Tag Archives | vmware

50% Off on VMware VCP Exams, 20% Off on Study Materials

By on March 27, 2013 in VCP 5, VCP 5 DT, VMware

TweetLate last week VMware Education Services sent out a tweet (follow them on Twitter HERE) that VMware is running a promotion for 50% off all VMware Certified Professional Exams (VCP-Cloud, VCP5-DV, VCP5-DT, and IaaS). On top of that they are also offering 20% of study materials from the “VMware Certification Marketplace” Both of these are [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 1 }

VCP5-DT Objective 2.11–Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode

By on March 27, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

Objective 2.11 – Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode For this objective I used the following resources VMware View Administration documentation VMware KB Article 1028287 – Configuring kiosk mode in VMware View Manager 4.5 Knowledge Utilize vdmadmin (e.g, enable/disable Kiosk Mode, assign client to desktop, etc.) Identify client device’s identification mechanism (MAC, custom name, etc) [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

Book Review–VMware View 5: Building A Successful Virtual Desktop

By on March 15, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

In the last few of months I have began working with VMware View both in my home lab and for my day job working for a VMware partner. In the past my core focus around VMware had to do more with virtualized sever workloads and my experience with VDI/EUC has been around using Citrix’s XenDesktop [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

Drum Role Please, Top Virtualization Blogs 2013 Results

By on March 14, 2013 in VMware

Early this week Eric Siebert from vSphere-Land.com announced the list of the top virtualization blogs for 2013 during a vChat episode co-hosted with Simon Seagrave, David Davis, and John Troyer (video below). I am excited to announce that with your support I came in at number 62 on the list! I would like to thank [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

VCP5-DT Objective 2.8 – Configure Role-Based Administrators

By on March 7, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

Objective 2.8 – Configure Role-Based Administrators For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration documentation Identify Required Folders The only “required” folder for View is the ‘root’ folder (or ‘/’). The root folder by default is where all desktop pools are created: Create View Folders for Delegated Administration and Roles Set Permissions [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

VCP5-DT Objective 2.7–Enable RSA/Smart Card

By on March 6, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

Objective 2.7 – Enable RSA/Smart Card For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration guide VMware KB Article 1008705 – Guidelines for generating and importing an SSL certificate for the View Connection Server for View 5.0.1 and earlier VMware KB Article 2021537 – Requesting an SSL Certificate for VMware using Microsoft Internet [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

VCP5-DT Objective 2.5–Configure View Transfer Servers

By on March 1, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

Objective 2.5 – Configure View Transfer Servers For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration guide Adding the View Transfer Server Alright, so this isn’t a real objective called out in the VCP5-DT blue print. Bought nowhere does it cover actually adding the Transfer Server in to View Administrator to cover the [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }

VCP5-DT Objective 2.4–Configure View Security Servers

By on February 27, 2013 in VCP 5 DT, VMware

Objective 2.4 – Configure View Security Server(s) For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration guide Knowledge Configure View Connection Server Backup Settings See section “Identify View Connection Server Backup Settings” in Objective 2.3 – Configure View Standard and Replica Connection Server(s) Identify External URL Settings See section “Configure External URL Settings” [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }