Guest/Image
Clean, Easy Method of Combining All the GUEST-#.IMG Image Layer Files Back Into The One GUEST.IMG File
Product Line: VERDE Statement From a Customer: I have seen that each time I perform a check-out and check-in, in the Gold Image storage folder a new file is created: GUEST-2.IMG GUEST-3.IMG GUEST.IMG What is this about? And how can I eliminate ...
How does "REVERT A SNAPSHOT" Actually Work?
Product Line: VERDE This article discusses how to use the Gold Image function button entitled "REVERT A SNAPSHOT". In this discussion, our Windows 10/2004 image has the base image (GUEST.IMG) and four added layers (GUEST-2.IMG, GUEST-3.IMG, ...
Installing vSpace So You Can Use the UXP Protocol With VERDE Remote Access
Product Line: VERDE Normal VERDE / Remote Access (RA) only allows for RDP protocol. If you're interested in using the UXP protocol with RA, you'll need to follow these instructions. Are you asking yourself, "Why would I want to use UXP?" Easy ...
Issues Shutting Down a Remote Access (RA) Session via the Management Console/Reporting/Live Sessions
Product Line: VERDE If you have issues ABORTing a Remote Access (RA) Session from the Management Console/Reporting/Users/Live Sessions, check the Target PC Group Policy as directed in the following: 1. On the remote host open gpedit.msc and Navigate ...
How to Disable PXE Boot in The Gold Image
Product Line: VERDE A number of customers have requested a method to disable the PXE ROM boot program (via TFTP) on boot up. When Verde launches a Gold image (at least when you create new Gold image), it loads the PXE ROM boot program (via ...
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) After Upgrade of Windows 10, Or Generally BSOD with Windows 10
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: With the release of VERDE 8.2.7, it has become apparent that Windows 10 can be built with only 2 GB of RAM, but, it can result in performance issues. It can especially cause BSOD if there are numerous applications ...
VERDE Multi-Factor Authentication as of VERDE 8.2.7
Product Line: VERDE The long awaited feature is available: Mutli-Factor Authentication (MFA). This article describes the VERDE MFA feature and its installation. Overview The Google Authenticator Mobile App is required. The end user must install ...
How to Set up "TRUE" Virtual GPU in VERDE
Product Line: VERDE This document is designed to assist the engineer in installing "TRUE" vGPU in VERDE. It needs to be said, this requires a very high-end vGPU card. For example: Nvidia The high-end card allows VERDE configuration scenarios ...
What is the DELTA.IMG File's Purpose?
Product Line: VERDE You may have noticed that the collection of files that make up a Guest Image includes a file entitled: DELTA.IMG. Normally, when changes are made to a Guest Image (document creation, desktop background, etc.) the changes are ...
Video of vGPU Training Session: Jun 25, 2020
Product Line: VERDE https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/2fad086ddbce7dc9a0841b9706196d3125cfe8b2552bd940654a282874cc7971
Apply Windows Updates to Windows Servers 2016 and 2019 (Data Center vs. Standard)
Product Line: VERDE It has been noticed that attempting to run Windows Updates on Windows Server 2016/2019 Data Center version fails. Following are "fixes" for this issue. Regarding updates running in the Deployed Server: the customer must disable ...
VERDE Client Telemetry Error
Product Line: VERDE Starting with VERDE 8.2.4, the client sporadically displays a TELEMETRY error when the user starts up the VERDE-Client. This is caused by the usage of VPN in order to access the VERDE environment. Attached to this KB Article ...
Things You Should or Should Not Do When Creating A Gold Image
Project Type: VERDE There are two mandatory settings (SessionSettings) when creating a new Gold Image. These two setting should remain in the Default SessionSetting so that every image gets the correct settings. The two are: Networking needs to be ...
VERDE/VERDEOS Centos Images Require an Additional Setting in Order for the Local Users to be Created Dynamically
Product Line: VERDE As of VERDE 8.2.3, there is an additional setting in order for local users to be created dynamically. Follow these instructions.
Properly Activating/Registering Office 2010/2013 in Windows 7
Produce Line: VERDE Customers have occasionally observed issues with having to Re-Activating their Window 7 Image with Office 2010/2013. Here are steps we have found that seems to address this issue: I updated my W7 Pro (64-bit ) Gold image and ...
How to Assign Specific Printers to Specific Users
Product Line: VERDE There are a few ways to assign and control Printing 1) Allow redirected Printing in Session Settings ‘SECURITY’ tab (see below) This allows the User to access local printers (connected to the endpoint) from the virtual ...
How to Build/Provision a Windows Server for hosting Domain Services on Microsoft Azure
Product Line: VERDE 1) Build Gold image with Windows 2012 / Windows 2016 Server.ISO 2) Create a custom Session Settings to be assigned to this Gold image with: 4 Gig RAM, 4-vCPU, 40Gig to 50Gig System image, 5Gig User image ...
Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Gold Images creation fail with VERDE RPM.
Product Line: VERDE There's a known issue specific to VERDE (rpm) 8.2.3 and Skylake and some Xeon server processors when creating Windows 10 or Windows 2016 server gold images. The following error may pop up: The work around is to modify the ...
Instructions for Enlarging the Gold Image (GUEST.IMG)
Product Line: VERDE It's common place for a customer to need to expand the size of the Gold Image or a Clone. Here are simple instructions: Back up the Gold Image’s entire Directory (just in case). If the target gold image has an associated Clone, ...
Steps to Customize the VERDE Client Logo
Product Line: VERDE The VERDE-Client supports customization features for customer. One is the changing app logo, and the other one is the replacing “About” page. 1. How to change the logo 1.1 Customer needs to prepare a logo file with this spec. ...
Configuring Centrify in the Linux Gold Image
Product Line: VERDE Following are links to download the Ubuntu and Centos/Rhel versions of the Centrify Express Edition: Centos/Rhel: https://verde-vdi.s3.amazonaws.com/customers/centrify-infrastructure-services-18.11-rhel5-x86_64.tgz Ubuntu: ...
How to Set Up a Specific DNS Server's IP Address on VM Environment
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: An application the customer installs in their Gold image needs to have a direct pointer to their DNS server to work properly. We do not provide an input field within the Netcfg import file to specify a DNS server. ...
VERDE/VERDEOS - Issue with USB Redirection Specific to Windows 10 64bit Build 1803
Product Line: VERDE In Windows 10 (build 1803) there's problem with Windows Group Policy restriction. By default "Plug and Play device redirection" is not allowed. In gpedit the "Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows ...
Upgrading Gold Image from VERDE8.2.0 to 8.2.1
Product Line: VERDE Access the Management Console. You’ll need to upgrade Windows images, not Linux. To upgrade Windows Images: Check out the Gold Image Launch the Gold Image via the mcadmin1 (or equivalent) userid Go to Control Panel > Programs ...
VERDE 8.2.1 and 8.2.2 Installing Android Studio in Windows 10 Images
Product Line: VERDE Some customers need to be able to install and use Android Studio in a Windows 10 image. The first instructions are specific to VERDE running on Centos 6.x. Following we'll provide instructions for VERDE running on Centos 7.x. ...
***WARNING*** Do Not Use Windows 10 Build 1809 ***WARNING***
Product Line: VERDE At this writing, with VERDE 8.2.x, DO NOT use Windows 10 build 1809. There are huge bugs. Everything from profiles to installing software other than Microsoft products. It's better to stay with 1709 or 1803.
Win10 1803 and Above - Fall Creators Update. Admin user continues to run in the Win10 Image
Product Line: VERDE With Windows 10, Build 1803 and above, I've noticed that users are no longer automatically signed out when I shut down or restart my PC. The Creator of the image (mcadmin1) will be logged into my Guest Image. The system will ...
How to configure USB Device for VERDEOS
When installing VERDEOS with a USB thumb drive you will need to use the VERDEOS .IMG file and a thumb drive disk imager such as Win32DiskImager. The following example demonstrates how to perform this task. How to Configure your USB Device for ...
Windows 10 - Application Layers isn't functioning
Product Line: VERDE There are, at this writing, two Windows 10 builds (1709 and 1803) that by default, do not support VERDE's Application Layers. There's an easy fix. The problem is that SMB1 is disabled. To enable, simply perform the following ...
Application Failure in Gold Image at: \\host
Product Line: VERDE When attempting to install some applications in gold image, the application attempts to install in the following location: \\HOST This seems specific to Windows 10. Solution: Search the registry for \\host and modify to the ...
How to configure the Windows Gold image to allow an auto-admin login
Product Line: VERDE You can configure the Windows Gold image to allow an auto-admin login. The Windows account has to be a member of the local Administrators group. You set this up using the built-in utility called: netplwiz You point to the local ...
Problem with Printer going Offline
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Documented Printer going Offline Windows 8 clients on our network connecting to networked printers on a 2012 print server. Normally they talk to the printers perfectly. However, after a remote desktop session to a ...
Windows Activation for a Virtualize Windows 10 image
Product Line: VERDE Issue: Is there any recommendations on how to manage the Windows 10 OS Product Key Activation on Clustered VERDE VDI Hosts? I can Activate a Gold Image but that only stays activated for Guest VDIs that are spun up on that same ...
How Licensing Actually works with VERDE/VERDEOS 8.2 and Above
Product Line: VERDE Let me explain how licensing works: Redeeming a license key generates the appropriate license object in the Management Portal for the customer. This license object is "owned" by the customer account in the Management Portal. ...
Verde Wiki Quick reference link
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Upgrading and Converting from 7.x to 8.2.x
Product Line: VERDE Before upgrading the tools, you'll need to import your 7.2 Gold Image into your newly built 8.2.1 environment and run the CONVERSION program: Convert Gold Images to QCOW2 Format 1. In the Management Console, check in the images. ...
Local Printing/Printer Connected to Workstation not working in Remote Desktop (RDP and SPICE)
Product Line: VERDE ISSUE: Printers attached to the workstation and the VDI/Image is Windows 10 or Windows 8.1, printing does not function. Following are step to fix this issue: Solution: The Verde Team has found a ‘fix’ for both Windows 8.1 Pro N ...
Issues with Configuring and Activating Office 2013 or Office 365 in a Non-Persistent Environment
Product Line: VERDE Occasionally, VERDE Administrators will have issues with getting users' Microsoft Office applications to remain activated in the Guest Image/VDI. The following article addresses this issue and MANY related Microsoft issues. ...
Windows Server VM Creation for Verde Servers In-a-Box
Product Line: VERDE In order to support a one-system/all in one setup, VERDE supports building a Windows Domain/Active Directory server as a Virtual Machine (VM) within the VERDE system's own Gold Image Collection. The following Knowledge Base ...
Transferring USER.IMG from one VERDE environment to another.
Product Line: VERDE You may want to import the images from one environment to another. For the Gold Image(s) you simple use the IMPORT function and upgrade the Gold Image's guest tools. But, this does nothing for the users' data. You may want to ...
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