Nikolay has 9 years work experience in IT and 5 of them in the Virtualization technologies mainly based on VMware products. Currently works as VDI Engineer at MSD IT Global Innovation Center and he is an ex-member of VMware CoE at IBM. He holds VCIX6-DCV, VCIX6-DTM and VCP on DCV, DTM, NV and Cloud, Nutanix NPP certificate and also Master Degree of Computer Systems and Networks. Honored with vExpert 2015/2016 by VMware and Nutanix Technology Champion 2016/2017.

vRealize Operations Manager for View – What’s in the Box

vRealize Operations Manager for View is a ‘must have’ in every View based VDI environment. Its capabilities for capacity and performance monitoring are priceless. Any kind of troubleshooting is much more easy when you have a tool like this deployed in your environment. Following my previous articles for Installing/Configuring and View… Continue reading

Horizon View Adapter for vROps 6 – Installation and Configuration

vRealize Operations for Horizon collects performance data from monitored software and hardware objects in your View environment and provides predictive analysis and real-time information about problems in your View infrastructure. Following our previous vROps installation guide we have installed an vROps instance on Windows Server. The current guide should be applicable… Continue reading

vRealize Operations Manager – Windows Version – Installation

Few weeks ago VMware released the announced during VMworld 2014 vRealize Operation Manager 6 which is the  successor of vCenter Operation Manager. Changing the name of the product this time is not just a marketing approach, but a very big change in the product architecture. Having the product installation in… Continue reading

Automated Installation of VMware View Components

A VMware Horizon View block or pod could contains View Standard Server, Replica Servers, Security Servers and Transfer Servers. Also part of the View are View Agent installed on every desktop source and View Client installed on every end point device which is used to access your virtual desktop. All of… Continue reading

MS Terminal Services over VMware Horizon View

As we have already mentioned in our previous article it is possible to use a windows server providing Terminal Services as a source for a View Desktop Pool. At this article we are going to do a basic configuration of terminal services role, View agent installation and Terminal Service pool creation.… Continue reading

Creating Linked-Clone Automated pools using VMware Horizon View

After Installing VMware Horizon View series followed by the Basic Configuration guide we can go ahead and create our first Linked-Clone pool. For a source (golden image) of our first pool we must have an optimized virtual machine managed by the same vCenter server registered in View Connection servers. We also must… Continue reading

VMware Horizon View 5.x Basic Configurations

In our previous articles from the Horizon View section of our blog, we have already covered the steps required for a successful installation of all VMware Horizon View servers and agents. In this article we are going to go through most of the configuration options which View offers and also we… Continue reading

Part 6 | Installing VMware View Agent – Step-by-Step guide

View Agent must be installed on all virtual machines, physical systems, and Terminal Service servers that you use as sources for View desktops and desktop pools. On virtual machines, this agent communicates with View Client to provide features such as connection monitoring, virtual printing, View Persona Management, and access to locally… Continue reading

Part 5 | Installing VMware Horizon Transfer Server – Step-by-Step guide

View Transfer Server downloads system-image files, synchronizes data between local desktops and the corresponding remote desktops in the datacenter, and transfers data when users check in and check out local desktops. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install  VMware View5.x Replica… Continue reading

Part 4 | Installing VMware Horizon View Composer – Step-by-Step guide

VMware View Composer is a optional feature for your VDI deployment, but it is a mandatory part of you plan to use Linked-clone desktop pools. VMware Horizon View series: Part 1 – Install VMware View 5.x Connection Server Part 2 – Install  VMware View5.x Replica Server Part 3 – Install VMware… Continue reading