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VMware View 4.5 Events Database Explained

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:49:00 +0000

For my first article of the year I have chosen a subject that has not been much discussed, however greatly empower VMware View administrators.

How to specify VMware View Disposable Disk Drive Letter

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:43:00 +0000

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 Disposable disks in this article: VMware View 4.5 Storage Tiering explained.

APAC Virtualization Roundtable SPECIAL Edition (vForum Experts Exchange)

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:22:00 +0000

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:

How to collect, index, search & analyse PCoIP log files across the entire organisation

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:08:00 +0000

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.

Study of VMware View storage utilisation over multiple scenarios

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:16:00 +0000

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 Clones compare to each other in different scenarios. The objective of the experiment was to identify which scenario would require the least amount of storage disk space when all virtual desktops are consuming the maximum amount of storage available to them. An important first step was to create a baseline for comparison and I have set the following:

VMware View 4.5 Linked Cloning Operations Explained (Part 2)

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:27:00 +0000

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 /?p=1237 covers provision, customisation and refresh.

VMware View 4.5 Linked Cloning Operations Explained (Part 1)

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:10:00 +0000

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.

VMware View 4.5 Linked Cloning explained

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:30:00 +0000

I previously discussed the new Storage Tiering feature introduced with VMware View 4.5, and provided high level guidance on how to calculate storage consumption based on use of Replica Disks located in a single datastore. What I haven’t explained is how all this happen from a file level perspective in the data stores. VMware Linked Cloning technology is still seen as a dark art by many. So, let’s recapitulate how it works, but now with VMware View 4.5 as some changes apply.

VMware View Disaster Recovery Scenarios & Options

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:47:00 +0000

Disaster recovery for VMware View has always been one of those hot topics. As today there is no official support from VMware for SRM integration with VMware View, nor VMware View Pods are able to replicate across datacentres. I know that interesting things are cooking as I write this article.

VMware View 4.5 Application Assignment explained & tips

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:05:00 +0000

One of the new features in VMware View 4.5 is the integrated application assignment that simplifies the delivery of ThinApp applications to end-users using the View Administrator console. This is a pretty neat feature that allows deployment of virtualized applications to the desktop based on Desktop Pools or Individual Desktops. It is also possible to create pre-defined templates with a list of applications to be deployed; leaving to the administrator the task to add assignments.