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
4 To enable DirectPath I/O passthrough for the NVIDIA GRID GPUs, click Edit.
Icon Description
Green icon
The PCI device is active and can be enabled.
Orange icon
The state of the device has changed. You must reboot the host before you
can use the device.
5 Select the NVIDIA GRID GPUs and click OK.
The PCI devices are added to the table, DirectPath I/O PCI Devices Available to VMs.
6 Reboot the host to make the PCI devices available for use by the Linux virtual machines.
Add a vDGA Pass-Through Device to a RHEL 6 Virtual Machine
To congure a RHEL 6 virtual machine to use vDGA, you must add the PCI device to the virtual machine.
With this step, the physical device on the ESXi host can be passed through for use on the 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 19 and “Prepare a Linux Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on
page 20.
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Verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
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Verify that the NVIDIA GRID GPU PCI device was made available for DirectPath I/O pass-through on
the host. See “Enable DirectPath I/O for NVIDIA GRID on a Host,” on page 34.
Procedure
1 Log in to the RHEL 6 guest operating system as a local user congured with sudo rights.
2 In vSphere Web Client, select the virtual machine and, under the VM Hardware tab, click Edit .
3 In the New device menu, select PCI Device.
4 Click Add and select the PCI device from the drop-down menu.
5 Click Reserve all memory and click OK.
You must reserve all virtual machine memory to enable the GPU to support vDGA.
6 Power on the virtual machine and open vSphere console to connect to the machine.
7 Verify that the NVIDIA GRID device is passed through to the virtual machine.
Open a terminal window and run the following command:
lspci | grep NVIDIA
The XX:00.0 VGA-compatible controller is displayed. For example:
NVIDIA Corporation GK104GL [GRID K2]
Install the NVIDIA Display Driver for vDGA
To install the NVIDIA display driver for vDGA, you must disable the default NVIDIA driver, download the
NVIDIA display drivers, and congure the PCI device on the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the PCI device was added to the RHEL 6 virtual machine. See “Add a vDGA Pass-Through
Device to a RHEL 6 Virtual Machine,” on page 35.
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