Synchronizing a user profile between a physical desktop and a view virtual desktop. Howto configure vmware view persona management esx. Aug 09, 2014 first youll have to locate the view persona management adm template file viewpm. Vmware view persona management is a feature of horizon view that stores and delivers userspecific data from a remote storage repository to virtual or physical desktops. Vmware view persona management view persona management. Add the persona management adm template to a single. If i log in multiple times with the same user i get a windows bubble message that persona management cant work because.
New features of persona management in vmware view 5. Vmware horizon view script to create persona management. The horizon persona management admx template file and horizon persona management adm template file contain group policy settings that you add to the group policy configuration on individual systems or on an active directory server. Troubleshooting persona management 2008457 vmware kb. The vmware view persona management feature is easy to implement and comes with many benefits.
Of course we can add all thinapp\%local appdata% to the exclusion list but a wildcard is just smarter. When setting up vmware horizon view persona management, one of the task to do is to create a remote repository to store the user data and settings, applicationspecific data, and other usergenerated information in user profiles. Classic administrative templates adm vmware view agent configuration. Ability to explicitly include or exclude the local settings and appdata\local directories as part of the user profile. View persona management was originally a technology product called virtual profiles and was acquired by vmware from rto software in 2010. Vmware fling horizon view persona management share validation tool.
View persona management does not require the configuration of windows roaming profiles, and you can bypass windows active directory in the management of view user. Horizon persona management 32 bit persona management standalone installation. View persona management group policy settings vmware. To use view persona management with nonview physical computers or virtual. When building the master virtual desktop, you will probably boot from an iso. Before using view administrator to create a pool, ensure the cddvd drive points to client device and is not connected. The view persona management adm template file and view persona management admx template file contain group policy settings that you add to the group policy configuration on individual systems or on an active directory server. Im not going to teach you all how to suck eggs here but you will obviously want to create a group policy to deploy these templates against your. You can also use this view persona management feature to migrate users from windows xp physical desktops to windows xp view virtual desktops. As you could read in my article about the release in my post which was published here on my website a couple of days ago during the event, the new vmware view 5. Theres a separate article for rds session host this post applies to all vmware horizon versions 7. Prior to vmware, andy was vp of product management at abaca, and worked for appsense, loglogic and ibm.
Managing user settings with view persona management vmware view persona management is enhanced microsofts roaming profiles solution. To configure view persona management for a single desktop pool, you must add the persona management adm template file to the local computer policy on the virtual machine that you use to create the pool. Though the redirected folders bit is a lot easier to set up and less problematic than the microsoft folder redirection policy its handy if you using floating pools but still want your users to have a persistent user interface. We enabled persona management, and folder redirection within the persona gpo computer configurationpoliciesa dministrat ive templates vmware view agent configuration persona management folder redirection we are having issues specifically with the downloads, documents, pictures, videos, music folders. Sep 14, 2011 vmware view 5 is generally available now with pcoip improvements, profile management, more client device support and other awaited features earlier this week, vmware also released new versions of its other desktop products.
Oct 05, 2012 configuring roaming profiles with vmware view 5. The view policy templates adm files have already been imported into the policy and located in the administrative templates folder under the classic administrative templates folder. All adm and admx files that provide group policy settings for view are. The important part is to make sure iso file is not configured. Jun 08, 2012 this feature is not available right now. Vmware view recently announced during vmworld 2011 in las vegas is finally ga and available for download. We have quite a few thinapps which are generating cache,temp,etc. Vmware view 5 view persona management view persona management. Horizon persona management group policy settings vmware. Jun 27, 20 we have quite a few thinapps which are generating cache,temp,etc. Taking a step back and realizing how long ago 2008 was, i had a hard time believing that a company like vmware and an actively developed program does not provide a download of the files in the new format. With vmware viewtm 5, vmware introduces view persona managementtm. View pool is dedicated 1 linked clone per each user policy found under. Vmware view persona management is a program developed by vmware.
Adm which can be located in the vmware horizon 6 gpo bundle. Upon installation and setup, it defines an autostart registry entry which makes this program run on each windows boot for all user logins. I have confirmed this with vmware s view persona management share validation tool. Install the standalone view persona management software on each individual computer or virtual machine in your targeted deployment. One of the new features of vmware view 5 it is managing user profiles with vmware view person management, through a series of directives optimize the configuration of user profiles in network, a good alternative to roaming profiles of microsoft, we will have available in the premier edition view. I created a new ou, user, gp with current adm template, and test vm with no software on it other than our.
Jan 29, 2016 vmware view persona management is a feature of horizon view that stores and delivers userspecific data from a remote storage repository to virtual or physical desktops. Sep 21, 2015 andy morris is a group product line marketing manager for vmware euc, managing the personal desktop and applications portfolios. Prerequisites verify that you are performing the installation on a windows 7, windows 8, windows 10, windows server 2008 r2, or windows server 2012 r2 physical computer or virtual machine. When you download vmware view gpo bundle it contain below admx and adm files. For information on the benefits of view persona management and how it works, refer to providing user personas in view in the chapter configuring user profiles with view persona management in the vmware view administration guide. Persona management downloads files as needed to achieve. Vmware delivers virtualization benefits via virtual machine, virtual server, and virtual pc solutions. Vmware horizon formerly called horizon view is a commercial desktop and app virtualization product developed by vmware, inc for microsoft windows, linux and macos operating systems. It was first sold under the name vmware vdm, but with the release of version 3. Prerequisites create gpos for your view persona management deployment and link them to the ou that contains the view machines that use view persona management. Vmware delivers view 5 with persona management, pcoip boost. However, these tools dont do much for controlling what data gets captured. And for the customer, well thats actually my first ever view deployment, near 6 years ago.
Zip file containing various adm template files to configure view. To configure view persona management on a single system, you must add the persona management adm template file to that system. User profiles user profiles hold personal data and settings that users can access from wherever they open their desktops. I was reading in the feature table of horizon view pdf that persona management was not supported in windows 10. View persona management preserves user profiles and dynamically synchronizes them with a remote profile repository. To enable and use view persona management, you must have a view. Local computer policy computer configuration\classic administrative templates adm \ vmware view agent configuration\ persona management my persona management local policy settings are as follows. There is also a standalone version of view persona management that can be installed on windows desktops and non vmware virtual desktops. Vmware view group policy templates virtualised reality.
Configure and manage user environment manager, youll explore how to use vmware user environment manager, which separates out application configurations from regular user files. Add the persona management admx template file to active. Persona management downloads only the files that windows requires at login. First youll have to locate the view persona management adm template file viewpm. Vmware view ships with a number of group policy templates, these can continently be found on your view servers at the location shown in the image below.
Horizon persona management 32 bit persona management standalone installation for physical desktop md5sum. Vmware view premier includes an integrated user profile manager, view persona management. There were also horizon agent updates, particularly for linux desktops, which added vgpu support, persona management support for v6 profiles, and updated horizon clients. Use this post to build a virtual desktop that will be used as the parent image or source image for additional virtual desktops. View persona management features such as folder redirection, offline file population during logon, background download, and replication of local profile files to the remote profile repository fail to function properly if the windows clientside caching system is in effect on the local system. Unfortunately, the templates are in the old server 2003. To configure view persona management for your deployment, you can add the persona management adm template file to a group policy object gpo in your active directory server. Add the horizon persona management adm template to a single system. The view persona management adm template file contains group policy settings that you add to the group policy configuration on individual systems or on an active directory server. The view connection server received numerous updates, along with new features for blast. Be cautious of how the adm template file added into the view environment.
You must configure the group policy settings to set up and control various aspects of view persona management. Nov 22, 2011 vmware view persona management has several other noteworthy capabilities you should know about. Horizon 7 persona management 32 bit persona management standalone installation for physical desktop md5sum. After the test policy was created, i can now begin configuring view persona management. We then cover view client options, desktop maintenance, and virtual desktop master image. Download the standalone view persona management installer file from the. Also, disconnect and log off doesnt work when vm is locked i have 40 people using view on floating desktops at the moment and half the time, their profile doesnt load. Apr 17, 20 vmware view ships with a number of group policy templates, these can continently be found on your view servers at the location shown in the image below. Andy holds a computer science degree from demontford university. I have verified that the correct shadow copy services are enabled. Add the horizon persona management adm template to a single.
The master virtual desktop should be configured with a vmxnet 3 network adapter. Persona management, is the vmware version of roaming profiles and redirected folders rolled into one. Explore the group policy management editor persona management. The view adm files are on the view connection server in c. I will walk through the steps to load the vmware view administrative template adm. The persona management configuration is done through group policy by adding the vmware horizon view persona management administrative template viewpm. Vmware view 5 is generally available now with pcoip improvements, profile management, more client device support and other awaited features earlier this week, vmware also released new versions of its other desktop products. See install horizon agent with the view persona management option. Vmware view persona management gives you the flexibility to create a vdi environment where you can allow your end users to log into their virtual. Persona management for windows 10 vmware communities. If you already use roaming profiles, persona management can build upon that functionality. Vmware view persona management the slog simonlongblog.
The view persona management group policy settings are installed in computer configuration policies administrative templates persona management. Apr 05, 2017 unzip the vmware horizonextrasbundlex. All adm and admx files that provide group policy settings for view are available in this file. The view persona management agent can be installed without the vmware view agent on physical desktops belonging to the same licensed vmware view desktop endusers. On your active directory host, open the group policy management editor or, on an individual persona host, open the local group policy editor with the gpedit.
Managing user settings with view persona management. I have chosen to edit the policy that was created in the previous. Apr 17, 2014 installing vmware view group policy adm templates by brian. You can configure view persona management through the group policy applied to the virtual desktops and using adm templates provided by vmware. Apr 22, 2014 configure vmware view persona management. This is affecting 150 users across 4 link clone pools. You must configure the group policy settings to set up and control various aspects of horizon persona management.