Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Configure the Certificate for Linux Agent
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 7 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 7 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install Horizon 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade Horizon 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 Horizon 7 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Troubleshooting Copy and Paste between Remote Desktop and Client Host
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
8 Reboot or update the ESXi host.
3D Type Description
NVIDIA GRID vGPU
For an installed ESXi host, reboot the host.
For a stateless ESXI host, take the following steps to update the host.
(These steps also work on an installed host.)
Update vmkdevmgr:
# kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/vmware/vmkdevmgr.pid)
Wait for the update to complete:
# localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int
deviceInternal bind
This is a new requirement with the NVIDIA 352.* host
driver:
# /etc/init.d/nvidia-vgpu start
Restart xorg, which is used for GPU assignment:
# /etc/init.d/xorg start
vSGA
a
Restart xorg, which is used for GPU assignment:
# /etc/init.d/xorg start
b Reboot the ESXi host.
9 Verify that the xorg service is running after the host is restarted.
Configure a Shared PCI Device for vGPU on the Linux Virtual Machine
To use NVIDIA vGPU, you must configure a shared PCI device for the Linux virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Linux virtual machine is prepared for use as a desktop. See “Create a Virtual Machine
and Install Linux,” on page 13 and “Prepare a Linux Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on
page 14.
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Verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
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Verify that the NVIDIA VIB is installed on the ESXi host. See “Install the VIB for the NVIDIA Graphics
Card on the ESXi Host,” on page 27.
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Familiarize yourself with the virtual GPU types that are available with NVIDIA vGPU, which you
select with the GPU Profile setting. The virtual GPU types provide varying capabilities on the physical
GPUs installed on the ESXi host. See “NVIDIA Virtual GPU Types,” on page 30.
Procedure
1 Power off the virtual machine.
2 In vSphere Web Client, select the virtual machine and, under the VM Hardware tab, click Edit Settings.
3 In the New device menu, select Shared PCI Device.
4 Click Add and select NVIDIA GRID vGPU from the drop-down menu.
5 For the GPU Profile setting, select a virtual GPU type from the drop-down menu.
6 Click Reserve all memory and click OK.
You must reserve all virtual machine memory to enable the GPU to support NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
7 Power on the virtual machine.
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