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btrabue
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Can view some users working on desktop in console

Anyone have any idea why I can click on the console tab in VSphere and view the user working and on some other VM's I either see that it is locked (XP) or I see a black screen (Windows 7).  I think that I have figured out when I can see their desktop and that is when they are connecting through the VIew Client installed on their laptop or desktop.  I have not noticed this when they are going through their thin client.

Thanks in advance.

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lmhealthcare
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Contributor

In View 5 there is a new GPO to control this behaviour.

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btrabue
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Enthusiast

In 4.6 is there a known way to stop this from happening?  I need to be able to tell my supervisor that there is no way that I or any of the VIEW admins can shadow his desktop without him knowing.  

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wrieser
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Enthusiast

In 4.5 I have seen users sessions showing as connected at the console but I have never been able to see what a user is doing if I open a console window in vCenter. Do these users show up differently in the connection broker inventory?

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AndreTheGiant
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See: http://www.thatsmyview.net/2011/04/29/using-the-vcenter-console-for-mirroring-a-pcoip-session/

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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