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Running Nested VM – The VMware Community

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

VMware community - running nested vms

Recently I saw a tweet, talking about new VMware Community which is specialized in running nested VMs. This practice is very popular those days, since by using single piece of hardware in the lab, you can optimize your learning experience and create multiple nested environments with ESXi or Hyper-V servers. I already talked about How […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Nested ESXi, Nested hyperisors, Nested VMs, Running Nested VMs

Install Linux Mint in VMware Workstation – easy way to test other OSs on your desktop

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

How-to install Linux Mint in VMware Workstation. VMware Workstation 8 which has been released recently has brought many improvements the way of working with VMs. With the direct ESXi/vCenter connection is now possible with a single pane glass manage your datacenter VMs and at the same time prepare/install another system on your desktop. I have published […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Linux Mint installation VMware Workstation 8, VMware Workstation 8

New benchmarking tool for VDI performance troubleshooting

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 21, 2020

Remote Session Virtual Indexer

Login consultants has released new version of benchmarking tool for VDI -Virtual Session Indexer 3.5 The Login ‘Virtual Session Indexer’ tool is a platform independent, ‘turn-key’ performance measurement solution. You’re able to test performance VDI sessions, by simulating a real workload of office workers, but not only. The solutions comes in two editions. Free and […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Citrix, VDI, VDI performance, Vmware

VMware Workstation 8.0.1 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

VMware Workstation 8.0.1 Released

VMware Workstation 8.0.1 update has been released. In the new Free update for VMware Workstation 8.0 users, there are some enhancements and performance improvements. I reported on some detailed new features in the VMware Workstation 8 in my post here. In case you’re interested in testing other Hypervisors, like Hyper-V, you can follow this post where […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Player 4.0.1, VMware Workstation 8, VMware Workstation 8.0.1

VMware Fusion 4.1 Free Update released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 7, 2020

VMware Fusion 4.1 multiple screens

VMware Fusion 4.1 update released. This Release is free update for VMware Fusion 4.0 users. Some new functionalities has been added and some great enhancements for Windows 7 VMs. Not long time ago – about 2 months, the VMware Fusion 4 has been released and I reported on that here. Automatic power On of favorite […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: run Windows on MAC, VMware Fusion, VMware Fusion 4.1

The first connection to a desktop pool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 9, 2014

VMware View - deactivating the Use secure tunnel connection to desktop

Connecting to the Desktop by using VMware View Client Software. The last post of this miniseries will show you the installation of VMware View Client software on my laptop and connection to the first available desktop which we configured in the previous lessons. I want to say once again, this series of articles is really […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: How to setup VMware View, VMware View How-to, VMware View Lab Setup

How to activate the battery reporting level inside of a VM while working in Full Screen Mode

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 1, 2012

How to report battery level inside of your VM - VMware Workstation 8 laptop users

VMware Workstation 8 enables you to report the battery level inside of your VM while working in Full Screen Mode. VMware Workstation 8 is a piece of software I can’t stop working with. In fact since the release of the version 8 of the software, the tool has changed and gives the possibilities to manage […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, How To Tagged With: Quick Tip VMware Workstation 8, VMware Workstation 8

How-to install VMware View Composer

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 9, 2014

How to install VMware view composer

Installation of VMware View Composer 2.7 in vCenter Server. The composer 2.7 which is bundled with VMware View 5, is simple executable file. The installation must be done on VMware vCenter Server which will “drive” the VMware View 5 environment. It does not matter if vCenter is running on physical system or in Virtual Machine, the […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: How to install VMware View, How to Install VMware View Composer

How-to install VMware View Connection Server

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

How to install VMware View Connection server

Installation of VMware View Connection Server in my lab. I’m going to use a new VM running Windows 2008R2 x64 which is attached as a member server of my vladan.lan Microsoft domain and has got a fixed IP address. I’m not detailing here those steps since I believe that you don’t need a hand on […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: How-to install View connection server, VMware View Connection server Install

How to install Database and ODBC for VMware View

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 9, 2014

Microsoft sql server management studio express

Installing VMware View Database and ODBC connection in my lab. After the introductory post where I showed the basic setup which you’ll going to follow, now we going to kick the installation process. We will work on my vCenter VM which was already setup for my lab environment I’m using for vSphere 5, so this […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Database View 5, How to create VMware View Database and ODBC connection, ODBC VMware View

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