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Re: Cannot login to virtual desktop. HELP!!!

eugpol — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 01:06:48 GMT

Digging deeper I realized my clones do not join the domain, they are in the workgroup. The parent machine is in the domain, I do not get any error during pool creation. Machines show up as AVAILABLE in View administrator. My guess is sysprep is not doing what it's supposed to. I am using Customization Specification Manager in vSphere client to create a spec and then apply it during pool provisioning. What am I missing?

Cannot login to virtual desktop. HELP!!!

eugpol — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:47:11 GMT

I created a new floating pool using sysprep and try to log in. The message says my account is not valid. Then I see two icons - VMware SSO User and Other Users. I guess SSO is Single Sign-On. What am I supposed to do?

Cannot ping my virtual desktops

eugpol — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:11:47 GMT

I have a few pools and just noticed that I cannot ping my virtual desktops. All machines are on the same network. Should I be able to ping them?

Re: Sysprep Problem

eugpol — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:16:54 GMT

I found the problem. It is because I modified default Windows profile by copying files and changing permission. It is a bad idea. The only clean way to do it is Sysprep. Any other way will give you a headache sooner or later.

Re: Sysprep Problem

eugpol — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:18:07 GMT

I have a parent machine with a default profile which I modified slightly, but there are no other accounts on the machine other than Administrator, it is a domain machine I am the only person who is working with View, it is still in testing phase. As I mentioned everything works fine with Quickprep, I created dozens of various pool. It happens only when I try to use Sysprep as follows, as simple as it gets. Please take a look.

http://matavesi.com/harlan/?p=249

Re: Sysprep Problem

eugpol — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:36:01 GMT

OS is Windows 7, no VCSA. I have a parent machine which I've been using for different kinds of testing, everything works with Quickprep. This time I decided to go with Sysprep and created a new spec in vCener Customization Spec Manager.

Sysprep Problem

eugpol — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:51:12 GMT

Guys,

I am trying to create a floating pool using sysprep. I created a customization specification in vCenter. However after the pool is created and I try to connect to virtual desktop I see the login name to_be_default. What am I doing wrong?

Default Profile Question

eugpol — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:23:22 GMT

I have a floating pool and want user profiles deleted on log off, so that another user gets a clean profile on logon. How can I implement that without refreshing virtual machines after a user logs off/disconnects? THX.

Re: Antivirus question

eugpol — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:08:05 GMT

They will probably get updates but every time is is going to be a full update since the last recomposition. Isn't it going to generate a lot of extra traffic? Microsoft and our WSUS server are pushing new updates every day. Are you saying that your machines get updated Symantec virus definition once a month?

Antivirus question

eugpol — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:02:28 GMT

I am i the process of bulding a VDI for 400 machines, most of them will be floating with OS drives reset after users log off. Currently we are using Microsoft Endpoint Protection, updates are pushed from WSUS server. What is the solution to keep antivirus apdated without recomposing machines every day? THX.

Resource Calculation Question

eugpol — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:50:17 GMT

Guys,

I need to plan VDI for 80 users, 70 of them are task users, the remaining 10 knowledge users. I'm going to create a floating pool for task users and another floating (or dedicated if it makes a difference) with persona management for ten knowledge users. How do I calculate resources I would need? All virtual desktops are Windows 7 64 bit, full parent machines disks are 32GB. I need 2-3 snapshots per pool. Any guidelines highly appreciated.

Re: Virtual Desktop OS Upgrade Question

eugpol — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:11:56 GMT

Is it possible to recompose Win7 pool to Win8? I thought recomposition works within the same OS only.

Virtual Desktop OS Upgrade Question

eugpol — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:43:04 GMT

I have a Win7 VDI environment with several pools running off the same parent machine. I'd like to upgrade some pools to Windows 8. Is it possible?

Re: Linked clones don't recompose correctly.

eugpol — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:49:04 GMT

Please disregard the post. Recomposing is correct. When I add shortcuts to the desktop of the parent machine I do that under admin profile. I have to copy thuem to the default profile because user logging into the pool get bthe default profile.

Installing printers with GP in floating pool

eugpol — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:34:09 GMT

Guys , I need to install printers for a floating pool with no persona management using group policy. Basically, I want each group of several users have a default printer. How cam I accomplish this? I'd appreciate your input. THX.

Re: Linked clones don't recompose correctly.

eugpol — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:08:46 GMT

I found smth. I probably misled you statig that clones did not recompose properly. I created the image using admin account. When I connect login with admin account I see everything correctly. Whae I login using another account I do not see changes. It has something to do with profiles. How can I force the same profile for all users?

Re: Linked clones don't recompose correctly.

eugpol — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:15:47 GMT

Yes, I did take a new snapshot and selected it.

Linked clones don't recompose correctly.

eugpol — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:41:02 GMT

I made some minor changes to the parent VM and recomposed the pool. However the machines in the pool don't reflect the changes I made. What is the problem? THX.

Re: Problem creating a linked clone pool

eugpol — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:37:56 GMT

The agent has started, but the machines are still in customizing state, I tried all over again, the same result.

Persona management question

eugpol — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:57:13 GMT

I have a running linked clone floating pool. Now I implemented persona management for this pool by adding admin template to the parent VM. Do I need to recompose the pool to make it work?