Known Issues for Secure Desktops

Details

Moving a desktop pool to a different compartment causes unpredictable results, including 500 type server errors and desktop startup failures.

Workaround

We're working on a resolution. Avoid moving desktop pools to different compartments as we continue to develop and test this feature.

Details

If you shut down a desktop using the Shut down option in Windows or Power Off option in Linux, the desktop shows as Available. However, when you attempt to open the desktop, you receive the message "Connection to the desktop not available, please wait" yet the desktop never opens.

Workaround

Do not manually shut down a desktop from the operating system (Windows or Linux). If you do, contact the desktop administrator for assistance to open the desktop.

You can however restart the desktop operating system as needed.

Details

Sometimes, due to communication issues between the local system and the desktop, a key may appear to be 'stuck' and you may see repeated output for a single key press.

Workaround

To prevent this from happening, you can disable the key repeat option in the GNOME or KDE Universal Access settings.

Details

When opening a Windows desktop you might see:

• An error reporting that the Desktop User password has not been set.
• A warning that the system is in use, and the other user will be logged out if you continue.

Workaround

Open the desktop again to resolve the issue.

Details

If you refresh the browser page during the process of signing in to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, it can cause this error:

"code" : "NotFound", 
"message" : "Not Found"

Workaround

Try signing in again using a new browser tab or window.

Details

Audio-in (microphone) does not work on Linux desktops. This issue exists on both the web client and installed client.

Workaround

We're working on a resolution.

Details

When logging into the Secure Desktops web client interface, an extended period of inactivity may cause the IDCS session to expire. As a result, the client interface may enter an infinite reload loop state.

Workaround

Close the tab in your browser and re-load the Secure Desktops web client URL.

Details

Cloudebase-Init is installed as part of Windows desktop image preparation. When installing Cloudbase-Init, Oracle recommends that you do not select the option to run Cloudbase-Init service as LocalSystem. If Cloudebase-Init was installed with this option selected, you may experience missing desktop volumes when you launch the desktop.

Workaround

Run the attach_volume.ps1 script.

1. Open PowerShell ISE (x86) application in Windows desktop.
2. Run the script:

   PS C:\Users\DesktopUser> powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\ProgramData\Oracle\OCI\Desktops\attach_volume.ps1

3. Verify the desktop volume is present. For example:

   PS C:\Users\DesktopUser> Get-Disk

   Number Friendly Name Serial Number HealthStatus OperationalStatus Total Size Partition Style
   ------ ------------- ------------- ------------ ----------------- ---------- ---------------
   1      ORACLE        BlockVolume   Healthy      Online            50 GB      MBR
   0      ORACLE        BlockVolume   Healthy      Online            64 GB      MBR 

   PS C:\Users\DesktopUser> Get-Volume

   DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining Size
   ----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- ------------- ----
   System      Reserved     NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                17.32 MB     50 MB
   C                        NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                22.64 GB     63.95 GB
   D           OCI Volume   NTFS           Fixed     Healthy      OK                49.91 GB     50 GB

If the desktop pool image is for Windows desktops, desktops in the pool are hosted on Dedicated Virtual Machine Hosts (DVH) by default. If a DVH enters a failed state, take the appropriate actions to preserve cloud storage resources.

Details

If the DVH enters failed state due to planned maintenance:

Workaround

End user action: Launch your Windows desktop and if the pool has Desktop Storage enabled, save any data to Desktop Storage (D drive). If Desktop Storage is not enabled, you can save data to a local drive mapped using CDM (Client Drive Mapping) or NFS on OCI Volume (D:).

Administrator action:

1. Inform users that their desktops are being deleted.
2. Delete all assigned and unassigned desktop instances that exist on the failed DVH.
3. Request that end users launch their desktops. This creates a new DVH instance and places new desktops on the new DVH instance. If there is a block volume associated with a given user, it is automatically attached to the new desktop for that user.
4. Restore any saved data to the D drive or local drive mapped using CDM or NFS.

Details

If the DVH enters failed state due to an underlying hardware failure:

Workaround

End user action: None.

Administrator action:

1. Inform users that their desktops are being deleted.
2. Delete all the assigned and unassigned desktop instances that exist on the failed DVH.
3. Request that end users launch their desktops. This creates a new DVH instance and places new desktops on the new DVH instance. If there is a block volume associated with a given user, it is automatically attached to the new desktop for that user.

Details

When attempting to upgrade to a new version of the Secure Desktops Windows installed client, the following error occurs and the new version cannot be installed:

There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.
A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected.

Workaround

Delete the previous client version and then install the newer version.