Plain Virtualization

As of 1st June 2013, VMware Horizon Suite adds a new licensing type for Concurrent user. With the launch of VMware Horizon Suite , arises many questions on licensing.  Here I have summarize some of the scenarios of licensing which will help you understand better. First we need to understand what is in the Suite.  VMware Horizon Suite comprises of Horizon Workspace, Horizon View and Horizon Mirage.  Each has its own licensing if purchase ala cart. Horizon Workspace - Named User Horizon View - Concurrent User Horizon Mirage - Named User From VMware Product Guide: Named User - Means your employee or Third Party Agent who has been authorized by You to use the Software in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Named User - Specified user that is licensed to used the software.  No sharing licenses among users. License can be transfer to a new user if previous leave the company. From VMware Product Guide: Concurrent User -  Means t...

View 5 has just launched and there are many who are concern on the performance tuning and various enhancements which are not really mentioned. I will not go into details but rather place some of the good white papers that most of us might be interested in. Will not be listing those applicable  only to View 4.x but those will apply to View 5.x will be listed and will overwrite those that are updated to View 5.x. Performance & Best Practice VMware View 5 Performance and Best Practices VMware View Backup Best Practices Others Validating Adobe Connect Client on VMware® View Desktops VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 PCoIP Display Protocol: Information and Scenario-Based Network Sizing Guide How to Optmize the Master Desktop Image for VMware View

vSphere 5 has just launched and there are many who are concern on the performance tuning and various enhancements which are not really mentioned. I will not go into details but rather place some of the good white papers that most of us might be interested in. Do note of this WARNING when managing Hybrid environment ESXi 4.0 U2 not compatible with vCenter Server 5.0 When attempting to manage an ESXi 4.0 Update 2 host with vCenter Server 5.0, a purple diagnostics screen appears. To workaround the issue, upgrade ESXi 4.0 Update 2 hosts to ESXi 4.0 Update 3 or later, prior to upgrading vCenter Server to 5.0. For more information, see the article linked below. Article 2007269 Performance vSphere High Availability Deployment Best Practices Storage vMotion of a Virtualized SQL Server Database Best Practices for Performance Tuning of Latency-Sens...