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riki78
Contributor
Contributor

View Manager 4.6 display problem desktop as "already used"

Hello

Since we have updated to view 4.6 we have sometimes desktops with status: already used.

Have anyone an idea why this status appear?

Best regards

Simon

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eeg3
Commander
Commander

Is anyone logging into the desktops using regular RDP (not View with the RDP protocol, but the Microsoft RDP client) ? I've seen this cause the problem you're seeing.

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HelleM
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hi Simon,

In the release notes for version 4.6 it is described:

"Occasionally, if a desktop was set to be refreshed or deleted after  log-off, the desktop was not refreshed or deleted but instead was  reused. This situation  sometimes arose if the user had reset the desktop, shut it down without  logging off of View Client, or exited unexpectedly, such as might happen  when the ESX  host was restarted. With View 4.6, the desktop is now marked as "Already  used" so that it will not be used again. Administrators can manually  refresh or delete  such desktops."

You can find the release notes here:

http://www.vmware.com/support/view46/doc/view-46-release-notes.html

/Helle

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Maxj8
Contributor
Contributor

There's no way to automatic delete VMs in 'Already Used' Status?

These VMs are totally useless as can't be used again in a non persistent pool...

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