Virtualization

Want to get started with Hyper-V 2.0 or R2?

On September 10, 2009, in Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Well as many others i have been playing around with Hyper-V in the new Windows Server 2008 R2. And i must admit though it still requires for us to spend some time looking at clustering and such which most of us Virtualization people and Terminal Services people might not have too much experience, it seems [...]

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Ever wondered what ASCII and FFB meant with Citrix in mind?

On July 14, 2009, in ANG, Events, Featured, General, Server Based Computing, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Citrix has for a long time been famous for their impressive use of Acronyms. Rich Crusco published a list of Citrix Definitions which will surely help us all keep up to date on what is what The list can be found here: http://community.citrix.com/display/cdn/Citrix+Definitions I will try to add the feed to my Technotes section of [...]

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Citrix Essentials released in a free edition for Hyper-V

On July 11, 2009, in Featured, Hyper-V, Hypervisors, Virtualization, by René Vester
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Citrix has released a free release of their Citrix Essentials product for Hyper-V. The product is too limited to have any real value for bigger customers but from a perspective of the customers investigating virtualization using Hyper-V i think it will be a great addition to the features available in the Hyper-V product. I spend [...]

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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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The Cisco virtual switch Nexus 1000v is being made available for a 60 day trial

On April 28, 2009, in Featured, Virtualization, by René Vester
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The Cisco Nexus 1000v Switch is now being made available as a 60 day evaluation, this gives you all a chance to try out what it means to have a fully integrated Cisco switch to manage your virtual infrastructure. The management of the switch is done using a management server and Command Line Interface.. the [...]

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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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