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7 Using Directory Mode Directory Mode enables the local user to automatically open connections to multiple Remote Computers based on the computers assigned to each user. When the user starts the Receiver in Directory Mode, the Receiver looks for a directory file containing user names and their assigned Remote Computers. The Receiver reads this file to identify the Remote Computers assigned to the current user, and then attempts to automatically connect to each specified Remote Computer. The directory file may contain multiple users with a list of Remote Computers assigned to each user. The default directory file used by the Receiver is: C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics Receiver\directory.txt After the directory file name is determined, the Receiver automatically connects to the Remote Computers specified in this file for the named user. 7-1-1 Directory file format Often, the directory file is a common file for a group, department, organization, or an entire company. The directory file can manage and administer the Remote Computer assignments for any number of users. HP recommends that you save the directory file on a readily-accessible network file share or mapped drive so that each RGS Receiver can read the file at start-up. The directory file is a text file with the following format for each local user: domainName localuser remotecomputer1 remotecomputer2 ... remotecomputerN where: domainName is the name of the Windows domain. If your computer is not part of a Windows domain, use the name of the computer in this field. For Linux, use "UNIX". localuser is the name of the local user remotecomputer1, remotecomputer2,...remotecomputerN are the Remote Computers assigned to the local user, as specified by either a hostname or an IP address. For example, the following directory file specifies the Remote Computers for users Sally and Joe: Domain1 sally RC_1 RC_2 RC_3 Domain1 joe RC_4 RC_5 RC_6 In the above example: • Local user sally is assigned Remote Computers RC_1, RC_2, and RC_3 • Local user joe is assigned Remote Computers RC_4 RC_5, and RC_6 If the domain name, user name, or Remote Computer contains white-space characters, the name can be enclosed in double-quotes, as follows: "domain 1" "sally user" "RC 1" "RC 2" "RC 3" "domain 1" "joe user" "RC 4" "RC 5" "RC 6" The domain name does not apply when using the directory file for Linux users. Instead, use the keyword "UNIX" in place of the domain name. For example: UNIX sally RC_1 RC_2 RC_3 Comment lines in the directory file are preceded by the "#" character in the first column. Using Directory Mode 136

Section	Page
1 Introduction to HP Remote Graphics Software	11
1-1 Typical RGS configuration	12
1-2 RGS Sender and Receiver	13
1-3 RGS features	14
1-4 Additional RGS features	14
1-5 Tabloid-size page	15
1-6 Obtaining HP technical support	15
1-6-1 Software Service Strategy for Non-HP Hardware	15
1-6-2 Other RGS Documents	16
2 RGS overview	17
2-1 Supported computers and operating systems	18
2-2 RGS version numbering	19
2-3 RGS licensing	19
2-4 RGS products	20
2-5 Sender and Receiver interoperability	21
2-6 Application support	21
2-7 Networking support	21
2-8 Connection topologies	21
2-8-1 The Remote Computer frame buffer	21
2-8-2 One-to-one connection	22
2-8-3 Many-to-one connection	24
2-8-4 One-to-many connection	24
2-9 Establishing an RGS connection using Standard Login	25
2-10 Single Sign-on and Easy Login	26
2-11 RGS operating modes	27
2-12 Multi-monitor configurations	28
2-13 Remote Computer monitor blanking overview	29
2-14 Video overlay surfaces	29
2-15 Image quality	30
2-16 Remote USB overview	31
2-16-1 USB session switching	31
2-16-2 Isochronous USB support	31
2-16-4 Unique smartcard handling	33
2-16-5 Computers supporting remote USB	35
2-16-6 Supported USB devices	35
2-17 Remote audio overview	35
2-17-1 Remote audio on Windows	36
2-17-2 Remote audio on Linux	38
2-17-3 Support of sound recording devices on Microsoft Windows XP Professional	40
2-17-4 Computers and operating systems which support RGS audio	41
2-18 Remote Clipboard overview	42
2-19 Interoperability of RGS and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection	44
2-20 Using RGS with desktop virtualization	44
2-21 Remote Computer power saving states	45
2-22 Supported keyboard locales	45
2-23 RGS security features	46
3 Installing RGS	47
3-1 Installing RGS on Windows	47
3-1-1 Installing the Receiver on Windows	47
Manual installation of the Receiver on Windows	47
Automatic installation of the RGS Receiver on Windows	49
Receiver installation log file	51
Uninstalling the RGS Receiver on Windows	51
3-1-2 Installing the Sender on Windows	52
Manual installation of the Sender on Windows	52
Using the RGS Diagnostics Tool on Windows	54
Starting the Sender on Windows	55
The Sender GUI on Windows	56
Manually starting and stopping the Sender on Windows	56
Setting the Windows Sender process priority	57
Setting the Sender process priority using PTF	57
Using the rgadmin tool	58
Installing and enabling Single Sign-on	60
1. Enabling Single Sign-on during installation	60
2. Using the rgadmin tool to enable Single Sign-on	61
3. Manually enabling Single Sign-on	61
Setting the local security policy	62
Disabling Single Sign-on	62
1. Using the rgadmin tool to disable Single Sign-on	62
2. Manually disabling Single Sign-on	62
Installing and Enabling Easy Login	63
1. Enabling Easy Login during installation	63
2. Using the rgadmin tool to enable Easy Login	63
3. Manually enabling Easy Login	63
Chaining custom GINA modules for Easy Login	64
1. Install time specification of the custom GINA module	64
2. Using the rgadmin tool to specify a custom GINA module	64
3. Manually enabling hprgina.dll to load a custom GINA module	64
3-1-2-1 Setting the Local Security Policy	65
Disabling Easy Login	65
1. Using the rgadmin tool to disable Easy Login	65
2. Manually disabling Easy Login	65
Automatic installation of the RGS Sender on Windows	66
Sender installation log file on Windows	67
Uninstalling the RGS Sender on Windows	67
3-2 Installing RGS on Linux	68
3-2-1 Installing the Receiver on Linux	68
3-2-2 Uninstalling the Receiver on Linux	69
3-2-3 Installing audio on the Linux Receiver	69
Audio Requirements	69
System Preparation	69
Customized Audio Installation	69
3-2-4 Installing the Sender on Linux	71
Starting the Sender on Linux	73
Uninstalling the Sender on Linux	73
4 Pre-connection checklist	74
4-1 Local Computer (Receiver) checklist	74
4-2 Remote Computer (Sender) checklist	74
4-3 NIC binding on the Sender	76
4-3-1 Manual NIC reconfiguration	76
4-3-2 NIC reconfiguration using the NIC binding properties	78
4-4 Using RGS through a firewall	79
5 Using RGS	80
5-1 Using RGS in Normal Mode	80
5-1-1 Receiver Control Panel	82
5-1-2 Setup Mode	82
5-1-3 Remote Display Window Toolbar	85
5-1-4 Remote Computer monitor blanking operation	86
5-2 Linux connection considerations	87
5-2-1 Full-screen crosshair cursors	87
5-2-2 Gamma correction on the Receiver	87
5-2-3 Black or blank connection session with the Linux Sender	87
5-3 RGS login methods	88
5-3-1 Standard Login	88
5-3-2 Easy Login	90
5-3-3 Single Sign-on	91
5-4 Changing your password	92
5-5 Collaborating	93
5-5-1 Creating a collaboration session	93
5-5-2 Collaboration notification dialog	94
6 Advanced capabilities	96
6-1 General options	97
6-2 Remote audio operation	98
6-2-1 Configuring audio on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional Sender	98
6-2-2 Calibrating audio on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional Sender	101
6-2-3 Disabling audio on the Sender	103
6-2-4 Using audio	104
6-2-5 Potential audio issues	105
6-3 Remote USB operation	106
6-3-1 Attaching a local USB device to a Remote Computer	107
6-3-2 USB session switching	109
6-3-3 Auto-remoting of USB devices	109
6-3-4 Supported remote USB devices	110
6-3-5 Remote USB Access Control List	111
6-3-6 Determining USB device information	113
Determining USB device information for Windows	113
Determining USB device information for Linux	113
Verifying the USB data	113
6-3-7 Troubleshooting remote USB	114
Computers supporting remote USB	114
Supported USB devices	114
Check USB cable connections	114
Reset the USB device	114
Enable Remote USB	115
HP Remote Virtual USB Driver	116
USB device drivers and program support	117
6-4 Adjusting Network timeout settings	118
Receiver network timeouts	119
Sender network timeout	121
Network timeout issues	122
6-4-2 Dialog timeouts	123
6-5 Hotkeys	124
6-5-1 Changing the Setup Mode hotkey sequence	125
6-6 Remote Clipboard operation	126
6-6-1 Remote Clipboard data transfers	127
6-6-2 Remote Clipboard filtering	129
6-6-3 Using the RGS log to detect clipboard problems	130
6-7 Receiver and Sender logging	133
6-7-1 Receiver logging	133
6-7-2 Sender logging	134
6-8 Statistics	135
7 Using Directory Mode	136
7-1-1 Directory file format	136
7-1-2 Starting the Receiver in Directory Mode	137
7-1-3 Selecting Remote Display Windows while in Directory Mode	138
8 RGS properties	139
8-1 Property syntax	139
8-2 Setting property values in a configuration file	139
8-3 Setting properties on the command line	140
8-4 Authenticator properties	140
8-5 RGS Receiver properties	141
8-5-1 Receiver property hierarchy	141
Properties set using the Receiver Control Panel	141
Receiver command line properties	141
rgreceiverconfig file properties	141
Archive file properties	141
Receiver default properties	141
8-5-2 Receiver property groups	142
8-5-3 Receiver general properties	145
8-5-4 Receiver browser properties	150
8-5-5 Receiver audio properties	151
8-5-6 Receiver microphone property	151
8-5-7 Receiver USB properties	151
8-5-8 Receiver network properties	152
8-5-9 Receiver hotkey properties	152
8-5-10 Receiver Remote Clipboard properties	153
8-5-11 Receiver logging properties	154
8-5-12 Receiver image codec properties	155
8-5-13 Windows placement and size properties	156
8-6 RGS Sender properties	157
Sender command line properties	157
rgsenderconfig file properties	157
Sender default properties	157
8-6-1 Sender property groups	157
8-6-2 Sender general properties	158
8-6-3 Sender microphone property	160
8-6-4 Sender network timeout properties	161
8-6-5 Sender USB access control list properties	161
8-6-6 Sender NIC binding properties	161
8-6-7 Sender clipboard property	162
9 Sender event logging on Windows	163
9-1 The HPRemote log	163
9-2 Usages of the HPRemote log	165
9-3 Additional information on event logging	166
10 Remote Application Termination	167
10-1 RGS connection and user status	167
10-2 HPRemote log format	167
10-3 Sample agent	170
10-4 Agent design issues	173
Desktop session logout	173
Selective environment shutdown	173
Wrapping applications of interest	173
Administrator alerts	174
Anticipating user disconnects and reconnects	174
General agent design guidelines	174
10-5 Additional safeguard features for Windows systems	174
RGS Sender Service Recovery Settings	174
Microsoft Remote Desktop Recovery	175
11 Optimizing RGS performance	176
11-1 Performance tuning for all platforms	176
11-2 Performance tuning for Windows	176
11-3 Troubleshooting graphics performance	177
11-4 Configuring your network for optimal performance	177
12 Troubleshooting RGS	179
12-1 Potential RGS issues and troubleshooting suggestions	179
13 RGS error messages	180
13-1 Receiver error messages	180
Appendix A: Using RGS with HP VDI	183
A-1 VMware ESX networking considerations	184
A-2 Using RGS with static HP VDI	184
A-2-1 Create a new virtual machine	184
A-2-2 Modify the VMware ESX configuration (.vmx file)	185
A-2-3 Installing the RGS Sender on the virtual machine	187
A-3 Using RGS with dynamic HP VDI (based on VMware View)	187
A-3-1 Create a new virtual machine	188
A-3-2 Install the RGS Sender on View Master/Parent VM and modify the configuration file to optimize for VMware View environment	188
A-3-3 Install View Agent on View Master/Parent VM	188
A-3-4 Install the RGS Receiver and View Client on the client computers	188
A-4 Running RGS diagnostics	189
A-5 Disabling the RGS warning popup	189
A-6 RGS operating modes available with VDI	189
A-7 Using HP Session Allocation Manager with HP VDI	189
Appendix B: USB devices supported by RGS	190

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7 Using Directory Mode

Directory Mode enables the local user to automatically open connections to multiple Remote Computers based on

the computers assigned to each user. When the user starts the Receiver in Directory Mode, the Receiver looks for

directory file

containing user names and their assigned Remote Computers. The Receiver reads this file to

identify the Remote Computers assigned to the current user, and then attempts to automatically connect to each

specified Remote Computer. The directory file may contain multiple users with a list of Remote Computers assigned

to each user. The default directory file used by the Receiver is:

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics Receiver\directory.txt

After the directory file name is determined, the Receiver automatically connects to the Remote Computers specified

in this file for the named user.

7-1-1 Directory file format

Often, the directory file is a common file for a group, department, organization, or an entire company. The

directory file can manage and administer the Remote Computer assignments for any number of users. HP

recommends that you save the directory file on a readily-accessible network file share or mapped drive so that

each RGS Receiver can read the file at start-up.

The directory file is a text file with the following format for each local user:

domainName

localuser

remotecomputer1

remotecomputer2 ... remotecomputerN

where:

domainName

is the name of the Windows domain. If your computer is not part of a Windows domain, use

the name of the computer in this field. For Linux, use “UNIX”.

localuser

is the name of the local user

remotecomputer1, remotecomputer2,...remotecomputerN

are the Remote Computers assigned

to the local user, as specified by either a hostname or an IP address.

For example, the following directory file specifies the Remote Computers for users Sally and Joe:

Domain1 sally RC_1 RC_2 RC_3

Domain1 joe

RC_4 RC_5 RC_6

In the above example:

•

Local user

sally

is assigned Remote Computers RC_1, RC_2, and RC_3

•

Local user

joe

is assigned Remote Computers RC_4 RC_5, and RC_6

If the domain name, user name, or Remote Computer contains white-space characters, the name can be enclosed

in double-quotes, as follows:

"domain 1" "sally user" "RC 1" "RC 2" "RC 3"

"domain 1" "joe user"

"RC 4" "RC 5" "RC 6"

The domain name does not apply when using the directory file for Linux users. Instead, use the keyword "UNIX" in

place of the domain name. For example:

UNIX

sally

RC_1

RC_2

RC_3

Comment lines in the directory file are preceded by the “#” character in the first column.