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• VMware View Linked Clone pool - SID change of virtual machines

  Dear community

  This morning I had the good idea to use instead of quickprep sysprep to change the SID for all virtual machines in the linked clone pools. Why? Because the customer didn't only VMs and use KMS to activate Office and Windows, therefore at least 50 different sid. Well, I created a file of OS customization invited for Windows (OS is Windows 7) in vCenter (which is connected to view admin) and I did:

  Target Machine Virutal OS: Windows

  Use custom Sysprep answer file: No.

  Name: The name of the file

  Owners name: xy

  Owner organization: xy

  Diabate

  VM name: Use the virtual computer name

  ProductKey: Leave blank

  Admin password: play twice

  ZimeZone: GMT + 1

  Run once: no

  Network: Typical with DHCP

  Domain: Credentials client area incl.

  Operating system options: create new SID

  Finishing, went to view Admin has created a new and Cust comments. to Syprep (Filename). Blended at the pool and it worked very well until the generalization starts... it stucks at regional settings, when I restart the same. When I klick net he asks me for a computer name and a password.

  Well:

  (1) why is this block here? Yes there are still stuck because I was not able to specify a locale, or if it is not needed? Why he can pop up?

  (2) why he asks me for a computername? I told her to use an existing one.

  (3) why he asks me a password? I told her what to use.

  Well I toigh ok Let's use an answwer sysprep file that I've included a second cost of comments. file (withi the guest also reset SID). Well it works greate except the designation: I said in the answer file to use the variable % computername %, which is certainly the name of the master, so VDI does not change this name...

  (1) the sysprep answer file the rightway anyway?

  (2) how do I get the new name out of sight for the VM for example VM001 instead of Master001

  So let's see the unattend.xml file

  <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"? >

  < unattend xmlns = "urn: schemas-microsoft-com: unattend" >

  < settings pass = "oobeSystem" >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  < OOBE >

  < HideEULAPage > true < / HideEULAPage >

  Work of < NetworkLocation > < / NetworkLocation >

  < ProtectYourPC > 3 < / ProtectYourPC >

  < SkipMachineOOBE > true < / SkipMachineOOBE >

  < SkipUserOOBE > true < / SkipUserOOBE >

  < / OOBE >

  < RegisteredOwner > IT < / RegisteredOwner >

  < RegisteredOrganization > IT < / RegisteredOrganization >

  < zone > GMT + 1 < / zone >

  < / component >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  Ways of < InputLocale > < / InputLocale >

  Ways of < SystemLocale > < / SystemLocale >

  Ways of < UILanguage > < / UILanguage >

  Ways of < UserLocale > < / UserLocale >

  < / component >

  < / Parameter >

  < settings pass = "generalize" >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  < PersistAllDeviceInstalls > true < / PersistAllDeviceInstalls >

  < / component >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  < SkipRearm > 1 < / SkipRearm >

  < / component >

  < / Parameter >

  < settings pass = "specialize" >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  %ComputerName% < ComputerName > < / ComputerName >

  < ProductKey > KEY < / ProductKey >

  < CopyProfile > false < / CopyProfile >

  < / component >

  " < component name ="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin"processorArchitecture ="x 86"publicKeyToken ="31bf3856ad364e35"language ="neutral"versionScope ="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm =" http://schemas.Microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "" xmlns: xsi = " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " >

  < identification >

  < References >

  < Domain >< / domain >

  < password > USER < / password >

  < Username >USER< / username >

  < / qualifications >

  < / qualifications >

  < JoinDomain > DOMAIN < / JoinDomain >

  < UnsecureJoin > False < / UnsecureJoin >

  < / identification >

  < / component >

  < / Parameter >

  "< cpi:offlineImage cpi:source =" "catalog: c: / win7x86/extract/sources/install_windows 7 ultimate.clg" xmlns:cpi = "urn: schemas-microsoft - com:cpi" / >

  < / unattend >

  If I check the comments cust. file without sysprep answer file I see there function which can crreate names for VMS as vim.virtualmachinenamegenerator (or something like that) is it possible to use sysprep as well? Well at the end, I just want to change the SID of the virtual machines each time they recompose is to have enough unique SID in the network! How do I need to do?

  Best regards

  Duke is your main reason for the use of sysprep to work around the problem of SIDS?

  We only use VDI on site for 700 + users and clients windows 7 and Office 2010 is activated through KMS.and we use quickprep because his headache free and easy.

  I use the following to help with the problem of SIDS:

  Manually to increase the number of KMS. Think Digital the application is clean.

  Its very well explained in the link above.

• Office 2010 Activation - VMware View 5.2 different material

  I could use a little help.  Here's the situation.

  I have a new view environment.

  I have 3 ESXi 5.1 servers - we'll call it Host1, Host2, Host3.

  Host1 is brand new and slightly different from Host2 and Host3. (They are a bit older)

  I did all my tests on Host1.  Including build my master Windows 7 Image and install all of the applications that I need.

  As part of the master Image, I activated Office 2010 before making a snapshot and pushing through related clones.

  Linked clones are now balanced between all 3 hosts as it should.

  All of my users who have VM on Host2 and Host3 now see 'Office 2010 Activation' screens.

  Seems Office has detected a difference in the level of material and is asking them to "Activate Office" again and they have no administrative permissions to do this.

  An idea of the best way for me to get around this problem?

  If I manually activate Office - he goes - right up until I do a restructuring - then it returns.

  Thanks in advance.

  You use a KMS server to activate office or try to use a MAK key?    It is considered to be best practices when dealing with view to use a KMS server

• Move the vcenter &amp; composer with view Linked clones.

  Composer and vCenter from Windows 2008 to Windows 2012R2. Names of iPs and host will change.

  I don't know how re-point the connector servers so they point to the new vCenter and the composer server without losing my clone of link stocks?

  
  

  Hello

  I don't think that you can do.

  Moving workstations managed by sight between VMware vCenter servers is not supported (1018045)

  You can change the composer server, following the procedure for the migration of the composer to another machine, but vcenter Server I do not.

  If your vcenter is configured at the Admin to view via a FULL domain name, you can then change the ip address. Not the right host name.

  Thank you

  John

• Impossible to redirect to the Office Access to vmware view html

  Step 1 is OK

  

  Step 2 is ok

  

  Step 3 is ok

  

  Step 4 is broken

  En the url to cambia con Dirección FQDN srvconnection.r4.com

  

  But if you change the intellectual property works

  

  Take a look at the parameters of your broker and more precisely the 'Gateway URL Blast ".

  Linjo

• Why Linked Clone drive so slow?

  I hope someone has the answer or advice to get better performance with VMware View Linked Clone VM. Just trying to understand why the disk performance is so slow with linked if Clone disk compare with normal disk. Just compare the tests of two simple facts with Iometer with the same configuration (4K, writing 80%, 100% random). The first test is inside the linked Clone (C:\) disk and the second is by normal drive added to the same VM on the same data store.

  RESULTS by C:\ (Linked clone)

  ARE OPS / s: 376

  Flow: 1, 6 Mbps

  Latency: 25 ms

  CPU: 62%

  RESULTS with D:\ (normal disk added to the same data store - Thin Provisioning)

  ARE OPS / s: 3369

  Flow: 13, 8MBps

  Latency: 3, 0ms

  CPU: 13.5%

  The latency is almost 10 times longer and PAHO are / s is almost 10 times less with linked Clone disk. I have attached the Iometer results here combine with ESXTOP results. The ESXTOP shows the same poor results, but strangely the VM do a lot of readings with the linked Clone test. The CBRC is enabled on this pool but I don't think it could have an effect since the disk Iometer is on the 'delta' so not in the drive to digest.

  I am sure that the problem is not with the hardware, but just in case, here the configuration:

  ESXi 5.5 (Dell Poweredge r.620)

  EqualLogic PS6100XV

  4 X iSCSI 1Gbs railways

  See Horizon 5.3.1

  vCenter 5.5

  Base image Windows 7 x 64, 2 vcpu

  Solved!

  Finally, there is the problem of the image of the mother. The version of the hardware was v8. After the upgrade to version 10 of material and to recompose the pool, the problem disappeared.

  Since the 5.2 view, there is a new type of disk to disk clone bound: "SE Sparse (bulk) disc. Is it supposed to be better for the efficiency of storage, especially for the reclamation of storage, but there is a better treatment of the IO, written with alignment issues. It's the type of disk by default for Linked clone, BUT only when the image of the mother is on version 9 or higher of the material...

  The results are now OK with the same test VDI. Now, the metric VMWAIT % is normal:

  

  We can see the type of different disc for disc of delta between the version 8 material (first) and 10 (second):

  

• VMWare View 4.6 PCoIP tunneling problem. UDP is not get tunnel

  
  Hello

  I have the black screen "classic" - question.
  So, when I try to connect to a virtual desktop, I am well auhtenticated, I can select a pool of offices, but once the bureau is launching,
  I just get a black screen and afterawhile it times out.

  I read the manuals, the document http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-14974 , written by Mark benson; Watched the video; Checked and re-checked the 3 magic steps;
  Blog reading Sláger, Paul http://paulslager.com/?p=1300 and still I'm stuck. I read the (some the) logs from the login view, view Security Server, View Client and Agent of the view server.
  None of the newspapers I read gave me all significant errors that would have solved this for me. Admitted, 'full' newspapers - trace State, there's a lot that wasn't exactly clear to me.

  I have simplified our mitigation debugging environment to be as follows:

  See connection to the server,
  running on Windows Server 2008 R2 (Datacenter) 64-bit VMware View Server connection 4.6.0 - 366101,.
  Checkboxes for both "Tunnel secure HTTPS: connection to Tunnel secure usage on the desktop" and "PCoIP Secure Gateway: use PCoIP PCoIP Gateway Secure connections to desktop" have been checked.

  View secure server,
  running on Windows Server 2008 R2 (Datacenter) 64-bit VMware View Server Security 4.6.0 - 366101,.
  has been paired with the login server and the two aswell "HTTPS Secure Tunnel: external URL" as "PCoIP Secure Gateway: PCoIP external URL" has been set to a virtual IP address in the firewall external dmz with a dst - nat on the real IP address of the Security Server.

  The reviews are pointing to the virtual IP address of the Server Secure View.

  Since it is not a production environment, I installed a bunch of Wireshark to see traffic;
  I ran traffic snooping on the view connection server, see Security Server, View Client and the virtual desktop connected
  at the same time and have verified that traffic TCP PCoIP on get 4172 port of talked about between my security server host <>client - and the
  securityserver <>- virtual desktop just fine. TCP traffic seems to be in the tunnel. But what bothers me is the wireshark on the virtual office reveals that the virtual office is trying
  to talk subject port 4172 - UDP back directly to my reviews host IP traffic. Because this is not allowed by the firewall, the virtual office propably does not work...

  But all scenarios describe only the Security server could handle all pcoip-traffic with the agent of the view (as shown in the documentation of the Architecture in Figure 5-6), so that no direct connection between the Client of the view and the view Agent is necessary... I can't work. But it is possible, right?

  Any ideas what I could do wrong?

  Help really appreciated.

  It works in the way that you described in your original post. There is no obligation for the virtual office send UDP responses to the client. They will be sent on the Security Server, which will forward them to turn to the customer.

  Something must be configured incorrectly.

  Check very carefully the UDP traffic in your wireshark traces. The client, you should see 4172 TCP for the VIP of your SS. You should then see 4172-UDP to the same VIP. You should see the UDP of SS response to the customer data. The destination for this data answer UDP port must be the source port used for the UDP request. The source for the response data port must be 4172.

  Then check your wireshark SS track. You should see the same customer traffic and you should see a similar PCoIP conversation between the SS and the virtual office. From the virtual desktop, the SS looks like a customer. PCoIP UDP must be sent to the SS, when it is properly configured.

  Client - TCP 4172-> SS - TCP 4172-> Virtual Office

  Customer - UDP 4172-> SS - UDP 4172-> Virtual Office

  Customer<-UDP 4172--="" ss=""><-UDP 4172--="" virtual="" desktop="" (the="" 4172="" here="" is="" src="" port,="" the="" dst="" udp="" port="" will="" be="" the="" source="" port="" of="" the="" udp="" request="" packets="" above)="" 4172--="" virtual="" desktop="" (the="" 4172="" here="" is="" src="" port,="" the="" dst="" udp="" port="" will="" be="" the="" source="" port="" of="" the="" udp="" request="" packets="">

  If you have verified that you can connect to the same virtual desktop with PCoIP then this problem will not be something to do with the virtual office or agent of view etc.

  Check your display settings, network, firewall and NAT.

  Select this option.

• VMware View - Virtual Office registry key based offline IP address of the client?

  Hi VMware Experts-

  I try on VMware View 5, but I'm stumped. Our basic used by the personnel application is accessible via Citrix ICA. I want to start the Citrix ICA application inside the view. This application is one that rent us the 3rd party (several States away) and the method used to connect to it is not editable. The application launches successfully, but a problem.

  When we launch the Citrix ICA connection a registry key is read from the local computer (in my test, it is the virtual office). It is a key, we added that contains the IP address of the machine. The IP address of the key is used by the application accessed through Citrix ICA to assign the user to a number of specific printers.
  
  My question is: after user authentication, how can I have the Desktop read view IP local of the customer who connects, then put this IP address as the registry key in the virtual office? This should happen during each connection, because users are not in the same job every day. I use Windows 7 Pro 64 bits for virtual offices.

  Thank you!

  The customer who connects IP are located under the key of HKU\Volatile environment.    You can use this to fill in everything you need.

• Restrict the movement of files to physical machine to the Virtual Office (vmware view)

  Hi all

  I have a question, I am using virtual desktop with vmware view. I'm on a physical machine using this machine that I log on to the virtual machine using office remotely. (vmware view). My question is that I don't want the users of the physical machine to copy and paste the files of the virtual machine and vice versa.

  When I open virtual desktop, go to my computer, I see drive c (virtual machine disk) and then share the disks of the physical machine. When I click on them, they open and then I am able to copy all files in this shared folder on the virtual desktop. I want to restrict any idea how could I go about this. Help, please.

  Arun N

  Using RDP?

  In this case, you can use GPO (virtual desktop) to disable drive sharing.

  André

• 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

• Error on linked clone of VMware View 4

  Hi all

  I just installed the trial version of 4 reviews. Creating linked clones, I get the following error:

  A specified parameter was not correct. Spec.Snapshot

  I know that XP image is OK I can clone the image manually.

  We are running vSphere with all patches installed.

  Anyone can shed light on this error?

  Thank you very much

  Thomas

  It's the same problem as described here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/244269.

  You will need to disconnect / reconnect the ESX of VC servers.

• Linked clone is not the deletion of the Horizon view administrator

  I am trying to remove a linked clone (and pool that linked clone). However, he advised that is the removal of more than 12 hours. I think that the problem is that someone has tried to connect to this virtual machine before fully completing commissioning. The only other VM in the pool view Horizon has deleted without argument. Is there another way to remove this virtual machine?

  See you soon

  

  Hello

  Please find the following article to remove orphan console machines manager view. It will be useful.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1013760

• Fault tolerant on VMware linked clone Desktop

  Hello

  someone may answer whether it is possible to enable fault tolerance on linked clone VM to a master, through composer.

  Client wants to protect in this way, hundreds of virtual office, I thought about using a channel 10 gigabit for the communication of FT logging, that think u dou everything?

  Thank you very much

  First off it is only recommended to have 4 FT running for each host, so would need you 25 hosts make 100 mV.

  Secondly, I am sure that this is taken care with view.

  Thirdly, also sure FT requires full VMs, clones and unrelated, so your cost of SAN will rocket sky.

  Fourth and this is my favorite, it is exteremly high Windows going down until your host blocks (ESX breaks down).  FT no help even in this situation as if OS1 block him operating system on the other server will crash at the same time.

  FT is designed for mission critical Server VM, not of VDI.

  Gunnar

• 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.

• Customizing the view VM &amp; linked Clone

  Hello

  Linked clone option instant use to deploy office so I can't use the customization with model...

  But is it possible to customize the VMs to change the VM name computer name Listre without prompting?

  Someone had an idea there?

  Thank you

  Yvan

  Hi Yvan

  Oh, OK. Your assumption is not correct. You get to choose a naming scheme for the view and virtual machines automatically adds a number to the name. You will have a unique name within your domain active directory. The customization you are referring (script) made by your CR. That answer your question?

  Kind regards

  Jesse

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