A while back, I needed to add a new tenant into our cloud environment. I went through all the manual steps needed to carve out storage, compute and network resources, and after a little bit of trial and error, got the tenant deployed successfully into vCloud Director. This process wasn't something I did fairly often, … Continue reading vCloud Director Automation with RES
AWS – Error Importing Certificate Private Key
In order to use AWS application load balancers for HTTPS traffic, you'll need to import your certificate into AWS using the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). My certificate was originally installed onto a Windows IIS server and was exported as a PFX file. Naturally this is not the right format for importing into ACM so this … Continue reading AWS – Error Importing Certificate Private Key
RDU VMUG Meeting Recap
I've been in a VMware Workspace One and Airwatch training all week, and haven't had a chance until now to post a quick recap about the Raleigh Durham area (RDU for those not in the know) VMUG meeting. This was the first local VMUG I've attended, mainly because work and vacation have gotten in the … Continue reading RDU VMUG Meeting Recap
10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
Had a couple minor issues in today when working with and in the vSphere web client: Shockwave Flash has crashed When logging into the vSphere Web Client, I received a message indicating "Shockwave Flash has crashed" as shown below: What I should have done is used the HTML5 version, but instead I came across VMware … Continue reading 10/17/2017 – VMware Quick Tips
XenDesktop 7.14 – Blank Spaces on Multi-Monitor Displays
If you are configuring multi-monitor end user stations to connect to Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktops, you may find blank/black spaces on the some or all of the monitors...something like this: On the VDI image, I installed the Citrix 7.14 VDA. Thus, to resolve this issue I did the following: Open the registry (regedit) and navigate … Continue reading XenDesktop 7.14 – Blank Spaces on Multi-Monitor Displays
Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!
I can still kinda, sorta remember the day....the day when, many years ago, I passed the A+ certification exam. Honestly, I "lucked out" in how I got into IT in the first place. I went to UNC-Charlotte (back when there was no football team), finally settling on Marketing as my major because I was sure … Continue reading Happiest Certification Feeling Ever….maybe!!!
Change RAM allocated to VMs within Citrix Machine Catalogs
This may be one of those posts that ends up being more beneficial for me than you in that what follows here is the type of information/tweak I'll forget about pretty quickly. Then I'll need it again and slap myself for not writing it down, leading me to do several Google searches until I find … Continue reading Change RAM allocated to VMs within Citrix Machine Catalogs
Netscaler Load Balancing for vCD 9
As mentioned in my previous post, after my upgrade to vCloud Director version 9, I was unable to access vCD via the load balanced virtual IP. We use a Netscaler HA pair for load balancing in this environment, and since I was able to hit the individual vCD cells just fine, this is where I … Continue reading Netscaler Load Balancing for vCD 9
Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Last week VMware announced the official release of vCloud Director 9. Ever since hearing about this release at VMworld 2017, I've been excited about having the chance to give it a run in production. There are already some great blog posts out there now on the latest features. The other night I decided to upgrade … Continue reading Upgrade to vCloud Director 9
Citrix Receiver Command Line Helper Tool
Do you ever find yourself installing Citrix Receiver? Maybe you've found this to be true, especially in business use cases, but I have found that if I don't install the Receiver with command line options it does not work the way I need or want it to. I also find myself getting frustrated when trying … Continue reading Citrix Receiver Command Line Helper Tool