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
For an vSGA configuration, NVIDIA provides a VMware vSphere ESXi Driver for vSGA. For vSGA, an
NVIDIA display driver is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that vSphere 6.0 U1 or a later release is installed in your environment.
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Verify that NVIDIA driver 346.69 or 346.42 is installed in your environment.
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For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, verify that the NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs are installed on
the ESXi host.
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For a vSGA configuration, verify that the NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 GPUs are installed on the ESXi host.
Procedure
1 Download the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID graphics card from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads site.
Select the appropriate VIB version from the drop-down menus.
Option Description
Product Type
GRID
Product Series
For vGPU, select NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
For vSGA, select GRID Series.
Product
Select the version (such as GRID K2) that is installed on the ESXi host.
Operating System
Select the VMware vSphere ESXi version.
2 For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, take these steps:
a Uncompress the vGPU software package .zip file.
b Upload the vGPU Manager folder to the ESXi 6.0 U1 host.
NOTE You will install the Linux Display Driver on the Linux virtual machine in a later procedure.
3 For a vSGA configuration, upload the VMware vSphere ESXi Driver for vSGA to the ESXi 6.0 U1 host.
4 Power off or suspend all virtual machines on the ESXi host.
5 Connect to the ESXi host using SSH.
6 Stop the xorg service.
# /etc/init.d/xorg stop
7 Install the NVIDIA VIB.
For example:
# esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true
# esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported
# esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /path-to-vib/NVIDIA-VIB-name.vib
# esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable false
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