Hey,
So I set up a Server 2012 VDI solution with a pool of VMs of different OSes. Windows 7 and 8 worked out of the box, while the Vista and XP VMs have had nothing but problems.
The Windows 7 and 8 VMs will turn on if they are off, and will allow a user to very quickly use the RDweb portal to gain access to them through the connection broker. In addition they handle user sessions perfectly.
On the other hand, the Vista and XP VMs (Both with integration services) do not allow such behavior. When the VM is off, the RDSH will turn the VM on, however the RDP client hangs on, "Loading the virtual machine" the machine turns on and the RDP client continues to hang on that message.
When the VM is on, and the client attempts to connect via an RDP file downloaded from the RDWeb, the RDP connection hands on, "Securing Remote Connection. RDP Connections directly to the computers via their hostnames works perfectly.
I have attempted disabling the firewall on both the Server 2012 box and the Windows XP Box, there is no antivirus on either.
IPv6 is disabled on all systems in the pool as well as the server
All machines involved in the RDSH have static IP addresses.
On the RD Session Broker the following event logs are created when there is a failure to connect to the Vista VM:
Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client failed while getting redirection packet from Connection Broker.
User : Domain\User
Error: Element not found.
and
Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client failed to redirect the user AD\weaston-ou.
Error: NULL
The XP VM mostly hangs on Loading the Virtual Machine which results in the verbose message:
Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client received request for redirection.
User : Domain\User
RDP Client Version : 5
But no confirmation message follows this
Any ideas why I'm seeing this behavior?