VMware, Inc. 163 Chapter 9 Unified Access Enable or Disable a Desktop Youcanonlyaccessdesktopsthatareenabled. To enable or disable a desktop 1OntheDesktopstab,selectadesktopandclickEnable/Disable. Ifthedesktopiscurrentlyenabled,youcandisableit,andifitiscurrentlydisabled, youcanenableit. 2 SelectEnableDesktoporDisableDesktopasapplicable,andclickOK. Entitle Users and Groups to a Desktop Afterdesktopsordesktoppoolsareadded,youmustentitlethemsothattheyare accessibletousersandgroups.Adesktopcanbeassignedtomultipleusers,ormultiple usergroups. To entitle users and groups 1OntheDesktopstab,selectadesktopordesktoppoolandclickEntitle. 2IntheEntitlementwindow,clickAddtoaddus ersorgroups. 3SpecifythesearchcriteriatoretrievealistofusersorgroupsandclickFindNow. Alistofusersorgroupsorbotharedisplayed. 4 SelecttheusersorgroupstoentitletousethisdesktopsourceandclickOK. TheusersorgroupsappearintheEntitlementwindow. 5 SelecttheusersorgroupsandclickRemovetostopthemfromaccessingthe desktop. 6ClickOKtoreturntotheDesktopstab. Add or Remove a Desktop Source Youcanaddorremovedesktopsourcesfromdesktoppools. To add a desktop source to a desktop pool 1Inthedesktoppane,selectadesktoppoolandclickontheDesktopSourcestab. 2ClickAddtoaddadesktopsourcetothepool. 3 SelectthedesktopsourcestoincludeinthepoolandclickOK. Youreturntothemainpage,wh ichlistsallofthedesktopsourcesinthepool. View Manager Administration Guide 164 VMware, Inc. To remove a desktop source from a desktop pool 1Inthedesktoppane,selectadesktoppoolandclicktheDesktopSourcestab. 2 SelectdesktopsourcesandclickRemove. Aconfirmationmessageappears. 3ClickOKtoremovetheselecteddesktopsourcefromthepool. 4Ifanyofthedesktopsourceshaveactivesessions,indicatetheactiontobetaken: Leaveactive–Activesessionswillremainuntiltheuserlogsoff.TheView connectionserverdoesnottrackthesesessions. Terminate–Terminatesallactivesessionsimmediately. 5Youreturntothemainpageandthedesktopsourcesthatyouremovedareno longerlisted. Change an Individual Desktop Source Youcannotaddorremovedesktopsourcesinthecaseofanindividualdesktop. But youcanchangeorresetthedesktopsource.Thissectionisapplicableonlyto IndividualDesktopsandnottodesktoppools. To change an individual desktop source 1Inthedesktoppane,selectanindividualdesktopandclickontheDesktop Sourcestab. 2 Selectthede sktopsourceandclickChange. 3 SelectthevirtualmachineforthedesktoptouseandclickOK. Allavailablevirtualmachinesthatarerunningasupportedguestoperating systemandthatanothervirtualdesktopisnotusingappearinthetable,including virtualmachinesthataresuspendedornotpoweredon. Aconfi rmationpageappears. 4ClickOKtochangetheoriginaldesktopsourcetotheselectedone. 5Youreturntothemainpageandyoucanseethedesktopsourcethatyouchanged. VMware, Inc. 165 Chapter 9 Unified Access Delete a Desktop Youcandeleteanindividualdesktoporadesktoppool. Toremoveunmanageddesktops,youmustunregisterthem.See“UnregisteraDesktop Source.” To delete an unmanaged desktop pool 1OntheDesktopstab,selectanunmanageddesktoppoolordesktopandclick Delete. Awarningmessageappearsthatyouaretryingtopermanentlydeletethisdesktop pool. Onlythedes ktoppoolisdeleted.Theregistrationinformationoftheunmanaged desktopsthatbelongtothepoolisnotdeleted. 2Ifanyofthedesktopsourceshaveactivesessions,selecttheactiontobetaken: Leaveactive–Activesessionsremainuntiltheuserlogsoff.TheView ConnectionServerdoesnottracktheseconnections. Terminate–Terminatesallactivesessionsimmediately. 3ClickOKtodeletethedesktoppoolandreturntothemainpage. Unregister a Desktop Source AlldesktopsourcesthattheVirtualCenterServermanagesareregisteredwhenyou installtheViewAgent.FormoreinformationaboutinstallingViewAgents,see“Install ViewAgentonanUnmanagedDesktopSource”onpage 158.Youcanunregisteronly unmanageddesktopsources. To unregister an unmanaged desktop source 1ClickontheConfigurationtab. TheRegisteredDesktopSourcessectiondisplaysthenu mberofregistered terminalsourcesandotherunmanagedvirtualmachines. 2 SelectthetypeofdesktopsourceandclickView. View Manager Administration Guide 166 VMware, Inc. 3 SelectthedesktopsourcetounregisterandclickUnregister. Youcanselectonlydesktopsourcesthatarenotassignedtoadesktop. Amessageappearstocheckifyouwanttounregisterthedesktopsource.Ifyou unregisteradesktopsource,itbecomesunavailable.Tomakethesesources availableagain,reinstalltheVi ewAgentshouldineachdesktopsource. 4ClickOKifyouwanttounregistertheselecteddesktopsource. Thedesktopsourcesareunregisteredandarenolongeravailable. VMware, Inc. 167 10 OccasionallywhenusingtheViewManagerproduct,administratorsorusersmay encounterunexpectedbehavior.Inthesesituations,youcanobtainassistancefrom VMware. Thischapterprovidesasummaryofsomeofthehigh‐levelstepsyoucantaketogather applicationdata,requestassistance,andsearchforsupportinformationinour knowledgebase . Thischapterdiscussesthesetopics: “CollectingViewManagerDiagnosticInformation”onpage 167 “UpdatingSupportRequests”onpage 170 “FurtherTroubleshootingInformation”onpage 171 Collecting View Manager Diagnostic Information DiagnosticinformationhelpsVMwareTechnicalSupportdiagnoseandresolveissues. ViewManagerincludesascriptcalledvdm-supportthatcollectsinformationforuse byVMw areTechnicalSupport.Sendthefilegeneratedbythescriptwithyoursupport request. OntheViewConnectionServeryoucanrunthescriptmanuallyorbyusingth esupport toolintheStartmenu.ForViewClientoronViewManagerdesktopsrunningView Agent,youmustrunthescriptmanually. Troubleshooting 10 View Manager Administration Guide 168 VMware, Inc. Using the View Manager Support Tool to Collect Diagnostic Information TheViewManagerSupporttoolletsyougeneratelogfilesandsetloglevelsthat determineifyouwanttogeneratenormal,debug,orfulllogfilesfortheView ConnectionServer. To set log levels using the View Manager Support Tool 1OnViewConnectionServer,clickStart,clickAllPrograms,andclickVMware. 2 SelectSetViewConnectionServerLogLevels. 3I ntheChoicefield,enter1fornormal,2fordebug,or3forfullandpressEnter. To generate log files using the View Manager Support Tool 1OnViewConnectionServer,clickStart,clickAllProgramsandclickVMware. 2 SelectGenerateViewConnectionServerLogBundle. Thesupporttoolcreatesafoldercalledvdm-sdctcontainingthegeneratedlogfiles, andplacesitonthede sktopofViewConnectionServer. Using the View Manager Support Script to Collect Diagnostic Information UseViewManagerSupportScripttogeneratelogfilesforViewConnectionServer, ViewClientandViewPortal,andViewManagerdesktopsrunningViewAgent. To collect diagnostic information using the script 1OpenacommandpromptandchangetotheViewManagerprogramdirectory. ThelocationforeachViewManagercomponentisshownbelow: ViewConnectionServer—C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Server\DCT ViewClientorWebAccess—C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Client\DCT ViewManagerdesktopsrunningViewAgent—C:\Program Files\VMware\View Manager\Agent\DCT NOTEIfyoudidnotinstalltheprograminthedefaultdirectory,substitutethe appropriatedriveletterandpath. VMware, Inc. 169 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 2Runthesupportscript: cscript vdm-support.vbs Whenthescriptfinishes,itinformsyouoftheoutputfilenameandlocation. 3FileasupportrequestontheSupportpageoftheVMwareWebsite: https://www.vmware.com/support/login.do View Composer Support Thesvi-supportscriptprovidedwithViewManagerofferscomponent‐specific supportforViewComposerbycollectingconfigurationandloggingdata.This informationisgatheredinordertohelpVMwarecustomersupportdiagnoseanyissues thatmayarisewhileusingthisfeature. Thesvi‐supportscriptmustberunwithcscript.exe,ac ommand‐lineversionofthe WindowsScriptHostthatprovidescommand‐lineoptionsforsettingscriptproperties. MicrosoftTechNetprovidesdetailedguidanceonhowtousecscript.exe: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb490887.aspx Thesvi-supportscriptislocatedontheVirtualCenterserverinthesamedirectoryas theViewComposerservice: C:\Program Files\VMware\View Composer Thesvi-supportsc riptinstructionsaresubmitte dfromaWindowscommandprompt inthefollowingform: cscript.wsf svi-support.wsf [/?] [/novclogs] [/dmpdir:<value>] [/dmpformat:<value>] [/nolog] [/fullbundle] [/filescount:<value>] [/destdir:<value>] [/logdir:<value>] [/logformat:<value>] [/zip:<value>] Alltheparametersassociatedwiththetoolareoptional,mustbeprecededbya forward‐slash(/),andaredescribedinTable 10‐1. Table 10-1. svi-support – Parameters Parameter Description ? Displaystheparametersusedwiththesupportscript. novclogs VirtualCentercontainsdiagnosticscriptsthatcollectserverand database‐relatedinformationfromtheVirtualCenterapplicationlogs.Specify thisoptionifyouwanttodisablethecollectionofinformationfromthe VirtualCenterlogs. View Manager Administration Guide 170 VMware, Inc. Updating Support Requests Afteryoufileasupportrequest,youmayreceiveanemailrequestfromVMware TechnicalSupportaskingfortheoutputofthevdm-supportorsvi-supportscripts. Replytotheemailmessageandattachyourscriptoutputfiletothereply. Iftheoutputistoolargetoincludeasanattachment(10M Bormore),contactVMware TechnicalSupportwithyoursupportrequestnumberandrequestFTPupload instructions.Youcanalsoupdateyoursupportrequestandattachthefileatthesupport Website. To update your support request 1 VisittheSupportpageattheVMwareWebsiteandlogin. 2ClickSupportRequestHistoryandfindtheappl icablesupportrequestnumber. 3 Updatethesupportrequestandattachyourvdm-supportorsvi-supportscript output. dmpdir TheabsolutepathofthedirectoryfromwhichtogathertheViewComposer logs. Defaultis: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs dmpformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthedmpfiles. Defaultisvmware-svi- nolog Disablestheloggingofeventsloggedbuythesystemeventlog. fullbundle Generatefullbundlecontainingextendeddata.Thisprocedurecantakeupto 10mi nutesandisomittedbydefault. filescount Maximumnumberoffilestogatherfromeachfolderlocation.Defaultis50. destdir Theabsolutepathofdirectoryunderwhichthelogdatawillbesaved.The defaultistheWindowsdesktopdirectoryofthecurrentuser.Ifspecified, ensurethedir ectorypermissionssecurethelogdata. logdir Thepathofdirectoryfromwhichtogatherlogs.Defaultis: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs logformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthelogfiles.Defaultis vmware-desktopcomposer zip Specifiestheutilityusedtoarchivethesupportinformation.Ifnovalueis specified,thedefault(built‐in)toolisus ed. Table 10-1. svi-support – Parameters (Continued) Parameter Description VMware, Inc. 171 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Further Troubleshooting Information ThefollowingURLsforVMwareKnowledgeBase(KB)articlescontaintroubleshooting informationforViewManager.TheKBarticlesarecontinuallyupdatedwithnew troubleshootinginformation. Top‐levelKnowledgeBasesearchpage: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/microsite.do Troubleshootingenduserconnectionissues: http://www.vmware.com/info?id=342 Troubleshootingpoolingissues: http://www.vmware.com/info?id=343 TroubleshootingUSBissues: http://www.vmware.com/info?id=346 View Manager Administration Guide 172 VMware, Inc. [...]... 14 troubleshooting 167 View Composer 21 View Portal 20 View Manager configuration data exporting 39 importing 39 View Manager objects removing a VirtualCenter server from a View Connection Server 68 View Portal description 14 View Server Configuration GPOs 148 viewing 67 viewing events 47 views Configuration 45 Desktops and Pools 42 Events 48 181 View Manager Administration Guide virtual machine templates... Offline Desktop 130 system requirements 19 View Client Configuration GPOs 145 View Client GPOs 149 View Common Configuration GPOs 147 View Composer description 14 overview 93 support 169 View Configuration GPOs 144 VMware, Inc View Connection Server backing up 38 description 14 disabling 67 enabling 67 instances 24 overview 24 system requirements 15 View LDAP 25 View Manager collecting diagnostic information... Configuration GPOs 148 View Agent GPO 148 View Client Configuration GPO 145 View Client GPOs 149 View Common Configuration GPO 147 179 View Manager Administration Guide View Configuration GPOs 144 View Server Configuration GPOs 148 power policies in automated pools 137 of desktop sources 135 product compatibility requirements 19 provisioned desktops 50 Q QuickPrep tool to personalize desktops 102 R rebalancing... Configuration 145 View Client configuration 145 View Common Configuration 147 View Configuration 144 View Server Configuration 148 Group Policies on Windows NT 142 I individual desktops 51, 54 installing replica servers 27 security servers 29 standalone servers 26 standard servers 26 VMware, Inc Index View Agent on an unmanaged desktop source 158 View Agent on guest systems 52 View Client 70 View Client... management tasks in View Manager. Also known as the View Administrator. B broker Also known as a connection broker. The View Connection Server is a type of connection broker. C connection broker A server that allows connections between remote users and virtual desktops and provides authentication and session management. The View Connection Server is a type of connection broker. VMware, Inc 173 View Manager Administration. .. support for View Composer 169 support tool 168 svi-support script 169 system requirements product compatibility 19 Remote Desktop Connection 19 View Agent 18 View Client 19 View Connection Server 15 system requirements for View Manager Components 14 T terminal server pools 52 troubleshooting 167 collecting diagnostic information 167, 168 svi-support script 169 vdm-support script 167 View Manager Support... desktops 21 using existing for linked clone desktops 120 deleting View Manager objects 68 deploying automated desktop pools 58 linked clone desktops 108 manual desktop pools 63 preparing guest systems 52 Desktop and Pools view 42 desktop parameters for Unified Access 156 desktop pools, deleting unmanaged 165 177 View Manager Administration Guide desktop sources adding and changing 159 adding and removing... disabling View Manager 67 disconnecting active sessions 67 178 E entitling desktop pools 65 desktops 65 managed desktops 65 users and groups to a desktop 163 events displaying 48 searching 48 Events view 48 F firewall configuration 32 G GPO user configuration for View Client 149 View Connection Server configuration 147 GPOs Computer Configuration 143 User Configuration 148 View Agent 148 View Client 149 View. .. parameters 156 installing View Agent on an unmanaged desktop source 158 preparing desktop sources to access remote desktops 156 unmanaged desktops 51 User Configuration GPOs 148 V vdm-support script 167 View Administrator description 14 Inventory page 42 overview 41 View Agent description 14 installing on guest systems 52 system requirements 18 with multiple NICs 53 View Agent GPO 148 View Client description... A desktop operating system that runs on a virtual machine. A virtual desktop is indistinguishable from any other computer running the same operating system VMware, Inc 175 View Manager Administration Guide 176 VMware, Inc Index A active sessions disconnecting 67 rebooting 67 viewing 67 ADAM replication 27, 87 authentication using RSA SecurID 88 using smart cards 82 automated desktop pools configuring 56 creating virtual . areTechnicalSupport.Sendthefilegeneratedbythescriptwithyoursupport request. Onthe View ConnectionServeryoucanrunthescriptmanuallyorbyusingth esupport toolintheStartmenu.For View Clientoron View Manager desktopsrunning View Agent,youmustrunthescriptmanually. Troubleshooting 10 View Manager Administration Guide 168 VMware, Inc. Using the View Manager. 148 View Agent GPO 148 View Client Configuration GPO 145 View Client GPOs 149 View Common Configuration GPO 147 View Manager Administration Guide 180 VMware, Inc. View Configuration GPOs 144 View. script 1Openacommandpromptandchangetothe View Manager programdirectory. Thelocationforeach View Manager componentisshownbelow: View ConnectionServer—C:Program FilesVMware View Manager ServerDCT View ClientorWebAccess—C:Program FilesVMware View Manager ClientDCT