VMware just released VMware View Manager 3.1.2: View Manager Version 3.1.2 | 04 September 2009 | Build: 188088 (View Manager), 161885 (View Composer) VMware View Manager 3.1.2 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues in the previous releases. Refer the Resolved Issues section for more details. This release also includes one new feature. Virtual Printing Multi Session Support [...]

A brand new version of View has just been released. You can find the download and the release notes here: VMware View 3.1 Download, Release Notes. There are a whole bunch of enhancements which definitely make this new release worth checking out. I’m not going to post them, just read the release notes. Another thing I wanted to let you [...]

I’ve been using the VMware View Open Client for a while now. One of the things that the VMware View Open Client is still lacking is USB redirection. I just received a cool workaround for this “problem” from Attila Bognár. In short: VMware View Open Client calls rdesktop, if you add a script with the name rdesktop to your path [...]

VMware lately published a whole bunch of must read technical papers: Storage Design Options for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Companies planning to deploy VDI face decisions about the use of both local and shared storage, and in the case of shared storage solutions, choosing between differing technologies available in today’s market. Selecting the appropriate storage model is important for both [...]

VMware’s John Troyer revealed on Twitter a couple of hours ago a “search-able hardware compatibility guide” for VMware ESX and VMware View: This online Hardware Compatibility Guide web application was released on December 10, 2008. To learn more about benefits and usage of this tool, please see “Help on Searching”. This online Hardware Compatibility Guide replaces the former Hardware Compatibility [...]