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Hey all, I wanted to highlight an excellent blog post Mark Ma did about Migrating from a single SQL database with App Volumes to an AlwaysOn solution. With the recent release of App Volumes 2.12, we officially support Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups. SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a great way to provide high […]
When installing a fresh App Volumes Manager, you might receive the error that HTTP port is in-use. Verify services such as Microsoft’s IIS is not running, if it is, remove it. To check what application is using what port on a Windows system execute the following from a command-line: Syntax: Netstat<space>-anob Netstat –anob This will […]
Blast Improvements Further enhancements to the protocol Improvements in the GPU-encode/decode that significantly lower bandwidth and latency Improvements in the JPG/PNG codec to reduce bandwidth utilization by 6x vRealize Operations integration with Blast Extreme. I can now see Blast statistics in the vROPs console UEM Smart Policies Integration with Blast. I can now use the […]
Working with a customer and also conducting some testing in my lab I discovered that with Horizon 7 Instant Clones I wasn’t able to RDP into them. I verified my firewall settings and also that the ‘Allow connections from computers’ piece was enabled. After various tests I discovered once installing the Horizon 7 Agent it […]
Thanks to @NatHeidler at VMware for sharing a lot of useful VMware Partner links I’ve decided to create a ‘useful links’ section. Check it out: http://www.virtuallycaffeinated.com/useful-links/
App Volumes Manager logs are growing continuously, after a long while taking up substantial amounts of disk space. App Volumes can be configured to roll the logs after a specified size on disk has been reached. On the manager server: 1) Open C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudVolumes\Manager\config\log4r.yml 2) Find the section output_templates under which standard_output section […]
The goal: ACME Inc. has requirements for specific peripheral devices to work with VDI. One of the devices is a Microsoft LifeCam Cinema Webcam. ACME’s vision is for when an end-user plugs-in a USB device the device should auto-connect to the users VDI session. The challenge: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema, a frequently used Webcam has difficulty […]
After years of using the Omnigraffle product, I’m even more in love with some of its hidden features. Following these steps will empower you to search for specific key terms and quickly retrieve correlated objects. Example, if I wanted to find all Horizon View objects such as View Connection Servers, Security Servers, etc. Using this […]
Hey folks, I wanted to share a powershell script I deployed at a customers. You will find this script useful for when checking the Horizon View Broker replication status along with the Global Entitlement replication health. Typically I would establish a RDP session into each broker and execute the repadmin command on each server, this […]
With the new App Volumes 2.10 release please make sure you uninstall the App Volumes broker service from your Horizon View Connection Server(s). Keeping the broker service enabled after upgrading/installing 2.10 will cause users to have poor performance when logging into their VDI desktops. With the new App Volumes 2.10, you no longer […]
