Troubleshooting PCoIP session Connection Issues.
Problem When connecting to a PCoIP Standard Agent for Windows, PCoIP Graphics Agent for Windows, PCoIP Standard Agent for Linux or PCoIP Graphics Agent for Linux the connection fails with one of the following messages: Error: Unable to connect to …
What versions of VMware Horizon does the PCoIP Zero Client Firmware support and is pre-certified with?
Support PCoIP firmware is supported with the publicly available Horizon release available at the time of the firmware release and is compatible with one major release of Horizon prior to this. Further information for each release can be found via their …
Troubleshooting session disconnections
Problem PCoIP sessions are getting disconnected for no apparent reason. PCoIP session disconnections can be random events, occur after a certain time has elapsed or impact all PCoIP sessions at once or just one PCoIP session, either way they are …
What are the requirements to support pre-session smart card authentication when connecting to VMware Horizon (View)?
Note: With the release of PCoIP Zero Client firmware 6.1.0, the information in the knowledge base article has been moved into the PCoIP Zero Client Administrators' guide to ensure the list is current at the time of each firmware release. See PCoIP Zero …
MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) options are not being displayed on the PCoIP Zero Client when authenticating to a VMware Horizon View Connection Server
Problem MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) options are not being displayed on the PCoIP Zero Client when authenticating to a VMware Horizon View Connection Server. The MFA challenge is only showing a short prompt regardless of which option you have …
PCoIP Logs Explained: "-504 MGMT_PCOIP_DATA Unable to communicate with peer on PCoIP media channels (data manager ping timer expired)" in the PCoIP server logs
Problem The PCoIP Session unexpectedly disconnects, investigation into the logs show: 2011/04/16 10:20:52.606   1  -504   MGMT_PCOIP_DATA    Unable to communicate with peer on PCoIP media channels (data manager ping timer expired)   Cause Inside the PCoIP …
No warning message when VMware View Connection Server Certificate Check Mode is set to Warn if Connection may be insecure (Default)
This is expected behavior. Configured non-interactive session modes do not display VCS Warning messages in Warn if the connection may be insecure (Default) security mode.  Interactive session modes will display VCS Error messages in Warn if the connection …
Session negotiation failed while connecting from Zero Client to HP Anyware. The PCoIP Zero Client may not be compatible with the host session negotiation cipher setting.
Problem When trying to connect to a HP Anyware PCoIP Agent you receive the error "Session negotiation failed. The PCoIP Zero Client may not be compatible with the host session negotiation cipher setting."   Cause The PCoIP Zero Client session connection …
Encryption and bandwidth metrics used for various setups PCoIP Devices and VMware Horizon View
Answer:   Encryption and Bandwidth Metrics   Tera1 Zero Client Tera2 Zero Client Windows View Client Host Card No View Security Server Up to 220 Mbps AES-128 (not encapsulated) Up to 500 Mbps AES-128/AES-256| (not encapsulated/encapsulated) FW 4.1.0 and …