VMware View Composer is a optional feature for your VDI deployment, but it is a mandatory part of you plan to use Linked-clone desktop pools. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install VMware View5.x Replica Server Part 3 – Install VMware… Continue reading
A security server is an instance of View Connection Server that adds an additional layer of security between the Internet and your internal network VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install VMware View5.x Replica Server Part 3 – Install VMware View… Continue reading
To provide high availability and load balancing, you can install one or more additional instances of View Connection Server that replicate an existing View Connection Server instance. After a replica installation, the existing and newly installed instances of View Connection Server are identical. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 –… Continue reading
VMware Horizon™ (with View) delivers virtualized and remote desktops and applications through a single platform and supports end users with access to all of their Windows and online resources through one unified workspace. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install VMware… Continue reading
The IBM PureFlex System offering combines storage, networking, virtualization, and management into a single infrastructure. More information about IBM PureFlex System can be here Through this guide we will go through the creation of VLAN on PureFlex switches [EN4093 & G8264-TOR] then we will configure it on the vSphere side.… Continue reading
All you need is Tools What is VMware Tools? VMware Tools is a free, optional but highly recommended set of utilities and drivers that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine making possible many of the ease-of-use features. With VMware Tools… Continue reading
IBM, HP, DELL are releasing its own customized “embedded” versions of ESXi which contain vendor specific drivers, opened firewall ports for their management solutions, etc. Patches are different for each ESXi version 5.0, 5.1, 5.5. I will show you how to download and implement those patches for IBM x3850 X5,… Continue reading
No one knows when a (computer) crash is coming. Don’t get caught without backup. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) is a “classic” backup solution for some time also for virtual environments which has continued to evolve new functionality as the technology advances. Little history The original and most basic method for… Continue reading
We get improvement in default values compared with vSphere 5.1 but there are still default values which you need to change directly after host installation Network MTU is set by default to 1500 have to be changed to 1600 VMware recommends for VXLAN setting physical and virtual switch MTU to… Continue reading
Couple of years ago we were asked to provide a working solution for centralized syslog collector. My customer had very tough security rules, and they were strictly against any appliance based, out of the box solution. They needed to have full control over the OS and applications installed. The main… Continue reading
