XenServer

Citrix XenClient Central, home of the Citrix Client Hypervisor

On September 16, 2009, in Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenClient, XenServer, by René Vester
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So i came across a blog post from Peter Blum on his blog. Announcing the new Citrix XenClient Central, all the latest news, relevant videos and discussions about the XenClient product. I think the first time i really saw this approach was with the announcement of the iPhone reciever for Citrix, i find it brilliant [...]

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Zero downtime snapshot-based XenServer 5.5 backup

On July 1, 2009, in Featured, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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Jeremy Tirrel posted a script to do a zero downtime snapshot based XenServer 5.5 backup. It is a cool script, however looking at his blog post alone it does not all make sense, so make sure you download the zip-file and take a look at the cool scripts in there. Jeremy’s blogpost can be found [...]

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Free Citrix Essentials online course

On June 30, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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So Citrix launched a free online 6 hours Citrix Essentials for XenServer 5.5 course. The course is available for free for a limited time only, or so they say I would recommend this course to people who needs to work with Citrix Essentials but i also think it will be a great way for people [...]

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Running Citrix Access Gateway on Citrix XenServer

On June 25, 2009, in ANG, Featured, Security, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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For a loooong time i have been looking for a way to run Access Gateway on my XenServer for test purposes. And i never found a good description on how to get it running but it seems the nut have been cracked. Citrix CTP Alexander Ervik published a guide on his site: www.ervik.as His site [...]

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The essentials of virtualization (part 1) – The players.

On June 18, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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So.. for a while i have been thinking about the new breed of essential products from Citrix and VMware.. I cannot help but wonder exactly what we need, and what is exactly essential to virtualization. For a while i have been looking into the offerings of the three major vendors Microsoft, VMware and Citrix and [...]

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Ever wanted to make your own performance-tests on your virtual terminal servers or VDI infrastructure?

On May 20, 2009, in Featured, General, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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It is crazy how packed ones life is when coming back from over a week off the grid. No doubt the trip to Citrix Synergy was worth it, but it is always rough to get back.. anyway.. now i am looking forward to Pubforum Dublin 2009 which closing in rather fast now always a lot [...]

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Whats new in the XenServer 5.5 Beta was made available today

On April 28, 2009, in Featured, Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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Hey folks, Today Citrix made the beta for XenServer 5.5 available through www.mycitrix.com. The Beta involves several new features and taken from the release notes i will try to share a few of my experiences with the beta. I had a chance to look at the previous Beta and thats where i have my personal [...]

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Citrix Essentials, Advanced StorageLink Technology

On March 29, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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A lot of stuff is going on with the announcement that XenServer is now free… or the free version delivers a lot more functionality anyway than the free hypervisors have been doing so far. I hope we will see VMware joining in and giving us more of their management tools for free as well. To [...]

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Geek Speak Virtual – Project Virtual Reality Check

On March 28, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, VDI, VMware, Virtualization, XenServer, by René Vester
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Oh boy have i been busy lately, hopefully i will have a bit more time in the coming weeks, one of the things i regret was being unable to attend the Geek Speak Virtual on Project Virtual Reality Check which i mentioned earlier. Citrix Hosted an unfiltered discussion with two renowned CTPs, Jeroen van de [...]

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So the name of the game is Provisioning Services! – updated

On March 3, 2009, in Featured, Server Based Computing, Virtualization, XenApp, XenServer, by René Vester
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For a while there i actually thought Provisioning Server was going to be too expensive for massive deployment, a strong tool only meant for the large organisations. However with the new releases and updates it seems the strategy has changed to target a wider deployment. So where is the Provisioning Services being included in existing [...]

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