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Provisioning Services 6 Black Screen Issue

Citrix Provisioning Services 6 has an issue with target devices getting a black screen or the target devices stop responding on reboot.  This issue is caused by a DHCP lease issue with Provisioning Services 6.  See Citrix Knowledge Center article CTX132133 – PVS 6.0 Targets Might Boot to a Black Screen and Stop Responding for … Continue reading »

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 »

Using EdgeSight in Provisioned XenDesktop Environments

When using EdgeSight in provisioned XenDesktop environments you have a few options when using the EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops Agent.  Monitoring provisioned XenDesktop environments is pretty straight forward and fairly easy to setup with minimal requirements.  In this blog post I am going to go over what the requirements are for provisioned XenDesktop environments and how to setup the EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops agent.

Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk

Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk is pretty straight forward.  You can use VHDResizer with diskpart or attach the VHD in Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 and extend the volume through Disk Management.  Carlo Costanzo has a good blog post on using the diskpart method.  You can follow Carlo on Twitter @ccostan for VMware and Citrix information.  In this … Continue reading »

Using EdgeSight with Provisioned XenApp Servers

Using EdgeSight in provisioned XenApp environments can be tricky if you don’t follow the proper installation steps.  Monitoring provisioned XenApp servers is pretty straight forward and easy to setup with minimal requirements.  In this blog post I am going to go over what the requirements are for provisioned XenApp servers and how to setup the EdgeSight for XenApp agent.

Using XenDesktop with Hyper-V

Recently I have worked with Hyper-V and SCVMM in my lab to get more hands on with Hyper-V R2. I also recently started working with XenDesktop and Hyper-V using the lab manuals I received when I attended Citrix and Microsoft VDI Training back in November. Using XenDesktop with Hyper-V is a pretty straight forward process. … Continue reading »

Citrix Products 2010: A Wish List (continued) +1

This week Helge Klein started a Citrix products 2010 wish list.  Tim Arenz expanded on Helge’s wish list on his blog earlier today.  I want to expand on both Helge’s and Tim’s additions with my own wishes as well.  I’m sure they both don’t mind since Tim encourages other bloggers to continue adding to this … Continue reading »