While most of us frequently deploy new ESXi hosts, a question and task not oftenly discussed is how to properly decommission a VMware ESXi host. Some might be surprised to learn that you cannot simply just power down and remove the host from the vCenter server, as there are a number of steps that must be taken beforehand to ensure… Read More
This guide will outline the instructions to Disable the VMware Horizon Session Bar. These instructions can be used to disable the Horizon Session Bar (also known as the Horizon Client Menu Bar or Shade Bar) for full screen Horizon VDI sessions. Horizon Client Menu Bar (Shade) The Horizon Client Menu Bar, or "Shade", is the Session bar at the top… Read More
Normally, any VMs that are NVIDIA vGPU enabled have to be manually migrated with manual vMotion if a host is placed in to maintenance mode, to evacuate the host. While we may have grown accustomed to this, there is a better way, with vGPU Enabled VM DRS Evacuation during Maintenance mode! A new feature that was introduced with vSphere 7.0… Read More
You may experience GPU issues with the VMware Horizon Indirect Display Driver in your environment when using 3rd party applications which incorrectly utilize the incorrect display adapter. This results with the inability to use and/or run GPU accelerated workloads including VDI, AI, and ML. This issue effects NVIDIA vGPU (both vGPU and vDGA passthrough), AMD MxGPU, and Intel Data Center… Read More
Today we're going to cover a powerful little NAS being used with VMware; the Synology DS923+ VMware vSphere Use case and Configuration. This little (but powerful) NAS is perfect for your VMware vSphere homelab and numerous other scenarios and uses. Let's go over this specific use case, and how to best configure it with your VMware environment so you can… Read More
Today we'll go over how to install the vSphere vCenter Root Certificate on your client system. Certificates are designed to verify the identity of the systems, software, and/or resources we are accessing. If we aren't able to verify and authenticate what we are accessing, how do we know that the resource we are sending information to, is really who they… Read More
Every organization is looking for ways to equip their mobile workforce, whether remote employees, travelling sales staff/representatives, or just providing more ways employees can work efficiently. Today I want to talk about Microsoft Teams Phone and VDI - a match made in the Cloud. I'm one of those people who travel frequently and rely not only on having a reliable… Read More
In this guide we will deploy and install the new Microsoft Teams for VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) client, and enable Microsoft Teams Media Optimization on VMware Horizon. This guide replaces and supersedes my old guide "Microsoft (Classic) Teams VDI Optimization for VMware Horizon" which covered the old Classic Teams client and VDI optimizations. The new Microsoft Teams app requires the… Read More
In May of 2023, NVIDIA released the NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter. This appliance allows you to manage your NVIDIA vGPU Drivers for your VMware vSphere environment. Since the release, I've had a chance to deploy it, test it, and use it, and want to share my findings. In this post, I'll cover the following (click to skip ahead):… Read More
When it comes to virtualized workloads, one thing I commonly see overlooked in the design of the solution, is the placement of workloads. In this post, I want to cover VMware vSphere VM placement rules using the "VM/Host Rules" feature. This is a feature that I commonly see overlooked and not configured, especially in smaller single cluster environments, however I've… Read More