Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) for Education

ID Date Version Classification
824808 06/26/2025 1.3.13-3.1 Public
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Standalone IDV Host Configuration

Note:Follow this section only when you need to have an IDV Host run as a standalone mode. No IDV server is connected.

Once IDV Host is provisioned and images are synchronized, IDV Host can be configured as a standalone mode without an IDV Server. To configure IDV Host to be in a standalone mode, the configuration can be found in /etc/environment.

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List of configurations:

  • NFS_​MOUNT – For IDV Host to indicate whether to wait for NFS
  • NFS_​TIMEOUT – The duration for IDV Host to wait for NFS
  • RUN_​WITHOUT_​MOUNT – To indicate whether to spawn VMs if the NFS mount fails

To configure an IDV Host to be in a standalone mode, change the NFS_​MOUNT parameter to ‘0’. Then, the IDV Host will not wait for NFS to be mounted, and the VM spawning will be significantly faster.


# To edit /etc/environment
su sysadmin
sudo nano /etc/environment