Linked clone saves space as comapred to full clones
I have read somewhere that linked clone in VMware View saves 90% of storage space as compared to full clone. Could anybody help me explain how linked clones created using VMware view saves 90% of...
View ArticleCannot add vcenter server in View 6: cannot finish because of the invalid...
Although I accepted the thumbprint, somehow this does not get back to the Horizon View Administrator, because I keep getting this message: "Possibly an invalid vCenter Server certificate. Please verify...
View ArticleRecomposing a disabled pool
Just working through a View 6 upgrade and all has gone well. When we've come to recompose the desktop pools the actions are not starting. All pools are disabled to stop users logging in, rather than in...
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Changing password after expiration notice
Running vSphere 5.1.0View Administrator 5.1Windows 7 32-bit desktop machinesWyse P25 zero clients - firmware 4.1.2Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64-bitBoth persistent & non-persistent pools We...
View ArticleMouse issues with Grid K2 with vDGA
Hello, I am trying to configure vDGA. I have attached the pci device for the K2 card and I can see it in the virtual machine. When I install the nvidia drivers, the mouse becomes displaced and...
View ArticlePersona Management sync issues for certain files/folders (broken pinned icons)
I recently noticed that users who logged off too quickly from a linked clone pool after their first session would be greeted by white/blank icons for the default pinned applications on the task bar....
View ArticleView Desktop Connection Status | Historical Data
Dear all, is it somehow possible (without having vCOPs yet) to have historical data on the vmware view administration dashboard?I am currently having a report from liquidware showing the number of...
View ArticleVmWare View as a Forensic platform - how do I get the most IO out of view ?
I'm testing out using vmware view 6 as a platform for computer forensics. During the initial face of the investigation we run a program (encase) that hashes at indexes images of disks. This is...
View ArticleView Desktops Plug-in in View Horizon 6
Hello,I recently installed View Horizon 6.A few months back I had installed 5.2 and noticed that that version had a View Desktops Plug-in at the documentation which helped a lot to find which user was...
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Please Wait message during login
I am working on a new Windows Server 2008 R2 gold image for Horizon View 6.0. Sometimes when a user logs in they will see a message that says "Please wait". Please see below: When the linked-clones...
View ArticleConnection to Remote Computer Timed Out - PCoIP - Windows Firewall Service...
I am starting to have a sporadic and random issue where a user reboots their VDI (agent 5.3.2), and is then unable to access it because the Windows Firewall Service is not starting Automatically like...
View ArticleSysprep Problem
Guys,I am trying to create a floating pool using sysprep. I created a customization specification in vCenter. However after the pool is created and I try to connect to virtual desktop I see the login...
View ArticleHorizon View Client v2.2 Forward Has Issues with Bad DNS Servers?
So recently we had some DNS issues at some locations and it brought down access via the Horizon View Client. Each location had three DNS servers configured and only the primary was having issues....
View ArticleMultiple View Instances per vCenter?
I currently have a Production View instance with a few hundred users, that is running View 5.3 on vCenter 5.5 U1. We want to do an upgrade to View 6, but I was curious about potentially installing and...
View ArticleHorizon 6 composer is not starting
Hi There, we just setup our first Horizon 6 platform with Composer manager and connect it to vCenter, then few days later we found out that our composer doesn't work and now we are not able to start...
View ArticleCan't select domain
Please forgive me, I am new to this position where I work and new to VMware. I will do my best to explain my problem. I am using VMview client on many laptops. There are two domains in our network, A...
View ArticleCannot ping my virtual desktops
I have a few pools and just noticed that I cannot ping my virtual desktops. All machines are on the same network. Should I be able to ping them?
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Horizon View 5.3 & vSphere/vCenter 5.5 U2
Has anyone tested Horizon View 5.3 with vCenter/vSphere 5.5 U2? The interoperability matrix shows that it has not been approved yet. Does this just mean that it has not been tested, or is there a...
View ArticleTop 20 KB Articles for VMware View
Hey there VMware View implementers, here’s a top 20 VMware View specific KBs list to help you avoid issues that many of you have reported. This list is hand picked by our View Support Engineers....
View ArticleEntitlement to View pool
Hi, Scenario: Have Horizon View 5.3 setup. Have created view pools. Have entitled Active directory security global groups to View pools. While assiging users to view pools, we add users to active...
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