I'd like to know if anyone has done a write-up on creating a pool template that is based a a clone of a previously provisioned VDI system?
View 5.3.3
FYI I've done this one before and got it to work but either I missed something in my documentation that I'm now unable to remember or something else has changed.
We are an Engineering company that uses specialized software supported by a group of Power Users in our engineering department. I have a test Pool specifically for them to use when working on new software deployments or upgrades. Often they will come to me and request a new pool based on their test system (instead of having them RDP into a template, join it back to the domain, re-work the whole install/upgrade, pass it back to me to clean up and create a new pool).
In my testing, I complete the following:
1. uninstall all VMware View agents and VMware Tools
2. Clean Temp directories and all VMware folders
c:\programdata\vmware
c:\program files\common files\vmware
c:\program files (x86)\common files\vmware
c:\program files\vmware
c:\program files (x86)\vmware
c:\windows\syswow64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming
c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming
c:\users\administrator\appdata\local\vmware\
c:\windows\temp
3. Remove other Reg keys that relate to VMware
HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware
HKLM\Software\Policies\Teradici
HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.
HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.
HKLM\Software\ThinPrint
4. Via Reg, reset default user profile path back to %SystemDrive%\Users
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ProfilesDirectory = %SystemDrive%\Users
5. Change Temp and Tmp Environment variables back to C:\Windows\Temp
6. Reset Changes to the Page File by resetting the following Key with an export of a known good template system
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
After all of this I receive one of the following errors when trying to provision my systems:
If the disposable disk in mounted on a different drive letter than expected I get this:
View Composer agent initialization state error (21): Failed to mount system disposable disk. Please check the parent VM if an existing disk is using the same drive letter. (waited 0 seconds)
If the disposable disk is mounted on the correct drive letter I get this...
View Composer agent initialization state error (9): Failed to relocate disposable (waited 0 seconds)
Any ideas??
Thanks,