#VMware Horizon View 7: Setup Remote Access through Security Server [Part 5]
Part 5 of the series will be configuring the environment so Horizon View can be accessed remotely. There are some ports that need to be opened up on your firewall to the Security Server. As every environment is different I will show how my environment looks so you can mirror it.
[#VMware] Automation of Windows Server 2012 R2 using Powershell, AnswerFile
Last week I shared my learnings on building Answer file and automate Windows Server deployment on Acropolis Hypervsior [AHV]. This post is almost similar to earlier post, but it is based for deployment on VMware Platform.
Cannot validate host customizations for host ‘fqdn’. null (via blog.ukotic.net)
I’ve been doing a lot of work recently with Auto Deploy and Host Profiles in vCenter. I feel both of these technologies are very underrated in vCenter. With Host Profile, prior to using Auto Deploy, I always felt they were just a little more trouble then it was worth. Trying to get every host compliant at the same time seemed like this loosing battle I was facing. But Auto Deploy and Host Profiles go hand in hand so it was an opportunity to get it right.
Creating RDS Hosted application pools in #VMware Horizon View
With RDS hosted application pools, you can deliver a single application to many users. The application runs on a farm of RDS hosts. When you create an application pool, you deploy an application in the data center that users can access from anywhere on the network.
Keep your domain controllers separated! (via notesfrommwhite.net)
I mention in my vSphere Best Practices that you should have an anti – affinity rule to keep your domain controllers on different hosts. That way if there is a host outage, the odds of losing both or more, of your domain controllers is reduced. This info could be used for other kinds of servers too. So lets enable this!
#VMware Continues to Grow NSX SDN Revenue
After only two and half years, NSX is now a core part of VMware’s business growth.
A vCenter, NSX Manager, Multiple DCs…and I Can’t Reach Them (via blog.senasosa.com)
You conceded the point and your team will be using a single vCenter to manage multiple physical Data Centers. All right, not the end of the world, you’ll be fine. But a few developers are requiring Layer 2 across some of those Data Centers. Again, not the end of the World; besides that’s what NSX is for.
Limit the number of simultaneous connections On VM (via dtechinspiration.com)
Today i am working on VMware Virtual Machine and they are also simultaneous access by some other users.
VCAP-DCV Deploy Objective 1.3 – part 1 (via vpentathlon.com)
In this post we will discuss VMware Deploy and Configure Update Manager Components
What to know about Horizon Instant Clones
Horizon 7 introduced the Instant Clone feature leverages the vmFork technology introduced in vSphere 6.0 U1. With Instant Clone technology it is possible to clone and deploy a VDI desktop VMs in seconds. This is called the Just-In-Time Desktop.
How is Virtual SAN doing? 3500 customers reached! (via yellow-bricks.com)
Are you wondering how Virtual SAN is doing? The recent earnings announcement revealed that… Virtual SAN is doing GREAT! Over 3500 customers so far (21 months after the release!) and 200% Year over Year growth.
#VMware Horizon View 7: Deployment and Installation [Part 1]
VMware Horizon View enabled users to access virtual desktops and applications through a single pane of glass. There have been many improvements added to the release of Horizon View 7 such as Blast Extreme protocol, Instant Clone, and enhanced security and policy management. VMware Horizon 7 What’s New. In this blog series I will be going through installation and configuration of Horizon View 7 in my lab environment.
Let the #VMware NSX platform be your own personal bodyguard (via TechTarget)
Take a look at these five quick tips to get a better understanding of the benefits VMware NSX can bring to your software-defined data center.
Enhanced Disaster Recovery with Cross-VC NSX and SRM
Check-out the new Disaster Recovery with NSX and SRM white paper that explains how Cross-VC NSX + VMware’s SRM offers an Enhanced Disaster Recovery (DR) solution and solves many of the challenges related to traditional DR solutions. This solution provides consistent logical networking and security across protected and recovery sites and faster recovery upon disaster scenarios. A summary and overview of the solution is provided below.
Log Insight 3.3: Query API (via sflanders.net)
A great new addition to Log Insight 3.3 is the introduction of a query API. While the initial documentation for the feature has not been posted yet, it is in progress and should be available soon. In the meantime, I have included the latest information so you can start leveraging the API today. Read on to learn more!
Check out the new #VSAN 6.2 Hands-On-Lab (via CormacHogan.com)
HOL-SDC-1608, our VSAN hands-on-lab, has been updated for VSAN version 6.2. This lab contains a bunch of new VSAN 6.2 features including erasure coding (RAID-5/6), checksum, sparse swap and dedupe/compression. You can also see the new health check views, performance metric views and capacity views.
#VMware Virtual SAN Hands-on Lab
Test drive VMware products in minutes. Hands-on Labs allow you to evaluate the features and functionality of VMware products with no installation required.
#VMware Horizon 7: Troubleshooting & Performance Optimization – BETA
During this five-day, hands-on training, you will gain the advanced knowledge, skills, methodology, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the View component of VMware Horizon® 7. You will increase your skills and competence in using VMware and third-party tools to analyze and solve problems associated with a View implementation. This lab-intensive course provides you with a comprehensive environment to test your skills at identifying and solving a broad range of issues.
#VMware VSAN 6.2 Performance & Storage savings (via chansblog.com)
Just a quick post to share some very interesting performance stats observed on my home lab VSAN cluster (Build details here). The VSAN datastore is in addition to a few NFS datastores also mounted on the same hosts using an external Synology SAN.
#VMware VCSA – Find services information
Hello Folks, In my previous article, we spoke about how to configure a login banner for vSphere Web Client in vSphere 6.0 Update 2. Continuing the series with the VMware VCSA, we will look at how to find information related to the services on the VCSA. Hence, the title of the article, VMware VCSA Find services information.
