With the release of the VMware Horizon View Feature Pack 1 for VMware Horizon View 5.2 it possible to connect with HTML5 to your View desktop. This without installing additional software. The new HTML5 protocol is called Blast. Connecting by using the Blast HTML protocol can be handy when you are on …
Continue ReadingA security server is a special instance of View Connection Server that runs a subset of View Connection Server functions. You can use a security server to provide an additional layer of security between the internet and your internal network. A security server resides within a DMZ and acts as a …
Continue ReadingSystinternals has a tool called “BgInfo”. With this tool it is possible to display content on a Windows desktop background. For example environment variable Information such as “computer name” and the “IP address” can be displayed. This can be very handy when testing or for people that do they …
Continue ReadingThe event database record information about View Manager events. Without configure the event database events are logged in a log file. The log file has very limited information. So configuring the Event Database in the View environment is a best practice. In Proof of Concept (PoC) environments MS …
Continue ReadingOver the last days the following updates are released: VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1b VMware View 5.1.1 Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Plug-in for VMware vSphere beta Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1 Patch 1 Below are the enhancements listed per product. VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update …
Continue ReadingVMware released last week the desktop Reference Architecture Workload Simulator (RAWC). When validating VMware View designs it is important to simulate real world usage as closely as possible. The Desktop Reference Architecture Workload SImulator (RAWC) can be used to simulate a user workload in a …
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