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Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

tom howarth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:07:47 GMT

Craig

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Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

cparrish001 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:31:26 GMT

Success,

I had not entered a value in the Configuration -> Servers -> Edit -> quickprep domains box. Once I added the fully qualified domain name and Administrator account, I was able to complete the automated pool. Nice call!

Thanks for your help,

Regards,
Craig

Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

patten_aaron@emc.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:08:38 GMT

OK, so just to verify, under Configuration -> Servers -> Virtual Center Servers -> View Composer Settings in addition to having the vCenter server listed you have your domain admin account listed under "Quick Prep Domains".

Happy 4th of July!

~Aaron Patten

Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

cparrish001 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:50:29 GMT

I rebooted the View server, no change in results.

I then rebooted the VirtualCenter/Composer server, no change in results.

Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

patten_aaron@emc.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:04:38 GMT

I have seen this in my environment and was able to resolve it by rebooting the connection broker (View) server.

~Aaron Patten

Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

cparrish001 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:35:33 GMT

Yes, I can ping the domain controller (ping domain.local) from both the View and Virtual Center Servers. I can browse and share files between the servers in Windows Explorer as well.

Re: Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

mjsvirt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:56 GMT

are you able to ping your domain "domain.local" from vCenter and vManager?

Unable to create automated desktop pool, unable to see domains from quickprep dropdown

cparrish001 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:30 GMT

I have not been able to create an automated desktop pool on my View 3.1.0, view composer 1.1.0. I was able to go into view administrator / configuration / servers and add the server IP, domainname.local/administrator account and select verify Composer compatability. I was able to add the Virtual Center (where the composer is installed) server and enable the server. I am able to launch and work through the add automated pool process until I get to the final page where quickprep is looking for a domain on a drop-down list and the list is empty. I can push through the menu by changing the CN but receive an error:

View Composer error: Invalid value for parameter policy.AdConfigId passed to View Composer function, Error type: com.vmware.SviService.InvalidParameterFault, Details: null

I believe that I have DNS & DHCP functioning on a domain controller which is configured as domain.local. All my servers have a static address. I do have the domain admin account fully qualified under View Administrator / configuration / administrators. My browsing seems to work well between servers. i am able to create single desktops to share.

Any help in resolving this would be appreciated.