Installation and Setup Guide

USB-Specific Log Files
Horizon Client sends USB information to log les.
To specify the USBD log level, add the following parameter in one of the conguration les.
view-usbd.logLevel = "value"
Use one of the following values for value.
n
trace
n
info
n
debug
n
error
The conguration les are in the following locations and processed in the order listed:
1 /etc/vmware/config
2 /usr/lib/vmware/config
3 ~/.vmware/config
For troubleshooting purposes, you can increase the amount of information sent to USB-specic logs by
using the following commands:
1 Stop the USB arbitrator daemon.
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-USBArbitrator stop
2
Restart the USB arbitrator daemon using the verbose option.
sudo /usr/lib/vmware/view/usb/vmware-usbarbitrator -verbose
The default USB arbitrator log le is located in /var/log/vmware/vmware-usbarb-<pid>.log, where <pid> is
the process id for the USB arbitrator daemon.
To get a list of usage information, use the following command:
sudo /usr/lib/vmware/view/usb/vmware-usbarbitrator -h
Setting USB Configuration Properties
You can set USB conguration properties in the /etc/vmware/config, /usr/lib/vmware/config, and
~/.vmware/config conguration les.
Use the following syntax to set USB conguration properties in the conguration les.
viewusb.property1 = "value1"
With USB conguration properties, you can control whether certain types of devices are redirected. Filtering
properties are also available to enable you to include or exclude certain types of devices. For Linux clients
version 1.7 and later, and for Windows clients, properties for spliing composite devices are also provided.
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