I was recently asked by a client to look at an issue with a device that her land survey team used which was not being detected as a USB device in a VMware Horizon View 6 virtual desktop. The device is made by a manufacturer
I’m sure most would agree with me when I say that the performance of the VMware View GUI management console can be extremely frustrating at times. What I’ve tried my best to do over the past few years of working with VMware VDI environments is
Problem You attempt to access a VMware View 6 desktop via Blast HTML 5 access with Internet Explorer 9 but receive the following screen where the progress wheel spins on indefinitely: You’ve verified that HTML Access is enabled: … as well as the Blast Secure
One of the clients I’ve been working with over the past few months have had interest in seeing what the vRealize Operations for Horizon had to offer in terms monitoring metrics and alerts so we went and deployed the solution in the environment as a
Problem You attempt to reinstall VMware Horizon View Connection Server on an existing server after removing VMware Horizon View Connection Server from Programs and Features: … but notice that you receive the following error message when you rerun the install on the server: The currently
A client with a VMware View infrastructure that services various offices around the world recently asked me if there was a way to determine what the hostname or IP address of the thin client his users’ were using to connect to the virtual desktops. Having
Problem You’ve noticed that it takes a long time (upwards to 15 seconds) to connect with the VMware Horizon View Client during the Connecting… stage as shown in the screenshot below: Once the login prompt window is displayed, the reset of the connection status including
I’ve received quite a few calls lately from clients who have recently deployed VMware Horizon View version 6.0 and attempted test VMware Horizon HTML Access by clicking the option from the main page as shown here: … only to receive the error: You cannot access
Problem You have 2 VMware Horizon View Connection servers with the version 5.3.2-1887719 in your environment that displays a red exclamation mark under the Last Backup column: Hovering over the red exclamation mark displays the message: One or more View Composer backups failed. See the
Problem One of the most common questions I get asked from clients setting up thin clients is how to pass key combinations such as CTRL+ALT+DELETE that Windows is designed to intercept for security reasons to a VMware View desktop. For those who have worked with
