Database

VDI-LAB-2018 – Part 8 – Installing Horizon 7 Composer

VDI Juan Mulford - October 17, 2018

In this part, we are going to install VMware Horizon Composer. First, we need to prepare the server before the installation, adding the Composer user created on the domain controller, applying user rights and preparing SQL Server native client (For this configuration we are going to use same steps in part 7 of this series). Then, we can proceed with the Horizon Composer installation.

VDI-LAB-2018 – Part 6 – Installing and configuring SQL Server 2017

VDI Juan Mulford - October 2, 2018

In this part, we are going to install and configure SQL server 2017, then create the databases for vCenter server, View Composer and View Events. Also, important configurations will be made in order to add this user later on to a View Connection server. This is the part 6 out of 12 of the VDI-LAB 2018 series. Check out the introduction first.

Connecting to the View ADAM Database + Deleting a stuck VM

VMware Juan Mulford - November 19, 2016

What: When you deploy linked clone desktops pools with VMware Horizon, the information for these machines are stored in the ADAM database and not with...

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Raspberry Pi OS in a Virtual Machine with VMware

Juan Mulford - November 13, 2020 4

Although the Raspberry Pi OS is designed and optimized for the Raspberry Pi module, it is possible to test and use it without its hardware, with VMware. This solution can be useful if you are a developer (or just a curious guy) and don't have a Raspberry Pi module with you

Unable to delete an "inaccessible" datastore

Juan Mulford - March 8, 2019 7

I was switching my storage array, so I migrated the VMs from that old datastore/storage to a new datastore/storage. The old datastore was shared by 3 ESXi hosts, no cluster. After migrating the VMs and unmount/delete the datastore, it was still presented in two of the ESXi hosts and was marked as inaccessible.

This is not a valid source path / URL - SourceTree and Gitlab

Juan Mulford - February 29, 2020 1

I have been working on a project with a friend who set up a repository in Gitlab but even though I was able to view all projects on it, I couldn’t really join the repository. I was using SourceTree and Gitlab.

How to export a Virtual Machine using the VMware OVF Tool

Juan Mulford - April 5, 2020 9

The VMware OVF Tool is implemented by VMware for easily importing and exporting virtual machines in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard format. Here, I want to show you how to download and install it, and then how to use it from a Windows machine.

Couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new

Juan Mulford - December 1, 2021 5

couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new.” This issue happens when you use PuTTygen to generate or convert to a ppk key. Here is how to fix it.