A double-shot of knowledge
Your provisioning machine should be loaded with some of the core pieces you will have on your typical corporate desktop. This specifically includes dependencies such as .NET versions. When you present an AppStack to a VDI desktop, if that VDI desktop .NET version is different from the AppStack version there could […]
VMware App Volumes Antivirus Exclusions On Desktops: C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudVolumes C:\SnapVolumesTemp C:\SVROOT VMware Mirage Antivirus Exclusions On the Servers: Mirage Storage Volumes Mirage Local Cache. This is configured during installation, but is located by default at: C:\ProgramData\Wanova\Mirage\LocalCache On Desktops: Mirage Staging Area – C:\Wanova Volume Information Configure these services to be white listed by the […]
Please use this steps and make the changes on one of the affected writable volumes that seems to not mount on the user: Note: Use the following outlined steps with caution 1. Connect to the host using Putty SSH. 2. Navigate to the folder writable volumes exist. 3. Use any editor to open […]
Working with various customers I’ve discovered challenges when it comes to placing MS Office into AppStacks. VMware has a few models out there that are supported and DO work. A few things to keep in mind when dealing with Office: Office 2010, and 2013 are only supported. Office core bits can be presented once, to […]
From time to time we all come across that extremely complicated application that an organization needs packaged and of-course it has a lot of moving parts. This blog entry I am walking through the process that has proven to work successfully instead of the typical packaging style where if you make a mistake you are […]
Inside of App Volumes you can accomplish a storage migration between different SANs using the feature called ‘Storage Groups,’ provided you have shared storage between App Volume Managers. If you don’t, I recommend creating a temporary LUN/Volume to accomplish this migration. If you are performing a migration on a large scale, such as 2X or […]
Google Chrome and AppStacks When packaging Google Chrome for App Volumes 2.6, a few conditions should be met when also working with Writable Volumes. Chrome expects the temp directory to have a drive letter, so if the user profile is in the writable volume you will want it to have a drive letter but it is hidden […]
