VMware Horizon Client 4.1 User Guide

Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux

Horizon Client 4.1

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System Requirements and Installation 7

System Requirements for Linux Client Systems 8

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video 9

Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) 10

Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection 11

Smart Card Authentication Requirements 12

Supported Desktop Operating Systems 13

Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client 13

Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads 13

Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center 18

Configure VMware Blast Options 19

Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware 21

Configuring Horizon Client for End Users 25

Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client 26

Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Configuration Files 29

Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users 38

Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options 39

Configuring Specific Keys and Key Combinations to Send to the Local System 39

Using FreeRDP for RDP Connections 41

Enabling FIPS Mode 43

Configuring the PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache 43

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Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections 45

Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application 45

Share Access to Local Folders and Drives 47

Certificate Checking Modes for Horizon Client 49

Switch Desktops or Applications 51

Log Off or Disconnect 51

Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Linux System 53

Feature Support Matrix for Linux 53

Internationalization 56

Keyboards and Monitors 57

Connect USB Devices 58

Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones 60

Saving Documents in a Remote Application 64

Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop 64

Copying and Pasting Text 65

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Troubleshooting Horizon Client 67

Problems with Keyboard Input 67

Reset a Remote Desktop or Application 67

Uninstall Horizon Client for Linux 68

Configuring USB Redirection on the Client 69

Setting USB Configuration Properties 70

USB Device Families 73

Index 75

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This guide, Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux, provides information about installing and using VMware Horizon™ Client™ software on a Linux client system to connect to a View desktop in the datacenter.

The information in this document includes system requirements and instructions for installing and using Horizon Client for Linux.

This information is intended for administrators who need to set up a View deployment that includes Linux client systems. The information is written for experienced system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations.

NOTE This document pertains mostly to the Horizon Client for Linux that VMware makes available. In addition, several VMware partners offer thin and zero client devices for View deployments. The features that are available for each thin or zero client device, and the operating systems supported, are determined by the vendor, the model, and the configuration that an enterprise chooses to use. For information about the vendors and models for these client devices, see the VMware Compatibility Guide, available on the VMware Web site.

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System Requirements and

Installation 1

Client systems must meet certain hardware and software requirements. The process of installing Horizon Client is like installing most other applications.

System Requirements for Linux Client Systems on page 8

The Linux PC or laptop on which you install Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video on page 9

Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and with standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support RealTime Audio-Video, your View deployment must meet certain software and hardware requirements.

Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) on page 10

With multimedia redirection (MMR), the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the client system. The client system plays the media content, thereby reducing the load on the ESXi host.

Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection on page 11

Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client endpoints lowers the load on the datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth required to simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints.

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Smart Card Authentication Requirements on page 12

Client systems that use a smart card for user authentication must meet certain requirements.

Supported Desktop Operating Systems on page 13

Administrators create virtual machines with a guest operating system and install agent software in the guest operating system. End users can log in to these virtual machines from a client device.

Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client on page 13

Administrators must perform specific tasks to enable end users to connect to remote desktops and applications.

Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads on page 13

You can download and run a Horizon Client installer bundle from the VMware Downloads page. This installer contains modules for features such as USB redirection, virtual printing, Real-Time AudioVideo, smart card, and client drive redirection.

Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center on page 18

If you have a Ubuntu system, you can install the client from the Ubuntu Software Center as an alternative to installing the version provided on the VMware Downloads Web site. If you use the Ubuntu Software Center, you install the client by using the Synaptic Package Manager.

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Configure VMware Blast Options on page 19

You can configure decoding and network protocol options for remote desktop and application sessions that use the VMware Blast display protocol.

Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware on page 21

If your company participates in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects data from certain Horizon Client fields. Fields containing sensitive information are made anonymous.

System Requirements for Linux Client Systems

The Linux PC or laptop on which you install Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.

NOTE These system requirements pertain to the Horizon Client for Linux that VMware makes available. In addition, several VMware partners offer thin and zero client devices for View deployments. The features that are available for each thin or zero client device, and the operating systems supported, are determined by the vendor and model and the configuration that an enterprise chooses to use. For information about the vendors and models for these client devices, see the VMware Compatibility Guide, available on the VMware Web site.

NOTE

Starting with version 7.0, View Agent is renamed Horizon Agent.

VMware Blast, the display protocol that is available starting with Horizon Client 4.0 and Horizon Agent

7.0, is also known as VMware Blast Extreme.

Architecture

Memory

Operating System

OpenSSL requirement

i386, x86_64, ARM

At least 2GB of RAM

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04

Ubuntu 64-bit 12.04, 14.04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 64-bit 6.7, 7.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 SP4

CentOS 6.7

Horizon Client requires a specific version of OpenSSL. The correct version is automatically downloaded and installed.

View Connection Server, Security Server, and View Agent

Latest maintenance release of View 5.3.x and later releases

If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, VMware recommends that you use a security server. With a security server, client systems will not require a VPN connection.

Remote (hosted) applications are available only on Horizon 6.0 (or later) View servers.

Display protocol

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VMware Blast (requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later)

PCoIP

RDP

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Screen resolution on client system

Hardware Requirements for VMware Blast and PCoIP

Hardware Requirements for RDP

Software Requirements for Microsoft RDP

Software Requirements for FreeRDP

Minimum: 1024 X 768 pixels

x86- or x64-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with a 800MHz or

higher processor speed.

Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor

setups. Use the following formula as a general guide:

20MB + (24 * (# monitors) * (monitor width) * (monitor height))

As a rough guide, you can use the following calculations:

1 monitor: 1600 x 1200: 64MB 2 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 128MB 3 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 256MB

x86- or x64-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with a 800MHz or

higher processor speed.

128MB RAM.

For Ubuntu 12.04, use rdesktop 1.7.0.

If you plan to use an RDP connection to View desktops and you would prefer to use a FreeRDP client for the connection, you must install the correct version of FreeRDP and any applicable patches. See “Install and Configure

FreeRDP,” on page 42.

Other Software Requirements

Horizon Client also has certain other software requirements, depending on the Linux distribution you use. Be sure to allow the Horizon Client installation wizard to scan your system for library compatibilities and dependencies. The following list of requirements pertains only to Ubuntu distributions.

To support idle session timeouts: libXsso.so.1.

To support Flash URL redirection: libexpat.so.1. (The libexpat.so.0

file is no longer required.)

To support USB redirection and Real-Time Audio-Video: libudev0.

NOTE By default, libudev0 is not installed in Ubuntu 14.04.

To improve performance when using multiple monitors, enable

Xinerama.

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video

Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and with standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support Real-Time AudioVideo, your View deployment must meet certain software and hardware requirements.

View remote desktop

The desktops must have View Agent 5.3 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed. For View Agent 5.3 desktops, the desktops must also have the corresponding Remote Experience Agent installed. For example, if View Agent 5.3 is installed, you must also install the Remote Experience Agent

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from View 5.3 Feature Pack 1. See the View Feature Pack Installation and Administration document for View. If you have View Agent 6.0 or later, or

Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, no feature pack is required. Real-Time AudioVideo is not supported in RDS desktops and remote applications.

Horizon Client computer or client access device

Real-Time Audio-Video is supported on x86 and x64 devices. This

feature is not supported on ARM processors. The client system processor must have at least two cores.

Horizon Client requires the following libraries:

Video4Linux2

libv4l

Pulse Audio

The plug-in file (/usr/lib/pcoip/vchan_plugins/libviewMMDevRedir.so) has the following dependencies.:

libuuid.so.1 libv4l2.so.0 libspeex.so.1 libudev0 libtheoradec.so.1 libtheoraenc.so.1 libv4lconvert.so.0 libjpeg.so.8

All of these files must be present on the client system or the Real-Time Audio-Video feature will not work. Note that these dependencies are in addition to the dependencies required for Horizon Client itself.

The webcam and audio device drivers must be installed, and the

webcam and audio device must be operable, on the client computer. To support Real-Time Audio-Video, you do not have to install the device drivers on the desktop operating system where the agent is installed.

Display protocol for

PCoIP

View

VMware Blast (requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later)

Real-Time Audio-Video is not supported in RDP desktop sessions.

Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)

With multimedia redirection (MMR), the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the client system. The client system plays the media content, thereby reducing the load on the ESXi host.

View remote desktop

Single-user desktops must have View Agent 6.0.2 or later, or

Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed.

Session-based desktops must have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or

Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed on the RDS host.

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For information about operating system requirements and other

software requirements and configuration settings for the remote desktop or application, see the topics about Windows Media Multimedia Redirection in Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View.

Horizon Client computer

You must have one of the following installed to avoid video playback issues:

or client access device

GStreamer core library and gstreamer-ffmpeg 0.10

GStreamer core library and fluendo 0.10

On SLED 11 SP4, if you encounter video playback issues such as a black screen, remove the library libvdpau.

On HP thin clients, you must remove the file /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstfluvadec.so to avoid video playback issues such as a Horizon Client crash or a black screen.

On Dell Wyse thin clients, video playback might not work with the preinstalled fluendo library. To resolve the problem, contact Dell support to obtain the latest fluendo library.

Supported media formats

Media formats that are supported on Windows Media Player are supported. For example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2; WMV 7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.

NOTE DRM-protected content is not redirected through Windows Media MMR.

MMR is not enabled by default. To enable it, you must set the configuration option view.enableMMR. For more information, see “Horizon Client Configuration Settings and Command-Line Options,” on page 30.

Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection

The Flash URL redirection feature uses a JavaScript that is embedded inside a Web page by the Web page administrator. Whenever a virtual desktop user clicks on the designated URL link from within a Web page, the JavaScript intercepts and redirects the ShockWave File (SWF) from the virtual desktop session to the client endpoint. The endpoint then opens a local VMware Flash Projector outside of the virtual desktop session and plays the media stream locally. Both multicast and unicast are supported.

This feature is available when used in conjunction with the correct version of the agent software. For View

5.3, this feature is included in the Remote Experience Agent, which is part of the View Feature Pack. For View 6.0 and later releases, this feature is included in View Agent or Horizon Agent.

To use this feature, you must set up your Web page and your client devices. Client systems must meet certain software requirements:

This feature is supported for PCoIP only. This feature is not supported on ARM processors.

Client systems must have IP connectivity to the Adobe Web server that hosts the ShockWave File (SWF)

that initiates the multicast or unicast streaming. If needed, configure your firewall to open the appropriate ports to allow client devices to access this server.

Client systems must have the appropriate Flash plug-in installed.

a Install the libexpat.so.1 file, or verify that this file is already installed.

Ensure that the file is installed in the /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib directory.

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b Install the libflashplayer.so file, or verify that this file is already installed.

Ensure that the file is installed in the appropriate Flash plug-in directory for your Linux operating system.

c Install the wget program, or verify that the program file is already installed.

For a list of the remote desktop requirements for Flash URL redirection, and for instructions about how to configure a Web page to provide a multicast or unicast stream, see the View documentation.

Smart Card Authentication Requirements

Client systems that use a smart card for user authentication must meet certain requirements.

Each client system that uses a smart card for user authentication must have the following software and hardware:

Horizon Client

A compatible smart card reader

Product-specific application drivers

You must also install product-specific application drivers on the remote desktops or Microsoft RDS host.

Users that authenticate with smart cards must have a smart card, and each smart card must contain a user certificate.

In addition to meeting these requirements for Horizon Client systems, other View components must meet certain configuration requirements to support smart cards:

For information about configuring Connection Server to support smart card use, see "Configure Smart

Card Authentication" in the View Administration document.

You must add all applicable Certificate Authority (CA) certificates for all trusted user certificates to a server truststore file on the Connection Server host or security server host. These certificates include root certificates and must include intermediate certificates if the user's smart card certificate was issued by an intermediate certificate authority.

For information about tasks you might need to perform in Active Directory to implement smart card

authentication, see the topics about preparing Active Directory for smart card authentication in the View Installation document.

Configure Horizon Client for Smart Card

To set up smart card authentication you must perform some configuration steps.

Prerequisites

Horizon Client is installed.

Procedure

1 Create the folder /usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11.

2 Create a symbol link to the pkcs11 library which is used for smart card authentication.

For example, run the following command:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/pkcs11/libgtop11dotnet.so /usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11

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Supported Desktop Operating Systems

Administrators create virtual machines with a guest operating system and install agent software in the guest operating system. End users can log in to these virtual machines from a client device.

For a list of the supported Windows guest operating systems, see the "Supported Operating Systems for View Agent" topic in the View 5.x or 6.x installation documentation. See the "Supported Operating Systems for Horizon Agent" topic in the Horizon 7 installation documentation.

Some Linux guest operating systems are also supported if you have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. For information about system requirements, configuring Linux virtual machines for use in Horizon 6 or Horizon 7, and a list of supported features, see Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux

Desktops, which is part of the Horizon 6, version 6.1 documentation, or see Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops.

Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client

Administrators must perform specific tasks to enable end users to connect to remote desktops and applications.

Before end users can connect to Connection Server or a security server and access a remote desktop or application, you must configure certain pool settings and security settings:

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If you plan to use Access Point, which is available with Horizon 6 version 6.2 or later, configure

Connection Server to work with Access Point. See Deploying and Configuring Access Point. Access Point appliances fulfill the same role that was previously played by only security servers.

If you are using a security server, verify that you are using the latest maintenance releases of

Connection Server 5.3.x and Security Server 5.3.x or later releases. See the View Installation document.

If you plan to use a secure tunnel connection for client devices and if the secure connection is

configured with a DNS host name for Connection Server or a security server, verify that the client device can resolve this DNS name.

To enable or disable the secure tunnel, in View Administrator, go to the Edit View Connection Server Settings dialog box and use the check box called Use secure tunnel connection to desktop.

Verify that a desktop or application pool has been created and that the user account that you plan to use

is entitled to access the pool. For Connection Server 5.3.x, see the topics about creating desktop pools in the View Administration document. For Connection Server 6.0 and later, see the topics about creating desktop and application pools in the Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View document.

To use two-factor authentication with Horizon Client, such as RSA SecurID or RADIUS authentication,

you must enable this feature on Connection Server. For more information, see the topics about twofactor authentication in the View Administration document.

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NOTE On most Linux distributions, the Horizon Client installer bundle launches a GUI wizard. On SUSE Linux distributions, the bundle installer launches a command-line wizard. You can also run the installer with the --console option to launch the command-line wizard.

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During the installation process, you are prompted to confirm whether to install various components. The default is to install all components. The following table provides a brief summary of each optional component.

Table 1‑1. Horizon Client for Linux Installation Options

Option Description

USB Redirection Gives users access to locally connected USB devices on their desktops.

USB redirection is supported on remote desktops that are deployed on single-user machines but is not supported on RDS host-based remote desktops.

The component files are installed in /usr/lib/vmware/view/usb/. The services vmware- usbarbitrator and vmware-view-usbd run automatically if you allow the installer to register and start installed services after the installation. Otherwise, you can start the two services manually by running vmware-usbarbitrator and vmware-view-usbd under /usr/lib/vmware/view/usb/.

NOTE You can use group policy settings to disable USB redirection for specific users.

Real-Time Audio-Video

Virtual Printing Lets users print to any printer available on their client computers. Users do not have to install

Multimedia Redirection (MMR)

Smart Card Lets users authenticate with smart cards when they use the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.

Client Drive Redirection

Redirects webcam and audio devices that are connected to the client system so that they can be used on the remote desktop.

The component file is installed in /usr/lib/pcoip/vchan_plugins/.

additional drivers on their remote desktops. The component files are installed in /usr/lib/vmware/view/virtualPrinting/. After you install

the client, you do not need to manually configure this feature if you allow the installer to register and start installed services after the installation. Otherwise, you can configure and enable this feature by following the instructions in “Enable the Virtual Printing Feature on a Linux Client,” on page 17.

In Horizon 6.0.2 and later, virtual printing is supported on the following remote desktops and applications:

Redirects multimedia stream from the desktop to the client machine, where the stream is processed. The component file is installed in /usr/lib/vmware/view/vdpService/.

Although this option is selected in the client installer by default, this option is not selected by default when you run the View Agent installer in the remote desktop.

Smart card is supported on remote desktops that are deployed on single-user machines and RDS hosts. For smart card support on RDS hosts, you must have View Agent 6.1.1 or later.

The component files are installed in /usr/lib/pcoip/vchan_plugins/.

Lets users share folders and drives on the client computer with remote desktops and applications. Drives can include mounted drives and USB storage devices.

The component files are installed in /usr/lib/vmware/view/vdpService/.

Desktops that are deployed on single-user machines

Desktops that are deployed on RDS hosts, where the RDS hosts are virtual machines

Hosted (remote) applications, which are provided by RDS hosts

Remote applications that are launched from Horizon Client inside remote desktops

Prerequisites

Verify that the client system runs a supported operating system. See “System Requirements for Linux

Client Systems,” on page 8.

Verify that you have root access on the host system.

Verify that VMware Workstation is not installed on the client system.

If you plan to use the RDP display protocol to connect to a View desktop, verify that you have the

appropriate RDP client installed. See “System Requirements for Linux Client Systems,” on page 8.

Uninstall any earlier version of the Horizon Client software. See “Uninstall Horizon Client for Linux,”

on page 68.

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If you plan to use the command-line installer, familiarize yourself with the Linux command-line

installation options. See “Command-Line Installation Options for the Linux Client,” on page 15.

As part of the installation process, the installer runs a scan of the system libraries to determine whether the system is compatible with Horizon Client, although you can select to skip the scan.

Procedure

1 On the Linux client system, download the Horizon Client installer file from the Horizon Client Product

Downloads page at http://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients.

The name of the file is VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle, where x.x.x is the version number, yyyyyyy is the build number, and arch is either x86 or x64.

2 Open a Terminal window, change directories to the directory that contains the installer file, and run the

installer, using the appropriate command.

Option Command

For the GUI wizard, if you have set executable permissions

For the GUI wizard, if you have not set executable permissions

For the command-line installer

sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle

sudo sh ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle

sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle

--console

The installer wizard appears, prompting you to accept the end user license agreement.

3 Follow the prompts to finish the installation.

IMPORTANT You are prompted to allow the installer to register and start installed services after the installation. Allowing the installer to complete these tasks means that you will not need to manually start USB redirection services every time you reboot, and you will not need to manually enable the virtual printing feature.

4 After installation is complete, specify whether to perform the compatibility scan for libraries that

various feature components are dependent on.

The system scan displays a result value for each library compatibility.

Result Value Description

Success

Failed

All needed libraries were found.

The specified library was not found.

Log information about the installation is recorded in /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-installer-pid.log.

What to do next

Start Horizon Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See “Connect to a Remote

Desktop or Application,” on page 45.

Command-Line Installation Options for the Linux Client

You can use command-line installation options to install Horizon Client on a Linux system.

Install Horizon Client silently by using the --console option along with other command-line options and environment variable settings. With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.

The following table lists the options you can use when you run the VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-

yyyyyyy.arch.bundle installer file.

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Table 1‑2. Linux Command-Line Installation Options

Option Description

--help

--console

--custom

--eulas-agreed

--gtk

--ignore-errors or -I

--regular

--required

--set-setting vmware-horizon-smartcard smartcardEnable yes

--set-setting vmware-horizon-rtav rtavEnable yes

--set-setting vmware-horizon-usb usbEnable yes

--set-setting vmware-horizon-virtualprinting tpEnable yes

--set-setting vmware-horizon-tsdr tsdrEnable yes

--set-setting vmware-horizon-mmr mmrEnable yes

--stop-services

Displays usage information.

Enables you to use the command-line installer in a Terminal window.

Shows all installation questions, even if default answers have been scripted, such as, for example, by using the --set-setting options.

The default is --regular, which means show only questions that do not have a default answer.

Agrees to the end user license agreement.

Opens the GUI-based VMware installer, which is the default option. If the GUI cannot be displayed or loaded for any reason, console mode is used.

Allows the installation to continue even if there is an error in one of the installer scripts. Because the section that has an error does not complete, the component might not be properly configured.

Shows installation questions that have not been answered before or are required. This is the default option.

Shows the license agreement prompt only and then proceeds to install the client. The default is --regular, which means show only questions that do not have a

default answer.

Installs the smart card component.

Installs the Real-Time Audio-Video component.

Installs the USB redirection feature.

Installs the virtual printing feature.

Installs the client drive redirection feature.

Installs the multimedia redirection (MMR) feature.

Do not register and start installed services.

In addition to the options listed in the table, you can set the following environment variables.

Table 1‑3. Linux Environment Variable Installation Settings

Variable Description

TERM=dumb

VMWARE_EULAS_AGREED=yes

VMIS_LOG_LEVEL=value

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Displays a very basic text UI.

Allows you to silently accept the product EULAs.

Use one of the following values for value:

NOTSET

DEBUG

INFO

WARNING

ERROR

CRITICAL

Log information is recorded in /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-installer-pid.log.

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Example: Silent Installation Commands

Following is an example of how to install Horizon Client silently, and, for each component, the example specifies whether to install that component.

sudo env TERM=dumb VMWARE_EULAS_AGREED=yes \

./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle --console \

--set-setting vmware-horizon-usb usbEnable no \

--set-setting vmware-horizon-virtual-printing tpEnable yes \

--set-setting vmware-horizon-smartcard smartcardEnable no\

--set-setting vmware-horizon-rtav rtavEnable yes \

--set-setting vmware-horizon-tsdr tsdrEnable yes

This next example shows how to perform a silent installation of Horizon Client using the default settings.

sudo env TERM=dumb VMWARE_EULAS_AGREED=yes \ ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle --console --required

Enable the Virtual Printing Feature on a Linux Client

The installer bundle for Horizon Client 3.2 and later includes a virtual printing component. If you have Horizon Client 3.2, you must create a configuration file and set some environment variables to enable the feature..

The virtual printing feature lets end users use local or network printers from a remote desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop.

IMPORTANT Performing this procedure is usually not necessary if you have Horizon Client 3.4 or later because you can specify during client installation that the installer should register and start installed services after installation. When the user launches the client, a configuration file is automatically created and placed in the user's home directory

Prerequisites

You must use the installer bundle provided by VMware to install Horizon Client 3.2 or later. The virtual printing component is then installed by default.

Procedure

1 Open a Terminal window and enter a command to create a folder named .thnuclnt in the home

directory.

$ mkdir ~/.thnuclnt/

NOTE Because this file is created in a specific user's home directory, the file needs to be created for each user who will be using the Linux client system.

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2 Use a text editor to create a configuration file called thnuclnt.conf in the ~/.thnuclnt folder, and add

the following text to the file:

autoupdate = 15 automap = true autoid = 0 updatecount = 1 editcount = 0

connector svc { protocol = listen interface = /home/user/.thnuclnt/svc setdefault = true }

In this text, substitute the user name for user.

3 Save and close the file.

4 Enter a command to start the thnuclnt process.

$ thnuclnt -fg

5 Enter the commands to set the environment variables for the virtual printing components.

$ export TPCLIENTADDR=/home/user/.thnuclnt/svc $ export THNURDPIMG=/usr/bin/thnurdp

6 To launch Horizon Client, start the vmware-view process.

The printers that normally appear in the client are now also redirected so that they appear in the Print dialog boxes in your remote desktop.

7 (Optional) If you ever want to disable the virtual printing feature, use the following steps:

a Enter a command to stop the thnuclnt process.

$ killall thnuclnt

b Disconnect from the remote desktop and reconnect to the desktop.

The printers will no longer be redirected.

Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center

This topic provides instructions for obtaining the client software from the Ubuntu software Center. You can also obtain the Horizon Client software from the VMware Product Downloads Web site, as described in

“Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads,” on page 13.

IMPORTANT Customers using Linux-based thin clients must contact their thin client vendor for Horizon Client updates. Customers who have successfully built their own Linux-based endpoints and need an updated client must contact their VMware sales representative.

Prerequisites

Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See “System Requirements for Linux

Client Systems,” on page 8.

Verify that you have the correct version of OpenSSL installed. See “System Requirements for Linux

Client Systems,” on page 8.

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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the client system.

If you plan to use the RDP display protocol to connect to a View desktop, verify that you have the

appropriate RDP client installed. See “System Requirements for Linux Client Systems,” on page 8.

Uninstall any version of View Client 1.x or 2.x. See “Uninstall Horizon Client for Linux,” on page 68.

Procedure

1 On your Linux laptop or PC, enable Canonical Partners.

a From the Ubuntu menu bar, select System > Administration > Update Manager.

b Click the Settings button and supply the password for performing administrative tasks.

c In the Software Sources dialog box, click the Other Software tab and select the Canonical Partners

check box to select the archive for software that Canonical packages for their partners.

d Click Close and follow the instructions to update the package list.

2 If you have Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04, download and install the package from the Ubuntu software Center,

as follows.

a Open a Terminal window and enter the command to get new packages:

sudo apt-get update

New packages are downloaded, and you see a list of the packages in the Terminal window.

b Open the Update Manager, check for updates, and install updates.

c Open the Ubuntu Software Center app, and search on vmware-view-client.

d Install the vmware-view-client app.

If your operating system is Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04, the latest version of Horizon Client is installed.

An application icon for VMware Horizon Client appears in the Application Launcher.

3 If you have Ubuntu 10.04, download and install the package from the Ubuntu Software Center, as

follows.

a From the Ubuntu menu bar, select System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

b Click Search and search for vmware.

c In the list of packages returned, select the check box next to vmware-view-client and select Mark

for Installation.

d Click Apply in the toolbar.

If your operating system is Ubuntu 10.04, View Client for Linux 1.7 is installed.

e To determine that installation succeeded, verify that the VMware Horizon View application icon

appears in the Applications > Internet menu.

What to do next

Start Horizon Client and verify that you can log in to the correct virtual desktop. See “Connect to a Remote

Desktop or Application,” on page 45.

Configure VMware Blast Options

You can configure decoding and network protocol options for remote desktop and application sessions that use the VMware Blast display protocol.

H.264 decoding has the following restrictions:

Multiple monitors are not supported.

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The maximum resolution that is supported depends on the capability of the graphical processing unit

(GPU) on the client. A GPU that can support 4K resolution for JPEG/PNG might not be able to support 4K resolution for H.264. If a resolution for H.264 is not supported, Horizon Client uses JPEG/PNG instead.

H.264 decoding is supported on AMD, Nvidia, and Intel GPUs. H.264 decoding requires that the graphics library OpenGL 3.2 or later is installed for AMD and Nvidia GPUs.

To use H.264 with Intel GPU, the Intel VA-API driver and the GLX VA-API libraries are required. Running the command vainfo should show the H.264 profiles. If the VA-API driver version is 1.2.x or earlier, you must add the entry mks.enableGLBasicRenderer = TRUE to /etc/vmware/config, /usr/lib/vmware/config or

~/.vmware/config. The configuration files are processed in the following order:

1 /etc/vmware/config

2 /usr/lib/vmware/config

3 ~/.vmware/config

With Red Hat 7.2, Intel GPU, Intel driver version 1.2 or earlier, OpenGL 3.2, and H.264 enabled, you must add the following entries to one of the three configuration files to avoid display issues such as a black screen.

mks.enableGLRenderer=FALSE mks.enableGLBasicRenderer=TRUE

H.264 is not supported on SLED 11 SP4 with Intel GPU because the xorg version is too old.

Prerequisites

This feature requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later.

Procedure

1 In the desktop and application selector window, select Connection > Settings or click the Settings icon

in the upper-right portion of the window, and select VMware Blast in the left pane of the Settings window.

2 Configure the decoding and network protocol options.

Option Description

H.264

UDP

Select this option to allow H.264 decoding in Horizon Client. When this option is selected (the default setting), Horizon Client uses H.264 decoding if the agent supports H.264 software encoding. If the agent does not support H.264 software encoding, Horizon Client uses JPG/PNG decoding.

Deselect this option to always use JPG/PNG decoding.

Select this option to allow UDP networking in Horizon Client. When this option is selected (the default setting), Horizon Client uses UDP networking if UDP connectivity is available. If UDP networking is blocked, Horizon Client uses TCP networking.

Deselect this option to always use TCP networking.

NOTE UDP is disabled by default on a Horizon remote desktop. For UDP to work, it must be enabled on the desktop, the client, and the Blast Secure Gateway (BSG).

Your changes take effect the next time a user connects to a remote desktop or application and selects the VMware Blast display protocol. Your changes do not affect existing VMware Blast sessions.

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If your company participates in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects data from certain Horizon Client fields. Fields containing sensitive information are made anonymous.

VMware collects data on the clients to prioritize hardware and software compatibility. If your company's administrator has opted to participate in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects anonymous data about your deployment in order to improve VMware's response to customer requirements. No data that identifies your organization is collected. Horizon Client information is sent first to Connection Server and then on to VMware, along with data from Connection Server instances, desktop pools, and remote desktops.

Although the information is encrypted while in transit to Connection Server, the information on the client system is logged unencrypted in a user-specific directory. The logs do not contain any personally identifiable information.

The administrator who installs Connection Server can select whether to participate in the VMware customer experience improvement program while running the Connection Server installation wizard, or an administrator can set an option in View Administrator after the installation.

Table 1‑4. Data Collected from Horizon Clients for the Customer Experience Improvement Program

Is This Field Made Anonymous

Description

Company that produced the Horizon Client application

Product name No VMware Horizon Client

Client product version No (The format is x.x.x-yyyyyy, where x.x.x is the client version

Client binary architecture No Examples include the following:

Client build name No Examples include the following:

Host operating system No Examples include the following:

? Example Value

No VMware

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i386

x86_64

arm

VMware-Horizon-Client-Win32-Windows

VMware-Horizon-Client-Linux

VMware-Horizon-Client-iOS

VMware-Horizon-Client-Mac

VMware-Horizon-Client-Android

VMware-Horizon-Client-WinStore

Windows 8.1

Windows 7, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601 )

iPhone OS 5.1.1 (9B206)

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)

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Table 1‑4. Data Collected from Horizon Clients for the Customer Experience Improvement Program (Continued)

Description

Host operating system kernel No Examples include the following:

Host operating system architecture No Examples include the following:

Host system model No Examples include the following:

Host system CPU No Examples include the following:

Number of cores in the host system's processor

MB of memory on the host system No Examples include the following:

Number of USB devices connected No 2 (USB device redirection is supported only for Linux,

Maximum concurrent USB device connections

USB device vendor ID No Examples include the following:

USB device product ID No Examples include the following:

Is This Field Made Anonymous ? Example Value

Windows 6.1.7601 SP1

Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sun Apr 8 21:52:26 PDT

2012; root:xnu-1878.11.10~1/RELEASE_ARM_S5L8945X

Darwin 11.4.2

Linux 2.6.32-44-generic #98-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 24

17:27:10 UTC 2012

unknown (for Windows Store)

x86_64

i386

armv71

ARM

Dell Inc. OptiPlex 960

iPad3,3

MacBookPro8,2

Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T3400 (A04 03/21/2008)

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GH

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GH

unknown (for iPad)

For example: 4

4096

unknown (for Windows Store)

Windows, and Mac OS X clients.)

No 2

Kingston

NEC

Nokia

Wacom

DataTraveler

Gamepad

Storage Drive

Wireless Mouse

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Table 1‑4. Data Collected from Horizon Clients for the Customer Experience Improvement Program (Continued)

Is This Field Made Anonymous

Description

USB device family No Examples include the following:

USB device usage count No (Number of times the device was shared)

? Example Value

Security

Human Interface Device

Imaging

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Contents

Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux

System Requirements for Linux Client Systems

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video

Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)

Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection

Smart Card Authentication Requirements

Configure Horizon Client for Smart Card

Supported Desktop Operating Systems

Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client

Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads

Command-Line Installation Options for the Linux Client

Enable the Virtual Printing Feature on a Linux Client

Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center

Configure VMware Blast Options

Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware