Last year I blogged about using VMware with XenDesktop. That article was focused on XenDesktop 4 and VMware integration. With the recent release of XenDesktop 5, it’s time for an updated article. In this blog post I am going to go over using XenDesktop 5 with VMware.
Posted in December 2010 …
Using XenClient to Update Provisioning Services vDisk Images
In December of 2009 I wrote about Upgrading Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers. In that blog post I wrote about using the Reverse Imaging, Hyper-V Direct VHD boot, and XenServer Direct VHD boot options for updating Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers. With … Continue reading »
Access Gateway Enterprise with AAA Groups and the Citrix Receiver
I recently enabled VPN in Access Gateway Enterprise for another way to get into my corporate environment since myself and a handful of engineers support the environment. We already had the Citrix Receiver setup and working through Access Gateway. Once I began testing my access (before rolling out to others) after enabling VPN by testing the … Continue reading »
Converting VMDK to VHD for use with XenClient
I was recently working with Doug Brown (@douglasabrown, DABCC) and Shane Kleinert (@shanekleinert, CitrixIRC) on converting a VMware VMDK to VHD for use with XenClient. Using XenConvert to convert the VMDK to VHD completed without errors but when following Citrix Knowledgebase Article CTX127075 – Attempting to use a Virtual Hard Disk on XenClient 1.0 Created Using … Continue reading »
XenApp needs an “Application Director” like XenDesktop has the Desktop Director
In an earlier blog post, XenDesktop 5 Announced…Lots of New Features, I discussed the new features of XenDesktop 5 and wrote about the Desktop Director. In that blog post I linked to the Citrix TV Tour of Desktop Director video and as I keep watching that video I keep thinking how something like the Desktop Director could be … Continue reading »
