View Agent reports a Protocol Failure in View 5.1
We saw an issue with a manual pool VDI, where it reported an error in View Administrator of Protocol Failure. We could not connect to the VM via PCOIP, but we could with RDP. We fixed the issue by...
View ArticleRe: Setting pathing policy
That second command looks like it will do the trick a lot faster. I've got another script to find all of the RDMs that i can run through that command so that should work great. Thanks LucD.
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vmfs space missing
I have a 2tb volume with just 2 vm's. The vms have no snap shots. browse the data store and only 2 foldersThey add up to 1tb but vs shows only 118gig free. I am missing 900gig. see attached pictures....
View ArticleRe: suspend VM
VMware suspend is independent of the OS that is why it still works without VMware tools installed - its is a feature of the ESXi server basically freezing the VM and wiriting all pending instructions...
View ArticleRe: View Users default printer not always sticking
We have ~250 users (about 50 migrated to View). I haven't seen the same issue with the recompose causing printer resets. Just to be clear, according to VMWare, ThinPrint does it's thing after Personas...
View ArticleRe: SRM licensing ?
You should split the licenses through the MyVMware portal. Just carve the single licensing into 2 appropriate sized ones for each site and apply the new key. If you do failover a VM, the license from...
View ArticleRe: vmfs space missing
The issue is VMware only suppports VMFS datastores of 2 TB - 512 B - so if the LUN us truly 2 TB when formatted for a VMFS datastore you will encounter the above
View ArticleRe: View Planner 2.1.0.0 511034 view 5.2
I see Windows 7 screen for the client. If you are running remote mode, only Windows XP SP3 is supported for clients. You can do passive mode with Win7 clients. To enable auto logon in the client, you...
View ArticleRe: Restoring VMs after Building new RAID Array
Personally, I'd go with backup&restore. In addition to this, use the downtime to update the host's firmware (HP released a couple of critical fixes regarding the RAID Controller and some HDD models...
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi 5 - vCPU limitations
With ESXi 5 free, vCPU limit is 32. Does that mean a max of 32 cpus can be assigned to VM guest?I think you are mixing up the maximum of 32GB physical memory with vCPUs here. Unless I'm mistaken, the...
View ArticleRe: How to build a firewall VM for ESXi 5
Why don't you just use a virtual firewall (e.g. pfSense) with appropriate interfaces and port forwarding configured?With this you could have the Internet servers on an internal-only vSwitch and only...
View ArticleApplying app layers - Downloading to Done
I have applied 4 app layers to one of my CVDs. It went through the layer update, rebooted, and now when the systray VMWare Mirage icon is opened, it says it is Connected and Idle. However, in the...
View ArticleRe: vmfs space missing
It is 1.86TB ? I have used it for a few years without issue. After a snapshot went on this happened.
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi 5 - vCPU limitations
Here's the setup I'm planning to have:3 x esxi 5.1 free servers #1 esxi server (host: 1 x cpu, 32GB memory) -1 x sql server: 8 x vCPUs, 28GB memory #2 esxi server (host: 1 x cpu, 32GB memory)- 2 x...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to access the ESXi console through vSphere?
There is no native way to do it but here is a vCenter plugin that makes it a bit smoother:http://www.vmdude.fr/en/news-en/sshautoconnect-vcenter-plugin/ // Linjo
View ArticleRe: Horizon View licensing question
So you want to upgrade from View 4.6 to 5.2? If you have current SnS its just to upgrade...// Linjo
View ArticleRe: .vmware_ha folder on non-heartbeat datastores
Updated SR ticket: Known issue with related catch all KB article. I am surprised that this has been uncovered with more users adopting 5.1. We will use "Reconfigure for vSphere HA" or perform...
View ArticleRe: View Planner 2.1.0.0 511034 view 5.2
Doh! I didn't know the client could only be windows XP sp3 I will install it right now. I've attached the logs.
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Upgrage 4.1 to 5.1
I have two host that are running esxi 4.0 update 3 and 4.1 update2. I would like to upgrade to 5.1. Do I need to install the patches or will the update bring everything I need? Thank you
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