VmWare 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 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 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 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...
View ArticleView 5.2 Persona Management and Persistent Disks
Hi all, I work for a company where an external IT company has setup our view 5.2 implementation and has since gone quite with our support requests. I am trying to diagnose slow boot times for desktops...
View ArticleVM linked clones better to use snapshot or template?
Hello all,Just curious when your setting up a linked clone which is better to use, a snapshot or a template?
View ArticleUpdating SDCONF.REC
We just recently added a 2nd RSA server for load balancing and my security team has given me a new sdconf.rec file and asked me to update the sdconf.rec file in view admin. is there a published process...
View Articlewhat does this new feature actually mean with Horizon6.0.1 ?
excerpted from official release note: USB channel encryption configuration -- You can now use the advanced SSL options that you use to encrypt communications between Horizon Client and the View server...
View Articlethe group policy client service did not shutdown properly after receiving a...
HiHere's a summary of the issue and our environment. We introduced block inhereitance at the top level of the ou that contains our desktop portion of AD. This ou also contains the view OUs which also...
View ArticleHow can i update the home page string into "HTML Access in Horizon View"!!!
Hi, I am installed and using HTML Access in Horizon View. Can you guide to me, how to update the string into home page. Here "main.jsp [C:\\Programes files\VMware View\Server\broker\webapps\portal]" i...
View ArticleQuickPrep question
Hello all, Just curious on how quickprep works with linked-clones. according to this table it doesn't do a sysprep. So even though you are created linked clones from snapshots wouldn't you still need...
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