Teamviewer Support Experiences?

Dashrender

Sounds like they are not supporting virtualized hosts.

scottalanmiller

Sounds like they are not supporting virtualized hosts.

That pretty much makes them a toy not to be taken seriously. Who needs physical only tools today?

thanksajdotcom

@Dashrender said:

Sounds like they are not supporting virtualized hosts.

That pretty much makes them a toy not to be taken seriously. Who needs physical only tools today?

And exactly what makes it work on a physical machine but not a VM?

scottalanmiller

Indeed.

Reid Cooper

Maybe it is a language barrier thing and they are using X-Server to mean X Server and have confused the role of X Server and X Client because the X Client is what would be running on the server and the X Server is what runs on the workstation that you are trying to access it from. There should be no X Server involved in this transaction whatsoever since TeamViewer, in theory, would only have an X Client to talk to.

Minion Queen

This is not good. Anyone use Teamviewer here and can tell us if it works well Virtualized?

thanksajdotcom

@Reid-Cooper said:

Maybe it is a language barrier thing and they are using X-Server to mean X Server and have confused the role of X Server and X Client because the X Client is what would be running on the server and the X Server is what runs on the workstation that you are trying to access it from. There should be no X Server involved in this transaction whatsoever since TeamViewer, in theory, would only have an X Client to talk to.

Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.

thanksajdotcom

@Minion-Queen said:

This is not good. Anyone use Teamviewer here and can tell us if it works well Virtualized?

It works fine on Windows virtualized.

scottalanmiller

@thanksaj said:

Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.

That raises support concerns.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksaj said:

Also, their point about it not working on virtual machines and only physical is moot considering I have two Windows VMs it runs just fine on.

That raises support concerns.

Yes, true.

thanksajdotcom

This was my response to Teamviewer:

Can you please clarify why it is you don't support virtual servers? To me this seems like a cop-out answer, as virtualization is the standard and has been for nearly a decade. How can Teamviewer be considered a serious product on the market if it doesn't work with virtual servers? I have TWO Windows VMs that Teamviewer runs just fine on. The only difference between those machines and these two are Windows vs. Linux and Windows has a GUI while these are CLI-only. Please clarify further.

Thanks,
A.J. Stringham

scottalanmiller

I think that I just figured out the problem. These are CLI only? No X Client installed. There is nothing for TeamViewer to see.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

I think that I just figured out the problem. These are CLI only? No X Client installed. There is nothing for TeamViewer to see.

Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?

scottalanmiller

@thanksaj said:

Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?

Yes, TeamViewer is a remote GUI viewer. Without a GUI what are you expecting TeamViewer to even do? What would it show, a blank page? Without a GUI there is literally nothing for TeamViewer to attach to and show to you remotely.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksaj said:

Ok, so what? Am I supposed to install a GUI into these?

Yes, TeamViewer is a remote GUI viewer. Without a GUI what are you expecting TeamViewer to even do? What would it show, a blank page? Without a GUI there is literally nothing for TeamViewer to attach to and show to you remotely.

Exactly - you should be using SSH to connect to a command line, not TeamViewer.