VMworld TV shows an interview with Warren Ponder, Product Manager at VMware. He and Douglas are talking about the upcoming VMware View Client for iPad. A lot of great features are coming and it will support PCoIP. Check the video.
One of the new features in VMware View 4.5 is the role based administration. This offers more flexibility when working with different departments i.e. user helpdesk. In previous versions of View there was only the administrator role for the View Administrator interface. This meant that the user who logs in to the management console has [...]
VDI can be used for several use cases including call centres, standard workplaces, high security desktops and much more. With VMware View 4.5 you can also use your virtual desktops for kiosk mode purposes. The most popular kiosk mode use case is a Internet surf station but you could also think about other self service [...]
We have been waiting for a long time but now it’s here: VMware View 4.5 was announced today and it’s coming with loads of new stuff. I can’t write in detail about all new features in one article so I’ve decided to give you an overview of the enhancements and the new UI first and [...]
I’m really surprised that it works, but a guy from France got a Linux VM working with the VMware View Agent. I don’t speak French but what I get from his article is that he used Xrdp in the VM. I guess he used Wine, a Windows emulator for Linux to get the View Agent [...]
You may have already read about an issue where upgrading your ESX 4.0 host breaks connections to hosted virtual desktops with the PCoIP protocol. This issue only occurs when you’re using ESX 4.0 with VMWare View 4.0 and you’ve upgraded the host to Update 2. VMware released a permanent fix for that.
For high availability of the View Manager environment it’s possible to add a maximum of 4 additional connection servers, called Replica servers to one View connection server group. In total you’ll have 5 servers dealing with the connecting users. During the installation of a replica server it is manually added to the server group by [...]
Update: I want to clarify that I of course know that network connections all over the world are different in speed, latency and packet loss. My video only shows that my ad-hoc connection from Europe to the West Coast just works well and the video/website mentioned in this article could give the readers/watchers/listeners are wrong [...]
Since the iPad is available I’ve seen several blog articles about using it to connect to a VMware View server but I wanted to try it myself. I don’t really know what I should say about it because it’s really easy to use. First of all you need the Wyse Pocket Cloud Client that is [...]
A new maintenance release of VMware View is available at the download website. The version 3.13 is a free upgrade for customers with an active VMware View Support and Subscription contract and includes for kwon issues. The release can be downloaded here. To see a complete list of the fixed issues please visit this link.