VMware: Server and desktop virtualization, Cloud Computing,
Virtualization has become a standard practice for deploying servers in enterprise IT infrastructures. VMware, a frontrunner in the virtualization space, provides businesses with a robust platform to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) efficiently. While the advantages of virtualization are clear, data loss remains a critical concern. To counter this, …
Virtual machines running on an ESXi host uses a swap file (vSwap) for any memory that is not reserved. VMware ESXi swap files are temporary files created by the hypervisor when the VM is powered on to store data that cannot fit in the physical memory (RAM) of a virtual …
In my blog post “Vembu BDR Suite 5.5 released” I gave an overview of the Vembu BDR Suite, the new features and enhancements in version 5.5, the Vembu BDR Suite Editions and the Licensing and Pricing of the Vembu BDR Suite. I followed up with blog posts on “Vembu Backup …
To restrict a number of users the right to access the VMware Horizon View environment from outside the corporate network, you can add a users AD account or a AD security group to the “Remote Access” Users and Groups in the Horizon View Admin console. To do this I have …
The installable version of ESXi hosts is always installed in evaluation mode. The evaluation period is 60 days and begins when you turn on the ESXi host. The evaluation license provides the set of features equal to a vSphere Enterprise Plus license. When the evaluation period ends, the ESXi host …
When using FSLogix Application Masking, the rule files (.fxr) and assignment files (.fxa) should be copied into C:\Program Files\FSLogix\Apps\Rules. In a VDI environment you typically want the rule files and assignment files to be copied at logon from a central location. However an end-user does not have the permissions to …
Publishing a VMware Horizon View RDSH application to an iPad, Android or Windows device using Workspace One is something which is not documented but can be easily done by performing the following steps: Connect to your Horizon View ADAM database (See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2012377 for details) Browse to “DC=vdi, dc=vmware, dc=int” – …
S.M.A.R.T. is a utility which allows you to read the status of a hard drive. SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Below are commands that can be used to check the status of the SATADOM on an ESXi node: Open a putty session to the ESXi node Log in …
By default a VDI client which has the NVIDIA Graphics Driver installed, claims a license from the NVIDIA license server and keeps it for 24 hours. Especially in Instant clone situations I have seen that the NVIDIA license is not always correctly released when the VDI is being deleted. This …
Since version 4.10 of the VMware Horizon View Client, TLS 1.0 has been disabled and is not supported anymore (See Release Notes) To ensure that clients can still connect, change the locked.properties file located at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\sslgateway\conf\ on all VMware Horizon View Connection servers to the below and restart the …
