VMware View, default printer and PCoIP

Today I had my first battle with a VMware View environment, guess who won????

Case: a customer is launching a RES Workspace Manager session within a VMware View environment based on Windows XP. Within RES a default printer has been defined for the user, so far so good. When connecting by RDP to the VMware
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Controlling the client MAC address that is sent to the View desktop volatile environment variables

View clients with multiple network interfaces only send one MAC address to the volatile environment variables on the View desktop. Which address is sent is controlled by the binding order set in Windows on the client. This can result in a wrong information being presented.
This article from VMWareKB provides steps to control the client MAC address that is sent to the View desktop volatile environment variables. «Continue Reading»

A Guide to VMWare View 4.5

This article contains a collection of articles to support understanding VMWare View (concept). There are also resources available HOWTO implement and configure an environment. «Continue Reading»

When Avast Antivirus is running, applications captured by Thinapp do not run

Found this article at the VMWare KB. Lesson learned again: AntiVirus products can have a huge influence on environments. In this case a ThinApp-ed Application does not even start anymore when AV is active.

Symptoms

When Avast Antivirus is installed and running, you experience these symptoms:

Thinapp capture fails to run Applications captured by
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How to install VMware Tools on a Windows Server 2008 Core virtual machine

This article provides steps to install VMware Tools on Windows Server 2008 Core virtual machines. «Continue Reading»

Isolation Modes in VMware ThinApp

A nice KBTV video article from VMWare regarding understanding Isolation Modes in VMware ThinApp. Isolation modes allow you to control the degree to which a virtualized application can read from and write to the local, physical PC where the virtual application resides. «Continue Reading»

Troubleshooting ThinApped Microsoft Office applications

An article from VMWare HOWTO troubleshoot ThinApped Microsoft Office applications which fail to launch or malfunction. «Continue Reading»

Overview of VMware View USB redirection

This article provides information on how the VMware USB Redirection functionality works in a VMware View environment. «Continue Reading»

Disconnected VMWare View Virtual Desktop logs off immediately

I was troubleshooting an issue with roaming VMWare View Virtual Desktops. Connecting from Client1, disconnecting and reconnecting to the same virtual desktop on a different Client2. Therefor the Virtual Desktop should be in a disconnected state. «Continue Reading»

Migrating a XenDesktop environment from VMware to XenServer

This article describes a scenario, where a working XenDesktop environment is migrated from VMware over to XenServer. «Continue Reading»