Identifying what replica is assigned to what desktop pool can be somewhat challenging in Horizon View. However, in some cases administrators need to know the object relationship to properly plan desktop and pool migrations across hosts or datastores. The PowerShell script bellow produces a output that demonstrate this relationship. To execute save the …
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Automation is system administrator’s best friend. Automating repetitive tasks is a key enabler in most IT environments. Whilst many of the desktop pool changes in VMware View can be made via PowerShell, not all objects are exposed. I created the PowerShell function below and it will change a desktop pool property state in Active Directory …
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The network virtualization concept of decoupling the logical networking from the physical networking much like in the same way server virtualization de-coupled the operating systems and software from the physical server hardware is permeating IT organizations. NVP creates an intelligent abstraction layer between hosts and existing networks. Managed by a distributed controller system this intelligent …
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Whilst VMware View Connection Server does offer support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1, only PowerShell 2.0 is supported with the View PowerCLI cmdlets. The PowerShell 2.0 may offer all the functions an administrator may need, but you might want to utilize the newer PowerShell 3.0 that is available for download from Microsoft …
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Sometimes non-persistent desktop pools become unusable over time. If a desktop that is set to refresh on log off is reset, the desktop goes into the Already Used state. This security feature prevents any previous session data from being available during the next log in. Note: The View Desktop can also go into a Already …
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Automation has been always the best friend of good System Administrators. Automating repetitive tasks is a key enabler in most IT environments. However, VMware View has some known limitations when talking about automation and remote management. Besides the Graphical User Interface, local PowerCLI is the only supported management methodology. I say local PowerCLI because none …
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VMware View has some known limitations when talking about automation and remote management. Besides the Graphical User Interface, local PowerCLI is the only supported management method. I say local PowerCLI because none of the VMware View PowerCLI cmdlets allow remote management; nor there is a module or DLL that you can register in a host …
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