20. May 2009 by Tony.

The XenServer Resource Kit is comprised of tools and utilities to help administrators streamline the deployment and management of Citrix XenServer.

It includes:

Web-Based Console for XenServer

This tool is a web interface developed with the XenServer SDK and can be used for managing a XenServer environment.  It also provides the ability to delegate administrative rights to multiple administrative users.

Virtual Appliance: Download the Virtual Appliance here
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Documentation: Download the Setup Guide here

XenApp Server Virtualization Test Toolkit

The XenApp Server Virtualization Test Toolkit includes documentation and sample EdgeSight for Load Testing scripts to help you conduct performance and scalability testing of XenApp workloads running on a virtualized platform.

Toolkit: Download the XenApp Server Virtualization Test Toolkit here

XenServer v2xva Conversion Utility

The Virtual Disk Migration Utility converts Windows virtual machines installed on VMware to the XenServer Virtual Appliance (XVA) format.

v2xva: Download the Virtual to XVA Conversion Utility v2xva 1.3.3 here

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5. March 2009 by Tony.

Daniel Feller created a really nice set of Visio objects for the Citrix Delivery Center solution set. This is very useful for everyone who is involved in designing Citrix solutions.

The following products are included:

• XenApp
• XenDesktop
• XenServer
• NetScaler (includes rack-mountable stencils and NetScaler MPX)
• WANScaler (including the new Branch Repeater)
• Access Gateway
• Application Firewall
• Provisioning Server
• EdgeSight
• Password Manager
• Workflow Studio

Download Visio Stencils here

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24. February 2009 by Tony.

The posts are abuzz this morning with new thaton on Feb. 23 Citrix will announce that it will be offering free licenses to its full XenServer virtualization program and new partnering with Microsoft to provide system management, Citrix Essentials, for Hyper-V and, in return, Microsoft’s System Center will support XenServer

Steven Vaughn-Nichols detailed the Citrix plans on his personal blog. Apparently Citrix briefed a bevy of bloggers about its plan under embargo, but the presentation is flying around in various in-boxes. Vaughn-Nichols notes that Citrix won’t open source XenServer, however.

I can’t wait to see VMwares stock price today…..

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23. July 2008 by Tony.

I cam across these today while building out our Demo:Reference Architecture: Explains why a 100% physical architecture was reconfigured to include both physical and virtual systems and deciding factors of why XenServer is the best server virtualization solution for XenApp servers.

Implementation Guide: A step-by-step guide showing how to incorporate a XenApp Farm into a XenServer Platinum environment. Demonstrates how to create a golden XenApp image to be provisioned to any number of virtual machines.

Design Considerations: To meet the needs of the business, a solution like XenServer for XenApp must allow for design decisions. This article focuses on a few of the major considerations when integrating these solutions together.

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15. July 2008 by Tony.

I’ll be co-presenting two sessions at the IBM 2008 System x and BladeCenter Technical Conference in San Diego July 28 - August 1, 2008 With Tom Vezinia of IBM.

This session details an assessment (funded by IBM) for customers to determine the TCO/ROI benefits of:

1. Server Consolidation with VMware or XENserver
2. Desktop consolidation via VMware VDM/ESX
3. Desktop consolidation via Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop

Also included is a “State of Desktop Virtualization” that details the how/why/when you should deploy the different methods.

If you attending the event please stop by to say hi:

GS02 Consolidation: It’s not just servers anymore

7/29 1:15-2:30

7/30 10:15-11:30

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