Browsing Posts published in June, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute Link collection of the precendent posts: VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Check-list VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Steps VMware View 5.1 upgrade path – Notes For previous upgrade paths see also: VMware View 5.0.1 upgrade path Upgrade path to vSphere 5 – The View 5 part

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the previous post we have talk about the steps for a successful View 5.1 upgrade. Now let’s add some operative notes. Event DB If you have already configure it in View 4.6 or 5.0 the setting and the schema will be maintained. So no extra effort is required. Connection Server The upgrade will begin like a new installation with some differences compared to previous version. Some new windows during the installation are the warning for the certificates requirements and the data recovery password (the password is required when you restore the View LDAP configuration […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the previous post we have talk about the pre-upgrade phase during a VMware View 5.1 upgrade path. Now let’s the the steps to perform the upgrade. As written in the Upgrade Guide (VMware View Upgrade Overview) the steps are: Upgrade View Connection Server on the existing host or migrate to a new machine. See Upgrade View Connection Servers in a Replicated Group. If you use View Security Servers, upgrade to 5.1, see Upgrade View Security Server. Upgrade View Composer on an existing Windows Server 2008 host or, if you are running View Composer 2.6 […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes As written, VMware has announced and released the new VMware View 5.1 version with several improvements. One difference is that in this version the upgrade path is a little more complicated compared to previous upgrade procedures (see VMware View 5.0.1 upgrade path and Upgrade path to vSphere 5 – The View 5 part) due to some changes and a limited compatibility matrix! As you can notice, new VMware Connection Servers can “talk” with old (5.0 and 4.6) Connection Servers, Agents, but only during the upgrade phase. Also new Connection Servers could not work with old […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Probably you have already notice that copy & paste operation in a VMware View session are limited for security reasons and is discussed in the View admin guide: Configure clipboard redirection Determines the direction in which clipboard redirection is allowed. You can select one of these values: Enabled client to server only  (That is, allow  copy and paste only from the client system to the View desktop.) Disabled in both directions Enabled in both directions Enabled server to client only (That is, allow  copy and paste only from the View desktop to the client system.) Clipboard  […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes When I explain the advantages of a virtual infrastructure, I usually add the virtual appliances (VA) as a good example of a plus that you can get. Similar to usual appliances, they can save your time in installation and configuration tasks… and in a virtual environment they can also same time in deployment (and sometime also money). There are several other pros described on What are the Benefits of Deploying Virtual Appliances? But they may have also some possible disadvantages…

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