Enable Linux VM via Horizon VMware

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Enable Linux VM via Horizon VMware #10

Closed ofrei closed 3 years ago

ofrei commented 4 years ago

Remove desktop in Windows VMs (via Horizon VMware) is a lot better than in Linux VMs (via thinlink). We would like to try pilot Linux VM on Horizon VM interface.

A workaround is to use Horizon VMware client to connect to Windows VM, open Putty, and ssh to linux VMs. I guess it's also possible to ssh to p33-submit. If you know a better ssh client for Windows than Putty let's ask TSD to install it. If you want to use WinSCP let's ask them to enable it - it's already available for p697.

tobias-kaufmann commented 4 years ago

Just to add: We've had quite a bit of trouble with thinlink VMs, e.g.

being kicked out and not able to log back on. Sometimes we can then still log into it through putty and terminate our session but it does not work all the time.
Keyboard issues
Slow machine Moving to Horizon might solve some of these things.

ofrei commented 4 years ago

Discussed at today's TSD meeting. Linux VMs on Horizon VM Ware are in beta-testing, and may enter production later this year - but there is some uncertainty.

ofrei commented 4 years ago

p33-rhel-01-pool machine (Linux on VMWare) is available for pilot testing. Please report here if you face any issues.

ofrei commented 4 years ago

I've only had the norwegian keyboard layout on p33-rhel7-01-pool, and couldn't find how to switch to english.
I have a 4K screen, and couldn't find how to set the "scale" on the remote desktop to enlarge fonts, icons, etc

Sandeek commented 4 years ago

There is an issue logging in to the Linux VMs with an error reporting all available desktop sources to access the VMs are busy.

fuyu00 commented 4 years ago

I get the same issue.

ofrei commented 4 years ago

@Sandeek Now we have two Linux VMs on Horizon VMWare, RHEL7 and RHEL8. Are they working well?

pierreberthet commented 4 years ago

I still can not sign in, last week until Wednesday perhaps I was able to, now I can not anymore, to my active session on rhel8. My login details seem to not be recognised anymore. Logging on rhel7 just fails while "loading Desktop" in VMWare, telling me it is too busy.

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fuyu00 commented 4 years ago

Managed to sign in - issues:

the login screen seems to default to a Norwegian keyboard layout, that might explain the issue with credentials no longer being recognised?
For some reason neither RStudio nor VSCode are available on either rhel 7 or 8 through VMWare Horizon

ofrei commented 3 years ago

This is an old thread, most recent ticket for this is https://github.com/norment/tsd_issues/issues/67