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Re: Logfile size increased dramatically after upgrade vom vCenter 6.7 to 7.0

jc296 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:56:12 GMT

Its a well known problem. Some useful stuff here on this thread:

vCenter logs keep filling up storage and I'm not sure how to prevent that : r/vmware (reddit.com)

There's a few KBs that talk about deleting logs in a safe manner. I take it you have tweaked your logging levels in the vCenter GUI??

Re: More than one program in a package

jc296 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:38:30 GMT

Don't see why not.

https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/what-vmware-app-volumes?check_logged_in=1#applications-packages-and-programs

Re: More than one program in a package

jc296 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:37:21 GMT

Don't see why not. https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/what-vmware-app-volumes?check_logged_in=1#applications-packages-and-programs

Re: VDI sessions still active after user logged off

jc296 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:41:50 GMT

Not sure if my issue was similar. I had a floating pool of manual desktops and I had users who would connect to their desktops with zero clients but fail to log into the Windows session then disconnect the PCOIP session. This led to them not being able to connect to the desktop for a period of approx 15mins.

I solved this be adding a Reg-edit string (timer) on the VM: HKLM\Software\VMware\VMwareVDM\Agent\Configuration - VdmConnectionTicketTimeout = 30. The default is 900 secs apparently.

Hope that helps.

Re: Manual pools and RDSH hosts: Agent unreachable

jc296 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:34:26 GMT

Maybe thinking time sync between Horizon components.......and VMs

Re: ESXi Host 6.7 U3 lost network post upgrade to ESXi 7.0 U3

jc296 — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 09:36:35 GMT

Probably related to drivers and your physical nics not being recognised by the Dell image.

Check out these posts: ESXi 7 fails - "No Network adapters detected" - VMware Technology Network VMTN

Update your drivers.

From experience, I always have a back door managment interface on hosts using a std vswitch and a 1Gb nic as I don't always trust a vDistributed switch and uplinks.

Re: VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit installation on one physical server possible?

jc296 — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:35:32 GMT

Sounds like you need to spend a day learning the basics. Try this: https://www.udemy.com/course/vmware-vsphere/

Re: License Expired

jc296 — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:17:13 GMT

I guess it depends on the type of license you are talking about: Term or Perpetual.

Term guidance here: Horizon Term License Behavior – How to Get a 30-Day Grace Period After Term License Expiration (89045) (vmware.com)

SrRe: VMWare Horizon Client disconnects after exactly 1 hour of logon

jc296 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:52:23 GMT

Check your logs on the client and or Broker. This might help: PCoIP Disconnection Codes (2012101) (vmware.com)

Re: Virtual machine in the vSphere whether via virtual standard switch communication

jc296 — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:34:52 GMT

Virtual switches don't need a physical uplink and the VMs will be able to communicate with each other if they are using the same Port Group.

Re: Convert thin to thick with a 3TB disk on production server

jc296 — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:18:53 GMT

Good read: Changing the thick or thin provisioning of a virtual disk (2014832) (vmware.com)

Re: Convert thin to thick with a 3TB disk on production server

jc296 — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:17:44 GMT

Long shot - can't you just clone the VM and then on the storage option choose thick provisioning for the clone?

Re: How to configure the interface of the virtual switch to trunk？（ESXi）

jc296 — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:12:57 GMT

Artice here: Sample configuration of virtual switch VLAN tagging (VST Mode) (1004074) (vmware.com)

Re: How to configure the interface of the virtual switch to trunk？（ESXi）

jc296 — Tue, 30 May 2023 08:09:20 GMT

VLAN ID 4095 is a special purpose VLAN ID. When configured it acts Like a trunk port for the vSwitch. When configured with a VLAN ID 4095, all packets from all the port groups are forwarded to this VLAN/ port group. When configured with VLAN ID 4095, No tagging would be done and no packets would be discarded.

Re: Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to 7.0.3 Without losing VM's Data

jc296 — Thu, 11 May 2023 08:44:11 GMT

I had the same issue when I tried to install a later version of esxi on an old Dell R730 server - its basically your HW is not supported or the drivers for your Disk Controllers need updating. It looks like the installer can't see your datastores/disks.

Re: ESXi 7 hardware compatibility

jc296 — Wed, 03 May 2023 07:22:24 GMT

You could always use a Type 2 Hypervisor like Workstation 17 Pro for £120 and spin up as many VMs as the laptop can handle

Re: Horizon Connection Server upgrade

jc296 — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:31:05 GMT

Hi Yukiafronia,

Sounds fair. I must admit i didn't check the compatibility of Horizon Connection server on the Wins 2012 to 2019 update.

Thanks

Re: Horizon Connection Server upgrade

jc296 — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:01:49 GMT

I'd consider doing the upgrade in 2 parts: the Windows upgrade first followed by the Connection Servers in that order.

Obviously, i would de-risk the Wins upgrade on a dev rig or Workstation lab to see if the upgrade is smooth - i take it none of these Wins Servers have any roles included? From my limited experience of Wins there will always be a hiccup with the in place upgrade. Once satisfied that the Wins upgrade is known/stable I would then proceed to do all other Operationg Systems before doing an Horizon Connection upgrade, which should be relative straightforward. Check your View AGents on the VM desktops are compatible with the proposed Connection Server.

Re: assigned VM cpu is pinned

jc296 — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:42:35 GMT

I would explain to your IT admin that the resources you have been given are not sufficient to run your apps. He should be able to add more vCPU but as mentioned below it might need a bit more thought if you are not using a Horizon VDI environment using clones. How do you know that you are CPU resource limited?

Re: Response failure due to disk I/O delay in Horizon client

jc296 — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:19:03 GMT

I'm guessing the slow response times for spinning up VMs concurrently could and probably is a result of your storage design so maybe do some monitoring of the underlying esxtop metrics. Good article here: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1008205

Duncan Eppings research is also excellent here: https://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/

How is your shared storage designed? Fibre Channel, iscsci (Block) or File?