The operation Change properties of virtual machine is not permitted on a virtual machine that has shared virtual hard disks

I was trying to remove the shared virtual hard drive from the VM

and it was failing with error

Error (23317)

The operation Change properties of virtual machine is not permitted on a virtual machine that has shared virtual hard disks.

Recommended Action

The operation Change properties of virtual machine is not permitted on a virtual machine that has shared virtual hard disks

First try removing harddisk but when it ask save the config cancel and click on generate script

Script will come with many lines but focus on this

Add force to the line

Source

How to upgrade rollup pack for HyperV host?

While we  upgraded SCVMM 2012 R2  server and console for rollup pack 1 but couldn’t find a way to upgrade Hyper V host and it was complaining Warning (20510)

An upgrade is available for Virtual Machine Manager agent version 3.2.7510.0 on the computer XXX.COM.

Recommended Action

Update the VMM agent, and then try the operation again.

To find out the status select the host and then choose view status.

Once we choose host agent version and select repair all . This will fix all the remaining host in the cluster.

Integrate Honeywell Barcode Scanner with XD 7.1 and Wyse T10 thinclient

This post to showcase barcode scanner integration with XD 7.1. Here I am using barcode scanner from Honeywell and exact model is

Now to start with we need to configure StoreFront for legacy site. Once legacy site is setup we need to configure Wyse T10 which runs WTOS (Wyse Thin OS)  for legacy site. To configure legacy site on T10 we need to configure remote connection and then choose Citrix Xen where we need to supply PNA legacy site address as http://<URL _of_SF_/CITRIX/STORE/PNAgent/Config.xml >

Once this information is supplied it will prompt for reboot post which it will provide login screen.

Once logged in it will present a desktop where Hosted shared desktop can be launched

While testing barcode scanner ,we used XD 7.1 VDA running over Windows 2008 R2. Please check this video and sorry about bad visual.

AGEE login box and issue with IE compatibility mode.

When we try to open AGEE page via Firefox , login screen is at center to some extent.

But when we try to open the same page using IE, UI is not properly lay out

Solution : Press F12 and bring IE into normal mode if it is compatibility mode.

Pre-populate Desktop Director domain field

I have wrote this article way back for DD version 2.x. With XD 7.1  desktop director has interface has been changed. To prepopulate domain field like

 

we have to make changes in LogOn.aspx file and replace “RoyDomainNetBiosName” .

IIS reset is a must post this change