Category: DaaS
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Change DNS on Horizon DaaS 9.x appliance
In the previous versions of Horizon DaaS, you had to change DNS via the interfaces file and the resolv.conf file. Since VMware upgraded the OS of the Horizon DaaS appliances to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS these changes must be done via netplan. Below I will explain how to use netplan.
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How to migrate Workspace ONE Connector
Until Horizon DaaS 9.1.2 only Identity Manager connector 19.03.0.1 could be used to access the Virtual Apps Collections however Identity Manager connector 19.03.0.1 has been out of general support since 2022-08-31. As of September 27th Workspace ONE Access connector 22.09 has been released (release notes). This version supports Virtual Apps Collections on Horizon DaaS 9.1.4…
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Workaround instructions to address CVE-202144228 in Horizon DaaS 9.0.x and 9.1.x
VMware has released new a critical security advisory, VMSA-2021-0028. This advisory is for multiple VMware products that use the popular open-source log4j Java logging component, which was discovered to have a critical vulnerability in it (CVE-2021-44228) This needs your immediate attention, not just at the VMware product level, but also for all other software in…
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Domain-Join account Horizon DaaS 9.x
For Horizon DaaS the Tenant environment needs 2 types of domain service accounts. A domain bind account that is used to perform lookups in your AD domain and a domain join account that is used for joining computer accounts to the domain and performing Sysprep operations. The domain bind account is rather simpel. Just create…
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Replacing the Horizon Version Manager and Horizon Air Link appliances
With the release of Horizon DaaS 9, VMware introduced two new appliances the Horizon Version Manager (HVM) and the Horizon Air Link (HAL). The HVM is the automation appliance, based on Rundeck automation. The HAL is the resource manager for the management appliances. With the release of a new version of Horizon DaaS 9, these…
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Instant-Clone Clean-up
An instant-clone desktop pool is an automated desktop pool created from a golden image using the vmFork technology (called instant clone API) in vCenter Server. Instant clone technology replaces View Composer linked clone as the process for creating non-persistent desktops in Horizon. In addition to using the instant clone API from vCenter Server, Horizon also creates several types of internal…
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Horizon DaaS 9.0.1 upgrade
This week Horizon DaaS 9.0.1 hotfix has been released. With this release, Horizon DaaS is a step closer to aligning with Horizon Cloud 20.2.0. The hotfix is available for download on My VMware. This version includes the following: Enhanced installation functionality, including new automation for domain bind and compute assignment. Support for Horizon Agent Installer…
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Customize Vmware Horizon DaaS User portal
Customizing the Horizon DaaS User portal with a custom logo is not an easy job. Below you will find the instruction to change the default logo and background for a custom one.
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How to add GPU enabled Cluster to Horizon DaaS
Lately, we see a lot of customers adding GPU cards to their ESXi hosts to support GPU-accelerated VDI’s. In this blog, I will explain how the GPU enabled cluster is added step by step to VMware Horizon DaaS.
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Horizon DaaS: Unable to start VMware UAG
The VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a virtual appliance primarily used to allow secure external access to your organization’s applications. These application can be native windows applications, software as a service (SaaS) applications, and desktops. VMware UAG is typically deployed in a DMZ. For more information see: https://docs.vmware.com/en/Unified-Access-Gateway/index.html Problem A while ago a customer…