How to delete applications from Horizon Application Manager

Delete the app folder from CIFS share Login as org admin and delete the app from Horizon Applications tab Login to the connector virtual machine as root Stop the repo service using the command “/opt/likewise/bin/lwsm stop thinapprepo” Delete the repo db using the command “rm /var/lib/vmware/tam/repo/repodb” Start the repo service …

VMware View 5.x – Reset/Refresh/Rebalance/Recompose

Reset Shuts down the desktop and restarts the session. The shutdown/logoff/disconnect is non-graceful Refresh Restores the OS disk to it’s original state and size Does not effect View Composer persistent disks Rebalance Evenly redistributes linked-clone desktops among available datastores. A rebalance operation also refreshed the linked clones Recompose Simultaneously updates …

What is SAML and OAuth 2.0

VMware’s upcoming On-Premise Horizon Application Manager 1.5 supports SAML and OAuth 2.0 for authentication. SInce I had no idea what SAML and OAuth 2.0 was all about I googled a bit and found some nice videos on the subjects. A VMware paper on Identity, Access Control, and VMware Horizon can …