Does anyone know if I can run Redhat 5 on a Dell Wyse Zero client? Assuming vmware view is the software managing the redhat image. This is not a thin client and I do not believe the view client gets intalled on the zero clients.
V/R
There are many parts to the VMware View solution. The main parts you are asking about are:
The Client Access Device: What you use to access your remotely hosted VDI or RDSH desktop
The VDI Desktop or RDSH Host: The Virtual Machine you remote into and work from ( What is displayed to the client )
Zero clients are a client access device which are VMware Ready certified for VMware View and are listed on the VMware View Client HCL. A zero client can be used to access a VMware View virtual desktop using PCoIP as the remoting protocol.
We also provide VMware View software based clients that run on a wide variety of client devices and OSes such as Linux Distros, Thin Clients with custom Linux installs from our partners, Windows Clients, OS X clients, iOS clients and Android clients. Our open client is just a client for Linux based devices typically used by our thin client partners to build clients for their specific needs. It's just the client you use to access your remote VDI Desktop.
The only host OS's or remote VDI desktop / RDSH OS we support connecting to from any client access device using RDP or PCoIP is Windows. We do not support of provide an offering for connecting to Linux based desktops. Our core platform vSphere does support Linux servers / hosts ( No Linux Desktop OSs are listed ) so you could use another desktop solution as the connectivity part and use vSphere to virtualize your Linux VMs.
WP
You cannot. The P25 runs a RTOS based on Thread-X its compiled into a firmware load that's loaded directly to the client or though the client management software from Teradici. It's built and developed to run on the propritary chip design in the client.
Now, if you wanted to pull together a bunch of dev tools, build your on RTOS version of Linux port any missing hardware drivers to the hardware platform etc. create you own bootloader tools etc., etc. etc. technically anything is possible.
WP
Maybe I misunderstand the technology. I thought the purpose of the zero client was to connect to your vmware server and display the remote image on the zero client? From the setup it appears that you point the zero client to a connection server, from there do you not select an image or desktop to run? Can one of those desktops be redhat? I know windows is supported. we would like to boot the zero client, add a connection server, and connect to a redhat image, is this possible?
That is not possible using VMware View. We do not support connecting to and remoting Linux desktops through View. Just Windows VDI desktops and Windows RDSH sessions using RDP.
WP
So what about the new PCoIP dell Wyse P25 and P45 that say they are Vmware ready? Vmware does support PCoIP right? Dell seems to think they do as does other vendor websites.
Then what about the open client for vmware. Vmware site says ubuntu is supported? Where can I get more information?
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There are many parts to the VMware View solution. The main parts you are asking about are:
The Client Access Device: What you use to access your remotely hosted VDI or RDSH desktop
The VDI Desktop or RDSH Host: The Virtual Machine you remote into and work from ( What is displayed to the client )
Zero clients are a client access device which are VMware Ready certified for VMware View and are listed on the VMware View Client HCL. A zero client can be used to access a VMware View virtual desktop using PCoIP as the remoting protocol.
We also provide VMware View software based clients that run on a wide variety of client devices and OSes such as Linux Distros, Thin Clients with custom Linux installs from our partners, Windows Clients, OS X clients, iOS clients and Android clients. Our open client is just a client for Linux based devices typically used by our thin client partners to build clients for their specific needs. It's just the client you use to access your remote VDI Desktop.
The only host OS's or remote VDI desktop / RDSH OS we support connecting to from any client access device using RDP or PCoIP is Windows. We do not support of provide an offering for connecting to Linux based desktops. Our core platform vSphere does support Linux servers / hosts ( No Linux Desktop OSs are listed ) so you could use another desktop solution as the connectivity part and use vSphere to virtualize your Linux VMs.
WP
Thank you. Although talking with the dell wyse rep, they have solutions using vmware running linux desktops and are connecting to dell wyse p25 zero clients. Still confused here.
Thanks for your help.
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We currently have redhat linux virtual desktops running in vsphere now. It was our first step towards virtualizing our environment. Vcenter and Vsphere are running on windows servers, its the actual virtual machines which are redhat linux and it works great.
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It would be news to me and I know a lot of people at WYSE and they have never mentioned anything. If there is something on their web site that says they support connecting to Linux Hosted Desktops I would be happy to look at it. There is a physical hardware 1:1 solution where you can use a PCoIP zero client that connects to a rack workstation with a PCoIP host card in it and runs Linux as the desktop OS. That has no relation to any VMware products.
User >>>>>> Zero Client <<<<<< Network >>>>>>> <<<<<< Physical Server running Linux ( With additional PCoIP host Card )
Maybe the rep is confused and thinking of that.
WP
Yes maybe
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I have been searching the threads for interesting comments on the support guest operating systems which View could provide. Would Vmware ever consider introducing a Linux OS, under the provisions of View of course, to a PCoIP zero client like the P20 Wyse? I have invested a considable number of hours and dollars asuming Linux would eventually become a supported OS. What or who could convince VMware to spend some R&D to develop a solution?
... Trying to help to clarify the confusion.
VMware View does provide a client that you can install in Linux (Ubuntu) that supports PCoIP.
Also there are open source clients that can be compiled from source in Linux (only support for RDP).
The thing here is that the remote desktop (aka Virtual Machine) can be Windows only. And more specifically Windows dekstop editions (XP, 7, Vista and
not Windows Server support.
In other words, you can access a Windows dekstop (VM) running in vSphere (ESXi) using a VMware View Client (thin/thick/zero) using PCoIP.
I hope this helps you with the View terms.
Currently there is no planned support (afaik) for Linux Desktops to be accessed through a View Client.
JM
If I have a Dell Wyse P25 zero client, does the vmware view client get installed? from the install manual of the zero client, it looks like you just point it to a connection server.
So if I understand correctly:
I believe what you are saying is that yes we could have ubuntu running which uses an open client to connect to a windows virtual machine in the vmware server.
We cannot have a dell wyse zero client which connects to a linux vm in the vmware server.
I would love to see the ability to connect a zero client to our existing redhat vms in vmware. So for mixed environments,there really is no solution.
By the way, the Horizon View Clients download page is:
JM
You are correct in what you say.
The Dell device has the client built into its firmware, so it will connect to the Connection Server and from there you will select a Desktop Pool created in View that will provision "Windows" desktops to it.
Unfortunately, at the present time, you cannot create a Linux Desktop Pool in View hence you cannot connect to a Linux desktop (VM) using VMware View.
You could however submit a feature request to have Linux as a supported desktop in View by following the steps at the url below:
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/feature.html
Thanks,
JM
