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 »
Optimisation Type [explain] : user experience (↓↑) / resource optimisation (↑) / functionality (-) / administration (-) I have just been involved with a View deployment where the customer wants to use the latest and greatest Windows 8.1. It gave me a good opportunity to figure out the registry settings to optimise the Visual Effects for… 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 »
Another reminder today that ESXi TPS default setting is being changed to be disabled. This was first acknowledged in Oct 2014 that under certain highly controlled situation, it is possible to gain unauthorized access to in memory data. Although this is unlikely to be achievable in a production environment VMware is keeping to secure-out-of-the-box principle and… Read More »
Optimisation Type [explain] : user experience (↑) / resource optimisation (-) / functionality (-) / administration (↑) Have you or your users been greeted with the “You must restart your computer to apply these changes” dialogue box every so often upon login to a virtual desktop? If you choose to ignore it and click “Restart later”,… Read More »
VMware Workspace Portal (http://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-portal) is one of the key products VMware has in the EUC suite. It has gone through several iterations, and arrived at it’s current state. I have seen it since it was 1.0, and in September 2014, 2.1 was released with lots of improvements. Prior to 2.1, workspace was a vApp made… 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 »