Monthly Archive: July 2013

Top 7 VMware Management Challenges 0

Top 7 VMware Management Challenges

The challenges that come with virtualization must be addressed to achieve successful implementation. Virtualization affects everything in the data center. Don’t ignore the challenges that come with virtualization. Learn how to conquer the top management challenges of implementing VMware virtualization, including: VM sprawl Storage management Monitoring/reporting and more About author: Eric Siebert is an IT industry veteran, author and blogger with more than 25 years of experience, most recently specializing in server administration and virtualization. He is a very active member of the VMware VMTN support forums, where he′s attained the elite Guru status by helping others with their virtualization-related challenges. Reference: http://go.veeam.com/wp-eric-siebert-2011-top-7-vmware-management-challenges.html?ad=vmware-esx-management-one-solution.html  

VMware View indicates a ThinApp package application is invalid 0

VMware View indicates a ThinApp package application is invalid

Streaming Application You may get this error when trying to scan a streaming application and the View Connection Server logs may report these errors: 12:35:31,020 ERROR <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [ws_thinappmgmt] OpenPackage failed, path = \\thinappserver\ThinAppStore\WinSCP\WinSCP.msi. Error details. HRESULT hr = 0x8c420002. Internal error: unable to create API object 12:35:31,022 INFO <TP-Processor1> [ThinAppMSIManager] Application MSI with path:\\thinappserver\ThinAppStore\WinSCP\WinSCP.msi skipped. Reason:Error details. HRESULT hr = 0x8c420002. Internal error: unable to create API object   This issue occurs if all package components are not available during the scanning.   To resolve this issue, confirm that in addition to the application’s .msi file, the directory where the .msi file is located contains all associated .exe and .dat files that were created during the build process. A streaming application has an .msi and an .exe file. If the .exe file is not present the application was not captured with streaming activated, rebuild the application with the MSIStreaming paramater’s value set to 1 in the package.ini file located at the project directory when the package is built. Full Assignment Application If this is Full Assignment application and all the files from the package is in the thinapp repository folder and the logs on the View Connection Server is showing...