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Contents VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide 5 1 How Do I Log In? 7 2 Connecting to Remote Desktops and Applications 9 Setting the Certificate Checking Mode in Horizon Client 9 Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application 10 Connect to Published Applications Using Unauthenticated Access 11 Log Off or Disconnect 12 3 Using Remote Desktops and Applications 15 Share Access to Local Folders and Drives with Client Drive Redirection 15 Internationalization 17 Copying and Pasting Text 17 Saving Documents
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VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide ® This document, VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide, explains how to use VMware Horizon Client™ for Linux to connect to and use remote desktops and applications. For information about the software installed on your remote desktops, contact your system administrator. This document assumes that Horizon Client for Linux is already installed and configured on your client system.
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How Do I Log In? 1 Before you can log in and connect to a remote desktop or application, a system administrator at your company must set up your user account. If your system administrator has not set up your user account, you cannot use Horizon Client or HTML Access. If Horizon Client prompts you for a server name and domain name, your system administrator must tell you the server name to type and domain to select.
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Connecting to Remote Desktops and Applications 2 You can use Horizon Client to connect to remote desktops and applications.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide If your Horizon administrator has allowed it, you can set the certificate checking mode. To set the certificate checking mode, start Horizon Client and select File > Preferences from the menu bar. You have three choices: n Never connect to untrusted servers. If any of the certificate checks fails, the client cannot connect to the server. An error message lists the checks that failed. n Warn before connecting to untrusted servers.
Chapter 2 Connecting to Remote Desktops and Applications 5 If the desktop security indicator turns red and a warning message appears, respond to the prompt. Usually, this warning means that Connection Server did not send a certificate thumbprint to the client. The thumbprint is a hash of the certificate public key and is used as an abbreviation of the public key.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide 4 Connect to the Connection Server that is configured for unauthenticated access. n If the server that you need has not yet been added, double-click the + Add Server button if no servers have yet been added or click the + New Server button in the menu bar to add a new one, and enter the name of the Connection Server or a security server, and click Connect.
Chapter 2 Connecting to Remote Desktops and Applications Procedure n Disconnect without logging off. Option Action Also quit Horizon Client Click the Close button in the corner of the window or select File > Quit from the menu bar. Choose a different remote desktop on the same server Select Desktop > Disconnect from the menu bar. Choose a remote desktop on a different server Select File > Disconnect from server from the menu bar.
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Using Remote Desktops and Applications 3 You can use Horizon Client to connect to remote desktops and applications. Horizon Client includes additional features to aid navigation.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide Procedure 1 2 Open the Settings dialog box with the Sharing panel displayed. Option Description From the desktop and application selection window Right-click a desktop or application icon, select Settings, and click Sharing. Alternatively, select Connection > Settings from the menu bar and click Sharing. From the Sharing dialog box when you connect to a desktop or application Click Allow to share, or Deny to not share, your home directory.
Chapter 3 Using Remote Desktops and Applications n name (N:). For example, jsmith (Z:). A redirected folder can have two entrances, such as Z on JSMITH-W03 and jsmith (Z:), and both entrances can appear at the same time. If all the volume labels (from A: through Z:) are already in use, the redirected folder has only one entrance, such as Z on JSMITH-W03.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide Switch Desktops or Applications If you are connected to a remote desktop, you can switch to another desktop. You can also connect to remote applications while you are connected to a remote desktop. Procedure u 18 Select a remote desktop or application from the same server or a different server.
Using External Devices 4 You can use external keyboards, external displays, microphones, and other external devices with remote desktops and applications in Horizon Client.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide Horizon Client supports the following monitor configurations: n If you use 2 monitors, the monitors are not required to be in the same mode. For example, if you are using a laptop connected to an external monitor, the external monitor can be in portrait mode or landscape mode. n If you have a version of Horizon Client that is earlier than 4.0, and you use more than 2 monitors, the monitors must be in the same mode and have the same screen resolution.
Chapter 4 Using External Devices Keyboard Limitations For the most part, keyboards work as well with a remote desktop as they do with a physical computer.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide You can connect USB devices to a remote desktop either manually or automatically. Note Do not redirect USB devices such as USB Ethernet devices and touch screen devices to the remote desktop. If you redirect a USB Ethernet device, your client system will lose network connectivity. If you redirect a touch screen device, the remote desktop will receive touch input but not keyboard input.
Chapter 4 Using External Devices c Select Automatically Connect at Startup. d Plug in the USB device and restart Horizon Client. USB devices that you connect to your local system after you start Horizon Client are redirected to the remote desktop. USB devices that you connect to your local system after you start Horizon Client are redirected to the remote desktop. n Configure Horizon Client to connect USB devices automatically to the remote desktop when you plug them in to the local system.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide If the webcam is currently being used by the local client computer it cannot be used by the remote desktop simultaneously. Also, if the webcam is being used by the remote desktop it cannot be used by the local client computer at the same time. If more than one webcam is connected to the local client computer, you can configure a preferred webcam to use on remote desktops.
Chapter 4 Using External Devices After a printer is added on the local client computer, Horizon Client adds that printer to the list of available printers on the remote desktop. No further configuration is required. If you have administrator privileges, you can still install printer drivers on the remote desktop without creating a conflict with the virtual printer component.
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Troubleshooting Horizon Client 5 You can solve most problems with Horizon Client by restarting or resetting the desktop, or by reinstalling the VMware Horizon Client application.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications You might need to reset a remote desktop if the desktop operating system stops responding and restarting the remote desktop does not solve the problem. Resetting remote applications quits all open applications. Resetting a remote desktop is the equivalent of pressing the Reset button on a physical PC to force the PC to restart. Any files that are open on the remote desktop are closed and are not saved.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Horizon Client n If you have Horizon Client 3.2 or later, which you installed from the VMware Product Downloads Web site, open a Terminal window, change directories to the directory that contains the installer file, and run the installer command with the -u option. sudo env VMWARE_KEEP_CONFIG=yes \ ./VMware-Horizon-Client-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.arch.bundle -u vmware-horizon-client In the file name, x.x.x is the version number, yyyyyyy is the build number, and arch is either x86 or x64.
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide n When you open a desktop or application through a URI or shortcut, or when you open a local file through file association, the request redirects you to the Workspace ONE portal for authentication. n After you open a desktop or application through Workspace ONE and Horizon Client starts, you cannot see or open other entitled remote desktops or applications in Horizon Client. Cause Beginning with Horizon 7 version 7.
Index A L autoconnect USB devices 21 log in, View Connection Server 10 log off 12 logging in 7 C certificates, ignoring problems 9 client drive redirection 15 connect to a desktop 10 to View Connection Server 10 USB devices 21 using unauthenticated access 11 connecting 9 copying text 17 D desktop connect to 10 display options 10 display protocol 10 log off from 12 reset 28 switch 18 devices, connecting USB 21 disconnecting from a remote desktop 12 display options, desktop 10 display protocol, desktop
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