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
- Setting Up Graphics for Linux Desktops
- Installing Horizon Agent
- Configuration Options for Linux Desktops
- Create and Manage Linux Desktop Pools
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 7 for Manual Desktop Pools
- Overview of Bulk Deployment of Linux Desktops
- Overview of Bulk Upgrade 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 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
- Troubleshooting Linux Desktops
- Collect Diagnostic Information for Horizon 7 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Copy and Paste between Remote Desktop and Client Host
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- View Agent Fails to Disconnect on an iPad Pro Horizon Client
- SLES 12 SP1 Desktop does not Auto Refresh after Drag and Drop
- SSO Fails to Connect to a PowerOff Agent
- Unreachable VM After Creating a Manual Desktop Pool for Linux
- Index
Install the VIB for the NVIDIA GRID vGPU Graphics Card on the ESXi Host
You must download and install the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID graphics card on the ESXi 6.0 U1 or later
host.
NVIDIA provides a vGPU software package that includes a vGPU Manager, which you install on the ESXi
host in this procedure, and a Linux Display Driver, which you will install on the Linux virtual machine in a
later procedure.
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 the NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs or M6 GPUs are installed on the ESXi host.
Procedure
1 Download the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID vGPU 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
Select NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
Product
Select the version (such as GRID K2) that is installed on the ESXi host.
Operating System
Select the VMware vSphere ESXi version.
2 Uncompress the vGPU software package .zip le.
3 Upload the vGPU Manager folder to the ESXi 6.0 U1 host.
N You will install the Linux Display Driver on the Linux virtual machine in a later procedure.
4 Power o 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 vib install -v /path-to-vib/NVIDIA-VIB-name.vib
# esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable false
8 Reboot or update the ESXi host.
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For an installed ESXi host, reboot the host.
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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
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