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View Composer facilitates the creation and management of linked clones with a Horizon View environment. This knowledgebase article lists common issues and resolutions, and best practices for View Composer problems.
Troubleshooting View Composer installation issues If a failure occurs during the installation of View Composer, follow these articles to troubleshoot: Installing VMware View Composer fails with the error: Error: 28014 or 1603 (1026513)Installing Horizon View Composer fails with the error: Error 1920 Service VMware Horizon View Composer (svid) failed to start (2081888)Installing or upgrading View Composer fails with error: The wizard was interrupted before VMware View Composer could be completely installed (2017773)Installing VMware View Composer when the database is on a remote SQL server fails with the error 1920 (2030823) Troubleshooting View Composer operational issues When provisioning or recomposing linked clone virtual machines, you may receive an error message similar to View composer agent initialization state error (##): ... Interpret the error within the article Investigating VMware View Composer failure codes (2085204). When attempting to perform maintenance on linked-clone virtual machines, you may receive an error message related to vCenter permissions. Confirm your vCenter and View configurations within the article Performing maintenance or Composer operations on the VMware Horizon View desktops fail (2086530). When attempting to create or modify a linked clone pool, you may receive an error message similar to invalid value for parameter dgid passed to view composer function. To correct the Deployment Group ID, follow the steps in the article Creating or recomposing a pool fails with error: Invalid value for parameter dgid passed to view composer function (1000541) Attempts to provision linked-clone virtual machines may fail with the error View Composer Fault: VC operation exceeded the task timeout limit set by View Composer. To resolve this issue, consider reducing the size of your parent image disk or identify and investigate any underlying storage issue. When attempting to provision linked clone virtual machines, you may receive an error message similar to Selected parent VM is not accessible. Confirm that the necessary ESX/ESXi hosts, and vCenter server services are running by reviewing the article Deploying a linked desktop pool fails with the error: Selected parent VM is not accessible (1024566). After migrating the View Composer database to a new SQL server, you may find View Composer is no longer functional. To restore View Composer functionality, follow the steps in the article VMware Horizon View Composer fails to work properly after migrating the Composer database to a new SQL server (2081899). After changing the password for the View Composer DSN account, the View Composer service may fail to start. To update the password, follow the steps in the article The View Composer service fails to start after the Composer DSN password is changed (1022526). The View Composer service may fail to start, the View Composer server's Event Viewer may display Failed to perform vmware view composer module initialization Soap exception connecting to Virtual Center, URL=https://:443/sdk. To resolve this issue, create new SVI Key Containers by following the steps in the article View Composer service fails to start with the error: The process terminated unexpectedly (1038380). Creating a new desktop pool may fail with the error message View Composer Fault: Unable to decrypt credentials for component ActiveDirectory and configID. To resolve the issue, update the Domain user password by following the steps in the article Creating a new desktop pool in View Manager fails with the error: Unknown View Composer Error (2039449). Best Practices for View Composer For best practices on installing View Composer, visit the following articles and documentation: VMware View Composer installation best practices and troubleshooting (2083555)Additional Best Practices for View Composer within the Horizon View Installation GuideConfiguring the vSphere Environment for View Composer within the Horizon View Installation Guide
For more trending issues with VMware View products, see the knowledgebase article VMware View help center (2087257).Creating or recomposing a pool fails with error: Invalid value for parameter dgid passed to view composer functionThe View Composer service fails to start after the Composer DSN password is changedDeploying a linked desktop pool fails with the error: Selected parent VM is not accessibleInstalling VMware View Composer fails with the error: Error: 28014 or 1603View Composer service fails to start with the error: The process terminated unexpectedlyInstalling or upgrading View Composer fails with the error: The wizard was interrupted before VMware View Composer could be completely installedProvisioning View desktops fail with the error: View Composer Fault: VC operation exceeded the task timeout limit set by View ComposerInstalling VMware View Composer when the database is on a remote SQL server fails with the error 1920Creating a new desktop pool in View Manager fails with the error: Unknown View Composer ErrorInstalling Horizon View Composer fails with the error: Error 1920 Service VMware Horizon View Composer (svid) failed to startVMware Horizon View Composer fails to work properly after migrating the Composer database to a new SQL serverVMware View Composer installation best practices and troubleshootingInvestigating VMware View Composer failure codesPerforming maintenance or Composer operations on the VMware Horizon View desktops failVMware Horizon View latest issuesVMware Horizon View Composer ヘルプ センター
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