Fixing display resolutions in Guest clones
Hi everyone, I'm configuring a VDI environment using HV5.3.0 running on ESXi 5.1. I have everything largely up and running and have tested and created linked clones, can connect to them and run them...
View ArticleDiscover user external IP address when connecting to PCOIP pool for telework
In our environment we have a single pool that services both internal zero client users and external telework users. I have written a script that users powercli to pull information from the View...
View ArticleAbout thinprint / tp autoconnect
View 5.24000 zero clients300 xp computers with view client. I need to turn the TP auto connect service on so that LPT1 printers are mapped from the physical workstation (xp) to the virtual desktop....
View ArticleView 5.2 Location based printing issue - Screen/desktop refresh
Having an issue with tpautoconnect and linked clones I believe.The tpautoconnect service refreshes printers every 30 sec by design. When this happens, the contents of the desktop is refreshed, icons...
View Articlerestore view config from backup
I am in the process of testing restore scenarios in my lab, but something does not seem to be working correctly. I manually run the backup using vdmexport > c:\file.ldfThen I make some config...
View Articleconnection server
Hi all As per you can see I am very new at this VMware so, go easy on me. I would like to know where to look for active connection to a Connection broker server, I would like to reboot the server and I...
View ArticlePCoIP WMI Counters not showing up in 64bit Virtual Destkop using View Client 4.6
ISSUE: Not able to see PCoIP WMI counters under perfmon. INFO:View Client 4.6Virtual Desktop is Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bitI was trying to monitor PCoIP stats using the following : How to monitor...
View ArticleTrouble Adding New Pool
Hi All, I am in a new vmware view environment and trying to add a new pool to the view setup they already have. I've been using view for a while so i know my way around somewhat but they are setup a...
View ArticleExtracting data from View tables - Help
I need to extract some info from my View tables - how many students are accessing VDI, which pools are being accessed & how often, which are being accessed via BYOD devices - and how many unique...
View ArticleRecommended Requirements
Hello All! I wasn't sure where to start as the documentation is very verbose and at times makes your head spin so I thought I would ask in the communities to get a general consensus on the follow...
View ArticleBalancing mechanism VMware View Cluster no DRS Fusion-io
Problem description in short:While provisoning the pool all VMs are provioned on the same ESX host, instead of being balanced over the 6 ESX hosts.What balancing mechanism is used bij VMware View or...
View Articlewindows 8.1 vmware view client issues with PCOIP
hello, Has anyone experienced any issues running the vmware view client on a windows 8.1 host? I am unable to connect to any pools using PCOIP - however it works from any other type of client, so it's...
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Disabling CBRC?
Hey guys, This is a quick question. We have a Nutanix that's running our VDI environment and in the beginning they went along with VMware recommendations to enable View Storage Accelerator. Well now...
View ArticleKiosk Mode User Accounts
We are currently running Horizon View 5.2 in kiosk mode. The environment is running great. I can create accounts via connection server vdmadmin -Q commands. When I pull up the user account via "AD...
View ArticleGolden image with 2 disks - possible ?
Hello, I am deploying linked clone desktops for Viewplanner 3.0.1 tests and I have issues, which are related to view and linked clones. Linked clone pool is automated pool with floating...
View ArticleView 5.3 upgrade changed persona management roaming profiles
Hey everyone Last Tuesday evening we upgraded the view composer server, view security servers and view connection servers to 5.3.Then last Wednesday we upgraded the VCenter server for our view...
View Articleview linux client --logo and --background - broken?
Cant get version 2.3 vmware-view --logo=/tmp/logo.jpg or --background=/tmp/background.jpg to show images. Do they need to be in a specific directory, format, resolution? How about a new client...
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USB Redirection Stopped working on several Virtual Computers
We have a 5.1 environment with several Windows 7 linked clones and dedicated virtual computers. A few weeks ago we started receiving reports that some users were trying to access data off of a USB...
View ArticleTrial Licenses for PoC
I'm wanting to do some testing with Horizon View to see if it is a fit for my environment. I see from VMware's website I can get 60 day eval licenses. Any caveats to these? I'm going to be using a...
View ArticleConnection server reporting using PowerCLI
Hi all, Have a requirement to generate a report that meets the criteria below.. Username, Client device host name, Destination VDI name, number of times connected over a time period. I've started...
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