In less then 54 days I’m attending VMworld Europe in Barcelona again. My first VMworld visit was in Cannes (France) in 2009. This year I visit VMworld with two other Ictivity (Dutch VMware partner) colleagues. Here are a couple of reasons why I’m so excited to visit VMworld Europe: 1. General …
Continue ReadingIn the vSphere Web client an orphaned vSAN object was listed named: /vmfs/volume/vsanuuid From the vSphere Web Client you cannot manage orphaned vSAN objects . To check and fix orphaned vSAN objects, the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC) is needed. The ‘vsan.check_state’ command checks if VMs …
Continue ReadingTo activate this feature the following advanced settings must be changed on each ESXi host: Set the advanced ToolsRamdisk option to 1 by using this command: [code language=“text”]esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/ToolsRamdisk -i 1 [/code] After changing the setting reboot …
Continue ReadingIn this blog post I highlight how to patch or update a single vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) without having an internet connection. The patch will be stored on a temporarily web server that is installed on a Windows machine. In this example we update the vCenter Server Appliance version from 6.0 …
Continue ReadingThere a several ways to patch a VMware ESXi server. vSphere Update Manager (VUM) can update for example a complete ESXi host cluster fully automatic. vSphere Update Manager requires a vCenter Server. When you don’t have a vCenter Server patching can be done from the command line. Here is a quick …
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 ReadingIn my lab environment I had problems with the Guest Introspection service. The installation was failed. Trying to remove the Guest Introspection service failed every time in the Service Deployments tab. After performing the following steps, I was able to remove the Guest Introspection service : Put …
Continue ReadingVMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will partnering together to bring a new a VMware vSphere-based service, running on the AWS Cloud, that will make it easier and faster to run applications, across a hybrid cloud environment. It’s called the “VMware Cloud on AWS”. The …
Continue ReadingWhen designing a new Horizon View environment, one of the design phases is to identify what requirements there are when accessing (redirecting) devices in a Horizon View desktop of published app. In other words what redirection and devices are available and permitted in the VDI desktop or published …
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 …
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