VMware ESXi – How to extend the license expiration period of an ESXi server

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 …

FSLogix – Copy Application Masking Rules with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager

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 …

VMware Workspace One – Publish a VMware Horizon View RDSH application

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” – …

VMware Horizon View – Lower the VDI client NVIDIA license interval

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 …

VMware Horizon View Client 4.10 and TLS1.0

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 …

VMware User Environment Manager 9.5 – Download Configuration Files

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 …