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
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
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
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 and Prepare a Linux Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment.
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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 GRID
vGPU Graphics Card on the ESXi Host.
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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.
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.
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