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Re: VDI in the Labs? Or in the Commons?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Hess)
Tue Apr 5 14:02:05 2011
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Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 14:01:35 -0400
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On behalf of our system admins:
We have been running VMware View 4.5 as a pilot for about 3 or 4 months
now and it have run into several problems. We use 5 WYSE terminals
(model P20's) and we have 5 Dell computers we have repurposed as VMware
View Clients. We have one pool with about 17 linked clone non persistent
Windows XP SP3 desktops. The main problem we are having is desktops will
time out during the customization process and will land in the "Errors"
folder under the "Problem Desktops" area within View Manager. We are not
sure if this is a Windows domain issue because right about the time when
we were setting up View we had consultants come in and help us upgrade
our Windows 2003 Active Directory to Windows 2008. We've tried just
about everything, turning off dynamic DNS from the virtual desktops,
switching over the NICs in the virtual desktops to use the VMXNET3
adapter, we have removed some errant DNS SRV records, upgraded the
firmware on the WYSE terminals etc..... The problems initially surfaced
when the end user tried to log into View Client and when it passed their
AD credentials to the virtual desktop it would get a Windows error that
their was a domain issue, we'd check in the event viewer logs of the
virtual desktop and see a bunch of entries for the machine's domain
account password not being updated. That error has pretty much gone
away, now once a week or so we'll see the customization operation timed
out issue. It is a lot more manageable now since the problem desktops
are not being made available, they are getting separated out into the
"problem desktops" -> "Error" folder.
Corduan, Nick wrote:
>
> Hey, everyone,
>
>
>
> Anyone else out there have any experience running VDI / VMWare in a
> lab or commons space on their campus? We've been doing so for a while
> now, and, without spoiling the punch-line, I'd love to compare
> experiences.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> NickC---
>
>
>
> ---
>
> Nicholas Corduan
>
> IT Client Services Manager
>
> Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
>
> /(765) 998-4052 / NcCorduan@taylor.edu/
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Wheaton College
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Fax: 508-286-8270
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<font face="Arial">On behalf of our system admins:<br>
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</font>We have been running VMware View 4.5 as a pilot for about 3 or 4
months now and it have run into several problems. We use 5 WYSE
terminals (model P20's) and we have 5 Dell computers we have repurposed
as VMware View Clients. We have one pool with about 17 linked clone non
persistent Windows XP SP3 desktops. The main problem we are having is
desktops will time out during the customization process and will land
in the "Errors" folder under the "Problem Desktops" area within View
Manager. We are not sure if this is a Windows domain issue because
right about the time when we were setting up View we had consultants
come in and help us upgrade our Windows 2003 Active Directory to
Windows 2008. We've tried just about everything, turning off dynamic
DNS from the virtual desktops, switching over the NICs in the virtual
desktops to use the VMXNET3 adapter, we have removed some errant DNS
SRV records, upgraded the firmware on the WYSE terminals etc..... The
problems initially surfaced when the end user tried to log into View
Client and when it passed their AD credentials to the virtual desktop
it would get a Windows error that their was a domain issue, we'd check
in the event viewer logs of the virtual desktop and see a bunch of
entries for the machine's domain account password not being updated.
That error has pretty much gone away, now once a week or so we'll see
the customization operation timed out issue. It is a lot more
manageable now since the problem desktops are not being made available,
they are getting separated out into the "problem desktops" ->
"Error" folder.
<br>
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Corduan, Nick wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone else out there have any experience
running VDI / VMWare in a lab or commons space on their campus? We’ve
been doing so for a while now, and, without spoiling the punch-line,
I’d love to compare experiences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NickC---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Corduan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IT Client Services Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Taylor University, Upland, Indiana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(765) 998-4052 / <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NcCorduan@taylor.edu">NcCorduan@taylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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Wheaton College
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Fax: 508-286-8270
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