For my first article of the year I have chosen a subject that has not been much discussed, however greatly empower VMware View administrators. VMware View 4.5 allows administrators to configure an external Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database to record all VMware View events. Prior to View 4.5 the events database was integrated with …
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VMware View 4.5 introduced a disposable disk that can be configured on a per pool basis. The disposable disk is a separate disk for the GuestOS paging and system temporary files. VMware View Manager deletes the disposable files, including the whole VMDK, every time a linked clone is powered off. I have written more about …
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This week the APAC Virtualization Roundtable brings to you a special recorded session held during the Sydney vForum 2010. This session was called Experts Exchange: Desktop Virtualization Panel and had a Q&A format. The 7 VDI and Storage specialists on the panel were: Andre Leibovici (VMware PSO) Jeff O’Connor (VMware PSO) David Lloyd (EMC) John …
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When you have hundreds or thousands of log files across hundreds or thousand of desktops the task of collecting and analysing those files can be challenging if you do not have the right tool. When you need to troubleshoot PCoIP across a range of desktops you will be challenged with similar scenario. I like to …
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Lately I have been mostly focusing my articles on VMware View 4.5 & Storage because in my opinion this is probably the single most critical component in any VDI solution, with networking in second. To finalise the series of storage related articles I decided to run an experiment to calculate how Linked Clones and Full …
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In this second part of VMware View 4.5 Linked Clone Operations article we will explain how Recompose and Rebalance operations work. This article is based on a document created by Keith Johnston. The part one of this article can be found at http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=1237 covers provision, customisation and refresh. Recompose A recompose operation allows the …
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A document created by VMware’s Keith Johnston explains how VMware View 4.5 manages Linked Clone operations. These LC operations are those tasks executed by View Connection servers through vCenter Server on a daily basis for the purpose of Provisioning and Customisation, Refresh, Re-Compose and Rebalance. I have to mention here that the VMware Desktop Team …
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