VMware Empower 2020 being moved to Virtual
Just got an email, and it looks like that Vmware is moving Empower to be a virtual event. Here are the details I just got in my email
My struggles manually downloading patch bundles for VCF
Recently I was having an issue with VMware Cloud Foundation downloading patches from Vmware. After much network troubleshooting, and determining that there was not an issue with DNS in the lab, I decided to try out the manual process from VMware. I really didn’t want to go through the process as it looks a bit …
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Horizon VCAP Review
Hey all, I have been wanting to do this for a while but am just now getting around to it. I passed my Hoirzon VCAP Design cert several months back and wanted to post about my experience and what I thought about my exam. I have taken a good amount of VMware(and other) certifications over …
vSphere 6.7 U3 and Horizon Compatibility
Doing some research into what the 6.7 U3 patching would look like for a client, I was trying to be a good admin and look through the compatibility matrix and see if anything jumped out. Well it did.. Basically, unless you have already updated your Horizon environment since July, which is when Horizon 7.9 came …
VCP DTM 2018 Section 7 – Configure vRealize Operations for Horizon
Section 7 – Configure vRealize Operations for Horizon Objective 7.1 – Install and configure the adapter instance and Horizon Broker Agent The vRealize Operations for Horizon broker agent is a Windows service that runs on a Horizon Connection Server host. It collects Horizon inventory information and sends that information to the Horizon Adapter. The broker agent runs on one Horizon Connection Server host in …
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VCP DTM 2018 Section 6 – Install and Configure VMware App Volumes
Objective 6.1 – Install and Configure VMware App Volumes Determine hardware and software requirements for installation (Ver 3.x) Database Requirements App Volumes Manager supports different versions of the Microsoft SQL database. SQL Server 2012 SP1, SP2, and SP3 (whenApp Volumes Manager is installed on Microsoft Server 2012 R2), Express, Standard, and Enterprise editions SQL Server 2008 R2 …
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VCP DTM 2018 Section 5 – Configure and Manage User Environment Manager
Section 5 – Configure and Manage User Environment Manager Objective 5.1 – Install and Configure VMware User Environment Manager Install Application Profiler Use Application Profiler in an environment that corresponds with the environment in which User Environment Manager is deployed. When you use User Environment Manager on a terminal server (RDSH), install Application Profiler on the equivalent desktop OS. Application Profiler supports the following …
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VCP DTM 2018 Section 4 – Configure and Manage Identity Manager
Objective 4.1 – Install and Configure VMware Identity Manager Determine minimum hardware and software requirements Windows Hardware Sizing Requirements Ensure that you meet the hardware requirements for VMware Identity Manager installations for Windows. Number of Users Up to 1,000 1,000-10,000 10,000-25,000 25,000-50,000 50,000-100,000 Number of VMware Identity Manager servers 1 server 3 load-balanced servers 3 load-balanced servers …
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VCP DTM 2018 Section 2 – Create and Configure Pools
Objective 2.1 – Configure and Manage Horizon Pools Describe and configure optional disk settings Refresh OS disk after logoff Select whether and when to refresh the OS disks for dedicated-assignment, linked-clone virtual machines. Never. The OS disk is never refreshed. Always. The OS disk is refreshed every time the user logs off. Every. The OS …
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VCP DTM 2018 Section 1
Objective 1.1 – Describe techniques to prepare environment for Horizon Determine characteristics of required Active Directory domain accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP scopes and trust relationships You can place Horizon Agent machines, View Composer servers, and users and groups, in the following Active Directory domains: The Connection Server domain A different domain that has a two-way …