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
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 Virtual Hardware tab, click Video card to expand the menu settings.
4 Set the Total video memory to 128 MB.
5 For 3D Graphics, select Enable 3D Support.
6 For 3D Renderer, select Hardware from the drop-down menu.
7 For 3D Memory, select a suitable value for your application requirements.
If your users connect to more than 3 monitors, set this value to at least 1024 MB.
8 Click OK.
9 Power on the virtual machine.
What to do next
Verify that vSGA is running on the Linux virtual machine.
Next, install Horizon Agent on the Linux virtual machine. See Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual
Machine.
Verify that vSGA is Running on a Linux Virtual Machine
You can verify that vSGA is running on a RHEL 7 virtual machine by checking the virtual machine log file
and checking the guest operating system.
Procedure
1 Open the vmware.log file for the virtual machine.
If a supported GPU and NVIDIA VIB are installed correctly, the log file displays lines such as those in
the following example:
2015-06-24T22:19:25.259Z| mks| I120: OpenGL Version: "4.0.0 NVIDIA 346.69" (4.0.0)
2015-06-24T22:19:25.259Z| mks| I120: GLSL Version: "4.00 NVIDIA" (4.00.0)
2015-06-24T22:19:25.259Z| mks| I120: OpenGL Vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation"
2015-06-24T22:19:25.259Z| mks| I120: OpenGL Renderer: "Quadro 4000/PCIe/SSE2"
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