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Converting VMware Horizon Application Manager OVA’s for Use in VMware Fusion
Both the Horizon Connector Virtual Appliance and the Horizon Service Virtual Appliance come packaged as OVA’s. Of which you know will not work natively within VMware Fusion. (Come on VMware… fix this!) So first, you must convert the OVA’s to VMX files, to do this; you need VMware’s OVFTOOL Once installed, its just a couple of commands […]
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Notes from ThinApp’ing the DropBox Client on Windows 7
So, when ThinApp’ing the DropBox client on Windows 7, I was able to come up with a couple tips. First, get dropbox downloaded on your ThinApp workstation. I have a snapshot of a VM that’s already run the pre-scan, so that I always have a fresh starting point when doing any ThinApp packaging. We’re then […]
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How to ThinApp the vSphere 5.1 vCenter Client for Windows 7
Creating a ThinApp package of the vSphere client is much like creating other ThinApp packages. Lets start by starting the ThinApp Setup Capture client and taking a pre-scan of the target system.
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Installing vCenter 5.1 problems, lots of them!
Figured I’d upgrade my lab vCenter from 4.1 to 5.1 today.. talk about more than I expected! First, I had to go and install the vCenter SSO functionality before I could even upgrade the vCenter inventory service. Second, I had to upgrade the vCenter inventory service. Third, I had to install the vCenter Web Client […]
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