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
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Unmanaged Virtual Machine - Machine source of other sources. An
unmanaged virtual machine is only supported when the upgrade is from
an unmanaged virtual machine deployment.
Note To ensure the best possible performance, do not use an unmanaged
virtual machine.
Multiple Monitors
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vDGA/vGPU desktop supports a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 on
four monitors.
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2D/vSGA desktop on VMware vSphere
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6.0 or later supports a
maximum resolution of 2048x1536 on four monitors or a maximum
resolution of 2560x1600 on three monitors.
For Ubuntu 14.04/16.04, you must use Gnome, KDE, or the MATE desktop
environment to use the multiple monitors feature. See
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2151294 for more information.
For SLES 12 SP1, you must use the default package with kernel level
kernel-default-3.12.49-11.1. If you upgraded the package, the multi-monitor
feature fails and the desktop is shown in one monitor.
VMware Horizon HTML Access does not support the multi-monitor feature
in Horizon 7 for Linux desktops.
Lossless PNG Images and videos that are generated on a desktop are rendered on the
client device in a pixel-exact manner.
H.264 Encoder
H.264 can improve the Blast Extreme performance for a Horizon desktop,
especially under a low-bandwidth network. If the client side disabled H.264,
Blast Extreme automatically falls back to JPEG/PNG encoding.
From Horizon 7 version 7.3 for Linux release, hardware H.264 encoder
support is added with the software H.264 encoder support. The hardware
H.264 support has the following requirements.
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The vGPU is configured with the NVIDIA graphics card.
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The NVIDIA driver 384 series or later is installed in the NVIDIA
graphics card.
When the system meets the preceding requirements, Horizon 7 for Linux
uses the hardware H.264 encoder. Otherwise, the software H.264 encoder
is used.
3D Graphics 3D graphics is supported with the following combinations of Linux versions
and graphics cards:
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vSGA is supported on RHEL 7 Workstation x64 with NVIDIA GRID K1
or K2 graphics cards.
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