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• Best way to rebalance local drives with linked clones?

  Hello

  • 5.2 seen running, looking to update soon.
  • We use local storage (FusionIO).
  • Each pool is distributed over 4 servers running these local storage.
  • Our related clones are not persistent - users do not get a specific office, and workstations are deleted on logout.

  So, I want to patch servers.

  My thought on this is:

  1. Edit the pool to remove local storage on the server to be patched.
  2. Rebalance.
  3. Perform the update (mode maintenance, blah blah blah).

  So the rebalance operation is having limited success in my first try

  I am aware of that: VMware View 5.2 Documentation Library : you cannot balance the load of the virtual machines on a pool of resources. For example, does not allow the operation of rebalancing View Composer with linked clones that are stored in local warehouses of data.

  So I can't rebalance (first of all, I'm not sure why? In my case, cannot not machines just be deleted and recreated elsewhere - whereas a rebalancing is also a refresh anyway)?

  What is the best approach?

  • I need to make desktop computers available to local specific server storage exist anymore (once there are multiple sources available on another server storage) so that users don't connect/don't have not logged when I do the maintenance.
  • I need to make sure that desktop computers connected to local specific server storage are removed on logout (as usual) and does not get recreated on this storage again.

  Of course, when the server comes back to the top, I need to reverse the process and get the desktop on it and maintain a balance between other servers.

  Any advice?

  Thanks in advance.

  Rebalancing is not a simple delete and action of re - create. Even the workstations are not persistent, there are persistent records associated with it. as (internal drive)

  These door data as approval of the membership of domain and all. Therefore, without a shared, preserving data store and the migration of this internal drive are impossible (and prevented).

  Now for you case, because she is floating desktop computers (non - persistent).

  1. Deselect the host data store to be corrected by changing the pool.
  2. Logoff of active sessions (if any) for VMS specific / put the virtual machine in maintenance mode.
  3. Delete these specific through VMs * Administrator display inventory pool *.
  4. Configure back the technical provision of data after having patched host store,
  5. And then increase the size of the pool the desired number

• Best practice help to spend again vCenter with linked Clones

  Hello everyone

  I searched for days, but couldn't find a way clear of hover over our view 5.2 installation of a new vCenter.  The equipment was aging, and we decided to upgrade and move to 5.5.

  We have rebuilt and forwarded via our guests not VDI to the new vCenter 5.5 environment. I found a few documents, but nothing that tells us if it can be done actually.

  We tried to go in the service of the composer initially to the new instance of vCenter and maintenance, we do the DB on the old Victoria Cross, if it worked I émigrerait the DB above the new Victoria Cross

  We first tried these steps however VMware Documentation Library after removing the old VC service composer and installed on VC New (with ODBC connections mapped to the old VC) it wouldn't work.  We were moving to the VC 5.1 leaving guests ESXi running VDI attached to 5.1

  Then I did more research and discovered the related clones are all related to the database of the old VC and moving them is not possible per this KB KB VMware: workstations managed by moving between servers view vCenter is not supported

  I saw an article here that suggested dumping a bunch of DB and rebuild the new VC with the same name and IP address, but I can't do so because the new instance is already upwards and on a new host name / IP migrate view VCenter (with linked Clones) to new hardware

  I also found this where someone is in the same boat and suggested to recreate pools.  The discussion is not in the details so I wonder if someone can clarify this: migration View Composer and vCenter

  I have about 20 people on VDI in a combination of clones using 3 connected pools and personal drives.  Given that all the info from linked clone was linked to the former base of VC, it doesn't seem wise to move it to the wire.  This would be possible: I still have the base image with all the snapshots for each pool.

  • Persistent backup drives
  • Note the configuration of each pool
  • Disable the commissioning
  • Create DB on VC 55 composer vacuum
  • Create the ODBC connection for composer on VC 55
  • **
  • Do more ESXi hosts to 55 VC
  • Remove existing VMs (will be not able to connect to them at this point anyway)
  • Remove the old VC entry admin view / delete existing pools
  • Install the composer on 55, and then tap new ODBC
  • Create new instance vCenter in Admin 55-pointing mode
  • Recreate pools
  • Import and attach persistent disks (http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.view.administration.doc/GUID-BDFCCEC8-682F-4421-8810-06108CBE8D20.html)
  • Recreate events empty DB on 55
  • Reconfigure the parameter DB events in Admin mode

  Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can't find an exact way to do

  Well, I'm pleased to say it worked! I had a few problems by removing existing pools. View repeated deletion but nothing happened. In the end I had to use ADSIedit to connect to the server to manually remove all the old discs VM and pool

  After the installation of the composer on the VC 5.5, I was able to create a login in admin mode and then start to re - create the pools.

  We were able to successfully reattach each disc persistent owners planned.  Did some spot checks and desktop users, bookmarks etc. all worked

  It is a tedious process, but it does not work. I hope that VMware can create an article for it.  God knows that I searched for days, I had to read a lot of things just for this plan.

• Activation of Windows 7 with linked clones

  Hi all, I know that this has been discussed in previous posts, but I think I need some clarification. We use View 4.6 and I noticed that, in some cases (not all the time) when someone connects to your desktop of Windows 7 linked clone the message 'Windows is now activated' appears in the lower right. Other times I check and said BONE it will be self-activated in 3 days.

  The main image has been activated using our key to activate Multiple (MAK), and we do not have a Service (KMS) key management server.

  According to this KB article http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1026556

  We are encouraged to move to a system of authorisation KMS on the master server. Here are my questions...

  1. what happens if I do nothing and we run out of activations? Someone wouldn't have to be connected for 3 days for the timeout to occur? It seems to turn on only when someone connects (AFAIK). What is when to start the countdown 3?

  2. what happens if we change the option in the registry (AllowActivateMAKLicense) to activate QuickPrep activate using MAK? Everyone does, what are the advantages and disadvantages.

  3. what happens if I change the SkipLicenseActivation registry entry? It's basically what I'm doing now and let Windows activate itself when someone connects?

  4. If I should not pass master image to use a KMS how to do that? I wouldn't have to rebuild the image from scratch.

  5 is there any difference between using the "Refresh" vs "Delete" option pool after disconnect in what concerns the way the OS license is activated? If I update will keep the activated license?

  Thank you

  Brian

  Actually, we had a similar problem as you with our base images. We built the images with the MAK and after that, it was discovered the problem in doing so. You can also change the types of licenses in your images in database easily. Try this page for more information: How to use the Volume Activation Management Tool or tool VAMT | The Windows Club

  This tool is very good in what it can tell you what type of licenses that you use MS product to you and you can use it to change the keys.

• 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.

• View dial - status hangs at 94% with linked clones

  Good afternoon everyone. I have a question/problem with the composer I need some advice on until I give the word taken in charge.

  It's my first hours of work with the composer and the related clones. It seems that once I have deploy a pool of resources, VCenter creates the replica and source machines immediately, but crashes at 94% complete before the deployment of the machines at the pool. On average, it takes about two hours for it to reach and possibly deploy the pool.

  I've read some things that say that this could be related to DHCP not released - the size of VMs being too large. Right now I'm trying to deploy a pool of virtual machines from a parent of 80 GB with 20 GB of user data partitions.

  Can I call with this problem either taken in charge or any who can give me advice on chipboard who waited when deploying virtual machines of this size.

  Thank you!

  Andrew Orr

  My image but eval is a tough (for us, at least) 16 GB and our iSCSI LUN has been set at a default 8 k value. EVAL provisions with this config took about 20-25 min and also had a blocking to 94%.

  Once I got serious and thinned image to < 4 GB, then assign the LUN 64 k my available time has fallen to 3 min.

  It's just a guess, but I think that the 94% complete on the interface user refers to 94% of the tasks don't 94% of the time not complete (the percentage of completion is not weighted at the time).

  ... I suggest a small test image of commissioning and from a timer. I bet you see a difference.

• 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):

  

• Updating linked Clone

  Hi all

  
  I was looking through the guide of the administrator for the response but did not see it, unless I missed it. I saw 4.5 configuration in a lab with Linked-Clone pool environment. I did a refresh on 1 vdesktop. The updating is completed correctly. However, after the virtual machine has been powered down. Is this a normal behavior? I waited a good 10 minutes and it was still far off, so I turned on and everything worked as expected.

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hello
  This is normal when you specify a number of virtual desktops in spare part, and this number is less than the total number of virtual desktops on this pool.
  The rest as 'Available' spare facilities (Powered on).
  The other remains as 'configured' Desktops (engine off).
  You can avoid this behavior, if you set the policy of power as "make sure that workstations are always turned on."

• Linked clones create a suorce and a replica for each clone.

  Hello

  Here, I'm a bit confused.

  When I create a group with linked clones i persistent mode, a source and a replica is created for the entire group. Love of new clones are created when needed and everything works well. But when I create a pool that is automated with the clones related in non persistent mode, a source and a replica is created for each new clone! This means I'll take 3 images for each virtual machine. Talk about disk... consuming taked drive much more for each clone by comparing it to a single machine. Has anyone seen this behaviuor before? What's wrong?

  I'm using vmwiew 3.1 and esx3.5

  You have a virtual cd attached to your statue of gold? Remove it and try again...

  Best regards

  Linjo

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• time zone problem schedule vCAC Advanced Service Blueprint, VCO Linked Clone Workflow, setting

  If I have problems when you request a catalog from a VCO workflow built-in VCAC article.  I use the workflow VCO "Linked Clone, with a single NETWORK card and Windows credentials" located in VCO under vCenter > > Clone > > Clone bound > > customization of Windows.  I can go through the workflow very well in VCO, but I want to make it available via vCAC.  When I try to download a virtual machine using workflow, the application process fails using the form in the time zone of the form section.  There seems to be a problem with vCAC questioning vCO for doing the research for the appropriate time zone setting.  The application works very well since within vCO, but not inside vCAC.  Thoughts?

  Jeremy

  I ended up using a vCenter customization specification to achieve this.  It turns out that the specification is as a safety net that will configure everything that is defined in the specification, unless there is a custom property configured on the action plan for this setting.  If this is the case, the custom property takes precedence.

  Jeremy

• 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.

• 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.

• Using Linked clones with a data disc?

  We expect on the creation of our BASE image with a 50 GB C:\ drive.  For the moment, we will not use Thinapp, so the few apps we need for our people call center will be installed on the base image. We also plan to use the profile unit of Liquidware Labs and will use linked Clones.  My question is, do I have to create a data disc (D:\) to install Apps or just expand the C:\ drive?

  If the user data (documents, computers of desktop, thems and local profiles) will store locally and needed to preserve for the future and use the redirection of the user's data and set separate drive for this.

  In the case where the user data is Vagabond (stored and shared in the Center), then do not use that feature, simply create a bigger drive C.

• Linked Clone with vSphere api and VIClient 2.5

  I'm trying to create Clone bound using vSphere Web services api (c#) and it always end like full clone.

  My question is, is it possible to create Linked clone using vSphere api with VIClient 2.5.

  I know that vShpere supports version 2.5 VIClient. vShpere has the ability to create Linked clone.

  I try to know why it does not create Linked clone from my environment.

  I am ready to explain if you need more details.

  Thank you.

  Yes, you can vMotion Linked Clones... sVmotion may work, but I have not tested, probably not a good idea to move them.

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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.