Tag: VCSA

VMware vCenter Reduced Downtime Upgrade with Automatic Switchover

VMware vCenter RDU (Reduced Downtime Upgrade (or Update)) is a relatively new feature that allows you to update your vCenter to the next version with limited downtime, just like the name indicates. It works similarly to the process for upgrading from vCenter 7 to vCenter 8, which is also very similar to doing a fresh…

Omnissa Horizon Unmanaged VDI Black Screen Issue

I recently encountered a strange issue with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) that resulted in a black screen presenting to the VDI users when they logged in. When you search for this issue, you will find a lot of information about various solutions to the blank screen issue. However, none of them solved the problem…

Install VMware vCenter Certificate in Windows

The VMware vCenter root certificate is an essential part of vCenter. When you install vCenter, it also installs the VMCA (VMware Certificate Authority) in your vCenter. The VMCA is a barebones CA for vCenter that issues certificates to the various elements of vCenter as needed. You should install the VMCA root certificate on your system…

Omnissa Horizon Desktop Pool without vCenter

You usually want to connect Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) directly to VMware vCenter, but it can make sense to leave them disconnected from each other in some situations. In this post, I’ll show you step-by-step how to install the VMware Horizon Agent without using the VMware vCenter integration. You can do this on persistent…