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Technotes: How to Use Show Techsupport Collection Script for NetScaler
Do you need a VDI reference architecture? Three factors to consider
Libvirt virtualization API reaches version 1.0.0.
Storefront 1.2 – Anything But Trivial
Limit number of concurrent open Virt. application?
XenApp 6.5 Application States (App States)
Release: Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2
Tech: Microsoft Windows Azure Poster
Citrix announces tech preview of Excalibur
Technotes: Support for XenApp in Virtualized Environments
Licensing Information

Technotes: How to Use Show Techsupport Collection Script for NetScaler

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:20 AM PDT

Technotes: How to Use Show Techsupport Collection Script for NetScaler

NetScaler versions prior to 8.1 build 63.9 and 9.0 build 67.1 contain and older version of the �show techsupport� script that does not collect some necessary data. This process will work around this issue so that a complete support.tgz file can be collected. (more)

Do you need a VDI reference architecture? Three factors to consider

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:59 PM PDT

With a little sugar and spice, you can build a virtual desktop environment using a VDI reference architecture. But first, determine whether you need one.

Libvirt virtualization API reaches version 1.0.0.

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Libvirt a collection of software that provides a convenient way to manage virtual machines and other virtualization functionality, such as storage and network interface management has reached version 1.0.0. as announced by Daniel Veillard from Red Hat.

These software pieces include an API library, a daemon (libvirtd), and a command line utility (virsh) and is intended to be a building block for higher level management tools and for applications focusing on virtualization of a single node. The projects goal is to to provide a common and stable layer sufficient to securely manage domains on a node, possibly remote. The project is sponsored by Red Hat and started in December 2005.

Libvirt provides the following features:

Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates
Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL
Local access control using PolicyKit
Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS
Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage
Portable client API for Linux, Solaris and Windows

Libvirt is used by Eucalyptus, the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider for example, but also by many other applications, tools and solutions as mentioned on this page.

Libvirt supports the following hypervisors:

LXC – Linux Containers
OpenVZ
QEMU
Test – Used for testing
UML – User Mode Linux
VirtualBox
VMware ESX
VMware Workstation/Player
Xen
Microsoft Hyper-V
IBM PowerVM (phyp)

Besides that it supports Virtual networks using bridging, NAT, VEPA and VN-LINK and

Storage on IDE/SCSI/USB disks, FibreChannel, LVM, iSCSI, NFS and filesystems.

Labels: Libvirt

Storefront 1.2 – Anything But Trivial

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:53 AM PDT

Background During the last week, I spent some time testing a Citrix recipe which included Storefront version 1.2, NetScaler LB+AGEE in my own lab for learning reasons. During my search, I discovered much wrong & misleading information out there in the World-Wide-Web; therefore I decided to write this straight-to-the point High-Level BLOG about how I got my storefront to work after collecting great feedback from my colleagues…

Limit number of concurrent open Virt. application?

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Hello,

So my company is CHEAP.

We have a pool of 50 people that will need to run Visual Studio 2010 Pro. However, they only want to purchase 10 VLK licenses.

Is there a way with App-V to limit the number of concurent sessions per application. IE can have set a limit of 10 open sessions of Visual Studio 2010, and when user #11 tries to open Visual Studio it App-v does not allow it to run?

TIA

Drumgod

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XenApp 6.5 Application States (App States)

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:05 AM PDT

XenApp 6.5 Application States (App States) The reason why I'm posting this blog is that I have been asked by a few times now by colleagues as to what app states are? I thought it makes sense to share with the wider community as it gives a better understanding in troubleshooting application connection issue. Starting with XenApp 6.5 we have introduce a new tracking…

Release: Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:54 AM PDT

Besides releasing version 5 of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) yesterday, Microsoft also released Service Pack 2 for App-V version 4.6.

Service Pack 2 provides support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, but more important allows for coexistence of the 4.6 client together with the App-V 5 client so that the 4.6 App-V packages can work side-by-side with the new 5 APPV packages.

Besides that SP2 also contains a rollup of all hotfixes released after Service Pack 1, which was released in March this year.

Labels: Microsoft, Release

Tech: Microsoft Windows Azure Poster

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Microsoft has made available for download a PDF detailing Windows Azure in one poster. The poster gives an overview Windows Azure for developers and IT pros. Summarizes benefits such as global coverage and extensive language support.

Provides a description of current services by category: app services, data services, compute, networking, and store. Depicts common uses including Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, Web Sites, Mobile Services, and Media Services.

The poster is intended to be printed and measures 26" x 39".

CONTINUE READING ON CLOUDCOMPUTING.INFO…

Labels: Azure, Microsoft, Tech

Citrix announces tech preview of Excalibur

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:32 AM PDT

Citrix yesterday announced the availability of the tech preview of Excalibur .

Excalibur is part of project Avalon and provides one install, one architecture and one console for both Citrix's Desktop and Application virtualization platform XenApp and Citrix's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution XenDesktop. Avalon covers the integration of several products which were developed and acquired by Citrix in the last couple of years and its intention is to create a platform to deliver desktops and applications as cloud services as announced in May during Citrix annual Synergy conference by Mark Templeton.

Besides a uniform platform for both XenApp en XenDesktop, Excalibur also provides a new FlexCast 2.0 architecture. FlexCast will provide both provisioning and personalization of desktops and applications.

Excalibur Tech Preview also supports Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, where apps can be delivered from a Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services server and Windows 8 can be the hosted VM in the XenDesktop solution. Also a self-service portal is provided called Storefront.

Labels: Citrix