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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 …
Today, VMware released User Environment Manager 9.5. The main new feature is to be able to download Configuration Templates directly from the console. You can download User Environment Manager 9.5 from here As noted in the release notes these Configuration Templates are pre-configured Flex configuration files that are available for many …
Below are instructions to thinapp the VMware Horizon Client. (version 4.8.0 build 8547331) A Thinapped version of the VMware Horizon Client might be very useful in situations where you do not want to or cannot install software on your Windows PC. Build Capture & build machine Windows 10 (fully patched) …
To backup/restore the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) with an embedded database using Veeam follow the below instructions Backup To backup the VCSA with Veeam, it’s important to understand that Veeam does not directly support Postgres SQL (VMware’s embedded DB). Instead, it’s optimal to perform backup in 2 parts: Part …