Blog entries by Herco van Brug

These are some topics I ran into at customers that may benefit other people.

Tag >> vmware

Scheduled View VM refresh

Posted by: hbr in vmware, view, vdi, script, schedule, refresh, desktop virtualization on Dec 21, 2009

If you use non persistent desktops with VMware View, there are two options to reset the machine to its default state. One is immediately after a user logs off, the other is manually by a View Administrator. Currently, there is no way to schedule a VM reset at, say, 2PM. 

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vCenter Orchestrator and LabManager 4

Posted by: hbr in vmware, vCenter, Orchestrator, Labmanager on Sep 3, 2009

With vCenter 4.0 comes vCenter Orchestrator. This workflow management software was originally developed by Dunes was the base for Lab Manager and Stage Manager. 

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Importing an NEWER OVF format VM into an older environment

Posted by: hbr in vmware, server virtualization on Jun 22, 2009

If you have a vSphere or Workstation 7 environment like me and you export a virtual machine to an OVF format, older VMware products are unable to import them. You'll get a message like:

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