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VCP6-DTM Objective 3.3 – Configure Manual Pools

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Today’s objective is VCP6-DTM Objective 3.3 – Configure Manual Pools. Manual pools can have any VMs with View agent installed. It’s not View generating new VMs, like the linked clones, but those VMs must be created upfront and installation of Horizon View agent must be done on those systems in order to be able to manage […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.3 – Configure PCoIP/RDP Protocol Settings

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Today’s objective will cover some protocol settings, we will touch GPOs, Flash and 3D rendering etc… So today’s post, VCP6-DTM Objective 2.3 – Configure PCoIP/RDP Protocol Settings, is another chapter, another objective towards the VCP6-DTM certification exam which we’re covering on our VCP6-DTM Study Guide Page. We’re not done yet, but were about half way through. […]

VMware Horizon 7 Details – Instant Clones, Blast Extreme ++

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VMware Horizon 7 announced today is a real (re)evolution of the product. Just-in-time desktops are in! Feature known as Project Fargo (it’s a very lightweight VM because it shares all memory and disk with the original.) or also called vmFork technology which allows to provision desktop from parent desktop in just few seconds…. So in Horizon […]

VMware Workspace One Announced

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This news comes directly from VMware and they are hot. February 9th, 3:01 ET – embargo is lifted. It’s about VMware Workspace One as well as Horizon 7, and Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode, newly announced as well. This post will focus on VMware Workspace One, which is tightly integrated with AirWatch for the mobile device management, but brings many […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 3.1 – Configure Automated Pools using linked clones

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Another post focusing on VMware desktop certification exam today. VCP6-DTM Objective 3.1 – Configure Automated Pools using linked clones. Yes, pool settings, linked clones etc. Good stuff. All exam objectives will be on our VCP6-DTM page (for now it’s work-in-progress). But in order to do that we must first prepare a source (golden image) of that first pool, […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.6 – Configure Horizon View Cloud Pod Architecture

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In today’s post VCP6-DTM Objective 2.6 – Configure Horizon View Cloud Pod Architecture we’ll activate one of the newer feature of Horizon View – Cloud Pod architecture. A View Pod cannot cross multiple datacenters, but a federation can be done between PODs where one POD local and one in remote datacenter. Each View pod is an independent entity […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 1.6 – Install, Configure and Manage vRealize Operations Manager For Horizon

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Another chapter towards the end concerning our VCP6-DTM study guide for VMware Horizon View Suite, but especially towards all the objectives on the VCP6-DTM blueprint. Todays post covers VCP6-DTM Objective 1.6 – Install, Configure and Manage vRealize Operations Manager For Horizon. vRealize Operations Manager for Horizon is available in 3 different installation packages, starting with OVA (pre-packaged […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.2: Configure Horizon (with View)

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Horizon View and preparation for VCP6-DTM Study guide continue today with Objective 2.2: Configure Horizon (with View). Today’s (long) chapter is divided into several sections, each one of those very important and “un-skippable”. This guide shall help, but it’s only a part of the equation… So far we have covered few chapters (the road is long). […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 2.1 – Configure Horizon (with View) Composer

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VCP6-DTM Study Guide continue with today’s post VCP6-DTM Objective 2.1 – Configure Horizon (with View) Composer. Horizon View composer is an essential piece of the artchitecture allowing to use linked-clones. The big advantage of linked-clones is storage savings that it allows, because linked-clone desktops share a base system-disk image, they use less storage than full virtual […]

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