Setting Up for Linux Desktops

Write-Host "Run upgrade cmd in VM '$VMName' with user '$guestUser': $cmd"
Invoke-VMScript -HostUser $hostAdmin -HostPassword $hostPassword -VM $VMName -GuestUser
$guestUser -GuestPassword $guestPassword -Confirm:$false -ScriptType Bash -ScriptText $cmd
$cmd = "sudo shutdown -r +1&"
Write-Host "Reboot to apply the View Agent installation"
Invoke-VMScript -HostUser $hostAdmin -HostPassword $hostPassword -VM $VMName -GuestUser
$guestUser -GuestPassword $guestPassword -Confirm:$false -ScriptType Bash -ScriptText $cmd
}
else
{
Write-Host $VMName": Uploaded installer's MD5Sum does NOT match the local installer's MD5Sum";
Write-Host $VMName": Skip the installation. Please check your network and VMware Tools status";
exit;
}
}
Disconnect-VIServer $vcAddress -Confirm:$false
exit
Script Execution
The following messages are from an execution of the script:
PowerCLI C:\scripts> .\InstallAgent.ps1
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Accept Linux Horizon Agent EULA in tar bundle ("yes" or "no"): yes
Your vCenter address: 10.117.44.17
Your vCenter admin user name: administrator
Your vCenter admin user password: *******
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Your ESXi host admin user name, such as root: root
Your ESXi host admin user password: *******
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Your VM guest OS user name: ViewUser
Your VM guest OS user password: *******
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Type the Horizon Agent tar ball path. Please take care of the installer arch: .\VMware-viewagent-linux-
x86_64-x.y.z-1234567.tar.gz
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Upgrade to managed VM ("yes" or "no"): yes
Install the Smartcard redirection feature ("yes" or "no"): no
Sample Script to Upgrade Horizon Agent on Linux Virtual
Machines Using SSH
You can customize and use the following sample script to upgrade Horizon Agent on multiple Linux virtual
machines (VMs). This script uses SSH to run commands on the Linux VMs.
To copy and paste the script content without page breaks, use the HTML version of this topic, available
from the Horizon 7 documentation page at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html.
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