In my article Clearing up Space-Efficient Virtual Disk questions I explained the most important requirements and constraints when the new SESparse VMDK disk format with Horizon View 5.2. Just in cased you missed it: This new feature requires vSphere 5.1 as well as hardware version 9 for the VMs. The Space Efficient format is only …
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I am happy to finally be able to scratch this item from my list of missing View features. Support for Multi-VLAN In Horizon View 5.2 it is possible to configure an automated pool to use multiple VLANS or network labels. Administrators can assign multiple network labels to a linked-clone pool or an automated pool …
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Horizon View 5.2 make use of the new Space-Efficient Sparse Virtual Disks available in vSphere 5.1. I previously wrote about it in Space-Efficient Sparse Virtual Disks and VMware View and announced the new Horizon View 5.2 feature at What’s New in VMware Horizon View 5.2 (Beyond Marketing). “The new SE sparse disk implements a …
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Last week I published the VMware Horizon View 5.2 video (here) and due to it’s success I decided to also record and release a VMware Horizon Workspace video. The video has two parts, Horizon User Workspace and Horizon Administrative Workspace. Please make sure you go to my article Introduction to the new VMware Horizon Suite …
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Back in November 2012 I blogged about an unsupported combination of VMware View features (View Storage Accelerator and View Storage Tiering). The question had originally been raised by a colleague, pointing to an article published on the End-User Computing Blog http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2012/05/view-storage-accelerator-in-practice.html that clearly states “Use of View Storage Accelerator is not supported when …
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Giving continuity to my VMware View Limits and Maximums series (VMware View 4.0 | VMware View 5.0) I am now releasing an updated version for Horizon View 5.2. As an administrator or architect you should always make sure that your design sizing’s are within the product’s Maximums and Limits in order to be entitled to …
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VMware has just announced VMware Horizon View 5.2 and has also lifted the NDA. Despite being a .2 release the VMware View and Horizon Suite teams added a significant number of features that improve View performance, scalability and user experience. Following the format of my previous articles What’s New in VMware View 5.0 (beyond Marketing) …
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