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There are how to guides, general help, tips and info provided by a technology enthusiast (Andy Barnes), certified by VMware, Microsoft and Trend Micro. VMware has also presented me with the VMware vExpert Award in 2009 for my continued contribution to the VMware community.

 
Windows 7 Black Screen / Freezes / No Login Sceen on VMware ESX/ESXi

Right i'm going to put this down in ink, or even better electronic, as its happened twice and I forgot what I did to fix it the first time...

 

Essentially the issue is a black screen (sometimes with coloured lines/dots) when booting Windows 7.

This happens before the login screen and hangs there indefintley.

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Creating a Master Image for VMware View Desktop Deployment

To deploy and make a desktop available via VMware View there are several steps and pieces of software that need to be installed.

Here I will go through what needs to be done to create a desktop VM and prepare it for the next stage which is provisioning to users. 

For an overview of the components of VMware View see VMware View 4 - Intro and Components.

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Configuring VMware View Connection Server 4 with View Manager

View Manager 4 is a core component of VMware View 4 that is installed on the View Connection Server.

View Manager is a single console used to manage and deploy virtual desktops.
For an overview of the components of VMware View see VMware View 4 - Intro and Components.

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Installing VMware View Composer 2

VMware View Composer 2 is a component of View 4 Premier Edition.

For an overview of the components of VMware View see VMware View 4 - Intro and Components.

Composer offers features such as storage reduction, improved OS management and rapid desktop deployment.

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Provisioning an Individual Desktop with View Manager
Before deploying hundreds of desktops its best to test everything is working correctly with an individual desktop.
 
Individual desktops are generally provisioned for users with specific desktop requirements. For example this might be an application used by one or two users and is licensed for one machine.
 
Here will will access a Windows 7 virtual desktop on an old physical desktop running Windows XP.
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Send an Email via SMTP using Powershell

 

Send-MailMessage -From This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it -To " This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ", " This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " -Subject "Test Email Subject" -body "This is a test email" -SmtpServer smtpserver.domain.com

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Installing VMware View Connection Server 4

VMware View Connection Server 4 is a component of both View 4 Premier and Enterprise Edition.

It is a critial component required for VMware View to function.

For an overview of the components of VMware View see VMware View 4 - Intro and Components.  

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VMware View 4 - Intro and Components - How To Series

This is an introduction to VMware View 4 and how its components are installed alongside vSphere to provide virtual desktops.

 

What VMware say View is.... "Deliver rich, personalized virtual desktops as a managed service from a virtualization platform built to deliver the entire desktop, not just applications. VMware View 4 allows you to consolidate virtual desktops on datacenter servers and manage operating systems...." Ok thats enough you get the idea.

 

But in plain english this means the same platform (vSphere) is used to provide users desktops. This allows for fast provisioning of desktops, improved reliability, better management etc you already know the benefits of virtulisation its just extending it to desktops.

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