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Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
You must install View Agent on a Linux virtual machine before you can deploy the machine as a remote
desktop.
CAUTION If you intend to use NVIDIA GRID vGPU, vDGA, or vSGA, you must configure these 3D features
on the Linux virtual machine before you install View Agent. If you install View Agent first, required
parameters in the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and the 3D graphics features do not work.
See “Configure RHEL 6.6 for NVIDIA GRID vGPU,” on page 19, “Configure RHEL 6.6 for vDGA,” on
page 25, or “Configure RHEL 7.1 for vSGA,” on page 29. Install View Agent after the 3D graphics
configuration is completed.
For 2D graphics configuration, you can install View Agent after you complete the steps in “Prepare a Linux
Guest Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 13.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Linux guest operating system is prepared for desktop use. See “Prepare a Linux Guest
Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 13.
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Familiarize yourself with the View Agent installer script for Linux. See “install_viewagent.sh
Command Usage and Options,” on page 16.
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Verify that the View Connection Server administrative user that you provide with the installation
command has the Agent Registration Administrators or Administrators role in View Administrator.
Specifically, the Register Agent privilege is required to register View Agent with View Connection
Server. Agent Registration Administrators is a restricted role that provides this minimum privilege.
Procedure
1 Download the View Agent for Linux installer file from the VMware download site at
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon 6 download, which includes the
View Agent for Linux installer.
The installer filename is VMware-viewagent-linux-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 64-bit Linux or
VMware-viewagent-linux-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 32-bit Linux, where y.y.y is the version number and
xxxxxxx is the build number.
2 Unpack the tarball for your Linux distribution on the guest operating system.
For example:
tar -xzvf <View Agent tar ball>
3 Navigate to the tar ball folder.
4 Run the install_viewagent.sh script to install View Agent.
Use the sudo command to run the script with system administrator (root) permissions. If you must
switch to root, use the su - command. Using the su command causes problems.
For example:
sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -b mybroker.mydomain.com -d mydomain.com -u administrator -p
password
The -b parameter specifies the View Connection Server instance to which the Linux machine is
registered. You can use an FQDN or IP address with the -b parameter.
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