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Re: Maximum Users per View Manager Server?

lmemo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:30:55 GMT

Geoff,

Sorry to trouble you again, but I think I need a bit of understanding. There are 2 main components involved: Connection Server and the ESX server that contains the VMs. Is it the "Connection Server" that can handle the 1000 connections? Also, how many VMs can the ESX server contain? Thanks.

Re: Maximum Users per View Manager Server?

lmemo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:32:48 GMT

Geoff,

I read pg 15 in the Admin manual but there seems to be a contradiction in the OS that can be used for the View Connection server. It states that "View Connection Server runs on a 32‐bit or 64‐bit dedicated physical or virtual server with the following specifications..." However, the next couple of paragraphs down it is stated that "The View Connection Server can be installed on the following 32‐bit operating systems..." It does not document any 64-bit OS's that can the Connection server can be installed on. Do you know where it is documented that the connection server can be run on a 64-bit system, and in application what 64-bit OS's have been recommended to work without issues? Thanks.

Re: Type of encryption used

lmemo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:16:31 GMT

thanks mark. this is very helpful

Type of encryption used

lmemo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:48:40 GMT

Does anyone know what type of encryption is used for traffic between client, connection server, and desktop source (VM)? Thanks.

Re: Maximum Users per View Manager Server?

lmemo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:05:40 GMT

Ok I know what the admin guide says, but what is the max # of users in practice? Are you all running your Connection Server in a VM? How much ram is allotted for the VM and how much for the physical server? Thanks.

Re: Connect to Desktop source with the View Client?

lmemo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:58:21 GMT

Thanks. I know that I can use the web portal and view client. However, is there a way to use the web portal only without the need to install the view client? I am running into the issue where I have to be logged in with a local admin account in order to download the view client after connecting to the web portal. For example, I want to make it possible for a user who is logged into a public computer to be able to log into the web portal and connect to a desktop source. More often than not, the local account will be a guest or restricted user account; therefore, he will not be able to download the view client after authenticating to the web portal.

Connect to Desktop source with the View Client?

lmemo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:04:58 GMT

All,

I am currently in a POC of VMware View and would like to know if it is possible to connect to the portal and then to a desktop source without the need to install the View client software. Is this possible? If so, how?

If not, then can the a properly authenticated domain user login to a local guest or user privileged account and install the view client software? Or does the domain user need to be logged into a local administrator account in order to download the view client software? I have tested this and I experienced that the only way I was able to download the view client software and succesfully connect to a desktop source was if I logged in as a local administrator.

I know that with Citrix (sorry to mention that name here), I was able to download the client while being logged into the machine with local guest account. Their client had a very small footprint.

Your help please. Thanks.

Question about View's Use of SSL

lmemo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:43 GMT

All,

I need some info. VMWare's product overview for the View infrastructure mentions that it "uses SSL tunneling to ensure all connections are completely encrypted." So my question is when does this occur ,and between which components? Is it only used for authentication, or the entire session (e.g., from the time the user logs into the View Portal til he logs off / shuts down the VM and terminates his session in the View Portal)? Thanks.

Re: Can't connect to virtual machine, server overloaded

lmemo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:35:00 GMT

I know its been a couple of month's since the last post, but I have a question on this topic. Can multiple users connect to the same Desktop source (VM)? If so, how can can the pool or desktop source be configured? Thanks.

Re: Need Help - "You are not entitled to use this system"

lmemo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:38:32 GMT

I was able to log in now successfully without getting that error message. I can now see the pool that I have been entitled to view; however, I cannot see any desktops. Within the View Administrator on the Connection Server I added a VM to the Pool, but I can't see it via the View Portal. Any ideas? Thanks.

Need Help - "You are not entitled to use this system"

lmemo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:40:32 GMT

All,

I need help. I have been banging my head on this one for a while. I created a user which I believe should be able to log into the the View Portal, but every time I enter the proper credentials I receive this message: "You are not entitled to use the system". What? Why? Can anyone provide some insight into what is going on and what I need to do to correct this? Thanks in advance.

Re: You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine

lmemo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:44:50 GMT

All this time I was thinking it was working on the inner vm. Thanks for your help, it worked.

Next is to fix the issue creating an entitled user. I keep getting an error stating that I am not an entitled user. I am going to post a new thread outside of this one, but if you have any suggestions this would be helpful. Thanks.

Re: You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine

lmemo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:52:51 GMT

Okay, here it is:

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"

maxvcpus = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "ESX3.5.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

monitor.virtual_mmu = "software"

monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"

monitor_console.restrict_backdoor="true"

roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"

displayName = "ESX3.5"

guestOS = "rhel4-64"

nvram = "ESX3.5.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

extendedConfigFile = "ESX3.5.vmxf"

Re: You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine

lmemo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:37:34 GMT

Ok, now I'm a bit confused. I thought this was the outer VM. Where/how can I get the outer VM?

Re: You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine

lmemo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:33:16 GMT

Thanks for the reply. No, this is a VM that I have uploaded to a datastore in ESX. The VM that the ESX server is running on seems to working fine as far as I know. The guest OS for the ESX server is RHEL 4 64-bit. I wonder if the Virtual Infrastructure Client, which manages the ESX server, needs to be installed on a 64 bit system? Do you know if this could be causing the issue?

Re: You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine

lmemo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:48:16 GMT

I know this thread may be a bit old, but I am having the same issue. I have made all the configuration changes to the outer vmx file (ESX VM), but to no avail. I am using an ESX 3.5 server on a VM. I have install my Virtual Infrastructure client 2.5 on a physical machine. The vitrual infrastructure client was on a VM also, but I have since installed it on a physical machine instead thinking this would solve the issue but it didn't. Here is my VMX file after modifying:

extendedConfigFile = "New Virtual Machine.vmxf"

scsi0.present = "true"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

memsize = "256"

scsi0:0.present = "true"

scsi0:0.fileName = "New Virtual Machine.vmdk"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"

ide0:0.present = "true"

ide0:0.clientDevice = "true"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.startConnected = "false"

floppy0.startConnected = "false"

floppy0.clientDevice = "true"

ethernet0.present = "true"

ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

guestOSAltName = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit)"

guestOS = "winxppro"

uuid.location = "56 4d b6 7a 20 37 98 d8-12 df 13 9c 69 45 90 df"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b6 7a 20 37 98 d8-12 df 13 9c 69 45 90 df"

toolScripts.afterPowerOn = "true"

toolScripts.afterResume = "true"

toolScripts.beforeSuspend = "true"

toolScripts.beforePowerOff = "true"

monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"

floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"

Thanks for your help.