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According to the VMware Horizon View 5.3 documentation, you must install the VMware View Agent on Virtual Machines that are managed by a vCenter Server. If you are however installing the View Agent on a non-vCenter managed VM (e.g. on a VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation VM) you have to …
VMware Horizon Mirage is a layered image-management solution that separates a desktop,laptop, or virtual endpoint into logical layers that are owned and managed by either your IT organization or the end user. You can update IT-managed layers while maintaining end-user files and personalization. To maximize end-user productivity, snapshots and backups …
To enable users to download the Horizon Workspace desktop clients and to automatically update the Horizon Workspace desktop client for Windows with a new version, you must add the Horizon Workspace desktop clients installer files to the downloads directory and to the auto-update directory on the data-va virtual machines. For …
Even though a lot of people are running their VMware vCenter backend SQL database on a Microsoft SQL cluster, VMware vCenter 5.5 is the first version to actually support this. To enable support for Microsoft SQL Clustering Service (MSCS) in vCenter Server 5.5 you have to enable the Microsoft SQL …
Yesterday VMware released Thinapp 5.0 Most noticable differences with previous versions: Support for 64-bit applications Support for virtualizing Internet Explorer 10 Support for virtualizing Microsoft Office 2013 Support for virtualizing App Sense Improvements in ThinDirect.adm(x) group policy files Will be bundled with all the Horizon products, but will also remain …
Today are two new important KBs that have been released regarding VMware Horizon Workspace version 1.5.0 Build 1220937 When installing VMware Horizon Workspace 1.5.0 Build 1220937, the installation and configuration fails. This issue is caused by expired passwords in the virtual machines that make up the Horizon Workspace vApp. The …
Below are instructions to thinapp the VMware Horizon View Client. (version 5.4.0 build 1219906) A Thinapp-ed version of the VMware Horizon View client might be very useful in situations where you do not want to or cannot install software on your Windows PC. Environment Capture & build machine: Windows XP …
Today, VMware released Horizon View 5.2 feature pack 2, which includes 2 new features: Real-Time Audio-Video (also sometimes referred to as Multi Media Device Re-Direction MMRD) Flash URL redirection Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) With the boom in social networking applications and media in general, there is a high demand for the …
URL Function Explanation https://HorizonWorkspaceFQDN/admin Administrator Web interface (Active Directory user) Manage the Catalog, users and groups, entitlements, reports, etc. (Login as Active Directory user with administrator role.) https://HorizonWorkspaceFQDN/SAAS/login/0 Administrator Web interface (non-Active Directory user) Use this URL if you cannot login as the Active Directory user with the administrator role. …
Below are the notes I created while I was installing VMware Horizon Mirage for a test environment.More information on the product can be found on the VMware website Preperation Download the software from the VMware website Create the mirage server Server Name: mirageserver Details: Windows 2008 R2 64 bit: 4 …