View Planner 3.5

Any updates on the release of 3.5? I'd really like to start testing Horizon 6. I see there's an article on VMware's site about it, so it must be in use...
Thanks,
Greg

ViewPlanner 3.5 was GA'ed today. If you have access to vault you should be able to download it. In any case, you should be able to download the benchmark version to get started

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View Planner 3.5 Auto Login

I am having an issue where I have the GoldenDesktop Setup. It logs in without issue. This VM was created with the same customization file as the next set.   Once I use the View Planner to provision the remaining VMs, each have their local admin account disabled.   They do report to the View Planner. They do start the workload. However, only the original VM uploads the data. Any ideas?

Yes, agree.   The auto login was working after the view agent was loaded. However, once the customization wizard ran, I noticed a few changes. The admin was disabled and the registry entries were missing under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogin. The keys needed to login were AutoAdminLogon = "1" (Enabled), DefaultUserName = Administrator DefaultPassword = Q1w2e3r4! .   This was present before the customization wizard. So, I looked at the customization wizard closer. On the 4th step for "Administrator Password" you need to set the password toe Q1w2e3r4!. Furthermore, place a check mark for "Automatically log on as the Administrator". I also set this value to 10.   After doing this, the login portion worked.
The second issue I had was the .bat file behavior.   It needed to be set to "open this file each time". Since there were only 50 desktops, I check the box on each and pressed open. I'm sure there is a setting to fix this. However, I haven't researched it enough to comment just yet.

VMware View Planner multi-remote PCoIP test with linked clones

So I was able to run the VMware view Planner local mode test no problem, however, I am having some troubles trying to do it with linked clones here. I think part of my problem is that the instructions I am following in the user guide here are a bit unclear. The part that is confusing to me is on page 56 of that document it says to use "View to Provision a Pool of Desktop Linked Clones. Follow the View documentation to provision as many clones of the desktop template virtual machine as you wish to test. These should be created as an automated linked clone pool with floating assignment. You must also use identical values for the pool_id and poolname parameters. "
This is fine, however, right underneath that it says to "Use vCenter to Provision Client Linked Clones" and then goes on to explain the steps needed. So do I need to create a view clone pool and create Client Linked clones in vCenter? That seems unnecessary. However, in the instructions for actually running the test headed "Create a Multi-VM VDI Run Profile," step d says:
In the Desktop / RDSH Name Prefix: field, enter the VM name prefix you provided in “Use View to Provision a Pool of Desktop Linked Clones” on page 56.
and step j says:
In the Client Name Prefix: field, enter the VM name prefix you provided in “Use vCenter to Provision Client Linked Clones” on page 56.
I tried just creating a clone pool using view, I based it off the snapshot that is created once the view planner client installer completes, I named the pool_id and poolname the same, as well as the prefix of all the VMs. However, when I try to run the test, it doesn't work. Any clarification here would be greatly appreciated. I'm using a brand new installation of vsphere 5.5 U2, view 6, and view planner 3.5.

We ask users to create desktop VM using View, while client or the launcher VMs can be created using vSphere provisioning. Why do you want to create the client VMs also as View pool? You can create them using vSphere provisioning provided on View Planner provisioning tab?

View Planner 3.5 application errors

When I run a "StandardBenchmarkProfile_5i" test, everything completes,however Ireceive the following errors on all machines:
Test Name: VPTest-1
Test Mode: local [*]
Test Start Time: 2015-04-15 00:18:16
Test Status: Benchmark scoring requirements (BR) NOT met (see [*] items)
Workload Summary
Score: 0
Total Number of View Planner Desktops: 1
Total Number of View Planner Desktops Scored: 0
Number of View Planner Desktops Failed: 1 (See notes below for details)
Number of View Planner Desktops Not Run: 0
Iterations (Total): 5 (BR: = 5)
Iterations (Scored): 1
QoS Summary
Group A:
95th percentile: 0.722554s (BR: <= 1.0s)
Group B:
95th percentile: 4.706347s (BR: <= 6.0s)
Missing Events in Group A: [*]
['IE_ApacheDoc-Close', 'IE_WebAlbum-Close']
Note: Reasons for run failure: [*]
Too few iterations run: 1
Note: Reasons for VM failure: [*]
Number of VMs with OE ratio too low: 1
Number of VMs with Iteration not run: 1
The errors are noted in bold. Everything was installed as per the documentation. Is there a version of IE that is expected? The virtual desktops in question have IE 10.

Looks like you are running single VM local mode. Do you see any events in the log like IE_ApacheDoc-Browse and IE-WebAlbum-Browse?
Can you try with IE 9?
Also, what guestOS are you running?
THanks
Nachiket

View Planner 3.0 Switch to Flexibility Mode

I have a View Planner 3.0 appliance and when I go to create a New Workload or Run Profile it says I am in Benchmark Mode. I know this is new to 3.0 and to create custom workloads and profiles you need to be in Flexibility Mode. I must be missing something somewhere but I can't seem to find how to switch to Flexibility Mode.
Does anyone know where you need to that, I am guessing it is a command line option on the View Planner Appliance.
Pete

Thanks for the response and I did find the same thing after researching further. It is disappointing though that it was decided to lock that ability out. In 2.1 I ran only passive workloads and now that is not allowed with Benchmark mode. I will go through our partner channel to see if we can approval to allow Flexibility mode.
Pete
Liquidware Labs

Using View Planner

From what we understand View Planner puts a load on the environment and then reports back on how many users you can expect to support based on the outcome. Our understanding is you do not configure View Planner to test specific AD users.

Can you be more specific on what you mean by testing specific AD users?

View Planner 3.5 - Unable to generate PDF report.

I'm running into a problem where the run completes successfully and data is downloaded but generation of the PDF report fails. I was able to successfully generate a PDF for a single VM local mode run but it is failing for a multi-VM local mode run. Below is the error that I'm seeing in the log. Any ideas?
2015-02-19 15:26:12,307 DEBUG    Getting test averages across all VMs and all iterations for test: Multi-vm-local
2015-02-19 15:26:12,307 INFO     Running query: SELECT max(test_id),min(test_id) from testinfo where test_name = "Multi-vm-local" and testinfo.start_time = "2015-02-19 15:12:00"
2015-02-19 15:26:12,308 INFO     Running query: select distinct event_name,avg(event_latency) from localresults               where event_name not like "%RETRIES" and (linfo_FK= 6) group by event_name Warning: empty y range [0:0], adjusting to [-1:1] Warning: empty y range [0:0], adjusting to [-1:1]
2015-02-19 15:26:16,385 ERROR    Error in generating the report.
2015-02-19 15:26:16,386 ERROR    Error in generating the report: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/listener.py", line 86, in completeRunVMs
File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/shared_data.py", line 1369, in generatePDFReport
File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/PDFgen.py", line 1641, in Run
File "/build/mts/release/bora-2236700/performance/viewplanner/Harness/root/PDFgen.py", line 671, in Sec4
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'MaxIdx' referenced before assignment
2015-02-19 15:26:16,387 INFO     Report generation command executed.
2015-02-19 15:26:18,751 DEBUG    Returning the current status: 1 with message Run completed with [Workload Started on 4 machines ] and [ Desktops Uploaded --> 4 (0 errors) ]

banit,
Thanks for the file. After updating I seem to be getting past the last error but am running into another problem. Below is the new error that I'm running into.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "PDFgen.py", line 1706, in <module>
File "PDFgen.py", line 1703, in main
File "PDFgen.py", line 1644, in Run
File "PDFgen.py", line 796, in Sec4
IndexError: list index out of range

View Planner 3.0.1 -- Issues running Single-VM-Remote-RDP test

Hi,
I am trying to run the Single-VM Remote RDP test as per the Installation and User Guide instructions.
When I start this test, the client virtual machine console blacks out completely and I am unable to see if any operation is going on.
Also the "viewplanner.log" shows "Connection started from the client: fe80::457f:815c:a8b6:317%13" message and I am not seeing any progress after that.
Has anybody encountered such an issue? Any ideas?
Copied part of the viewplanner.log below.
Thanks,
Subhish
2014-09-30 11:01:31,896 INFO     Operation: poweron_desktops, Time of Start: Tue Sep 30 11:01:29 2014, Total time taken: 2.15
2014-09-30 11:01:31,896 INFO     Operation: poweron_clients, Time of Start: Tue Sep 30 11:01:30 2014, Total time taken: 2.21
2014-09-30 11:01:31,896 DEBUG    Creating 1 users and adding to the AD security group: Test
2014-09-30 11:01:31,897 INFO     ------------------------------------------------------------
2014-09-30 11:01:31,897 INFO        Waiting for the threshold number of VMs to register
2014-09-30 11:01:31,898 INFO     ------------------------------------------------------------
2014-09-30 11:01:31,904 INFO     Got the Netbios domain name: SSRBRM
2014-09-30 11:01:31,907 DEBUG    Adding the users ['Test_1'] to the AD security group: Test
2014-09-30 11:01:31,916 DEBUG    All the users added to the AD security group: Test
2014-09-30 11:01:34,287 DEBUG    Returning the current status: 0 with message Status: [IP Registered: Desktops: 0, Clients: 0 ] [Workload Started on 0 machines ] [ Uploaded results --> Desktops: 0 (0 errors), Clients: 0 ]
2014-09-30 11:02:17,349 INFO     New client registration: 192.168.100.14
2014-09-30 11:02:17,350 INFO     Current registered machines status : [Pairs required: 1] [clients: 1] [servers: 0]
2014-09-30 11:02:19,287 DEBUG    Returning the current status: 0 with message Status: [IP Registered: Desktops: 0, Clients: 1 ] [Workload Started on 0 machines ] [ Uploaded results --> Desktops: 0 (0 errors), Clients: 0 ]
2014-09-30 11:02:56,466 INFO     New server registration: 192.168.100.13
2014-09-30 11:02:56,467 INFO     Current registered machines status : [Pairs required: 1] [clients: 1] [servers: 1]
2014-09-30 11:02:56,467 INFO     Getting the IP address for VM GoldenDesktop from VC
2014-09-30 11:02:59,297 DEBUG    Returning the current status: 0 with message Status: [IP Registered: Desktops: 1, Clients: 1 ] [Workload Started on 0 machines ] [ Uploaded results --> Desktops: 0 (0 errors), Clients: 0 ]
2014-09-30 11:03:06,482 INFO     Getting the IP address for VM GoldenClient from VC
2014-09-30 11:03:06,497 INFO     Got the IP address for VM GoldenClient: 192.168.100.14
2014-09-30 11:03:06,498 INFO     Getting the IP address for VM GoldenDesktop from VC
2014-09-30 11:03:16,508 INFO     Waiting till all the IP addresses have been resolved
2014-09-30 11:03:26,514 INFO     Getting the IP address for VM GoldenDesktop from VC
2014-09-30 11:03:26,529 INFO     Got the IP address for VM GoldenDesktop: 192.168.100.13
2014-09-30 11:03:26,530 DEBUG    IP: 192.168.100.13 --> Name: GoldenDesktop
2014-09-30 11:03:26,530 DEBUG    IP: 192.168.100.14 --> Name: GoldenClient
2014-09-30 11:03:26,530 INFO     Running query: SELECT * from hostinfo where IPADDR = "192.168.100.13"
2014-09-30 11:03:26,532 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET is_Client = "0", state = "Unpaired", name = "GoldenDesktop" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.13"
2014-09-30 11:03:26,610 INFO     Running query: SELECT * from hostinfo where IPADDR = "192.168.100.14"
2014-09-30 11:03:26,611 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET is_Client = "1", state = "Unpaired", name = "GoldenClient" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.14"
2014-09-30 11:03:26,622 INFO     Registering remaining VMs
2014-09-30 11:03:26,622 INFO     Threshold met for the number of machines...Starting the benchmark plan...
2014-09-30 11:03:26,622 INFO     Waiting for VMs to settle and sleeping for the ramp up time
2014-09-30 11:03:56,622 INFO     Assigning server-client for 1 pairs
2014-09-30 11:03:56,623 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET state = "Paired" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.14"
2014-09-30 11:03:56,687 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET state = "Paired" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.13"
2014-09-30 11:03:56,697 INFO     Running query: INSERT INTO testinfo (test_name, ClientIP_FK, ServerIP_FK, protocol, username,             password, test_state, start_time, type) values ("Sinlge-VM-Remote-RDP", "192.168.100.14", "192.16
8.100.13", "RDP", "Test_1", "passw0rd", "waiting", "2014-09-30 11:03:56", 2)
2014-09-30 11:03:56,708 INFO     Running query: SELECT * from testinfo where test_name = "Sinlge-VM-Remote-RDP" and test_state = "waiting" and ClientIP_FK = "192.168.100.14" and ServerIP_FK = "192.168.100.13"
2014-09-30 11:03:56,710 INFO     ------------------------------------------------------------
2014-09-30 11:03:56,710 INFO        Initiating the execute plan for the run profile
2014-09-30 11:03:56,710 INFO     ------------------------------------------------------------
2014-09-30 11:03:56,721 DEBUG    Starting periodic VC stats collection..
2014-09-30 11:04:03,549 INFO     Starting the workload for all assigned pairs...
2014-09-30 11:04:03,549 INFO     Running remote command on machine 192.168.100.13: logoff
2014-09-30 11:04:03,674 INFO     command executed on the remote machine: logoff
2014-09-30 11:04:03,751 INFO     Wait untill all the desktops have logged off
2014-09-30 11:04:08,749 INFO     Continuing the run after wait
2014-09-30 11:04:08,749 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET state = "Busy" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.14"
2014-09-30 11:04:08,827 INFO     Running query: UPDATE hostinfo SET state = "Busy" where IPADDR = "192.168.100.13"
2014-09-30 11:04:08,845 INFO     Running query: UPDATE testinfo SET test_name = "Sinlge-VM-Remote-RDP", protocol = "RDP", username = "SSRBRM\Test_1", password = "Q1w2e3r4!",             test_state = "Running", start_time = "2014-09-30 1
1:04:03" where test_id = 6
2014-09-30 11:04:08,856 INFO     executing remote command with args: client: 192.168.100.14, server: 192.168.100.13, protocol: RDP, test_name: Sinlge-VM-Remote-RDP, vmuser: SSRBRM\Test_1, vmpasswd: Q1w2e3r4!, workprofile: {'IEbpm': 1L,
'ARbpm': 1L, 'Thinktime': 2L, 'name': 'StandardBenchmarkProfile_1i', 'hosttime': 1, 'random': 1, 'Iterations': 1L, 'wpm': 60L, 'video': 2L, 'applist': 'WORD,EXCEL_SORT,ACROBAT,IE_APACHEDOC,7ZIP,PPT,FIREFOX,OUTLOOK,IE_WEBALBUM,VIDEO'}, p
oolname: None, domainname: None
2014-09-30 11:04:08,857 INFO     adding callback function for getting the remote root object for ipaddr: 192.168.100.14
2014-09-30 11:04:09,298 INFO     adding callback for startWorkload command on the client 192.168.100.14
2014-09-30 11:04:43,161 INFO     Connection started from the client: fe80::457f:815c:a8b6:317%13

I deployed a Windows XP client system (as recommended) in the doc and was able to get the display working. Although I think it might have been just a display resolution problem with the Windows 7 client system.
I still can't get the test to PASS though. The viewplanner.log shows this:
2014-09-30 18:05:09,912 INFO     Running query: LOAD DATA INFILE "/var/log/ViewPlanner/.serverlog_GoldenDesktop" into table localresults fields terminated by ',' lines terminated by '\n'
2014-09-30 18:05:09,997 INFO     Adding error information to the database
2014-09-30 18:05:09,997 DEBUG    Reading error from the file .error_GoldenDesktop with error: 17:38:44 ADOBEREADER-ERROR: Operation failed
18:05:04 ERROR: Workload was killed because it was stuck for too long.
18:05:04 ERROR: LastOp: IE_ApacheDoc_BROWSE, numOps: 89
2014-09-30 18:05:09,997 INFO     Running query: INSERT INTO localerrorinfo (lerrinfo_fk, recorded_time, error_event, log_dump) values ("9", "2014-09-30 18:05:09", "workload", "17:38:44 ADOBEREADER-ERROR: Operation failed
18:05:04 ERROR: Workload was killed because it was stuck for too long.
18:05:04 ERROR: LastOp: IE_ApacheDoc_BROWSE, numOps: 89
Anybody have experience with this?
Thanks,
Subhish

ICal Year Planner view

Hello All,
Is there a way to have one year planner view or 6 month planner view in one page???
If so, how can i do it?
Many Thanks!!

This is an on going issue with iCal and one of main reason I hardly use it. As a teacher I need to be able to see the year view.
Just buy yourself a cheap project planning tool instead.
Apple just don't listen; users have been asking for the year view since 2002 and quick as a flash nothing happens, how difficult can it be !

Does iCal have an 'annual calendar' feature, i.e. a yearly planner view

Does iCal have an 'annual calendar' feature, i.e. a yearly planner view?

Hi Ralph. I was testing one for another user, and while I was at it decided to try to restore poor blue elie's missing tail ... Thanks for the concern. I might change into a frog briefly

Hiding non-working time in Team Planner View

Hello there. The tasks in my project are typically between 2-5 hours over a week period. In Team Planner View, I'm hoping to provide a better representation of free time between tasks by making my bottom tier hours in a 4 hour count. However,
decreasing the scale forces the Task names become cut off when the event itself shrinks.
I was hoping to remove the non-working time (i.e., nights and weekends) from the Team Planner view to enable a better view. I'm aware that the capabilities of Team Planner View seem to be limited, but is this type of formatting at all possible?
Thanks for the help,
Joe

Joe --
After I created my response and posted it, I wondered whether you wanted to completely remove the nonworking time periods. This is not possible. The best you can do is to remove the shading for nonworking time periods, but you cannot remove them
entirely in any view. Hope this helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]

Transfer Gantt Chart View color's automatically to Team Planner View

Hi there. My project has 7 different resources with various Resource Names ending characters. I've automatically color coded the bars on my Gantt Chart based on resource allocation by using Flags 1-7, Custom Fields, and the formula IIf(Left([Resource
Names],3)="xxx",Yes,No). I then change the format of each bar style to the color I desire.
I am looking for a way to automatically transfer the colors I have assigned the tasks in my Gantt Chart to the Team Planner view. I don't believe there is a simple way to do this but would appreciate any help aside from manually formatting each of
the tasks in Team Planner view.
Thanks for the help!
-Joe

jbarrazotto --
Alas, there is no way to do what you want with the Team Planner view. This is because there is no dialog similar to the Bar Styles dialog where you can control the formatting. Basically, the Team Planner view has definitions for Manually Scheduled
tasks, Auto Scheduled tasks, Actual Work on tasks, External Tasks, and Late Tasks. Using the corresponding buttons in the Styles section of the Format ribbon with the Team Planner Tools applied, you can control the fill color and the border color for
every bar of one of those types. But there is no way to add other buttons to the ribbon to control the Gantt-like bars that are shown in the Team Planner view. So, what you want to do with the Team Planner view is not possible. Sorry.
Hope this helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]

Project 2013 freezes in Team planner view

Hi,
While right clicking and changing assignments in a Project file the Team planner freezes and Project must be restarted, this happens all the time and too frequent. The first thing that happens is that the large info box which is shown on right click together
with the smaller one with percentage etc. dissapears. Then the changes can still be saved but Project can not be shut down in the normal way but must be closed by shutting down the process in the Task manager. Then it is just to open the file and
continue as the Team planner works normal again until it freezes again. This has been so since the very beginning, but did not happen in the 2010 version. It only happens in the 2013 version which of course is the one we use as the reports in it are so great.
Any ideas to get rid of this annoying problem?
Kind regards //Anders

Hi Ben,
Thanks for looking into it. Perhaps it is something wrong with the installation or the PC that it runs on, have not thought of that before. Should try to copy the file to another computer and download a trial version to run it on and see if the problem is
still there. Otherwise Snag it seems like a good idea. The time for project to stop working varies a lot, normally everything from 3- 10 minutes. There is one thing that normally seems to get project to stop working sooner and that is when switching between
the Team planner and the Gantt view.
The work sequence is like this:
-Open the project file
-Expand all tasks in the Gantt view
-Switch to Team planner, begin to drag & drop tasks between resources
-Mark a task in the Team planner view and switch to Gantt view to check how the project where the marked task is located underneath is following the plan.
-Switch back to Team planner, continue to switch tasks between resources
-Mark a task in the Team planner view and switch to Gantt view to check how the Project is following the plan, as above.
After a number of switches between the views project normally just stops working completely. Memory usage normally goes up to 140 MB, not much but still an increase towards the normal. The above sequence is the quickest way of getting Project to stop working.
Would be interesting to see if you would get any problems repeating the sequence. If that would work for you for 10 minutes there must be something wrong with either the project installation or with the computer.
Thanks and kind regards //Anders

A dynamic Team Planner View to concurrent users

Hello, I currently have MS Project Professional 2010. Our business is looking into possibly upgrading our system but we need the team planner view in whatever we choose. We currently have hundreds of projects and thousands of tasks linked to resource pool.
The team planner view is the easiest and fastest view for the business to identify what each person is doing on a particular day, who is helping them, who is working on their project, who is on vacation, etc. Issues we're having right now include:
1) Project Professional freezes when multiple users try to access the team planner view at the same time. Even after downloading the hotfix package.
2) We tried uploading some work to Sharepoint but Sharepoint doesn't like tasks with start-to-start predecessors or lag times which greater than 50% of our tasks have.
3) The printable team planner view prints out hundreds of blank pages between sets of dates. I'm assuming they are "unassigned tasks" and there is no method of removing them. Resource names don't carry over to the second set of dates.
Is team planner view available in Project Server or the PWA? We're trying to find a way to get this view to everyone. Allow multiple concurrent users to view it at the same time. And to have their view change simultaneously as I change it without having
to upload or print a new team planner view every time I change something.
Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the reply Andrew. We explored using the Resource Assignment View but it had its own set of issues like:
1) I can assign up to 40 tasks a week to one person, this creates quite a list for each person as the Resource Assignment View lists the tasks in the column under the person's name. A filtered list of one week still creates a long list, 40-50 pages long,
for 30-40 resources.
2) Our resources had a hard time finding who was helping them on certain tasks because of this gigantic list. Again, they are unable to access MS Project without freezing the document so they can't open the task and find out who's helping. Therefore, we
like the condensed Team Planner view.
I will explore the SSRS report option but from a little light reading, it appears as though this report doesn't automatically update every time I make a change to the schedule. Therefore, I need to manually create a new report everytime I make
a change to the schedule?
Thanks Again,
Travis
Travis

I have 100 groups in planning for those 100 groups i want to build roles like interactive,view user,planner etc.for those how to change in export -import folder .xml file in that edit how to change user roles in that xml it will generate automatic id.h

I have 100 groups in planning for those 100 groups i want to build roles like interactive,view user,planner etc.for those how to change in export -import folder .xml file in that edit how to change user roles in that xml it will generate automatic id.how to do that in xml file ?

Thanks john for you are reply.
I had tried what you sad.I open shared service in that foundation project i had export shared service.after that in import-export file.In that role.csv,user.csv,group.csv.Like this file have.When i open user file added some users after i trying save in excel it shown messgse
I click yes and save the .csv file and import from share servie. i got error like this
am i doing right way john.or explain clearly

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