With vSphere 5.5 you have the following deployment methods for Single Sign-On (SSO): vCenter Single Sign-On for your first vCenter Server vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in an existing site (formerly HA Cluster) vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server with a …
Continue ReadingVMware has released a new delta exam to re-certify current VCP5-DCV holders. This delta exam focusses on material between vSphere 5.0/5.1 and vSphere 5.5 exams. This exam must be done before the end of the month! Here are some details of the exam: Based on new material between the vSphere 5.0/5.1 …
Continue ReadingUpdate Rollup (UR) 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is released this week. The update contains a huge list of issues that are fixed and support for the following Linux systems is added: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit) Oracle Linux 7 (64 bit) CentOS Linux 7 (64 bit) Here are …
Continue ReadingThe last weeks several customers contacted me that one or more ESXi hosts are not manageable anymore. The ESXi host has the following symptoms: Unable to manage using the vSphere Client, Web Client or SSH. Unable to perform a vMotion On the ESXi console there is a message: can’t fork Enable …
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago ControlUp released version 4.0 with support for VMware Horizon View. In this blog post I share my experience with ControlUp 4.0 monitoring VMware vSphere and VMware Horizon View. What is ControlUp ControlUp is a real-time performance monitor for Microsoft Remote Desktop …
Continue ReadingIn environments with multiple Horizon View Connection Servers (High Available) the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory is replicated. Configuration, Pool and desktop information is stored in the ADAM database. Problems with replication can result in: Configuration changes made are …
Continue ReadingWhen editing a VMware Horizon desktop pool in some situations the server error ‘Error occurred during vCenter operation’. appears. The error hasn’t any useful information that says what is wrong. When this error occurs the vCenter Server is unable to find one or more objects listed in the …
Continue ReadingWhen upgrading from VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 2 to vSphere 5.5 Update 1 using the HP 5.5u1 ISO (VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-Update1-1746018-HP-5.74.27-Jun2014) the following error occurred: <CONFLICTING_VIBS ERROR:Vibs on the host are conflicting with vibs in metadata.Remove the conflicting VIBs or use …
Continue ReadingUpdate rollup (UR) 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager is released this week. This update includes a Linux guest agent upgrade to support the following new operating systems: Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (32-bit) Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (64-bit) This update also includes the following: Host DHCP …
Continue ReadingVMware released an updated version of the “VMware Horizon with View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 and Windows 8” whitepaper. This white paper discuss the necessary information for optimizing a Windows 7 or Windows 8 virtual desktop image for VMware Horizon View using the Microsoft Deployment …
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