Questions tagged [vdi]
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Framework providing remote access to a (typically virtual) desktop.
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Windows Server 2019 - New Microsoft Teams & WindowsApps Permissions
While preparing for the rollout of the new MS Teams version that will replace the old one in March, we created a new template image for our VDI infrastructure (Citrix) running Windows Server 2019.
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How to compact VirtualBox VDI file with free space at the end of the disk?
I've a Debian 8.5 guest in Ubuntu 22.04 Host, and a while ago i expanded space from host terminal stopping guest with VBoxManage modifyhd --resize option in a direct way, booting guest and expanding ...
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Instant Clone in vdi horizon
i new in vdi horizon and i am really confused , in vdi horizon instant clone , floating desktops ,
do the instant clones have their own dedicated Memory and CPU resources , or instant clones are ...
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Debian to VDI or IMG
I have a debian server that I can't really shut down because the company stops.
How can I convert it from physical disk to VirtualBox or Xen without shutting it down?
I don't want to play with the ...
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How to restart VDI Windows 10 pro
Sorry for the stupid question. I mechanically turned off a VDI that I work on daily. Since then, I can no longer connect to this VDI.
Normally, I use the remote access desktop icon, a popup opens and ...
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Mismatch between VDI size and actual contents
I have an Ubuntu VM with 2 VDIs.
One for the OS and another one for storage.
The reported size is 2MB and windows explorer also shows 2MB.
However I have at least 126GB of data there.
Filesystem ...
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VDI size error on Oracle VirtualBox 7
I copied a large 100Gb file into VDI successfully using the shared folder option on Linux guest OS. But the VDI size on Windows host OS doesn't enlarge as expected.
It remains at 2048kb the size it ...
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Virtualbox not detecting vdi file
I recently moved my vms from another drive to main drive and when I tried to add them again instead of the VDI file I am met with nothing. In the actual directory there is the vdi file.
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VirtualBox: Can't add any mass storages or delete them
So there is the following issue.
I had the problem, that I've tried to add some mass storages to my VM.
Then I've deleted them and now I just see in the logs, that the entry still persists (see ...
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How can I covert an ISO file to VDI and use it with Virtual box?
I have an ISO file that contains some backup files. I made it with this command.
genisoimage -o backup.iso /var/backups
I want to convert this file to a .vdi file so that I can attach it to a ...
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How to efficiently backup virtual disks?
I have a couple of Unix VMs (FreeBSD and Linux) hosted on a Windows 10 desktop -- using Virtual Box. I'd like to set up regular (daily?) backups for the virtual disks involved.
Because the images are ...
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XRDP clipboard to allow copying only text
I am setting up RDP to login to a Linux instance from windows instance. I am trying to restrict the clipboard in XRDP to copy only text but not files, Please help me with the options available. The ...
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Guest OS can't detect increased VirtualBox disk size
I have resized my vdi file through Virtual Media Manager from 32 to 64G, but when I run lsblk there are no changes to the disk whatsoever, when it should have the extra 32G of unpartitioned space.
The ...
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Recovering virtual machine from increasing disk size
I lacked free space on my VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04 desktop virtual machine, so I desided to just go to VirtualBox client settings and resize VDI from 32 to 50 GB. After that the machine doensn't boot: ...
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How can I keep my app and desktop settings between VDI logins with VMware Horizon?
I routinely use VMware Horizon to connect to remote customer systems
And every time I login, I have to reset my:
background
startup app settings (eg OneDrive, Outlook, Teams)
default browser ...
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