X11 delivery with vdi 3.1

Question

Hello,
In early access VDI 3.1 there are new desktop providers available such as Microsoft RDS (TS).
Will there be an option to deliver X sessions from a linux server, meaning, simply exporting a DISPLAY to a user session, similar to Microsoft Terminal Services?
thank you,
-Michael

Answer 1

The first thing to do is to ensure that VDI per pool Sun Ray settings are fully configured.
You mentioned that you have added a serial redirection definition but you also need to ensure that the "Use Customized Settings" checkbox on the Pool Settings tab is checked.
Assuming that is the case, the next thing to do is to ensure that VDI is invoking the Windows Connector with the correct command line parameters ( -r comport:COM1=.... ).
To do this ....
- Start your user session and log in to your XP desktop
- Locate the associated Windows Connector process on your vdi host e.g.
s10u71:/ 13 % ps -aef | grep "SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc"
root 14129 8932 0 08:36:19 pts/3 0:00 grep SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc
utku0 14091 14090 0 08:28:20 ? 0:00 /bin/ksh -p /opt/SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc -m -u geoffh -i -l en-US -A 32 -k sun(type- Use pargs to ensure that the -r comport:COM1=... arguments are correctly passed to uttsc e.g.
s10u71:/ 16 % pargs 14091
14091:  /bin/ksh -p /opt/SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc -m -u geoffh -i -l en-US -A 32 -k sun(type
argv[0]: /bin/ksh
argv[1]: /bin/ksh
argv[2]: /opt/SUNWuttsc/bin/uttsc
argv[3]: -m
argv[4]: -u
argv[5]: geoffh
argv[6]: -i
argv[7]: -l
argv[8]: en-US
argv[9]: -A
argv[10]: 32
argv[11]: -k
argv[12]: sun(type6)
argv[13]: -r
argv[14]: sound:high
argv[15]: -r
argv[16]: usb:on
argv[17]: -r
argv[18]: comport:COM1=/tmp/SUNWut/sessions/2/unit/dev/term/a
argv[19]: 192.168.128.206Note the "-r comport:COM1=..." towards the end.
If all of the above appears fine for you, VDI would seem to be working correctly. In that case, I recommend you follow up on the Sun Ray forum (http://forums.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=875&start=0 ) where you should be able to get more detailed help on the redirection itself.