I have been asked recently, why the numbers for total Storage capacity seen in vCenter Server not match reality? Specifically the numbers for Free and Capacity are much more than there really is. Allow me to attempt to help explain this. The short answer to this is because vCenter Server and ESXi, natively do not… Read More »
Here’s something that changed in Horizon View 6.x that we have noticed recently. This particularly affects Zero Client users more, or more specifically clients that are not able to report client activity (if the keyboard and mouse are in use). This came about because of how the clients have changed since 3.0. To a View 5.x… Read More »
I came across this just this week working with on a virtual desktop deployment. One of the requirements is to disallow virtual desktops in the same subnet to talk to each other. The most efficient way to do this was to make use of Private VLANs and put the desktops in an Isolated PVLAN. It… Read More »
This post is based on something I am working on and since I found no other information on it, I had to figure it out. Now that I think I’ve got all the pieces in place, I’d like to share it too. The request is simple, to avoid granting dbo rights to the database account.… Read More »
This is one of the benefits of running a home lab with a production like deployment. You get to see and experience things which helps you appreciate more on the operations of the environment you design and build. A couple days ago, my View Connection Server started to give a yellow alert in the dashboard.… Read More »
I’ve just updated my lab to View 6.1 and came across a nice little gem. This is related to the recent out-of-the-box hardening of vSphere where Transparent Page Sharing is disabled between virtual machines. In case you missed it, I’ve written about it here. If you see the screenshot below, you will see a new… Read More »
The morning of 16 October 2014 (APAC hours) was when my VCDX result arrived in my Inbox. My VCDX number is 180. This post is me sharing the experience, and also to acknowledge the people whom in one form or another played a part in this outcome. Some time in 2003/2004 was when I first… Read More »
Optimisation Type [explain] : user experience (↑) / resource optimisation (↑) / functionality (-) / administration (-) In the recent weeks, I’ve personally come across more than a few complaints of performance issue on VDI. The complaint are typically the same, poor user experience. After some troubleshooting, they all point to the same thing, Power Management… Read More »
I just tried to upgrade the V4V instance in my lab from v1.5.1 to v1.6.0. I found that it was a multi-step process, and so think it’s a good topic for the post of the week. Here’s the full run through on what is needed. First and foremost, my starting point was vCenter Operations for… Read More »
I have to start with a disclaimer that this post (and this blog) is not an official guidance from VMware. As my personal practice, I will always try to substantiate what I say & write with official documentation, KB and my experience. Horizon View has gone through lots of improvements over the years and there… Read More »