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Disk Consolidation Needed - Unable to access file since it is locked - VMadmin.co.uk

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ESX and ESXi Server. Disk Consolidation Needed - Unable to access file since it is locked. After deleting snapshots on a VM either by deleting an individual snapshot or selecting "Delete All" snapshots, you may see the following warning for the VM, stating that disk consolidation is needed. Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed". This can occur when a snapshot has been deleted and removed from snapshot manager, but the consolidation of the VMDKs on disk have failed. This is what had happened:.

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Office (Word/Excel/Outlook) 2010/2013 Freezes and Hangs in VDI - VMadmin.co.uk

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Office (Word/Excel/Outlook) 2010/2013 Freezes and Hangs in VDI. In a VDI environment users may experience delays, hangs, freezes and pauses when using the Microsoft Office suite of applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. I've also heard this described as "lumpy" performance! This can be seen in Office versions 2007, 2010 and the latest 2013 (including Office 365 click to run) with all updates applied for both Office and Windows. Go to Advanced - Display. If this is the cause, user feedb...

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Mouse Cursor Disappears on a Windows 8.1 View Desktop Following Update - VMadmin.co.uk

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Mouse Cursor Disappears on a Windows 8.1 View Desktop Following Update. Following an update within Windows 8.1 Update 1 the mouse cursor within a VMware View desktop my occasionally disappear. When locking the desktop (ctrl alt del) and subsequently unlocking the desktop, it can be noted that the cursor has disappeared. You may however notice some objects are highlighted as you move the mouse. Reconnecting the desktop session or logging off/on allows the cursor to return. Updating ESX - ISO. Moving BT In...

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Storage - VMadmin.co.uk

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Share this blog post on social media:. View 7 Administrator Blank Error Dialog/Window After Upgrade. App-V 5.x Writing to the native registry. VSphere Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) in Horizon View 6.1. Mouse Cursor Disappears on a Windows 8.1 View Desktop Following Update. VMware Adobe Flash Optimizer IE Addon - Enable/Disable via GPO. Moving BT Infinity DSL from Master Socket to Any Household Extension Socket. SCCM 2012 - Software Center Unable to Download Software 0x87D00607.

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VMware Adobe Flash Optimizer IE Addon - Enable/Disable via GPO - VMadmin.co.uk

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VMware Adobe Flash Optimizer IE Addon - Enable/Disable via GPO. The VMware View Agent which is installed in all virtual desktops (and RDS hosts) managed by Horizon View, includes the VMware Adobe Flash Optimizer internet explorer add-on. This IE add-on is provided so the View administrator can control the flash settings for all virtual desktops in the desktop pool to optimize them for a VDI environment to improve bandwidth. Alternatively you may choose to disable the add-on if you are not using the flash...

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vSphere Web Client HTTP Status 404 The requested requested resource is not available - VMadmin.co.uk

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VSphere Web Client HTTP Status 404 The requested requested resource is not available. It is often standard practice to install the server operating system on C: and then applications and data on additional drives such as E:, F: and so on. The requested requested resource is not available". I've seen this problem for a while now and just tried latest release 5.5 U2b hoping it had been resolved (I couldn't find a reference in the release notes). If you've installed vSphere Web Client to anything other than...

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Failed to perform space reclamation on machine xxx in Pool xxx - VMadmin.co.uk

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Failed to perform space reclamation on machine xxx in Pool xxx. I recently noticed an error within the Horizon View events database I had not seen before. This error was in a new environment I was configuring and testing at the time. The specific error was:. Failed to perform space reclamation on machine VDI-WIN81-137 in Pool WIN81-POOL1". The permission missing was to allow wiping or shrink operations on the virtual machine. Virtual Machine - Interaction - Perform wipe or shrink operations. App-V 5....

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Creating/Adding a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) to a Virtual Machine - VMadmin.co.uk

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ESX and ESXi Server. Creating/Adding a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) to a Virtual Machine. A Raw Disk Mapping (RDM) can be used to present a LUN directly to a virtual machine from a SAN. Rather than creating a virtual disk (VMDK) on a LUN, which is generally shared with other VMs and virtual disks. If your looking for improved storage performance look into the VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adaptor. The main reason for using an RDM should be as follows:. To utilize native SAN tools and commands. For the new...

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Horizon View vCenter Role Permissions PowerCLI Script - VMadmin.co.uk

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Horizon View vCenter Role Permissions PowerCLI Script. As a consultant I perform a lot of VMware Horizon View implementations and I find several of the implementation tasks repetitive. One of those tasks is the creation of a role within vCenter to give the service account used by View Administrator to connect to vCenter server a role with only the required permissions. Connect-VIServer -Server yourvcenter.vmadmin.co.uk. New-VIRole -Name "Horizon View (inc Composer)". Set-VIRole -Role "Horizon View (inc C...