This Post will cover Objective 1.2 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.2: VMware Mirage Getting Started Guide VMware Mirage Installation Guide VMware Mirage Administrator's Guide Mirage Deployment and Design Considerations Mirage Large-Scale Reference Architecture VMware Mirage Management Console Skills and Abilities: Configure/Manage Mirage Permissions Open VMware Mirage Console from desktop and connect to your Mirage server by specifying FQND or IP address. In new console window select Users and Roles. To create new Role right click Users and Roles and select Add Role. Type Name and Description and click OK to create.  To change a new role select Users and Roles to show all existing and new role, choose the permission you want to assign to the new role. To add AD group to new role select that role and click green plus at the top left corner. Manage bandwidth limitation to prevent Mirage from consuming all b...

This Post will cover Objective 1.1 of the VCAP-DTM Deployment Exam Tools and References for Objective 1.1: View Architecture Planning View Installation Scenarios for Setting Up SSL Certificates for View View Administration Administering View Cloud Pod Architecture View Security VMware End-User-Computing Best Practices Poster VMware Horizon 6 Network Ports Diagram Horizon 6 Storage Considerations Horizon 6 Decision Maker VMware Horizon 6 Reference Architecture View Administrator vdmimport Skills and Abilities: Set External URLs for a View Connection Server instance Note: By default a view connection server or security server host can only be connected by tunnel clients that reside within the same network so you will need to setup External URL settings inside View Administrator. There are 3 types of External URLs that can be configured: Secure Tunnel External URL, PCoIP External URL, and Blast External URL. The secure tunnel external URL, PCoIP external URL, ...

Just wanted to put out a quick blog post for anyone that is using a PCoIP Zero Client and upgrade to VMware View 6.2.4 you will have connection issues. Per the below link on Teradici forums it looks like they know of the issue and they are working on it. The recommendation from Teradici is to use Horizon View 6.2.3 or 7.1 version until a fix is published. I would like to take this time to point out that this is yet another reason why you should test before upgrading and always have a roll back plan if you are unable to test.  https://communities.teradici.com/questions/7284/notice-zero-client-customers-using-view-connection.html

I have had the opportunity to work with testing VMware Horizon View and Liquidware Labs Profile Unity product to help achieve non-persistent virtual desktops that give the end user a persistent feel. I am going to start a blog series about my experience and opinions of working with the two technologies working together. This blog will assume that a Horizon View environment is setup and will not cover any configuration of building the Horizon View environment unless it is related to Profile Unity configuration. What is Liquidware Labs Profile Unity with FlexApp: Profile Unity with FlexApp is a User Environment Management and Application Layering software for both virtual and Physical desktops. Profile Unity will work with Citrix XenDesktop, Xenapp, VMware Horizon View, and Physical Desktops. Profile Unity provides context aware settings for user and policy management. Profile Unity FlexApp layering technology provides both user installed applications (UIA) and corporate or departmen...

I have been working to build a test VDI environment for windows 10 and been working with login times. I found this really nice blog series by Sven Huisman that can be found here . If you have been working windows 10 login times I recommend checking this out.

This week I had the opportunity to attend VMware SociaLab Indianapolis - vSAN 6.2 from A to Z with Paul Braren. You can find Paul at  https://tinkertry.com/ . This was my first opportunity to attend a VMware SociaLab and it was a great experience that i would highly recommend to anyone that can get the time to attend. To Find a SociaLab near you please visit VMware's SociaLab Site .

On March 3rd VMware announced VROPS 6.5. This product update delivers new capabilities to accelerate time to value, manage deployments at scale and collaborate with other data center tools. For details on the changes in 6.5 check out VMware Cloud Management blog post here .