17.3. How to Enable the Clipboard Service for Oracle Virtual Desktop Clients

This procedure describes how to enable copy and paste text between an application running in an Oracle Virtual Desktop Client session and an application running on the local desktop. When enabled, Oracle Virtual Desktop Client users can copy and paste text between an application running in an Oracle Virtual Desktop Client session and an application running on the local desktop. Copying and pasting Unicode characters is supported.

For the copy and paste functionality to work, the clipboard service must be enabled on the Sun Ray server and clipboard sharing must be enabled on the Oracle Virtual Desktop Clients. You can use the utdevadm command or the Advanced->Security page on the Admin GUI to check if the clipboard service is enabled.

Note

This feature is not available on Sun Ray servers running Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions.

Follow these steps to enable the clipboard service on the Sun Ray server.

Admin GUI Steps
  1. Click the Advanced tab.

  2. Click the Security subtab.

  3. Select the Oracle Virtual Desktop Client Clipboard option in the Devices section.

  4. Restart Sun Ray services using the Warm Restart button on the Servers page.

Command Line Steps
  1. Become superuser on the Sun Ray server.

  2. Enable the clipboard service on Oracle Virtual Desktop Clients.

    # /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utdevadm -e -s clipboard
  3. Restart the Sun Ray services.

    # /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utstart