6.1.1

Prerequisites
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Verify that View Agent is installed on the Linux guest operating systems. See “Install View Agent on a
Linux Virtual Machine,” on page 12.
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Verify that the Linux virtual machines are registered in View Connection Server. In View
Administrator, select View Configuration > Registered Machines and select the Others tab. Verify that
each machine's state is Available.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, add a manual desktop pool.
Select Catalog > Desktop Pools > Add .
2 Select Manual Desktop Pool.
3 Select either dedicated or floating user assignments for the machines in the desktop pool.
4 On the Machine Source page, select Other Sources.
5 On the Add Machines page, select the Linux virtual machines that you configured and complete the
Add Desktop Pool wizard.
Do not change the Remote Display Protocol settings. These settings have no effect on Linux desktops.
Also, the end user cannot choose the display protocol.
IMPORTANT Add Linux virtual machines only. If you add Windows virtual machines, the Linux
desktops in the pool will be unavailable.
6 Entitle users to the machines in the desktop pool.
In View Administrator, select the desktop pool, select Entitlements > Add entitlement, and add users
or groups.
As a best practice, make sure that the users do not have administrative privileges in the Linux guest
operating system.
The Linux virtual machines are ready to be used as remote desktops in a Horizon 6 deployment.
Chapter 1 Installing and Configuring Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
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