Tag: VMware
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Deploying Horizon Cloud Services for vCenter: What Works, What Doesn’t
Horizon Cloud Services now allows users to deploy Horizon Edge on local vCenter clusters, streamlining the process by eliminating the need for on-premises connection servers. This new feature includes automated provisioning of Unified Access Gateways (UAGs) and simplifies access to VDI desktops. However, challenges remain, including slow deployment times and limited logging capabilities.
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The Future of VMware Updates: How to Survive the Broadcom Download Token Shift
In mid-2025, Broadcom retired VMware’s public update repositories, necessitating a shift to token-based authentication for updates via customer-specific URLs. To update VMware systems, users must obtain a Download Token from the Broadcom Support Portal and utilize a PowerShell script, ensuring all configurations are modernized for future security and functionality.
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In-depth User Inactivity Analysis for VMware Horizon Environment
In running a Horizon Environment has your boss asked you to run a report of who is logging in or who has not logged in to the Horizon environment? Well guess what, to my knowledge there is no tool out there that will give you the ability to run a report of all users that…
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Horizon Usage Report: Understanding your users, well maybe!
If you’re tired of not getting useful reports from Horizon, I’ve got good news for you! I’ve updated my PowerShell script to help you export pool connection data easily. You can get CSV or Excel reports, with or without Pivot Table. Check it out and make your life easier! Download the script [here].
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App Volumes Usage Report: Decoding the Signals for Retiring Old Applications with Precision
As an app admin, it’s crucial to know who’s using the applications and how often. I’ve created a report for you. The User Usage Report shows user logins and assigned apps. The Package Usage Report tracks package usage and last usage time, important for app lifecycle management. The Writable Volumes Usage Report shows usage details.…
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As Built Report for VMware Universal Access Gateway (UAG)
Well, its official, I have completed all the Horizon on-premises As Built Reports now that this UAG report is published! You can get it live > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.UAG (github.com) The other reports: As Built VMware Horizon > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.Horizon (github.com) As Built VMware App Volumes > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.AppVolumes (github.com) If you want to take a look at the…
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Cracking the Code: Navigating VMware’s Lack of API Documentation for App Volumes – One Victory at a Time
This post contains an overview of various App Volumes APIs not documented by VMware, along with examples of PowerShell code to use them. The post includes commands for connecting to the App Volumes server, accessing inventory, directories, infrastructure, and more. The author also provides a link to GitHub for the full code.
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Unleashing the App Volumes 4.x API via Edge or Chrome, Empowering Operations with PowerShell
This article provides an updated guide on using Chrome or Edge for App Volumes APIs, including PowerShell, developer tools, and REST methods. It covers discovering, launching sessions, getting version data, working with online entities, and managing storage groups, applications, and user assignments. The author also shares insights on navigating the developer tools.
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As Built Report for VMware App Volumes updated for 2309
As promised over the last few weeks i have been working on the App Volumes report. Well, it’s finally done! You can get it live >>>>> AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.AppVolumes (github.com) What is in the update, Well a bunch of things as you can imagine. It has been updated to support App Volumes 2309 and below. I have…
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As Built Report for VMware Horizon Updates
Long awaited updated to the VMware Horizon As Built Report
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