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Jeremy Wheeler

I am an experienced Consulting Architect for VMware’s Professional Services Organization, End-user Computing specializing in VMware Horizon Suite product-line and SDDC. I have over 23 years of experience in the IT industry. In addition to his past experience, I have a passion for technology and thrives on educating customers. Additionally, I have 10 years of hands-on virtualization experience deploying full-life cycle solutions using VMware, CITRIX, and Hyper-V. I also has 18 years of experience in computer programming in various languages ranging from basic scripting to C, C++, PERL, .NET, SQL, and PowerShell. I’ve received acclaim from several clients for my in-depth and varied technical experience and exceptional hands-on customer satisfaction skills. In February 2013, I received VMware’s Spotlight award for my outstanding persistence and dedication to customers and was nominated again in October of 2013. I was awarded 2015 – 2017 vEXPERT.

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Instant Clones and GPO Enforcement

Jeremy Wheeler
October 24, 2018December 7, 2020 1 min

One challenge a few of my customers have had lately is being able to leverage Instant Clones while keeping current GPOs enforced. The issue might happen when using Instant Clones. Horizon will create the final copy of the original VM, called a parent, which will be used to fork the running VMs. When a new […]

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Design Tips (Visio and Omnigraffle)

Design Posts

Jeremy Wheeler
June 23, 2018June 23, 2018 2 mins

Hey everyone, going forward, I will be posting various tips and tricks on creating designs leveraging OmniGraffle and also Excel. I am the creator of the internal VMware Horizon Suite Sizing Estimator, and my nose is buried in excel sheets, daily. When it comes to the creation of designs, that is all I work in […]

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VMware Horizon View VMware Workspace Portal

vIDM and Horizon Blast/Client Oddity

Jeremy Wheeler
June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 2 mins

Hey all, I thought I should share a recent fix one of my coworkers discovered. This oddity was discovered when attempting to launch a VDI desktop from the vIDM portal. When selecting your entitled desktop and attempting to connect via PCoIP or Blast this is when the error might happen if vIDM isn’t configured correctly. […]

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VMware App Volumes VMware Horizon View VMware User Environment Manager

Horizon Install Order and Silent Installs

Jeremy Wheeler
April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 6 mins

This blog post is regarding the correct order of installing/Uninstalling Horizon Agents, Silent Installs/Uninstalls, and enabling FIPS.   VMware Horizon Install Sequence Order    Installation of various user experience, environment and VDI agents can cause unexpected issues of fail completely if installed in the incorrect order. If you need to upgrade the Horizon View Agent […]

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vRealize Ops Manager

vRealize Operation Troubleshooting

Jeremy Wheeler
February 12, 2018March 25, 2018 2 mins

I decided to share some common troubleshooting steps I’ve had to do with vRealize Operations at customers. Troubleshooting steps Enabling SSH on the appliance: Log in to the vRealize Operations Manager (formerly known as VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vApp)) virtual machine console as root using ALT-F1.Note: By default there is no root password configured. Start the […]

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vRealize Log Insight

vSphere Syslog Script

Jeremy Wheeler
January 17, 2018January 18, 2018 1 min

I was working with a client recently who needed to route all their vSphere host’s syslogs to their Log Insight Manager server. I decided to write a script to automate the process. Hope this helps! You will need a machine with VMware’s PowerCLI installed <Tested on 6.5 Release 1 (Build 4624819)> to execute this script […]

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  • VMware Named a Leader in Virtual Client Computing and European End User Experience Management IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessments December 19, 2022
    PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in two recent IDC MarketScape reports on virtual client computing and end user experience management across both strategies and capabilities. IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Virtual Client Computing 2022-2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49857422, December 2022) IDC MarketScape: European ...
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