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I appreciate it may not be officially supported, but if you google tera1 and View 7, on how to get Tera1 clients working you find many answers all telling you how to re-enable TLS1.0, which appar... See more...
I appreciate it may not be officially supported, but if you google tera1 and View 7, on how to get Tera1 clients working you find many answers all telling you how to re-enable TLS1.0, which apparently is the only thing stopping them connecting since VMWare decided to disable it. I do not need any of the new functionality for audio, video or scanners added in the latest versions, just to be able to connect to a desktop.  The strange bit is why it stopped working after an upgrade from 7.4 to 7.7 then back to 7.4. The question I would still like an answer to is does View change something to do with the Cipher suite and how it talks to the AD (AD LDAP?), and if so how can I remove the 7.7 version.
Hi, Strange behaviour with our EVGA tera1 zero clients. I have followed all the relevant documents on enabling TLS1.0 and had the following results which I hope someone can help with. I have s... See more...
Hi, Strange behaviour with our EVGA tera1 zero clients. I have followed all the relevant documents on enabling TLS1.0 and had the following results which I hope someone can help with. I have several hosts running Vsphere 5.5 u3 and View 6.02. I want to upgrade this to esx 6.5 and View 7.x so I removed all current VMS from one of my hosts (still on 5.5), then installed a 2008 r2 server with View composer 7.4, a VCSA V6.5 and another Win server with View Connection server 7.4. I then took one of my golden images across and updated it to View Agent 7.4 and created a linked clone VM. After adding registry entries for Pcoip.ssl_protocols in the linked clone and pcoip.ssl_Cipher_list in the linked clone, and the SSLprotcol and SSLcipherlist registry entires in the connection server I managed to connect to the VM using one of my zero clients. I tested this several times after rebooting etc. and it worked every time. I then decided to see if I could get it to work with View 7.7 so I snapshott'd both the connection server and composer server then upgraded both to 7.7. When I tried to connect the tera1 wouldn't connect to the connection server. I then tried reverting back to the snapshotted V7.4 composer and connection server. This time I could connect to the connection server, but when I tried to login to the machine I got 'Session Negotiation Failed. Client may not be compatible with the host session negotiation cipher setting'. I have tried deleting and recreating the VCSA, uninstalling View Composer and connection server. Still the same. Finally I have started completely from scratch on the test host. Loaded esx 6.5, Created a new VCSA, built a new 2008 R2 server and loaded 7.2 composer, ditto with 7.21 connection server, reverted back to the golden image with the 6.02 agent, uninstalled and installed 7.1 agent and added the pcoip.ssl_protocol lines then composed a new VM. I still get the Session negotiation failed.! Is there anything that 7.7 might have done / added to the AD controller or something on the rest of my original network machines that has stopped this working suddenly (the live V6.02 view linked clones are still working with no issues on the 6.02 view vcenter, composer and connection server) Hopefully someone can help as I have 60 users all using tera1 machines.
On of my users machines, (windows 7 - IE 10) when accessing the View admin console and logging in as the admin user, when I right click on a desktop pool or a machine I only get the flash player ... See more...
On of my users machines, (windows 7 - IE 10) when accessing the View admin console and logging in as the admin user, when I right click on a desktop pool or a machine I only get the flash player options (print, settings, global settings etc) instead of the normal View menus such as edit etc. This works on a different virtual machine. Both are running the same latest version of Flash player. Can anyone suggest what might be causing this please? Thanks
Sorry about delay in responding, but been out of the office last week. Yes I did go back into the settings area to check. it is definitely set to the correct 4 datastores for the OS (D1 - D4) ... See more...
Sorry about delay in responding, but been out of the office last week. Yes I did go back into the settings area to check. it is definitely set to the correct 4 datastores for the OS (D1 - D4) and a different datastore for the Persistent disks (P1). I have also double checked that none of the pools have the option to use different datastores for replicas and OS checked so why it should have placed some of the replicas on datastore P1 will remain a mystery. Hopefully next time I recompose it will sort itself out.
I have a small 60 user Horizon View 6 installation which has been running for over 2 years (upgraded from earlier versions). It has 9 pools of Linked Cloned machines. These were originally create... See more...
I have a small 60 user Horizon View 6 installation which has been running for over 2 years (upgraded from earlier versions). It has 9 pools of Linked Cloned machines. These were originally created from one golden image with various snapshots used for different pools, but has evolved over the last 2 or 3 recomposes to there being 4 golden images - 3 used for 1 pool each and the other used by the remaining 6 pools. There are 3 hosts running the whole lot. Over the weekend I recomposed all of the pools to the latest snapshot for the relevant pool. As I went through the recompose I made sure that the settings were all the same in the General and Vcenter sections.of each pool. These being - No tick in the use separate data stores for OS and replica disks, and the same 4 data stores for all of the pools OS disks,(D1, D2, D3, and D4) and a separate data store  for the persistent disk (P1). I recomposed all machines in each pool at the same time, but scheduled each pool at different times over the weekend. Initially a few of the machines in the first couple of pools I worked on errored on the recompose due to a DNS issue of 2 entries for the KMS server, one of them pointing to the wrong machine, but once this was removed from DNS the recomposes worked correctly Now for the bit I don't understand. When I checked Vcenter - Hosts and Clusters this morning, I found 7 replica machines, and 3 of the replicas had been placed on the persistent disk data store P1. I know that all 7 replicas are new and that the old ones have been removed as I had placed a comment in the descriptions of the old replicas so as to identify them and these replicas have all gone. Is this standard behaviour, or has something gone wrong. If so how do I get back to where I thought I should be, which is either 4 replicas (one for each golden image/snapshot combination) or 9 replicas (one for each pool), and shouldn't all the replicas be stored on the same data stores as the linked clone  OS disks (D1-D4) and not on the persistent Disk Data store? Thanks
I have just done the upgrade from 5.2 to 6, and found it fairly painless apart from the SQL requirements for View Composer. I was using SQL Express 2008 R2 on my Vcenter server (only a small inst... See more...
I have just done the upgrade from 5.2 to 6, and found it fairly painless apart from the SQL requirements for View Composer. I was using SQL Express 2008 R2 on my Vcenter server (only a small install of around 60 VMs and 3 hosts). ESXi 5.5 Vcenter can use 2008 R2, but according to the upgrade notes View Composer can not use Express 2008 R2 on a 5.5 Vcenter. It can on a 5.1 host but not 5.5. So I upgraded the SQL Express first, but then being generally a bit of a amateur as far as SQL goes, I noticed after the upgrade of View that the Admin tools - Data Sources ODBC - System DSN was still pointing to the version 10 native client, not the new version 11 native client, and like a fool I decided to delete and recreate the System DSNs for both Vcenter and Composer. All seemed well until later that day when Vcenter stopped and none of the users Workstations restarted themselves as per the power options. Next Morning the users tried to login to powered off machines!!! I managed to just delete the version 11 System DSN for Vcenter, and recreate it using Native client 10, and that worked fine and allowed Vcenter manager service to start, but View composer just wouldn't work. I then tried going back to the Native client 10 DSN for that as well, but still wouldn't play. I ended up reinstalling View composer (2 stages, Remove, then re-install), but using the existing database, but missed a big point here and didn't use one of the existing certificates. I created a new default one, and got an error in Connection server, and couldn't verify the self signed default certificate. So one rollback to snapshot, uninstall and reinstall, picking one of the existing certificates, later, and all is back up and running. Users VMs all powered on and no complaints about problems. Just need to upgrade the agents on all the VMs, although the test one seems to be working ok. Just take your time and snapshot everything before you start.
Update :- After thinking about this and some trial and error, I have managed to half solve this issue. I now have it working provided you install it via the MSI option. I haven't yet managed to s... See more...
Update :- After thinking about this and some trial and error, I have managed to half solve this issue. I now have it working provided you install it via the MSI option. I haven't yet managed to solve Streaming it from an EXE file yet, this still fails to quit So in case anyone else needs to do this here's the way I did it on my Base Win7 64 Bit capture machine:- Start Capture Install Skype - Very Basic install, No to Start with Windows, no desktop icon, No Click to Dial , No MSN homepage as that is all I needed When install finishes Skype starts Close Skype Right Click the Skype on Taskbar and Quit Skype, answering the message that pops up# Finish Capture - Selecting defaults, but creating an MSI file as well Edit Package.INI and change MSIInstallDirectory= from Skype (VMware Thinapp) to Skype\Phone Build and Finish Once this is done I can install the Thinapp MSI package on my W7 64 bit linked clones and everything works as expected, but interestingly when you right click the Skype on the Taskbar and select Quit Skype you see the Thinapp popup message in the bottom right hand corner of the screen appear again. If anyone gets the Streaming version to work I'd be interested to know how. Kevin
I have just tried to Thin app Skype from a Win7 64 Bit with latest patches etc using Thin app 5. I have just done a very basic install, then once Skype started, I closed it then quit Skype with n... See more...
I have just tried to Thin app Skype from a Win7 64 Bit with latest patches etc using Thin app 5. I have just done a very basic install, then once Skype started, I closed it then quit Skype with no problems.  When I run the Thin app build on another machine it starts fine, Microphone and speaker work fine, but then when you try to quit you get an error message pop up box C:\Program files(86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe Unspecified error - When you click Ok, Skype does not quit, but stays active. - On the Initial install machine at this point there is a message - Do you really want to quit Skype, you won't be able to receive any instant messages ...... I have done some testing on the master machine, and if I start the thin app Skype without any changes after the install it works, but if I rename the Program Files(86)\Skype\Phone Directory to something else and run the thin app Skype then it fails with the message when you try to quit. Has any one else managed to Thin app this version of Skype, and if so how please? I did try creating an MSI and installing that on a machine that hadn't been Skyped, but it doesn't create the Skype\Phone directory. Thanks Kevin
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately scanners is also an issue as we have those as well. Users just like to make our life difficult :smileycry: If anyone knows the USB family  for Smart phones I... See more...
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately scanners is also an issue as we have those as well. Users just like to make our life difficult :smileycry: If anyone knows the USB family  for Smart phones I would be grateful
Doesn't that policy block all USB access, not just storage devices (including other things such as webcams and headsets etc). Also how does it handle USB redirection for printers etc when using t... See more...
Doesn't that policy block all USB access, not just storage devices (including other things such as webcams and headsets etc). Also how does it handle USB redirection for printers etc when using the View client? I have to be fairly flexible on the USB connected devices for some users, but very strict for others. I was hoping to just be able to find out what "USB family" smartphones come under.
I have configured GPO to block some USB devices using the View USB Configuration - Exclude USB Family with the following setting "o:bluetooth;com;hid;pda;storage;wireless". I was hoping this woul... See more...
I have configured GPO to block some USB devices using the View USB Configuration - Exclude USB Family with the following setting "o:bluetooth;com;hid;pda;storage;wireless". I was hoping this would exclude all USB storage devices etc. plugged in, but I have just checked a users zero client, and found their IPhone listed as a device and was able to browse through to the DCIM folder. I even reset their machine and as I logged them in the win7 auto play box popped up asking me how to handle the IPhone. Does anyone know what family the IPhone (and other smart phones) come under so that I can exclude all such devices.? Thanks in advance
I needed to move some users from one pool to another to add some scanner drivers to their VMs. These are all dedicated linked clone VMs. I have successfully detached, moved to new pool and recrea... See more...
I needed to move some users from one pool to another to add some scanner drivers to their VMs. These are all dedicated linked clone VMs. I have successfully detached, moved to new pool and recreated a test VM in the new pool as per the following helpful article:- View 5.2 – Moving Persistent Disks To Another Pool | VMFocus The only issue I have now is that the persistent disk file name still matches the old VM machine name from the old pool, and not the new VM name in the new pool, i.e. New VM name = POOL_B_VM1 and Persistent disk name = POOL_A_VM6. Is there an easy way to rename the persistent disk so that it matches the new VM name? Thanks in advance
Hi, has anyone redirected the win 7 temp folder (default user\xxx\appdata\local\temp to the disposable disk? I have created all my dedicated linked clone machines, all with persistent and disposa... See more...
Hi, has anyone redirected the win 7 temp folder (default user\xxx\appdata\local\temp to the disposable disk? I have created all my dedicated linked clone machines, all with persistent and disposable disks, but then realised I hadn't actually redirected anybody's temp folder. Only found out when a user filled their persistent disk with temp files. I now want to go back and redirect Temp to the disposable disk, but am wondering the best way. Should I sign on as each user and manually change it (only 60 VMs), Could I change the master images environment variable, although would that work if the user already has a persistent disk. Or maybe use a GPO (policy or preference) to change the environment variable, but if I did this would it create the temp directory if it didn't exist. Any help suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
Hi, thanks for the answer. I am trying to avoid using GPP as mnuch as possible as GPP are temporary, not compulsory unlike standard Policies. Also this seems a fairly complicated way to do someth... See more...
Hi, thanks for the answer. I am trying to avoid using GPP as mnuch as possible as GPP are temporary, not compulsory unlike standard Policies. Also this seems a fairly complicated way to do something that is almost there already with deployed printers and LBP. After doing further research and lots of testing I found a couple of pointers which when combined seem top give me the right answer that works in my enviroment (although only time will tell how well it works). The aolution I have found is to install and share the printers on the printserver, then set up and AD group for each printer I want as default. Deploy all the standard printers that everyone must have using deploy printer user GPO. Finally to set up LBP using \\domain\group in the user/group field put any name you like in the printer name field as it seems to user the share name, and then in the printer driver field put \\server\sharename. Thisa allows me to set default printers and add extra printers to just some users. The only confusing things I found was it ignoring the printer name I set in the policy, and that if the printer already exists on the VM through deployed printer it uses that one when setting default via LBP, i.e. it doesn't create a 2nd printer with a new name and make that the default. I shall continue to do some testing and may yet revert back to some of the suggestions above, but for now it seems to work
Hi, Thank you for this. I will certainly have a look at it. One concern from reading quickly throught the txt file is how it would work with linked clones being refreshed. Also part of the issue... See more...
Hi, Thank you for this. I will certainly have a look at it. One concern from reading quickly throught the txt file is how it would work with linked clones being refreshed. Also part of the issue I have is I also have a few printers, such as the label printers that need to be available to certain sers and not others, but are not their default printers.
Can anyone help with a small issue. I currently am setting up Linked Clone images in an enviroment that has multiple network printers (shared from a 2008 r2 print server). The clients are all EVG... See more...
Can anyone help with a small issue. I currently am setting up Linked Clone images in an enviroment that has multiple network printers (shared from a 2008 r2 print server). The clients are all EVGA Zero clients. Everytime I recompose the default printer resets itself back to the wrong printer. I thought of using Location Based Printing as mentioned in one of the many threads I have looked at, but can't get it to pick up the network printer. Is it possible to use LBP with network printers without having to load the printer driver locally in the master image first, as surely the network printer downloads the driver when the user connects to it. Our users have all sorts of label printers and MFPs etc that are constantly changing as they wear out. My concern isthat everytime I add a new printer I'm going to have to go back to the master image, add the new driver locally in to it, then recompile the Linked Clones. Each user has multiple printers installed from from the printserver, with the nearest one being their defalt. I don't want to have to add multiple local printers to get the drivers locally then remove them all again, and repeat everytime a new printer type comes along. The ideal would be add it as a network printer, use GPO deployed printers to get the printer to the user then use LBP to set the relevant network printer as the users default printer (based on a security group) Is that possible? 
Changed the GPO setting above. Full path in the GPO is Computer Settings - Administrative Templates - PCOIP Session Variables - then either of the two options (I used the Overridable option) - En... See more...
Changed the GPO setting above. Full path in the GPO is Computer Settings - Administrative Templates - PCOIP Session Variables - then either of the two options (I used the Overridable option) - Enable access to a vsphere session from a Vsphere Console) Now everything is working. Shame Vmware engineer didn't know this way would work when he was checking out why manually putting the same setting directly into the registry fails. Oh well it works now, Just hope the final patch gives you the option to blank the Vsphere console if required.
I was asked by VMWare to try a possible temporary fix/workaround for this, which was a registry change / entry. This came with a warning that it could introduce a security hole as it stopped the ... See more...
I was asked by VMWare to try a possible temporary fix/workaround for this, which was a registry change / entry. This came with a warning that it could introduce a security hole as it stopped the VM Console from being blacked out in Vsphere Client when the user was using the VDI. Unfortunately the setting didn't work in my case. VMWare tech support checked out via Webex, and have come back and said it worked for them, but as it didn't work for me I was going to have to wait for the next patch release which will have the fix for this issue included, and which will be hopefully available in August (the back end of August that is). They can't / won't release just release the patch for this problem until then.
Hi, I have also carried out some tests this morning using one of my troublesome VMs and here are my findings:- 1.     Logged in to VM on Vsphere client console (XP VM with screen res set to... See more...
Hi, I have also carried out some tests this morning using one of my troublesome VMs and here are my findings:- 1.     Logged in to VM on Vsphere client console (XP VM with screen res set to 1920 x 1080)- CPU level normal 2.     Opened youtube and watched a couple of videos in full screen  last one Full HD 1080p, full screen. - VMs Task manager shows CPU usage at 100% and Client Console performance monitor shows Virtual CPU Usage at 100% - ESX TOP shows vmx-svga at 7% 3.     Logged out of VM on Console - Virtual CPU Usage goes straight back to low level 4.     Logged in to same VM on EVGA Zero Client - VMs taskmanager shows CPU around 4%, but Virtual CPU usage shoots up to 100% an stays there - ESXTOP shows VMX-SVGA at 90% plus 5.     Finally here is a screen capture of the performance monitor of this machine during this time with the relevant points marked Hope that helps. If you want any more info, or to discuss, please PM me or post here (remember I am in BST time zone) BTW the VMWare support call raised for us by Dell is VMware SR number 13317064304 Kevin
Hi Warran, I have tried opening the VM in the console and it didn't seem to use high CPU, but then I am finding it random in terms of when I see the high CPU. For instance my own VM has been s... See more...
Hi Warran, I have tried opening the VM in the console and it didn't seem to use high CPU, but then I am finding it random in terms of when I see the high CPU. For instance my own VM has been showing the 100 % most times I reboot it. Today I rebooted it several times and CPU was normal - a pain as I was trying to get some agent logs for VMWare. Then When I rebooted it at lunchtime it went straight to 100% CPU as soon as I logged in and stayed there until around two and a half hours later, when without me doing anything unusual it suddenly dropped back down to normal usage. I didn't even have to do my usual workaround of setting my windows resolution lower and changing it straight back up again. Hope that helps some Kevin