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Creating a bootable USB containing ESXi 5 – [ToolBOX]
I just finished posting my blog on creating a Citrix XenServer bootable USB image. I did so after having to create a bootable ESXi 5 USB image for a client who just couldn’t get the external USB CD-ROM to work right and we were using the HP iLO to perform installations which was painfully slow. [...]
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Creating a bootable USB containing XenServer 6.0 – [ToolBOX]
I needed to finally get some XenServers in my lab at home, so I purchased a pair of SUN Sunfire X4100 servers containing Quad-Core AMD processors and 16GB of RAM on the cheap which I thought would be perfect. The only thing about these servers is that they don’t have a CD-ROM on them, so [...]
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vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Quick-Start Guide
The vCenter Server Linux Virtual Appliance (vCSA) is a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine that is optimized for running vCenter Server and associated services. vCenter Server Virtual Appliance provides all features as the Windows vCenter Server but does not support the following features: Microsoft SQL as the database for vCenter – requires stable ODBC driver for [...]
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Hooray! Citrix Provisioning Server 6.0 is here at last!
According to http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/09/28/provisioning-services-6-0-from-single-image-delivery-to-single-image-management/ Citrix has finally released a long awaited update to Provisioning Server 5.6 in its newest form 6.0! With the 6.0 release it brings with it a lot of great enhancements including but not limited to Distributed vDisk Storage and Integrated vDisk Versioning. One of the other things that isn’t advertised in this [...]
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Major Citrix Annoucements Today for RingCube, XenDesktop, XenApp, and XenClient
If you are having a hard time keeping track of all the announcements today, here are the articles that have have spotted so far, discussing RingCube, XenDesktop 5.5, XenApp 6.5, XenClient 2, etc.: Introducing XenApp 6.5, The definitive solution for on-demand app delivery: http://bit.ly/r2xkFf HDX is even better in XenDesktop 5.5: http://bit.ly/rj8Hrw [...]
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Cloud Computing – Managing risk within the cloud (cont’d) – LockBOX
The second installment of Securing the Enterprise – [LockBOX] Four major concerns for security practitioners, and how to prepare yourself and your company for the cloud. This is the second part of an ongoing series concerning the management of risk in the cloud. You can find my first segment here. Data Separation Concerns. – Data [...]
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A Day at TrendMicro – A Quick Look at Trend’s Deep Security Product [LockBOX]
Varrow was invited ‘and required’ to attend a training event in Arlington Texas as part of their partnership with Trend Micro. This event focused on the Deep Security product and its modules. All accommodations were provided by Trend Micro, and the Hyatt Place Hotel in Arlington was excellent. So… shout out to Hyatt! I will [...]
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VMware to Acquire Shavlik Technologies
“VMware has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shavlik Technologies, building upon the successful relationship built between VMware and Shavlik via VMware GO, a joint SaaS offering assisting SMBs with rapid deployment and management of VMware vSphere. Shavlik and VMware share a vision of IT Management for now and the future. A vision of [...]
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XenApp 6.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
Microsoft has released SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. In SP1 there are several enhancements for Remote Desktop Services. Especially RemoteFX is a noticeable change. So what’s the impact on XenApp 6.0? One would expect that this also requires an update for XenApp 6.0. But when we take a closer look at RemoteFX on the [...]
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Citrix Synergy – Day4
Today I attended the session called “Image Management and Replication with Provisioning Services”. Project Merrimack from Citrix supports vDisk versioning while in use by using a new VHD file with the extension of .avhd which holds all of the changes. This supports VHD chains which allow for multiple streams to several revisions of one vDisk. [...]
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Citrix Synergy – Day3
Although technically this is really Day 1 of Synergy, my Day 3 started with a Partner Appreciation breakfast hosted by Citrix, Cisco, and NetApp. The event consisted of a panel with a representative from each company talking about their alliances and complete architected solutions concerning VDI. We met Dan Kuchem from Citrix again there and [...]
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Citrix Summit – Day2
Day 1 ended with the Partner Appreciation Party which was very cool. The buffet was excellent and it was nice to get to know each other at Varrow a bit better and also to see some of the vendor reps that we work with daily (as partner relationships are extremely important to us). I got [...]
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Citrix Summit – Day1
Citrix Synergy has gotten kicked off today in the form of Citrix Summit. This event is a two day event prior to Citrix Synergy strictly for Citrix Partners. The city has definitely started filling up fast; as if there weren’t enough people in San Francisco! I checked into the Hilton off of O’Farrell which is [...]
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XenDesktop 5 Service Pack 1 Released- [vBOX]
Citrix has released XenDesktop 5 Service Pack 1 for download. What’s new? XenDesktop 5 Service Pack 1 follows the December 2010 XenDesktop 5 release with a number of bug fixes and quality improvements for hosted VDI desktop deployments as well as support for the new Microsoft Server 2008R2 SP1, Microsoft Hyper-‐V 2008R2 SP1, and Windows [...]
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Configuring a KMS server on Windows Server 2008 R2