This post was drafted with AI, based on a real production troubleshooting session but I was too lazy to write it down myself. Details have been generalized/anonymized, but the investigation, root cause, and fix are real. TL;DR SSH to a newly hardened Windows domain died with a bare Connection reset by… Continue reading
If you manage VMware Horizon instant-clone pools or RDS farms, you’ve probably been in this situation: you need to move a pool to a different portgroup — maybe a VLAN change, a migration to a new segment, or just fixing a misconfiguration. The options are not great. You can either… Continue reading
A while back I published the first version of the Horizon Golden Image Deployment Tool (HGIDT), a small desktop app to push golden images to VMware Horizon instant-clone pools without having to click through the Horizon Admin console. Since then the tool has grown quite a bit, so it’s time… Continue reading
Have you applied or are you thinking about applying for vExpert? Starting June 12th Martin Micheelsen and I will be running the vExpert Candidates Open Office Hours again. This is an online zoom call where we discuss what it takes to become a vExpert but also where we can go… Continue reading
Some people who read release notes will have noticed that the last few version of Horizon have a api limit these days for the rest api’s. With soap being depracated and the q3 release of this year probably being the last that will have soap api in it these maximums… Continue reading
Have you ever dreamt about becoming a vExpert? When I became one in 2016 I had no idea what was needed and the vExpert Pro’s where not around yet. Several years ago the vExpert team setup this vExpert Pro program that is aimed at enabling hopefulls to be able to… Continue reading
Today at VMware Explore I have launched a new version of the Horizon Golden Image Deployment Tool aka hgidt. This new version is a complete rewrite of the old one as I moved the code base to Python. As base I used a converted framework of the old tool (using… Continue reading
In a previous post I described on how to configure the Horizon Event database using the REST API’s. In this post I will describe on how you can retreive those events using a script that I have created. To get the first few events is easy, just use the /external/v1/audit-events… Continue reading
For a long time I have been wanting to have some kind of portable lab but I had a few requirements that where limiting me: Not so long ago I got a newer laptop from ControlUp to replace my (not that old) annoying heat and noise generating Dell Lattitude 5401.… Continue reading
Intro Some of you might have seen previews on the socials but for the last few months I have been working hard on a GUI based tool to deploy golden images to VMware Horizon Instant Clone Desktop Pools and RDS Farms. This because who isn’t sick and tired of having… Continue reading
