Sometimes it happens to me that the local taskbar of my Windows 10 laptop is in front and you don’t have access to the remote toolbar during a full-screen RDP session. This is quite annoying. In the picture below you see the local toolbar of my Windows 10 laptop is in front during a full-screen RDP …
Continue ReadingOn my GitHub page (link ), I uploaded a PowerShell script that identifies all the active parent VM and snapshot per VMware Horizon pool. The parent VM is also known as Golden image. With this script, you can quickly identify what parent VMs and snapshots are in use.
Continue ReadingIn 2013 I wrote a blog post that it was not possible to run VMware Workstation when the Hyper-V role was enabled (link ). Since VMware Workstation 15.5 it is possible to run VMware Workstation and the Hyper-V role together. Requirements: Windows 10 2004 or newer VMware Workstation 15.5.5 or newer …
Continue ReadingWith VMware Horizon 8 or the new naming format, Horizon 2006 (YYMM) Microsoft Teams offloading / media optimization is supported. Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams redirects audio calls, video calls, and viewing desktop shares for a seamless experience between the client system and the remote …
Continue ReadingNakivo Backup and Replication released last week version 10. I personally use Nakivo Backup and Replication in my lab environment because it can be installed on my NAS device. This saves me hardware resources of the backup VM (appliance or Windows/Linux) and the deployment is super fast. In version …
Continue ReadingWhen using PCI passthrough devices such as for example NVIDIA GPUs with VMware vSphere and configure the VMs with a GPU profile, the full memory is reserved (100% Memory Active). When the VM is active, a red “Virtual Machine memory usage” alarm is displayed in the vCenter for every VM. I see this …
Continue ReadingLately, on several Windows Server 2016 servers, I wanted to install a PowerShell module such as VMware PowerCLI. When trying to install the module I’ve got the following error: NuGet provider is required to continue PowerShellGet requires NuGet provider version ‘2.8.5.201’ or newer to …
Continue ReadingLast week VMware released vSphere 7. The first thing I did was upgrading my homelab. My homelab has two hosts (Shuttle SH370R6 Plus and a Shuttle SH370R8 Plus). After upgrading my hosts from VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 to VMware ESXi 7, the NVMe SSDs are not recognized anymore. I Have the following …
Continue ReadingWhen having for example Windows 10 VDIs it important to know the hardware acceleration setting of you’re applications. When there isn’t a GPU (such as NVIDIA M10 or a NVIDIA Tesla T4) installed and hardware acceleration is enabled in the application this can introduce strange problems such as black …
Continue ReadingvSphere 7 is built for supporting modern applications and the hybrid cloud. In the coming years, enterprises will build more and more applications using cloud-native tools and methods. There is a lot more complexity in deploying and managing modern applications. vSphere 7 with Kubernetes (formerly …
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