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
Setting Up Graphics for Linux
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You can configure the currently supported RHEL distributions to take advantage of NVIDIA capabilities on
ESXi host or on a guest operating system.
VM Clone Requirements for Setting Up 3D Graphics
You must consider the following requirements for VM Clone before setting up 3D graphics.
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For vGPU and vSGA, complete the graphic setup in the base VM. Clone the VMs. The graphic
settings work for cloned VMs and no further settings are required.
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For vDGA, complete the graphic setup in the base VM. Clone the VMs. However before you power on
the cloned VMs, you must remove the existing NVIDIA pass-through PCI device from the cloned VM
and add the new NVIDIA pass-through PCI device to the cloned VM. NVIDIA pass-through PCI
device cannot be shared between VMs. Each VM uses a dedicated NVIDIA pass-through PCI device.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Configure Supported RHEL Distributions for vGPU
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Configure RHEL 6 for vDGA
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Configure RHEL 7 for vSGA
Configure Supported RHEL Distributions for vGPU
You can set up a supported RHEL distirbution to take advantage of NVIDIA vGPU (shared GPU hardware
acceleration) capabilities on the ESXi host.
You must use the NVIDIA Linux VM display driver that matches the ESXi host GPU driver(.vib). See the
NVIDIA Web site for information about driver packages.
Important NVIDIA vGPU is supported on NVIDIA Maxwell M60 graphics cards and NVIDIA M6 graphics
cards. This feature does not work on other NVIDIA graphics cards such as GRID K1 or K2.
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 NVIDIA vGPU, required configuration
parameters in the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and NVIDIA vGPU does not work. You must install
Horizon Agent after the NVIDIA vGPU configuration is completed.
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