ESXi on Raspberry PI
VMware has released a fling* to run ESXi on ARM. Nice right? I am now able to run ESXi on my Raspberry Pi.How cool would it be if I could show you all how to install ESXi on my Pi? Pretty cool I guess, However I just noticed that SD card of my Pi died so therefore I...
DaaS 9 (20.2) tenant upgrade failed slony issues
With a tenant migration (step 6 in rundeck) to DaaS 9 it could fail with message:DaasError: 'Tenant migration failed in TA_MIGRATING phase with error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Guest process exited unexpectedly: 1' This message does not give you the right...
DaaS 9 (20.2) – Launch console error 404
We upgraded one of our DaaS tenant to DaaS 9 (20.2) and used the "Launch Console" option to test the "new" option. (It was there already but known as HACA) Unfortunately we got an error message "HTTP ERROR 404" when trying to launching the console. In the end it...
ESXi 7.0 standalone – The service ntpd failed to start
Today I tried to install a new ESXi 7.0 server for my homelab and I bumped into an issue with NTP.I wanted to make sure this is really a bug, so I've used three different ISO's to install ESXi: (same result)...
VMware PowerCLI vGPU capacity
In my previous blog I (re)created of extend a existing PowerCLI function that showed an overview of the user vGPU resources. If not you can read it here: https://www.vblog.nl/vmware-powercli-vgpu-overview/ Like I mentioned in the previous blog. My goal was to create a...
VMware PowerCLI vGPU overview
I was looking for a script that could give a overview of all my VDI using a vGPU. I found one here https://powercli.ideas.aha.io/ideas/PCLI-I-51, but this function was not enough for me. So I used some parts from this script and added some extra information to it. The...
Horizon DaaS: Change DNS or AD, domain connection lost
It could happen that you needs to change your of one of your domain controllers. Or perhaps a DNS server. You can do this by changing all settings in Horizon DaaS Once this is done everything seems to work until you reboot both appliances. Then the network devices...
DaaS 8.0.1- New agents bootstrap automatically
Since the 24rd of March there are new compatible agents (DaaS 8.0.3 and view 7.5.4) available for DaaS 8.0.1. I know DaaS 9 is here already but not everyone will upgrade immediately and will probably use these newer agents in 8.0.1. Of course I tested the agents right...
vCloud SAML authentication using Azure AD
So today I will show you how to setup vCloud SAML authentication using Azure AD. You can also use on prem AD's with ADFS but I do not have that available at the moment. And as Azure AD services get used more and more I figured this would be a nice thing to try. So...
Horizon DaaS: Move VDI from Assignment
Well... In Horizon DaaS it is not easy to move a VDI from assignment A to B. But in the end it is possible. Let me tell you how!first, this only possible when users have dedicated desktops. Otherwise I cannot find any good reason to do this. Turn off the VDI in...
Zerto 7.5 replacing self-signed certificates
When installing an Zerto environment all components will be using by default self-signed certificates. For securing reasons they must be replaced by valid signed .CER (X509) SSL certificates. Zerto has an KB article KB1315 which described these steps, but at the...
VMware Configuration Maximums
I often get asked questions about configuration maximums in regards to VMware products. Often this results in me doing a quick Google Search to find the answer. The other day I was on another Google exploration and ran into the VMware Configurations Maximums website.I...
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