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
After verifying the installation of NVIDIA display driver, perform the following tasks for installation to work
correctly.
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If you upgrade the Linux kernel, Horizon Agent might not be able to communicate with View
Connection Server. To resolve the problem, reinstall the NVIDIA driver.
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Set the NVIDIA GRID licensing in the Linux VM. See NVIDIA documentation for more information.
Linux desktop will not work correctly if licensing is not set. For example, auto-fit will not work.
Configure RHEL 6 for vDGA
You can set up an RHEL 6 guest operating system so that Horizon 7 for Linux desktop can take
advantage of vDGA capabilities on the ESXi host.
Caution Before you begin, verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine. If you
install Horizon Agent before you configure the machine to use vDGA, required configuration parameters
in the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and vDGA does not work. You must install Horizon Agent after the
vDGA configuration is completed.
Enable DirectPath I/O for NVIDIA GRID on a Host
Before you configure a Linux virtual machine to use vDGA, you must make the NVIDIA GRID GPU PCI
devices available for DirectPath I/O passthrough on the ESXi host.
Prerequisites
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Verify that vSphere 6.0 or a later release is installed in your environment.
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Verify that the NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 graphics cards are installed on the ESXi host.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, browse to the ESXi host.
2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.
3 In the Hardware section, click PCI Devices.
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.
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