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VDI desktop assessment sample report from Stratusphere FIT
If you are thinking about starting or are currently working on a VDI project, you need to do some type of assessment on your current desktops. Without collecting performance and usage data from your...
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What could vCenter Operations for VMware View mean or help with – vCOPs
The world is just now starting to get a glimpse of what vCenter Operations for View could be like. I really hope that this product comes out of the gate with a strong feature set and delivers a big win...
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How to monitor PCoIP performance in View 5 with WMI counters
Along with the many other features that are new in VMware View 5, there are now WMI counters to monitor and report on PCoIP performance. In this post I will highlight some of the ones that I think are...
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How to configure user persona management in View 5 – User Profiles
I was upgrading the lab at work a while back to View 5 and getting familiar with the new Persona Management features. So I thought it would be a good idea to put some of this in writing to share with...
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First look at new VMware View Client with PCoIP for Linux
Recently VMware released a preview copy of the new View 5 client for Linux that now supports PCoIP. This has been a long time coming, along with the Linux version the Apple version now includes PCoIP...
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VMware Service Manager as a front end portal to VMware View sugguestion
Something that I get asked about often when working with customers on their VDI designs is a portal to request virtual desktops. Much like “The Cloud” IT organization seeking more automation when it...
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Some security questions around VMware View and VDI
After working on a bunch or larger VDI projects last year there was usually several conversations with the security teams of these enterprises that don’t seem to get much press in the VDI world. Lets...
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Building new whitebox servers for VMware home lab
I have needed to get some more capacity added to the home lab for a while now, but have taken my time. I have been gathering up enterprise servers that are a couple of generations old in the past....
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A list of some VMware Mirage use cases
If you are not familiar with VMware Mirage or you were just wondering what could I use this new application for, I will try and fill in the blanks for you. I was pretty excited when VMware announced...
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LoginVSI creates a VIP program for vExpert, CTP and MVP programs
If you have worked with any VDI products in the past or have the need to size or design an environment, the ability to test your design under load is important. I have used Login VSI in the past and it...
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VMware releases Horizon View Feature Pack 2
As VMware is working hard to continue the improvements in their End User Computing (EUC) products, they have released the second feature pack for View. This pack brings some enhancements and new...
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Licensing VMware Mirage when used with View
Advertise here with BSAWith the recent news from VMworld Barcelona that Horizon Mirage and Horizon View can now be used together, I’ve been thinking about how this might affect the licensing. With the...
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Atlantis ILIO vs Flash storage cost comparison
Advertise here with BSAI often want to do this type of exercise on different types of solutions but don’t have the time to. There are plenty of vendors that make claims around the cost benefits of...
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VMware Horizon 6 install – Part 1 connection server
Advertise here with BSAWith the recent update of the entire EUC suite from VMware I thought it would be a good time to revisit the install process for Horizon 6. Yes it used to be called VMware View,...
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VMware Horizon 6 install – Part 2 security server
Advertise here with BSAThis is the second part of this multi part series on installing VMware Horizon 6. The first part covered installing Horizon View connection servers and replica servers. In this...
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VMware Horizon 6 install – Part 3 SSL Certificates
Advertise here with BSAThe third part of my Horizon 6 install series brings us to SSL certificates. I know, I know no one likes certificates and they are usually a pain in the ass to set up. But you...
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VMware Horizon 6 install – Part 5 setting up RDS desktops
Advertise here with BSAThis begins the fifth part of my Horizon 6 install series bringing us to configuring RDS desktops. RDS desktops are a new feature for VMware in Horizon 6, something that...
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VMware Horizon 6 install – Part 4 configuring an RDS pool
Advertise here with BSAI was a bit delayed in getting this fourth post in my Horizon 6 series completed, life and work got in the way. I’m back from vacation and ready to get moving again. In this...
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VMware Horizon 6.1 brings new features and a peak at the future
Advertise here with BSAToday brings another update to VMware Horizon, version 6.1 is being announced. With this update comes several new features and a peek at a few others expected in a future...
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Whats new in Horizon 6.2 and why should you care
Advertise here with BSAToday at VMworld 2015, VMware announces the Horizon 6.2 release and the updates that will be available later this week. That’s right my fellow EUC nerds, we will not have to...
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