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App Volumes Connection

Recently done a few Horizon Proof of Concept and encounter a connection issue with App Volumes. Here is how I resolve the error message from App Volume agent "Virtualization is disabled". Do note that this is based on version 2.12. This error message encounter when your App Volumes agent is not able to communicate with App Volumes Manager. During installation for the agent and manager, you can choose whether secure or not connection. You MUST choose the same type of connection. However if you have done this incorrectly, this is the problem that is often the problem. Here will show you how you can first confirm the type of the connection are the same between the manager and agent, and change it if it is not. Agent To check if the SSL is enabled on the agent, head over to the VM that has agent installed, follow the instruction stated here . Manager For App Volumes manager, this is not as straightforward. Refer to this document . If you want ...

VMware View Tech Preview app for Android Tablet

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VMware has release the View app (Tech Preview) for Android Tablet. I have tested this on Windows XP and Windows 7 using View Manager and also Security Server on VMware View 4.6.  Both works very well. The Android Tablet used here is Asus Eee Pad Transformer.  Below is the picture of a connection made.  It works just like the app on iPad with the mouse pad and multiple finger gestures. Asus Ee Pad Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2 which also comes with a keyboard dock which I have and it looks just like a netbook. Could the future look like this with a simple hardware to access all desktop? With low hardware cost of SGD700 like what I have here a Wifi model.

Upgrade ESX/ESXi 4.x to ESXi 5.0 using Update Manager

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This video will demostrate how to upgrade your ESXi or ESXi 4.x server to ESXi 5.0 using the Update Manager 5.0 plug-in on vCenter 5.0.  Procedures to upgrade your vCenter is in the previous post . Tested with ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x which has a local datastore with VM in it.  Both upgrade with VUM complete successfully with datastore still intact and VM still exist. The only different is that, when you browse the local datastore which was upgraded from ESX 4.x, you will find the esxconsole folder in it which you would not see this if it was upgraded from an ESXi 4.x. Local datastore from ESX 4.x Local datastore from ESXi 4.x Update: Test with local datastore to test if it will be removed. Next Post: vSphere 5 Migration White Paper and Tools  Other related posts: vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing vSphere 5 ESXi 5 Installation Upgrade vSphere vCenter 4.x to 5.0 Upgrade ESX/ESXi 4.x to ESXi 5.0 using Update Manager Upgrade VMware Tools and vir...

Upgrade vSphere vCenter 4.x to 5.0

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vCenter 5.0 Upgrade Part 1: vCenter & vSphere Client vCenter 5.0 Upgrade Part 2: Update Manager Reference: Upgrading vCenter Server 5.0 Best Practice Installing vCenter Server 5.0 Best Practice Migrating to vCenter Server 5.0 using the Data Migration Tool Next post: vSphere 5.0 Migration White Paper and Tools Other related posts: vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing vSphere 5 ESXi 5 Installation Upgrade vSphere vCenter 4.x to 5.0 Upgrade ESX/ESXi 4.x to ESXi 5.0 using Update Manager Upgrade VMware Tools and virtual hardware with Update Manager