A double-shot of knowledge
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
