I got my Floating Linked Clones (three of them) working .. end to end.. perfectly.
Notes for future astronauts:
- The "Provisioning" stage took a lot longer than I thought for three machines. I didn't realize that a full "clone" occurs first from your source VM.. (long) then it starts up each VM, and configures those. There was a loooooong period of "nothing at all" happening.
- So much so that I thought, okay.. everyone says I need a KMS server for Floating Linked Clones.. so maybe its getting hung up in "Configuring" stage because of that. So.. while I was gathering information on that.. I turned around, and it was all done.
So .. to be clear: I swear I do not have a KMS server, yet Floating Linked Clones (where the key was fed to the source VM as a "MAK / multiple activation" works perfectly, A-OK and all linked clones are working perfectly A-OK. I am using the Quickprep option.. and, again, I swear there's no KMS server in my set up.
- Next, you'll know it's all done (Mr. Future Astronaut) when *ONE* of the linked clones is started at the ready (as that's the default.. having one VM "spun up" and waiting.)
Lastly.. I am getting this little unhappy dialog when users connect into the floating clones:
http://screencast.com/t/gC9nkN4k3loN
I could fiddle fiddle.. but if anyone knows the quick answer to make that go away (WITHOUT re-provisioning if possible) that would be ideal.
But this closes the official battle of "I cannot get any VMs to work in any pools whatsoever".