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Chris_Nodak · ‎08-17-2023

I've been using the OSOT plug in for MDT for some time with great success, but for some reason, I occasionally get a finished VM image that on first boot after deployment, pops up a message stating a...

I've been using the OSOT plug in for MDT for some time with great success, but for some reason, I occasionally get a finished VM image that on first boot after deployment, pops up a message stating a Dirty Environment Found. The MDT reports the deployment succeeded 100%, but the image thinks the environment hasn't completed deployment. I have 3 master images I deploy monthly to ensure they are kept up to date with preinstalled apps and patches. Today 2 of the 3 failed with the dirty environment message. In the past I would just re-run the tool and it would work, but both those same images failed again. Just curious if anyone has run into this before and how I could begin troubleshooting it? Again, MDT reports the deployment is 100% complete but apparently something in the image thinks it failed. If I say no to the pop up, it will rerun all the steps again then eventually say it can't be recovered. Looking for any suggestions to help determine why this is happening.

Chris_Nodak · ‎07-07-2023

No they can't login to their Google account as I mentioned these VMs are blocked from internet access for security reasons so there's no way to sync.

Chris_Nodak · ‎06-21-2023

@Pim_van_de_Vis So this is working great for our users logging into Chrome sync. But I have a pool for admins that doesn't have internet access for security reasons. I notice that it will save the ...

@Pim_van_de_Vis So this is working great for our users logging into Chrome sync. But I have a pool for admins that doesn't have internet access for security reasons. I notice that it will save the favorites and any pinned tabs, but if you have open tabs, they are lost on logoff. Any ideas why?

Chris_Nodak · ‎05-11-2023

Just some follow up on this. We think we have it resolved. Turns out we were redirecting the user's appdata folder to the network and once we stopped the redirection, Chrome works fine. Sadly turning...

Just some follow up on this. We think we have it resolved. Turns out we were redirecting the user's appdata folder to the network and once we stopped the redirection, Chrome works fine. Sadly turning off redirection broke another appvolume application that had been working. But in this case, it's the lesser problem. Thanks for the help @Pim_van_de_Vis and @Vanyun .

Chris_Nodak · ‎05-10-2023

Curious to hear if anyone has successfully created a DEM profile for Mitel Connect. I used the DEM profiler but something is missing and the user is required to re-enter all information every time we...

Curious to hear if anyone has successfully created a DEM profile for Mitel Connect. I used the DEM profiler but something is missing and the user is required to re-enter all information every time we start the client. If I redirect appdata using DEM, it remembers the user's information fine. However if we redirect appdata this breaks our Chrome profiles. So long story short, has anyone successfully captured all the settings for Mitel Connect in the DEM profile?

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-05-2023

@Pim_van_de_Vis No we are not using writeables or FSLogix. I did test as you mentioned each appvolume involved. Oddly when I manually assign all the appvolumes in question, the profile works just f...

@Pim_van_de_Vis No we are not using writeables or FSLogix. I did test as you mentioned each appvolume involved. Oddly when I manually assign all the appvolumes in question, the profile works just fine. But when I add the user to the group assignment for the same set of appvolumes it doesn't work. Still working through this.

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-04-2023

@Pim_van_de_Vis @Vanyun I figured out my Chrome versioning issue. It was an appvolume that was pulling in an old version of Chrome. Now that I've resolved that, I'm back to trying to figure out t...

@Pim_van_de_Vis @Vanyun I figured out my Chrome versioning issue. It was an appvolume that was pulling in an old version of Chrome. Now that I've resolved that, I'm back to trying to figure out the profile issue. After some more testing, I logged in as a user with no appvolume assignments and the Chrome profile is remembered perfectly. Are either of you using appvolumes? I'm guessing I need to recapture one or all of these and ensure chrome isn't being captured at all. I think my reference VM had Chrome installed and that is creating my problems with profiles.

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-04-2023

@Pim_van_de_Vis We noticed an oddity with our image. I am installing the latest version of Chrome using OSOT and MDT but when the desktop is cloned out, the version of Chrome shows up as 99. I don'...

@Pim_van_de_Vis We noticed an oddity with our image. I am installing the latest version of Chrome using OSOT and MDT but when the desktop is cloned out, the version of Chrome shows up as 99. I don't know how or why. I'm thinking this is what is causing our problem. Still troubleshooting.

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-03-2023

@Vanyun I really appreciate the follow up. We're still on Horizon 7.13.2, however I am running Agent 8.4 on the instant clone vms. Same Windows version, I need to update Chrome. Perhaps there's an...

@Vanyun I really appreciate the follow up. We're still on Horizon 7.13.2, however I am running Agent 8.4 on the instant clone vms. Same Windows version, I need to update Chrome. Perhaps there's an issue in the version I have right now. Didn't realize my image was this far behind. We're a version behind on DEM also. Not sure that would matter.

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-03-2023

Unfortunately still not staying signed on. I updated the chrome profile and deleted all my test user's archives so I would get everything refreshed.

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-03-2023

@Vanyun Are you using directflex?

Chris_Nodak · ‎04-03-2023

@Vanyun @Pim_van_de_Vis We are still having issues with the users sync status being paused. I do capture personal certificates and IE Passwords, even though we're using Chrome in this instance. I ...

@Vanyun @Pim_van_de_Vis We are still having issues with the users sync status being paused. I do capture personal certificates and IE Passwords, even though we're using Chrome in this instance. I will take your new template and do some additional testing. Thanks to you both for responding.

Chris_Nodak · ‎03-27-2023

@Vanyun Is this profile still working for you? I have been using a slightly modified version of what you have and even tried your settings exactly and now Chrome forces my users to login every time. ...

@Vanyun Is this profile still working for you? I have been using a slightly modified version of what you have and even tried your settings exactly and now Chrome forces my users to login every time. It says sync is paused. It's frustrating since we enforce 2 factor auth on our email accounts.

Chris_Nodak · ‎03-27-2023

Was really hoping someone out there would have an idea on this. I attempted removing all the exclusions in the profile and captured the entire profile directory but it is still requiring sign on. A...

Was really hoping someone out there would have an idea on this. I attempted removing all the exclusions in the profile and captured the entire profile directory but it is still requiring sign on. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

Chris_Nodak · ‎03-23-2023

We are nearing the end of testing DEM and instant clones and plan to go live soon. Using the content in this post https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Dynamic-Environment-Manager/Google-Chrome/ta-p/2857...

We are nearing the end of testing DEM and instant clones and plan to go live soon. Using the content in this post https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Dynamic-Environment-Manager/Google-Chrome/ta-p/2857376, I created a Chrome DEM profile to capture the user's sign on. It was working fine until the last week or so. Now every time a user launches Chrome it shows Paused and the user is forced to sign in again. Since we enforce 2 factor it's quite a pain. Has anyone run into recent changes in Chrome that may have caused this or can point me to a better DEM profile for Chrome? I've tried a number of solutions I've found via searching but nothing seems to keep the user logged on between sessions. I'm attaching my current profile settings here in case anyone wants to take a look.

Chris_Nodak · ‎10-17-2022

I did open a ticket with support on this. It appears that Appvolumes isn't enumerating the user groups for the user in the other domain. Anyone have any ideas why this would be? In the primary domain...

I did open a ticket with support on this. It appears that Appvolumes isn't enumerating the user groups for the user in the other domain. Anyone have any ideas why this would be? In the primary domain it works fine. Support rep is stumped right now.

Chris_Nodak · ‎10-07-2022

I've logged on and off a number of times with my test user that is in the user group I want to assign apps to. This last time one of the 3 apps finally attached but the other 2 did not. Also log on i...

I've logged on and off a number of times with my test user that is in the user group I want to assign apps to. This last time one of the 3 apps finally attached but the other 2 did not. Also log on is taking an incredibly long time. I looked at a few other apps I have assigned to groups in my domain, specifically to the desktop that I'm using and am noticing that not all those apps are attaching either. I think I will need to open a support ticket and see where that takes me.

Chris_Nodak · ‎10-07-2022

Thanks for that information. I will give that a look!

Chris_Nodak · ‎10-07-2022

We do have multiple domains but the group is from the same domain as the user in question.

Chris_Nodak · ‎10-06-2022

I'm still fairly new to App Volumes. We're slowly migrating away from linked clones and moving to instant clones. App volumes has been working well except it seems that when I assign a package to a g...

I'm still fairly new to App Volumes. We're slowly migrating away from linked clones and moving to instant clones. App volumes has been working well except it seems that when I assign a package to a group of users, it doesn't attach. If I specify a user directly then it works. What am I missing?

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