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View 3.1.2 - Restoring View Standard Server with existing replica server

Gdriver — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:53:46 GMT

Hi,

I have 2 View Connection broker Server (1 Standard, 1 replica) and 1 security server. The primary connection broker crashed, so I switched to the replica server. Everything works finde.

But now I want to restore the Standard server. I installed it as Standard Server again. I tried to import the data export file from the replica server but it didn´t work because "there is an existing instance...."

is there a way to add the standard server again into his old position that it gets all the data from the replica without a downtime?

View4 GA - Not using PCoIP?

JBarsness — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:50:00 GMT

Finally connected the dots...Thanks for the advice! I was using the Portal, instead the full client - no wonder the PCoIP wasn't working. Up and running on PCoIP now - Wish the docs would explain that better... Now I just need to figure out where the full client is hiding on my client machines.

View 4 and Windows 7 x64 VM: Cannot install SVGA driver

john.gallucci — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:47 GMT

While it's not supported, I finally figured out what is going on, and the work around. There are two issues going on here.

1. The drivers that comes with VMware View 4.0.0 is not supported for 64-bit platforms.
2. The latest graphics driver with VMware Tools 4.0 Update 1 installs on 64-bit systems, but does not work with PCoIP. RDP does work however.

Here is the information about the graphics drivers provided from VMware:

VMware Tools 4.0 Update 1*
VMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Driver Date: 9/17/2009
Driver Version: 7.14.1.31

VMware View 4.0.0**
VMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Driver Date: 9/22/2009
Driver Version: 7.14.1.32

*Driver does not work with PCoIP for 64-bit guests
**Driver not supported on 64-bit platforms

To install the correct drivers for Windows 7 x64, you will need to manually install the graphics drivers located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video

PCoIP and vSphere 4.0 Update 1

Dave.Mishchenko — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:05:05 GMT

You have to be running Update 1. From the release notes:

Important: View 4.0 requires VMware vSphere 4 Update 1. View 4.0 does not support VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 5. Supported versions of vSphere and VMware Infrastructure are listed in the System Requirements section of the VMware View Manager Administration Guide.

Dave
VMware Communities User Moderator

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View Client disappears after login

wponder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:51:26 GMT

I actually do not have a Win 7 x64 guests since its not support yet and I know there is still work that needs to be done before it will work.

WP

Recommendations for Profile manager

virtual-insanity — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:42:37 GMT

Thanks as always for your support Tom!

I would love to know how you would be in a position to argue that RES (I assume you mean RES PowerFuse?) is a "much inferior product compared to UEM"

Whilst I am aware you are a "Virtualisation Guru" I wonder how extensive your knowledge of our product is?

We would be delighted to assist anyone with a genuine interest in User Workspace Management

View 4 - Multimonitor / Mouse issues + SSO

Nova1973 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:29:51 GMT

Debug Log surrounding the event....

07:58:46,304 DEBUG <480> wsnm_desktop PCoIP connection complete: hndl 0x2 code 0
07:58:46,304 DEBUG <480> wsnm_desktop PCoIPCnx::OnConnectionComplete
07:58:46,304 TRACE <480> wsnm_desktop Triggering SSO for pending console session
07:58:46,304 TRACE <480> wsnm_desktop Creating console SSO event for session: 0
07:58:46,304 TRACE <480> wsnm_desktop TriggerCAD() begin
07:58:46,382 INFO <Main Thread> MessageFrameWork Program 'wssm - VDM Framework Session Manager' started, version=4.0.0 build-210939, pid=324, buildtype=release
07:58:46,397 TRACE <Main Thread> wssm Attempting to send CAD to winlogon
07:58:46,397 DEBUG <Main Thread> wssm Sending Ctrl-Alt-Del to winlogon desktop
07:58:46,460 TRACE <Main Thread> wssm SendCADToWinlogon(): succeeded
07:58:46,476 TRACE <480> wsnm_desktop TriggerCAD() end
07:58:46,476 DEBUG <SocketAuthenticateThread> MessageFrameWork Incoming Socket channel from machine OurLocalMachine connected as : Domain1\MyUser, Authenticated through TICKET, encrypting =

false, canImpersonate = false
07:58:46,476 TRACE <SocketAuthenticateThread> MessageFrameWork SocketServer Listener: Incoming Call Accepted, Channel 0x00ACCB40
07:58:46,476 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:46,491 TRACE <MessageChannel ReceiveThread> MessageFrameWork KeepAlive timeout 60 secs applied to incoming channel 0x00ACCB40
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System::CreateRemoteSessionChannel
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> wsnm_desktop DesktopManager got a FindVirtualChannelTicket message
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> wsnm_desktop findChannelTicketSession, session is pending
07:58:46,491 INFO <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork Client/agent channel pending wssm to start
07:58:46,476 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> pcoip_server_win32 System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageChannel ReceiveThread> MessageFrameWork Unable to locate queue UsbRemoteManager with hint IsUsbAvailable.
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System::CreateRemoteSessionChannel
07:58:46,491 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> wsnm_desktop DesktopManager got a FindVirtualChannelTicket message
07:58:51,475 DEBUG <480> wsnm_desktop SSOConEvent didn't happen in time
07:58:52,507 DEBUG <theTopicMessageManager> TopicMessageManager TopicMessageManager receive loop stopping.
07:58:52,507 TRACE <theTopicMessageManager> JmsManager javax.jms.IllegalStateException: Connection is closed
07:58:52,522 TRACE <Thread-1> JmsManager JmsManager - onException com.vmware.vdi.agent.messageserver.JmsManager.onException(SourceFile:441)
com.swiftmq.jms.ConnectionLostException: End-of-Stream

reached
at com.swiftmq.jms.v750.ConnectionImpl.cancelAndNotify(Unknown Source)
at com.swiftmq.jms.v750.ConnectionImpl.onException(Unknown Source)
at

com.swiftmq.net.client.BlockingConnection.run(Unknown Source)
07:58:52,929 TRACE <1304> [] Property for path Agent\Configuration\Broker returned "OurConnectionBroker "
07:58:52,929 DEBUG <theTopicMessageManager> JmsManager Using connection broker OurConnectionBroker
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicMessageManager> TopicMessageManager JMS Selector set to (InfrastructureZone is null or InfrastructureZone = 'site1') AND (ServerDn is null or ServerDn =

'cn=e132520f-e410-4fec-9562-de5cf2773268,ou=servers,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int' or ServerDn = 'cn=MyVM,ou=servers,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int') AND (ServerPoolDn is null or ServerPoolDn =

'cn=MyVM,ou=server groups,dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int')
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicMessageResponder> TopicMessageResponder JMS Initialised
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicMessageResponder> TopicMessageResponder Waiting for response message.
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicPublishingManager> TopicPublishingManager JMS Initialised
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicPublishingManager> TopicPublishingManager Waiting for message to publish.
07:58:53,022 DEBUG <theTopicMessageManager> TopicMessageManager JMS Initialised
07:58:53,022 TRACE <theTopicMessageManager> TopicMessageManager TopicMessageManager waiting for message.
07:58:53,507 DEBUG <480> wsnm_desktop PerformSSO failed: 0
07:58:56,663 TRACE <888> winlogon Console SSO event does not exist for session 0
07:58:56,663 TRACE <888> winlogon GetCredentialsOverFramework begin
07:58:56,663 TRACE <SharedMemAuthenticateThread> MessageFrameWork SharedMemory failed to get security descriptor
07:58:56,663 TRACE <888> winlogon SharedMemChannel connect accepted, authenticate
07:58:56,663 DEBUG <888> winlogon Outgoing SharedMemory channel to machine MyVM connected as : OurDomain\MyVM$, Authenticated through SSPI, package = NTLM, encrypting = true
07:58:56,679 TRACE <888> winlogon SharedMem Connect Ok, Channel 0x0118F640
07:58:56,679 DEBUG <SharedMemAuthenticateThread> MessageFrameWork Incoming SharedMemory channel from machine MyVM connected as : OurDomain\MyVM$, Authenticated through SSPI, package = NTLM,

encrypting = true, canImpersonate = true
07:58:56,679 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:56,679 TRACE <SharedMemAuthenticateThread> MessageFrameWork SharedMemServer Listener: incoming connection Accepted, Channel 0x00ACD500
07:58:56,679 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> wsnm_desktop DesktopManager got a GetCredentialsForTicket message
07:58:56,679 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> wsnm_desktop GetCredentialsForTicket, session 0, user (null)\(null), NO portal ticket found
07:58:56,679 TRACE <888> winlogon GetCredentialsOverFramework complete: ticket not matched
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageChannel ReceiveThread> winlogon Closed outgoing SharedMemory channel to machine MyVM, user OurDomain\MyVM$
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkShare> MessageFrameWork Closed incoming SharedMemory channel from machine MyVM, user OurDomain\MyVM$
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> pcoip_server_win32 System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> pcoip_server_win32 System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:56,694 DEBUG <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> MessageFrameWork System: Broadcast of ChannelEvent - RemoteChannelEvent
07:58:59,772 TRACE <SwiftMQ-SessionPool-2> TopicMessageManager TopicMessageManager received message.

Virtual Printing Error - Can't connect to virtual channel

gjongeneel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:26 GMT

When starting a View (3.x) virtual desktop from a Vista endpoint desktop, no client printers are autocreated. The endpoint has a USB printer locally attached.

The View Agent within the virtual desktop is installed including the virtual printing option.

When we issue the following on the command-line within the virtual deskop:

TPAutoConnect.exe -d
TPAutoConnect.exe -v

the following errors appear:

What could be the cause of these errors?

vSphere Client Graphical anomalies over PCoIP

wponder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:43 GMT

That sinks but, at least we have a place were we know it happens and can easily be reproduced. I have not been able to reproduce it. Would you mind if we contact you after the VMware shutdown? We might want to collect some logs from you system and try to zero in on this and get a resolution to it.

desktop show graphic and pdf slow

AdamG53 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:33:11 GMT

Actually, there is a method to improve the display of graphics and PDFs for remote users. Ericom Blaze is a software-based RDP acceleration AND compression product that provides a superior end-user experience over WAN and congested LANs. Besides delivering higher frame rates and reducing screen freezes and choppiness, Ericom Blaze accelerates RDP performance by up to 10-25 times higher, while significantly reducing network bandwidth consumption over low-bandwidth/high latency connections.

Ericom Blaze works with any standard RDP host, including VDI, Terminal Servers and remote physical machines.

You can read more about Blaze at:
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Or view a video demo at:
http://www.ericom.com/blaze_youtube.asp?URL_ID=708

Adam
Ericom Software

PCoverIP Terminal

wponder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:27:28 GMT

Yes, you will need a firmware update. It will be coming soon from Teradici.

A specified parameter was not correct. spec.snapshot

mrodrigu — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:34 GMT

Great answer!

Thanks.

WinXP SP2 Guests consume 100-250MHZ CPU at idle

BigDaddy1 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:21:41 GMT

Cluster: Four node cluster: BL495cG6 2xOperton 2435 64GB RAM, AMD-V enabled.

I'm a server guy. I'm used to seeing 50mhz on idle win2k3 servers. The desktop folks are running View3 on this cluster and we are moving toward View4.

One hundred or so idle vms eating up 25% of the cycles available to a 4 node cluster makes me wonder what folks with experience using XP on ESX normally see.
I looked at the processes on some idle XP guests and see 95-97% idle. Does XP require more Mhz to idle than 2k3server? Or should I be looking for a config issue?

Thanks!

LSILogic driver detection issue?

cdickerson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:13 GMT

So I have one customer having this issue and another one isn't. The one difference I can tell has to do with the xxx-internal.vmdk Hard Disk. On the View install that is not having the problem, the internal.vmdk is on the first controller, on the other customer, the internal.vmdk is on the 2nd controller. What is this whole internal.vmdk? It's only 10MB in size. I tried moving it to the 1st controller and that didn't appear to help.

Printers don't map in PCoIP works fine in RDP

wponder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:02:42 GMT

Printing was certainly considered and there are printing mechanisms in place. The component that is not yet available is .thin print integration. That will be coming in an update.

WP

Required ports for WAN access?

srynoname — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:58 GMT

currently I'm just testing and running this in a virtual environment, for this a long complex password should be enough I think. and currently it's totally secure, even I can't use it from outside to be serious, I yet didn't read what exactly the security server offers.

BUG? VMware View4 and User Access Control using PCoIP

Gabrie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:43:24 GMT

That is strange.... I thought win7 was supported as everybody was talking about it, but you're right..... I found this:

http://www.vmware.com/products/view/faqs.html

Q. Is VMware View 4 supported with Windows 7
A. Yes, VMware View 4 delivers a technology preview of Windows 7 support for hosts and guests. Please see the VMware View Manager 4 Administration Guide for more details on operating system support.

And in the admin guide:
VMware includes certain “experimental” and “tech preview” features in some of our product releases. These features are there for you to test and experiment with. We do not expect these features to be used in a production environment. However, if you do encounter any issues with an experimental or tech preview feature, we are interested in any feedback you are willing to share. Please submit a support request via the normal access methods. You will receive an auto acknowledgement of your request. We cannot, however, commit to troubleshoot, provide workarounds, or provide fixes for these features.

http://www.GabesVirtualWorld.com

View 4.0 Cannot Create Auto Desktop Pool...Desktop Composer VcFault

morrisosu — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:09 GMT

That did it! You sir are a life saver!

Thanks again!

Shane

Wyse WTOS & View 4

wponder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:22:21 GMT

We cannot say 100% for certain until we have a better idea and are further along.

WP

VMWare View on ESX 4.0 i

mclark — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:43:37 GMT

Hi. You have to have ESXi 4.0 Update 1 for View 4. Once you do the update to ESXi, it should be fine. I am running View 4 on ESXi 4 U1. The View Composer piece (if you use it) installs on the same VM/physical machine as vCenter 4 U1. The View Connection Server runs on a VM/physical Windows 2003 machine. I have both vCenter 4 U1 with View Composer and the VM hosting the Connection Server running on ESXi 4 U1.

So, in short, yes, everything in View works on ESXi, with Update 1 applied.

USB Dongle, Safenet iKey 2032 and VDI

jamieorth — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:37:41 GMT

Did you ever get this to work? We are working with both View 3 and View 4 but we still don't have a 100% success rate. We are using Windows XP to run the View client. With View 3 the Safenet software does not seem to install properly, my guess is that is due to being an RDP session. With View 4 and using PCoIP the software installs. We also found that the key drivers must be installed on the local host (our XP client) or the iKey does not show up in the list of USB devices to connect. We also had to add the PID and VID for the key as per the article here: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011600

We had the software recognize the key a few times in View 4but most of the time we get a message that indicates the key is in use and will not passthrough to the view client. Sometimes a restart of the view client service on the local host fixes this, sometimes not. I haven't found anything on the local host that looks like it is accessing the key.

Regards...

Jamie
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VMware View 4 Multiple Monitor Issue

fatih — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:05 GMT

Hi ,

I have the exact same problem/symptom. I also powered down the VM as it is stated in manual and then it worked. But the problem is that I am using nonpersistent VM and every VM is deleted after a user have logged of and then a new VM is provisioned instantly and then we have the same problem again. The new provisioned VM must be powered down one more time after it have been provisioned to have PCoIP working. Is'nt really a working solution in production with many VM, not even in a small lab trial it get's annoying instantly if you have to shut down it after every provisioning.

I also have tried to let the pcoip_server_win32.exe autostart by putting it in the registry and I can see after I logged in with a user that it is getting started but the same problem with the monitor still exists as blazinride explained at the beginning of this thread.

Either this have to be an big annoying bug or am I missing something .. ?

/Fatih

Is it possible to install OS X Server on a VM created with VMWare View?

lbourque — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:39 GMT

I haven't heard of anything but if you notice my signature that'd be the best place to ask. The more times the same feature request comes in from different clients, the more likely something would appear.

Want make a difference in the future of VMware Products? Feature request your ideas ( http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/feature.html )!

View v3 Login loop with second server

mpryor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:56:35 GMT

You're probably doing very basic round robin load balancing in conjunction with HTTP/1.0 connections so that each stage gets routed to a different server, so the clients are doing this:

1. Initial connect to server1 -> disclaimer display response, new JSESSIONID cookie
2. Disclaimer accept to server2 -> logon request, new JSESSIONID cookie
3. Login details to server1 -> disclaimer not yet accepted, new JESSIONID cookie

I'll see if I can find some more formal documentation around this, I don't know if there's an existing generic whitepaper for configuring load balancers to work with View, I do know that some vendors (e.g. Big-Ip) have put together their own documentation. You should check with the netscaler support team to see if they've put together some pre-defined rules or a guide, but as a basic rule of thumb:

1. Load balancers must persist sessions based on the JSESSIONID cookie.
2. Tunnel URLs should be individual, not using the load balanced address.

View 4 and Windows 7 x64 VM: Cannot login with View client

mpryor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:50:02 GMT

Anton,

64-bit desktops are not supported for View 4.0. Please see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/view40_admin_guide.pdf for the full list of supported desktop operating systems.

Mike

(Apologies for the exact same answer on all three threads)

View 4 and Windows 7 x64 VM: USB driver issue

mpryor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:49:52 GMT

VMware View and SMS 2003

Dave O — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:21 GMT

The cloning process customises the VM and adds it to AD generating a new AD GUID, this is then picked up by SMS through discovery. Each new machine is considered as a new entity by SMS.

I have created a base image, as you have done, with the client installed and have been creating and destroying linked clones for months. They keep appearing in SMS (OK it can take a couple of days depending on your discovery cycle) as any new machine will, allowing you to target them for software deployment etc.

Dave O

Delete desktop pool

rpaneeth_reddy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:24 GMT

Thanks Very much....

Thinstation (or similar product) with View 4 Client

TheSim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:17:36 GMT

I am new to View and I am currently evaluating View4. I want to deploy this in a school environment. Some of my PCs that I want this on are very slow. I am looking for a way to have a machine boot to the client logon box.
I found a version of Thinstation with View4 client but it comes up asking for the IP address of the connection server then a username and password in order for a student to access the desktop. I don't expect a kindergarten student to remember the server name or IP address so I would like it to be inputed automatically and logged in to the connection server automatically as well.
Is there a way to do this by using my current setup or should I be looking at a different program to allow me to do this?
Thanks,
Pat

View 4 Single Sign on not working

billmaxpowers — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:25 GMT

Having the same issue with PCoIP on a Windows XP Guest Desktop. Also are you supposed to seen the displays in the control panel, they are not there and I was not sure.

Windows 7 - PCoIP + MultiScreen

ieuuk1987 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:39 GMT

Excellent!

Thank you very much for your help!

Dirty Disconnect Causes "No Desktop Resources Available" error message for users.

mgmn — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:02:39 GMT

In my View 3 environment whenever there was a VM that would be cranky about letting a user reconnect to an already established session, removing the agent, restarting, then installing the agent again has helped in most cases. I think I also had one case where customization didn't really finish correctly that caused an issue like that too but can't recall the details.

View 4: Customization operation timed out

gunnarb — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:59:32 GMT

Woo hoo. You guys were both right, rewarding points now!

The problem was that I needed to open port 4001 on the server not the client. I kept looking at the client wondering what was wrong when it was the server with the firewall issue.

Thanks!

Gunnar

VIEW with openldap

atar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:07:34 GMT

Hello,

I know, that is not supported, but i'am trying to do it... and obviously, it is not working

I cannnot browse users nor add Composer admins from View Administrator.

Does anybody knows what limitations make Openldap unusable ?

View 4.0 ProxyBypass not working

ITRC_Architect — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:51:43 GMT

I see reference to this problem in 3.1 here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1300281

But I don't see any viable solution.

We upgraded from 3.0 to 4.0 and we are having a proxy bypass problem. For 3.0, we had a ProxyBypass registry entry of "*.domain" that would cause vmware view client to bypass the proxy. Now that is not working for 4.0.

We can't change our internet options on the client computer in Internet Explorer, because that is governed by group policy. Any settings we change are rewritten after a certain period of time. We need something like ProxyBypass in the registry.

Thoughts and help?

Thank you,
Fowler

Unable access View Administrator

readynet — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:36 GMT

I'm trying to install View 4.0 but I found any problems:

I set two Windows Server 2003 R2 VM, una for vCenter and one for View Connection Server.

When finishing install View Connection Server I'm unable to see the View Administrator page on https://<ip-server>/admin and the browser remains loading.

In this Windows server I have no services installed and it is on a domain (this on another server).

Anyone help me please?

Regards.

How to Backup a View thin provisioned disk

ditro2001 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:37:56 GMT

The problem ist that the backup is successfull but the snapshots will not be deletet. after some backups there are X snapshots that trash up my san.

cheers

View 4 Composer won't install

Rob Lisi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:27:52 GMT

Yes I had removed View Composer with the Add/Remove Programs application from the Control Panel. I still get the "MsgSVIExists = The installer has detected that a previous version of this product is currently installed on this machine. Please uninstall this application before attempting to install the VMware View Composer" message in the log. Is there a flag in place somewhere maybe?

Does View 4 on a VI3-platform or does it require vSphere?

joeflint — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:58:35 GMT

Perfect - answers the question - thanks.

Vmware View on single server possible?

AndreTheGiant — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:27:57 GMT

See http://www.vmware.com/pdf/view40_architecture_planning.pdf
I suggest to use a server with ESX/ESXi 4.0 and some VMs for vCenter, a DC, the desktop VM, and View Manager.

Is it also possible test it without a DC and vCenter? Yes... see: Re: View without vCenter

Andre

View all desktops in a pool

mpryor — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:25:57 GMT

Even if I give access to individual desktops, the users cannot launch multiple sessions of the View client to connect to multiple desktops from the same client machine.

What client are you using? With the Windows client you can absolutely launch multiple desktops from the same client (to the same broker). After you've launched the first desktop, the bar at the top allows you to open the desktop selector dialog to pick another one, the first will stay connected. Some thin clients only support launching a single desktop at a time, but that's a limitation of the client.

PCoIP access from WAN

acerbisvm — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:38 GMT

you can't use it through web portal ( HTTP based ).

Of course you can use it in a WAN if you can have a full IP/UDP connectivity from the client to the VM.

No Parent VM to select in linked clone wizard

srynoname — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:16:32 GMT

try cloning the machine, just to make sure it's not already part of a pool (maybe a deleted one?) - because then it's not shown in the selection screen.

specs of server needed for run 44 VM

dmankg — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:24:07 GMT

hi all,

task is to give for 44 guests(think clients) remote desktops.
this think clients will be connected to tv sets in each room so guests use pc and watch iptv and hdtv.
pcoip with vmware view 4 will be used.

specs of server needed so server can easily maintain such amount of work.
any advices plzz

PCoIP graphic distortion

supportsd — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:22:08 GMT

Knowing that everything renders first in a lossy state then transitions to lossless is good to know. Because that behavior is not expected, it has a tendency to seem incorrect. One of the main issues is that even small image alt tags when browsing render first as lossy, then move to lossless. This gives the overall impression of a blurry display.

Do you know of any parameters that can be adjusted or tweaked to adjust this behaviour?

Do i need an Active Directory? Sunray

tcoogan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:53:06 GMT

Hmm ok, the way it has been setup, they are directly connecting to the vm desktops by RDC using sunray "UTTSC IP_ADDRESS USERNAME" and this seems like a strange way of doing it.

I don't require multiple login on each machine therefore one card and = one VMware, i was hoping for a better way of doing things.

PCoIP Video & Sound Quality

wponder — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:20:58 GMT

As linjo mentioned the logs will help to look at the environmental conditions. It is not hard to saturate a T1 playing youtube vidoes. I am not saying that's it. Just saying it can take some bandwidth to deliver a video depending on the quality etc.

Since you are deling with Flash. Can you also confirm what the Flash contol settings are of the desktop pool? If they are on have you tied playing content with the mouse actively in the active flash content area?

WP

win2k8 file server and 25 low/medium use XP desktops

Theblacksheep — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:47:20 GMT

I don't think you are licenced for running the vm-servers on the same box as the vm-desktops with the core-premier. ESX4 will say its licenced only for the amount of desktops licences you have.

New View 4 Composer install won't find database.

cdickerson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:14:33 GMT

Awesome that fixed it. THANKS!

PCoIP small Window only??

mgmn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:49 GMT

Thanks Warren that was helpful, I haven't tried View 4 yet, still setting things up right now . So I wan't quite sure how that all worked. This is good to know.

VM View, SunRay2 terminals - Sun Server needed ?

tcoogan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:58:25 GMT

Just checking,

I have a sunray setup, that i have been given from out old admin. Just thought i would make sure that it has been setup correctly, We currently have a Solaris server that all of our thin clients talk to and from there we create using payflex cards, a kiosk mode RDC to each virtual machine.

Is that the way todo it?

Could someone explain the best setup for using VMware and Sunrays.

View 4 and 64-bit clients?

HenrikElm — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:31:26 GMT

Well, VMWare, go to work!

/H

Black vClient console when using PCoIP

HenrikElm — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:21:22 GMT

Aha, interesting. Will try it out and see how it works out.

/H

How to block Clipboard / print screen in PCOIP

Jinugc — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:22:02 GMT

How can i block Clipboard / print screen while using PCOIP

Number of users per Security and Connection server for VM View

buit — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:53 GMT

I am in the process of designing a solution that requires external (internet) access to a vmview solution that utilizes a security server in the dmz and connection servers on the LAN.

Can anyone give me an indication on the recommended number of users I should plan for per security and connection server?

Many thanks

VMWare View 4 Download Availability?

ehaniffa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:41:23 GMT

Have not installed yet. So has anyone upgraded? Is vcserver 4 u 1 compatible with view 3?

Ed Haniffa
Manager IT Operations
Canpar Transport L.P.

Ehaniffa@canpar.com
(905) 897 3629

What is the little 10 MB Hard Disk for?

vikas_singh — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:47:57 GMT

It contains configuration/QuickPrep data for View Composer. Previously, this data used to go on UDD. 10 MB is the size that can be safely formatted for NTFS.

This change attaches configuration/policy information to the provsioned VM instead to a UDD.

What is the vSphere optimization?

vikas_singh — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:40:56 GMT

VMs with Hardware version of 7 are only supported in this mode. Also, when using this mode new vSphere linked clone apis are used for provisioning that result in lesser calls to VC to provision a VM. Also, source-lc-* that was used in 2.5 is no longer needed in this mode.

Add Desktop: No Desktop Sources shown!?

srynoname — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:50:16 GMT

hmm i have to correct myself. everything seems to work, seems like it was my mistake (thought the manual pool would also use templates, but it's using VMs)

another question: any possibility to see on the vServer client if a machine is already assigned to a pool?

Multiple view connection servers?

tom howarth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:36:41 GMT

Sorry what would not work?

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PCOIP

guyrleech — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:44:13 GMT

You can also run a "qwinsta" in a cmd prompt on the client - it will come back with "rdpwd" for RDP and "wdcon" for PCoIP (the latter being a console session as far as the clien tis concerned).

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"Cannot get the list of virtual machines."

srynoname — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:53 GMT

hello,

i had the same problem on view 4 / vsphere 4u1. restaring solved the problem, anyways this shouldn't be necessary in a commercial system for improved efficiency! I can't just restart a server in a production environment! this bug seems to be over one year old, please fix it!

Message: Getting VM error com.vmware.vdi.admin.ui.DesktopBean.getVms(SourceFile:835) java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: id == null at com.vmware.vdi.adamwrap

Type: Error

Time: 22.11.09 01:26:43

Module: DesktopBean

Thread: TP-Processor2

Additional details:

Getting VM error com.vmware.vdi.admin.ui.DesktopBean.getVms(SourceFile:835)

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: id == null

at com.vmware.vdi.adamwrapper.utilities.Utility.validateArgument(SourceFile:272)

at com.vmware.vdi.adamwrapper.adam.AdamEntityManager.getById(SourceFile:161)

at com.vmware.vdi.ob.admin.b.a(SourceFile:355)

at com.vmware.vdi.ob.admin.b.f(SourceFile:1402)

at com.vmware.vdi.ob.admin.b.a(SourceFile:1464)

at com.vmware.vdi.ob.admin.b.a(SourceFile:1439)

at com.vmware.vdi.admin.ui.DesktopBean.getVms(SourceFile:817)

at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1230.invoke(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)

at com.sun.faces.el.PropertyResolverImpl.getValue(PropertyResolverImpl.java:79)

at com.sun.facelets.el.LegacyELContext$LegacyELResolver.getValue(LegacyELContext.java:141)

at com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:117)

at com.sun.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:192)

at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:71)

at com.sun.facelets.el.LegacyValueBinding.getValue(LegacyValueBinding.java:56)

at javax.faces.component.UIData.getValue(UIData.java:527)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.getValue(UIDataAdaptor.java:1459)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.SequenceDataAdaptor.getDataModel(SequenceDataAdaptor.java:70)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.SequenceDataAdaptor.createDataModel(SequenceDataAdaptor.java:64)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.getExtendedDataModel(UIDataAdaptor.java:592)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.setRowKey(UIDataAdaptor.java:327)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.iterate(UIDataAdaptor.java:968)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.processDecodes(UIDataAdaptor.java:1001)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIDataAdaptor.processDecodes(UIDataAdaptor.java:1011)

at javax.faces.component.UIForm.processDecodes(UIForm.java:144)

at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(UIComponentBase.java:880)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.UIInclude.processDecodes(UIInclude.java:153)

at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(UIComponentBase.java:880)

at javax.faces.component.UIInput.processDecodes(UIInput.java:380)

at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processDecodes(UIComponentBase.java:880)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot$1.invoke(AjaxViewRoot.java:256)

at org.ajax4jsf.context.JsfOneOneInvoker.invokeOnComponent(JsfOneOneInvoker.java:78)

at org.ajax4jsf.context.JsfOneOneInvoker.invokeOnComponent(JsfOneOneInvoker.java:83)

at org.ajax4jsf.context.JsfOneOneInvoker.invokeOnRegionOrRoot(JsfOneOneInvoker.java:58)

at org.ajax4jsf.context.AjaxContextImpl.invokeOnRegionOrRoot(AjaxContextImpl.java:170)

at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processDecodes(AjaxViewRoot.java:276)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesPhase.execute(ApplyRequestValuesPhase.java:79)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:200)

at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:90)

at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)

at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141)

at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)

at com.vmware.vdi.admin.be.filters.FileUploadFilter.doFilter(SourceFile:123)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)

at com.vmware.vdi.admin.be.filters.LoginFilter.doFilter(SourceFile:104)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)

at com.vmware.vdi.admin.be.filters.DisableUrlSessionFilter.doFilter(SourceFile:61)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)

at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)

at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)

at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:200)

at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)

at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:773)

at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703)

at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:895)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Migrating user profiles from Terminal Services to WinXP on View 4

tom howarth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:18:02 GMT

Another posibility is Liquidware Labs.

Getting RDP not PCoIP with View 4

guyrleech — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:14:27 GMT

I did actually RTFM, which is rare for me, but I didn't see that bit. Thanks - so at least it is expected if not ideal.

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View 4.0 composer 2.0 (Upgrade/Clean Install) operating system requirements

tom howarth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:08:35 GMT

It works but if you have any issues you are on your own as this is not a supported platfrom.

Is Thin Provisioning via vSphere instead of View Composer Possible?

tom howarth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:38:47 GMT

Desktop Composer is just Linked Cloning and ThinProvisioning is just thin provisioning.

View + Windows 7

tom howarth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:33:41 GMT

Yes it will, so long as your guest meets the memory requirements (see the archecture document for memory sizings)

Delegation for a Pool?

HenrikElm — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:22:08 GMT

How can I delegate the right to remove/reset single VDI clients in a pool to the helpdesk? They shall not have any other View right (create new pools, delete whole pools etc).

Cant find in docs, there is described only how to create new admins?

/Henrik

Thin Data Disk for User Profiles?

HenrikElm — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:41:21 GMT

It already is, Henrik!

/Henrik

Correct Install/upgrade Procedure with View4

kjohnston — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:09:31 GMT

Have you checked out the View4 upgrade guide?

Update Manager plugin not registering with client

patten_aaron@emc.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:28:02 GMT

I just recently upgraded my environment from ESX 3.5 U4 with vCenter 2.5 U5 to vSphere U1. I upgraded VUM to 4.0 as well during the upgrade. Now, when I connect to vCenter with the VIClient I am unable to get the VUM plugin to become active. It shows up in the list of available plugins and when I click the install link it installs the plugin, goes to 100% and then goes right back to available status, just like it looked before the install. VUM itself seems to be running as it is download updates, but the plugin cannot be registered correctly with the client for some reason.

I have rebuilt the environment from the ground up except for my vCenter database as well as installing the client on other machines and uninstalling VUM and manually deleting the directories on the client. No dice.

If anyone has any ideas of what the logical next step would be, please drop me a line!

~Aaron Patten

Invalid activation link, please login using the email associated with this activation

MrBeatnik — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:08:58 GMT

I had the same issue.

Log out of the site.
Go to the "Start your free evaluation now" link.
Choose View 4 and login.
Now click on the "resend email" link.

A new activation email will be sent to you, which worked for me.

what is Internal error 28014 with View-client ?

AndreTheGiant — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:24:34 GMT

You're welcome.

Andre

Computers can't logon to domain after rebalancing

kovals — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:37:17 GMT

We are facing some weird problem after rebalancing virtual machines - at the end of the process the machines can't logon to the domain (Windows error message - can't find domain). Manually logon to each machine and re-join it to the domain solves the problem, but, well, you know...

Any idea? We are uisng version 3.5.

Thanks.

View provisioning error: Customization operation timed out

marcelorizzo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:40 GMT

I see that the computer accounts are being created in my AD. However, I don't see the computer name being changed in each on the VM being provisioned or DNS entries created.

How do I solve this?

Cheers,
Marcelo

Locking Icons in Place

regnak — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:18 GMT

The only way I've got this to work with Terminal Server desktops is to:
use GPO to remove all desktop icons
use desktop folder redirection to force mandatory desktop on users with desktop shortcuts I want to place there.

in this case I've a share on a file server where I place my desktop icons - all user desktops are redirected here & it's read only & execute permissions for them!

This kinda defeats the purpose of having a unique view desktop for each user that they can customise but for teleworkers etc maybe this is what you want?

There's a few articles on the required folder permissions on the desktop share if you google.

Mike

Help with small network issue - hopefully!!

tow-eric — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:51 GMT

Rebooted router and network switch. Works now.

Session shadowing in view 4

markvr80 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:42 GMT

We use VNC running inside the VM for this. We bought the enterprise version, so it integrates into Active Directory security groups and works very well. Has the advantage that it is irrelevant whether the user is physical or virtual, the way to connect to them is identical.

USB Token support list??

terrytse — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:02:42 GMT

hi All,

since we are using USB Token for user authentication, may i know which type of USB token are being supported by View? or where can i find a support matix for that?

beside, from the View Admin Guide, i only can find smartcard is being supporting, but may i know which model/type of smartcard are being supported?

thx so much.

b.r.

terrytse

VMWare View single sign on with no prompts of available desktop

romatlo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:51:45 GMT

Thank you guys!!

VMware View Upgrade?

tcoogan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:42:43 GMT

We have VC Foundation.

So if i was to purchase a new server and one new esx licences i would be able to run server workloads?

Could this be managed by my current vCentre / vSphere or would I a new vCentre / VSphere as well?

I gathered it was the starter pack that limited me, in your understanding does the starter pack allow me to run server workloads?

USB Stick redirection for Linux VMview client

dwchan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:01:13 GMT

Can anyone tell me if "USB Stick redirection " is available for either VMView 3.0 or upcoming 4.0 linux client? We are currently using the open source vmview client and this option seem to be NOT available and is urgently needed ;(

error provisioning linked cloned desktops with vmware view VC_DISABLED VM operation failed

marcelorizzo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:34:59 GMT

Thank you. I think I figured it out. I was trying to build the clones on a ESX 3.5i U2. Once I moved to a host with U3, it worked.

feature comparison between View3 and View4

kaashifVTech — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:04 GMT

In addition to my thread...I just saw that View4 is oming with PCoIP which claims" audio redirection support for audio peripheral". OK it seems good. so It means that from it supports bi-directional voice or in other words I can say it support Soft phone ...Right???

Comment please!

Thanks

Kaashif

Need Help with Printers Magically Appearing?

ihazanswers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:43:25 GMT

When you installed the agent did you disable Thinprint? If not, it gets installed and runs automagically.

You will either need to manually stop the printers on the local system from redirecting, or uninstall the agent and reinstall without the Thinprint component selected.

Mike

View Agent 3.12 Silent Installation / Push Executuon

Borat Sagdiev — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:27:29 GMT

I answered my own question. Using psexec from Winternals (Systernals) and the /q switch the agent can be installed remotely. It does require a reboot at the end.

Exchange 2003 System manager on VIrtual XP Client

AB1 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:14:04 GMT

Things have moved on a bit with this - I decided to start all over again, created a new VM, installed Exchange tools and all worked OK

So I decide to Thin App Exchange System Manager, all goes well and the ThinApp works OK from physical machines but we are getting the .... same error when we run the same app as the same user through a virtual machine.

any thoughts?

VMware View Client silent install

UnderCoverGuy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:10:14 GMT

Actually, I must take back my previous post (but it also provides another way that you can control the setting). Anyway, the MSIEXEC variable used to set the server name during the install is VDM_SERVER. So, you can set the server name by using:

"msiexec.exe /i "VMware View Client.msi" VDM_SERVER="insert server name here"

Enjoy,
UCG

Move Source and Replica Files from one ESX Host to an another one

tough_siberian_man — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:14:52 GMT

Hello.

One thing which you can try is to unprotect these VMs by using SviConfig utility provided together with View Composer. Then you should be able to perform cold migration of these entities to a different ESX. At the end it is better to reapply protection with the same utility.

Command to unprotect replica VM could look like this: SviConfig -operation=UnprotectEntity -VcUrl=https://your_virtual_center_host/sdk -Username=admin_user -Password=password_for_admin_user -InventoryPath="/your_datacenter/vm/VMwareViewComposerReplicaFolder/r
eplica-XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"

View Client 3.0.1 - Disabling the "X"

Atotheb — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:41:03 GMT

Thanks, Sonny. That looks like it might be a good route to take except that we need to connect a USB device upon logging into the machine. I'm sure there's a way to auto connect the device and I'll be sure to look into that. Thanks again for the help!

Does Vmware View Support multi processor type ?

ihazanswers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:21:55 GMT

It depends on the generations of the CPUs. You may be able to use EVC if the CPUs are supported.

Mike

The assigned desktop source for this desktop is not currently available

sixstringr1981 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:48:06 GMT

Hey all - Admittedly, I'm new to the VMWare View environment so forgive my ignorance. The problem that I'm having involves a small virtual pool that was recently setup at my company. There are two Virtual Connection Managers (VCM) but there is not a load balancer between them yet. The thin clients are manually pointed to either VCM-01 or VCM-02 to establish a connection. After receiving calls about issues logging in, here is what I've observed:

Certain users can only log into one of the VCM's. For instance, I can log into the webportal on VCM-01 as a certain user and I will receive the "The assigned desktop source for this desktop is not currently available" message. However, I can log into the VCM-02 webportal as that user and it allows access with no issues. Other users can log into both VCM's without a problem.

Does anyone understand why this would happen? I don't believe it's an entitlement issue...the entitlements are pointing to a security group which contains every user.

Thanks for the help,

Jonathan

Running View 4 Client on a Windows 7 64 bit OS

jkatz71 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:57 GMT

Yea, the web installer doesn't work for Vista/7. I just ran the installer directly. (VMware-viewclient-3.1.1-175957.exe)

I put the EXE (renamed to viewclient.exe) here: \Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View\Server\broker\webapps\ROOT

From there, the remote users can download the client directly with something like: https://view.example.com/viewclient.exe

You should note that capitalization is important in the link.

-jonathan

Serial port missing with linked clones and Wyse thin clients

ditro2001 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:37:06 GMT

So If you use thick provisioned VMs it is possible?

View 4 requires vSphere Update 1?

krowczynski — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:18:04 GMT

I hoped, that they woul release the Update 1 for vsphere a few days earlier than view 4.

MCP, VCP

Linked clones to stand alone vm's?

ihazanswers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:42 GMT

Cloning them is the best way because it will consolidate the disk
files and the clone will also not be connected to View at all.

Regards,

Mike

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SafeNet iKey 2032 USB Token

jamieorth — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:11:59 GMT

Did you ever have any luck with the SafeNet USB? We are tring to use these with VIEW as well. We have tried both the VIEW desktop client with USB redirection and a DIGI USB Anywhere device. The VM knows something is plugged in the physical workstation but we cant get the software to recognize the key.

Regards...

Jamie
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Multiple Users, 1 linked clone

CWV — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:46 GMT

I think the only way is to let them use the same username/login. At the first login attempt, a virtual desktop is assigned to the username. Arguably you can change this assignment using the command-line interface, but it's not designed to do it dynamically.

Lock Down of 3.1.2 Client

SonnywithaZ — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:20:16 GMT

Worked great!

Start view client silent

SonnywithaZ — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:36:43 GMT

We have been testing VMWare view extensively to run on a kiosk type configuration. Thanks to the very informative posts here, we are able to auto start the client to log on, select a image from the pool and log itself on the view server without interaction from the user.

I had been looking at the options available when starting the view client app from the guest pc, i could not find any mention of having it start silent. Is this option available in starting the client? We would like to "hide" the windows that come up when the app start (ie, view log on screen, etc.)

Has anyone figured out a way within the start up option for view client to do this?

Thanks