After upgrading all the hosts in the lab environment to VMware ESXi 6, I tried to upgrade the VMware tools version of a Dutch Windows 7 golden VM used by VMware Horizon View. The VMware tools upgrade fails with the following message: VMware Tools Setup Wizard ended prematurely This is a known bug in …
Continue ReadingSometimes you are unable to remove linked clones or stale desktop entries from the VMware Horizon View Administrator. In this example we have a missing VM in the VMware Horizon View Administrator. When trying to remove the VM from the VMware Horizon View Administrator the following error is …
Continue ReadingWhat’s new in the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6.0: ISO with an easy guided Installer Different deployment options possible during the guided installer such as: Install vCenter Server Install Platform Services Controller Install vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Controller (default) …
Continue ReadingHere is an overview of the main new VMware vSphere 6 (over 650 new features and innovations) improvements announced today: Scalability vSphere Clusters: Up to 64 nodes and 6000 VMs Hosts: 480 physical CPUs, 12 TB RAM, 64 TB datastores, 1000 VMs and 32 serial ports. vGPU Nvidia support VMs: Up to 128 …
Continue ReadingFor a couple of months I’m searching for an extra whitebox host for extending my home lab environment. My current lab whitebox is a Haswell based whitebox (see: link). Here is an overview of the new lab environment: For the new whitebox I had the following requirements: Hardware such as NICs must be …
Continue ReadingVIBSearch is a simple PowerShell script with a GUI that will search for a specified VIB or all the VIBS installed on the ESXi hosts. A VIB stands for vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB). VIBs are used to package and distribute ESXi software such as drivers. The GUI is designed with SAPIEN PowerShell …
Continue ReadingWith 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 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 Reading