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• Virtual office to backup VMWare View linked Clone

  Hi all

  I would like to know what the best method is to save the virtual office linked clone on VMWare View. For the moment, I use the latest version of vRanger Pro connection with VCB integration.

  I don't know if I should save the linked clone himself or the parent VM. What the parent snapshot?

  Please advice. Thank you.

  Sang A

  in a persistent pool would really matter because there is no guarantee they would never return the same office again.  If you have a properly configured user environment then persistence or no persistence would not matter that the data would be stored in a place that would be subject to a backup system.   I don't understand the need to safeguard a VDI guest.  back to top comments templates, view servers and the vCenter server.  Comment no way.  backup windows are pretty long already to go back up throw away from devices.

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• Discover the virtual machine with VMware View 4.5.  "That underlies the virtual machine is not available.

  I have installed the following to an ESX 4.1 server:

  -VMware View connection server (Server 2008 R2 Ent)

  -V - Center (Server 2003 Std)

  Install the VMware Client with Local Mode 4.5 to a laptop

  Installed VMware Agent to a Windows XP and Win7 is a guest vm on the ESX Server.

  I can connet with success both of these machines.

  When I try to extract either of these machines, I get the error message after 2% saying, "underlying this desktop virtual machine is unavailable.

  

  Can someone tell what to do to solve this problem?  I can't find anything so far for this error.

  Thank you

  Did you install and configure a forwarding server?

  -Mike

• SYSPREP for windows 7 64 bit linked clone pool

  Hello

  I'm trying to set up a cloning pool of VMWare View related with desktop windows 7 64 bit, but I'm having a problem with the sysprep command.

  Maybe I did something wrong in the process.

  Here's what I did:

  * installed Captain VM

  -> install a new windows 7 VM 64 bit VM (Ultimate Edition)

  -> tools VM installed in the virtual machine

  -> installed the agent of the view in the virtual machine

  -> the master VM has added to the domain active directory

  -> power off of the master computer virtual

  -> taken a snapshot of the master computer virtual

  * Make the necessary prepearations ActiveDirectory

  (creation of the organizational unit, etc.).

  * enabled View Composer in view administrator

  * created the linked clone pool:

  --> in vCenter settings, I chose the parent VM

  + its snapshot

  -> I also published the snapshot to the forwarding server

  -> in comments customization settings.

  I chose the sysprep method

  -> 2 windows 7 syspreps were awailable to choice:

  'WIN7SP01' and 'WIN7SP1 '.

  -> I tried the procedure at a time

  Added some rights for some users to

  the linked clone pool

  All the steps of the pool of linked clone in view administrator configuration worked without errors, the linked clone pool has been created successfully.

  THE PROBLEM:

  When I try to connect to the clone related with the Client view, pool

  It gives me the following error:

  "This Office has currently no sources of funds available, please try to connect to this desktop computer later or contact your system administrator."

  When I watch the console of all (10) desktop virtual machines in the vCenter.

  I see the following error message as a popup on each of them:

  "Windows could not parse or process the answer without assistance for pass file [specialize]."
  

  "The settings specified in the answer file not applicable."
  

  "The error was found during the processing of the component parameters [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]"

  No idea what I'm doing wrong here?

  The 2 syspreps that I could choose when creating pool related, "WIN7SP01" and "WIN7SP1."

  were there to choose just like that, I've never done anything to create, is this normal?

  If Yes, what is the difference between WIN7SP01' and 'WIN7SP1 '?

  any ideas?

  "I've seen this before and I will say it was because of some kind of defective license referred to in the specifications of customization, which in your case would be WIN7SP01 ' and 'WIN7SP1.   These are not created by the sight and were probably created by the person who manages the vCenter instance because that is where they are stored.   I would check that the license specified with these customizations key are the correct keys to use with WIndows 7 X 64 machines.

• 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.

• Resize the linked Clone pool

  Hi all!

  We did a big pool and now want to get rid of the unused vm, optimized on windows xp.

  The pool has a size of 20 machines, but only 6 are used then, how can I check this without 6 used heavy disturbence?

  Is what I just change the amount of 20 - > 6 in the properties of the pool and remove these virtual machine in VMware View Admin who do not serve?

  I am grateful for tips how to reduce the size of the pool of size/member.

  Bernd Nowak wrote:

  Is what I just change the amount of 20-> 6 in the properties of the pool and remove these virtual machine in VMware View Admin, who are not

  used?

  Yes.

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• 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.

• Change of virtual machines managed by SRM for VR in an event of DR

  Hello

  I have a virtual machine that is being replicated using replication vSphere + I configured a recovery SRM for virtual machine plan is managed by SRM.

  

  In a DR situation:

  • To recover a virtual machine that is managed by VR everything I have to do is to connect to vCenter to your web site of DR via vSphere client, then click on recover.
  • To recover a virtual machine that is managed by MRS. all you need is to get a full vsphere to your DR site that has the plugin SRM installed before you can retrieve customer.

  My question:

  Suffice it to say at an event of DR MRS on the DR site was dismantled (so I couldn't recover virtual machines managed by SRM) but I can connect to the Web from vSphere client and retrieve virtual machine managed by VR, is it possible to manually change the virtual machines managed by SRM, so they are managed by new RV?

  See you soon

  Hello

  There are internal interface that allows you to do. Please contact VMware support team.

  Go get the current "recovered by" value:

  https://vrms_address:8043 / mob /? me = Recovery Manager & method = HmsRecoveryManagerGetGroupsRecoverySolution & vmodl = 1

  To reset the value "recovered by" RV:

  https://vrms_address:8043 / mob /? me = Recovery Manager & method = HmsRecoveryManagerSetGroupsRecoverySolution & vmodl = 1

  Call the method after replacing ME with the GID... replication value and clear the value (empty string) for the recoveredBy property.

  To retrieve the value, GID-... - look at the names of the replica files in target or check data warehouses the table GroupEntity in DB VRMS. To get prompt SQL embedded DB VRMS - use

  / opt/VMware/vpostgres/Current/bin/psql vrmsdb - U

  and

  \Q to quit smoking

  Please note that the foregoing is not officially supported and may change with the different versions of the VR.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• 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

• 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

• 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

  -

• Created the Group Linked Clone/pool - now how to connect to / them?

  OK, I got the pool group / a linked clone. Now, what should I do to connect with them? I worked off the coast of the "VMware-View4-EvaluatorsGuide" and there is nothing after having created the group/pool? So, how do I connect to this pool? I've created or set it to 5 desktop computers.

  Anything will help maaaaannnn... cuz this trial and the guide is just don't do it for me.

  Thank you

  OK, don't know if the guide had suggestions on the construction of your model, but you must make sure that the view agent is installed on your VDI machines.   You must also ensure that the client view is installed on the computer that you connect from.    Once entitle those who have been verified a user to use the admin view pool manager.  You can then connect on the vdi client and should be able to access the pool.  Simply specify your connection broker name after you run the client from the view.

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• addition of CPU/memory for desktop computers in composer linked clone pool

  Hi all

  I want to add more CPU/memory for desktop computers in a pool of composer linked clone but I want to build a pool of test out changes first, while the production area is still in place. Can you screw with virtual material in the main image and then take a snapshot and build the pool of test out of it without him bring the clones in the production pool?

  I think that the process would be as follows...

  1. modify the parameters of material on the main image of Win7

  2. run the main image and let it recognize the CPU and additional memory (probably needs to restart the CPU I think)

  3. close the main image and take a snapshot

  4 create a new pool of test off the coast of this new snapshot

  Thank you!

  Yes it may seem straight, it won't cause any problems. If you want to be very careful with your prod environment, you can just clone the base image and make your tests on it.

• Cannot start the master VM once linked clone pool is created

  With the help of ESXi 5.1, I created 3 floating linked clone distinct categories of 10 clones each. Everything works fine until I try to turn on the master after the linked clones are available. I get an error:

  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/volume/vm/vm-000002.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  He made this 100% of the time. No exception. I manually loaded a basic system of Windows 7 x 64 flat and converted a x 64 and x 32 using the P to the converter V. All systems do exactly the same thing. All files are where they say the man should be.

  I can attach some files are required. Just need help. Destroy my master and create whenever I dial the linked just clone pool seems exaggerated.

  It is not the virtual disk controller that is causing the problem (I just mentioned in order to make you aware of it). What is most likely the origin of the problem is the format of virtual drive not supported (twoGbMaxExtentSparse) which is used for the virtual disk. I suggest that you follow http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2036572 to convert the virtual disk shaped ESXi supported, which should solve the problem. Please keep in mind that this will require free space on the data store (the size of the configured virtual disk size - ~ 233GB).

  André

• The installation guides step by step to create linked clone pools?

  Looking for any documentation on the floating clone of the pool creation process and recompose.

  The guide of the evaluators enough?

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/view/VMware-view-evaluators-Guide.PDF