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• Difference in size of the Parent unit and linked clone

  Hi team,

  I do view Vsphere 5.2 implementation Horizon. Implementation goes smoothly, but I saw a c disk space difference of Parent and Linked clone.

  Windows 7 with Service pack 1 built with optimization script to disable unwanted services. Free space on the drive c image parent is 3.90 Go. When I put in service a clone related in this snapshot of parent picture I found free space in linked clone vdi is about 6.5 GB.

  Please specify if anyone face the same or it is normal in the linked clone.

  Thank you

  Ravindra.

  You use a disposable disc?    When you use a disk file page flies on this disc which may explain the difference in free space.

• View office patches and linked Clone pool

  I'm mobile torwards a deployment of Thin Clients using the Wyse P20 and View 4 and I was wondering if anyone has had experience using the linked clone and Altiris Agent Office pool?  If this is not the case, what practices of patching are used?

  What practices of patching are used?

  If you use linked clone you way the main image, not the desktop images.

  Power on the mask, path, clipping, create a new snapshot.

  Then (with View Manager Administration) redial your pool with the new snapshot.

  André

• See Thinapp and linked Clones

  You use more often use streaming or complete assignments when assigning the Thinapp packages for workstations linked clone?

  Thank you

  Mike

  Especially with comprehensive assignments. Small and lighter appilications / tools are good for streaming

• How to change the computer name of existing desktop computers linked clone pool?

  Hello

  I'm curious about something that has developed in our Organization.  New guidelines came down and we have to change the name of the computer for all of our offices to meet the new criteria.

  I have many of our users is on the offices of Linked-Clone (automated pool, dedicated, assignment see 5.1) which will have their names have been changed.  I use a 'model' for the name of the computer.

  I tried this before by simply change the settings of the pool, and then recompose the pool.  Recompose worked well, but NONE of the virtual machine names have been changed.  All machines, recomposed just fine, but keep the old name of the computer (non-compliant).

  How can I change the name of the computer of my clone in an existing pool offices?  Maybe I have something wrong.  I'm doing it instead of having to create a new pool and move the persistent disks.  I would like to change the name in the settings of the pool and recompose, but it did not work.

  Scenario:
  See 5.1

  Automated cloning related pool

  Assignment of dedicated (persistent disks)

  Thanks in advance

  It is not possible to change the name of existing workstations by modifying the settings of the pool. There is no way to make this happen automatically and in doing so manually would not seen happy.

  Unfortunately, for dedicated pools, you will have more work to do. If you do not use Persona you detach the persistent disks and recreate virtual machines in the pool with this disk to create a new virtual machine with a new name to be generated.

  If you use Persona you could remove all virtual machines and have Persona to extract profile data down to the virtual machine that would be entitled to the user when they connect then. This will cause all user installed programs go, but I hope that's not common if you are already using linked clones.

  I encourage to go to the next page, click on the feature request form link and publish information on what you're trying to do:

  https://www.VMware.com/support/policies/feature.html

  Notifications about features are reviewed by VMware and if you can get enough of your friends/colleagues notice to users to ask something often a solution will grow in any kind, nature or form.

  Hope this helps.

  -Mike

• Cannot delete the linked clone pool

  Hello

  Please bear with me, as I'm still not a lot of experience with this product. I can't remove a linked clone automated pool manager. Virtual machines and records (including records perisitant) associated with this pool have all been previously removed (deleted from the drive) of vCenter. The pool remains Gray and in the State of "suppression", in the display manager.

  around every 45 seconds, this event is logged in the display manager:

  module = connection to the server. message = error commissioning took place the Pool win-xp-related-clones due to a configuration problem.

  I don't know yet where to start troubleshooting. Pool seems to think again its status of "supply", meanwhile, the menu pool bed and the pool is actually disappeared for a long time that the "deletion" status.  It seems that my SQL db view can be somewhat altered and that maybe I need to delete some data manually.

  What newspapers I consider to facilitate troubleshooting? I searched the journal of composer for the name of my pool (win-xp-related-clones), but there is no match.

  I run see 4.5 and vCenter 4.1.

  Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

  Hello

  Take a look at this KB (1008658):

  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?

  language = en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1008658

  The same thing happened to me once, and that KB has been very helpful.

  Best wishes / Saludos

  -

• How to activate Office 2010 on the linked clones?

  Hello

  I created a parent Windows 7 virtual computer and installation of Office 2010 and active with a volume license key.

  After that the creation of my clones linked through automated composer pool and connection, I'm prompted to activate Office during the execution of an office program.

  I tried to configure a scheduled initially to the top task for running a cscript command to activate it.

  The command runs correctly when I run from a command prompt, but does not seem to be run directly from the Task Scheduler.

  He said that the task ran successfully, but still prompts for activation.

  http://derek858.blogspot.com/2011/03/immediately-activate-Windows-7-and.html

  Just checking to see if someone has a suggestion?

  I prefer a local installation on each virtual machine.  I have attached my scheduled task settings.

  Thank you

  romatlo

  Have you created a. MSP for your installation of Office 2010 by using Microsoft Office (setup.exe/admin) customization tool?

  Inside the customization tool, you can specify your product key MAK and under the heading "Add installations and run programs", you can add the script to activate it then install (screenshot of fixation).

  Once you create and save your. MSP file just put it in the \Updates folder and it will automatically reference the. MSP when you run setup.exe.

  This is how I do it on the model, and then users won't be prompted to activate.

  More information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179132(office.14)

• Join the Parent picture to the domain before you create linked clones?

  Do we not have to attach the image relative to the domain before creating a snapshot, and use it to float pools related clones?

  Agree with Mittim12...   Works either way, but we have our images of parent is joined to the domain before.  This help us to do things that is install OK on the image for domain use for users and allows us to do some more test before we deployment.

  Good luck... 

• What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  Clone

  A clone is a copy of the virtual machine.

  You can't convert back the cloned Virtual Machine.

  A Clone of a Virtual Machine can be created when the Virtual Machine is running

  Cloning can be done in two ways: Clone full and linked Clone.

  A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Continuous operation of a full clone is entirely separate from the parent virtual machine.

  A linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the virtual machine of parent on a regular basis. This preserves disk space and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.

  Cloning of a virtual machine can save time if you are deploying several similar virtual machines. You can create, configure, install the software on a single VM and then clone several times, rather than the creation and configuration of each virtual machine individually.

  Model

  A model is an original copy or a reference image of a virtual machine that can be used to create many clones.

  Models can be turned on or edited and are harder to change than usual of virtual machine.

  You can convert the model to the Virtual Machine update model base with the latest released patches and updates and to install or upgrade any software and still convert to template to use for the future deployment of Virtual Machines with the latest patches.

  Convert virtual machine model cannot be performed, when the virtual machine is running.  Only the Clone to the model can be performed when the Virtual Machine is running.

  A model offers a safer way to preserve a virtual machine configuration that you want to deploy several times.

  When you clone a virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template, the cloned virtual machine resulting is independent of the virtual machine or the original model.

• Is it possible deploy Windows 7 floating - Linked clone pool for 10 VDIs and licensing through KMS?

  Hi all

  I would like to build a floating - linked clone pool for 10 VDIs and lincense them using KMS.

  I read that the KMS solution is valid when you deploy more than 25 VDIs but if my VDIs are rebuild a few times during the day, why KMS does not work for me?

  I have an installed KMS and I think the job properly, but when I build my Windws 7 pool for each computer I always get this message:

  "Discover the State of the agent (16) composer initialization error: impossible to activate the license (waited 1275 seconds).

  If anyone can tell me what I should do to fix.

  Thank you

  What I do for this is to simply begin your pool with 26 machines and all have power upward.  Then just make sure all active and then reduce it down to the size you want.  Your environment might suffer a little performance while you do this, but it does the job for you.  A tip - don't forget to make offices and BONES.

• Problem with the floating linked clones and Persona

  Hello

  We run a build view Horizon 6.2.0 - 3005368.

  Just improved our VMware environment to 6.2 and installing an APEX 2800 PCoIP card on our guests.

  I had a pool of office dedicated clone bound for users.

  Now, I made a new image of master and made a new Automated Desktop Pool pool who are floating clone related.

  With the dedicated bound vmis, we place disc profiles of users etc are located.

  With the new pool, I'll use Persona. I followed this guide - http://terenceluk.blogspot.no/2012/10/configuring-roaming-profiles-with.html?showComment=1445933020356 and it works very well indeed, almost.

  For users of a trial, I can see that if something I save it to the desktop, it will be saved on the server of file \\fileserver\redirected$\%username%\Desktop

  When I use my user and try to even something on the desktop - it c:\%username%\Desktop

  I tried to reset, remove my user etc., but it's not. All the settings I made in the GPO - Computer Configuration-> administration-> classic administrative templates (ADM) models-> Configuration of the VMware View Agent-> Persona

  Management-> Folder Redirection

  But my users settings are only "local".

  How is it?

  This can be caused by an incorrect action or NTFS permissions on the redirection of folder/persona.

  She is also due if your user account has a profile on the parent whose linked clone desktops are created.

• Problem automated creation of the pools (linked clone or full clone)

  Hi all!

  Two or three weeks ago I started to experience a very strange error in my environment. (vCenter and vSphere Horizon are version 6.x)

  At the point where I'm trying to create a pool automated , using of linked clone or a full clone, the following error is displayed as follows:

  «The selected snapshot is hardware version 7.» Only ESX 4.0 hosts or homogenous groups of hosts running ESX 4.0 can be selected. »

  
  

  I know that there is a KB ( ) 1028489) reported this error, but it is applied to view 4.X and I'm running the version 6

  
  

  I first thought it was on an old parent VMs and instant, so I created all parents of virtual machines and snapshot material the most recent help of virtual machine. But the error still there.

  
  

  Is there any type of troubleshooting for this problem?

  
  

  Ideas are very much aprecciated.
  

  
  

  Thank you.

  
  

  Best,

  Eduardo.
  

  
  

  
  

  Solved!

  Permissions. In fact, the role attributed to view user.

  Best.

  Thank you

  Eduardo.

• Linked Clone pools with fast and KMS

  Here are a few things I'm still not clear on?  (1) what to choose fast as my process for related clones, creating bound within view Admin clone pool?  (2) where point desktop clone related newly updated to point to the KMS server?  (3) therefore to create a pool of related cone that I have to turn off the Parent virtual machine and take a snapshot and then choose this snapshot when I go to the floating pool linked clone process, correct?

  When you create the master vm and before taking snapshots, make sure that its using the kms client.  Any machine that uses this key automatically discover host kms on your network and activate.  There is no need to specify in the settings of quickprep.  When I was with sysprep I put the key client kms in customizers, but quickprep just takes what is there and use it.

• Windows 7 in a pool of office automated with linked clones?

  Hello

  It is possible to set up an office pool automated with Windows 7 clients does not use linked clones? I try, but I have not presented the snapshot of the Windows 7 machine... (I know that it is only the technical preview)

  Thank you, George.

  Because we create and use x 64 VMs of in vCenter/ESX, you expect everything to work independently of the architecture.  Now, I didn't pretend to have a deep understanding of the functioning of view Agent and composer here.  However, since they are the two required components of cloning and or support x 64 OSes, I guess there is some sort of incompatbility.

  I know that I did not give a concrete answer as to why it doesn't work (and I couldn't I a), but I'll throw a few others obvservations I did.  I have already mentioned that the view Agent USB driver does not work on x 64.  When the associated test clones on x 64 OSes, I noticed that I could not select one of the x 64 workstations with snapshots.  Out of curiosity, I created an empty VM Windows XP Professional x 32 (with no OS) and took a snapshot.  I then went through the steps to created an automated pool and was able to pick up the snapshot for the x 32 empty VM XP.  He told me that he has no control on the real operating system for clones related through composer.  They must be carried out an audit on the guest "OS" said when you create the virtual machine and only allow x 32 VMs to serve as parents for the related clones.  I don't know if there is a difference at the level of the virtual material in x 32 vs x 64 XP XP, but it may be useful to create a "Windows XP Professional (32 bit)" VM and install XP (or Win 7) x 64 just to see what happens.

  If I have the chance to test this, I'll post.  I'd be interested to hear what everyone said, because I'm very interested in getting x 64 support as well.

• Understand manual office pool and floating pools?

  I therefore my view environment built and I have two fully optimized WIn 7 basic images for review I want to test. I want to create manual desktop pool before I started creating pools linked Clone, but IM a bit confused...  (1) to take a snapshot or convert my WIn 7 image to a model in order to to use in a pool of manual?  (2) when I am creating a Pool of floating linked CLone, what should I do to get this loan with this type of pool? I need to convert instantly or create a template?  I intend using a different image of Win 7 for this pool.  Any help will be greatly appreciated!

  1: with a pool stick is not creaeding the office so you simply pick a computer from vCenter to add to the pool.

  2: with a linked clone floating pool reminds you the pool to a snapshot on the main picture and then view build a pool based on this image.