 Manually delete the Horizon 6 for Linux configuration files, located in the /etc/vmware/ directory.
If you intend to reinstall View Agent (for example, to upgrade to a later View Agent version), you do
not have to delete these configuration files.
delete /etc/vmware/viewagent-machine.cfg
delete /etc/vmware/viewagent-config.txt
delete /etc/vmware/jms
delete /etc/vmware/ssl
Reinstall View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
You use different approaches to reinstall View Agent on a Linux virtual machine, depending on whether
you use an existing Horizon 6 for Linux configuration or reinstall with a fresh configuration.
You can reinstall View Agent with an existing configuration if the Horizon 6 for Linux configuration files
are present on the virtual machine and the machine is registered in View Connection Server.
If either the configuration files were removed from the machine or the registered machine name was
removed from View Connection Server, you must ensure that both the local configuration files and the
registered machine name in View Connection Server are removed. You can then perform a fresh installation
of View Agent with a new configuration.
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