The VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) acts as reverse proxy and tunnels sessions (PCoIP and Blast) to desktops and remote apps. Besides Horizon support, new features are added for AirWatch and Identity Manager. With version 3.4, the VMware Unified Access Gateway is offered in three editions based …
Continue ReadingIn 2013 I created a blog post with some tips for implementing a VMware Horizon View Security Server (link ). Now the Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is replacing the VMware Security Server. So it’s time for a new blog post with some implementation tips about VMware Access Point / Unified Access Gateway …
Continue ReadingDuring a Horizon View implementation with User Environment Manager (UEM) 9.1 the drive mappings don’t show up for some with a Windows 10 VDI. The flexEngine log shows the drive mapping was successfully. 2016-12-16 15:18:45.084 [INFO ] Successfully mapped drive ‘G:’ to ‘\filesrv-01\apps$’ …
Continue ReadingHorizon 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. Below is an overview how an Instant Clone VM is …
Continue ReadingAfter upgrading to VMware Horizon View 7, the administrator webpage displays a blank error window when trying to connect using the IP address of the Connection Server. Horizon View 7 adds new security features that checks for the original URL for the web request. If not, it rejects the request and …
Continue ReadingWhen configuring a Windows VDI desktop or RDSH session with Horizon, different software components must be installed such as the VMware Tools and the VMware Horizon View Agent. When using User Environment Manager and App Volumes they require an agent too. All these software components must be …
Continue ReadingVMware Horizon 6 has been today announced. VMware Horizon 6 has five major enhancements: Cloud Pod Architecture. Remote Desktop Session Host (RDS) Hosted Apps Virtual SAN Application Catalog vCops for View 6 Here is an overview picture of the Horizon 6 architecture: Cloud Pod Architecture In version …
Continue ReadingOn a View Security Server I needed to change the default self signed certificate to a signed wildcard certificate. The customer had a wildcard certificate that didn’t include the private key. A certificate that include the private key is a requirement for a VMware View Security server. If you have …
Continue ReadingVMware has released a Network Port Diagram diagram for VMware Horizon View 5.2. This diagram covers an entire VMware View environment with protocols and port numbers used. In earlier blog posts I already create two small diagrams with protocols and port numbers used by VMware View: VMware Horizon …
Continue ReadingWhen you need to perform maintenance (planned downtime) on an ESXi host which is part of a floating pool the following steps can be be taken: These steps are only required when using local storage for the linked clones! In the VMware Horizon View Administrator, edit the pool and uncheck the …
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