XenDesktop Deployments…Single or Multiple Hypervisor Infrastructure?

June 28, 2010 by Jarian Gibson 5 Comments

While working on a XenDesktop project in a huge VMware shop, I started thinking if a single hypervisor should be used or if multiple hypervisors should be used in XenDesktop deployments. Then I was on a conference call with Scott Lane, Senior Systems Engineer for Citrix in the Great Plains Area and also a co-author on this post, about the same XenDesktop project and we started discussing thoughts on this. A number of factors came to mind like cost of the hypervisor (VMware licenses for the XenDesktop project are adding a nice chunk of change to the cost of the deployment), hypervisor features, etc. In this blog post I am going to talk about things to consider about different hypervisors for XenDesktop deployments.

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NetScaler VPX Express is a must for all VMware Environments

October 29, 2009 by Jarian Gibson 6 Comments

Citrix has recently released a NetScaler VPX tech preview for VMware.  NetScaler VPX is the VMware ESX virtual appliance version of a NetScaler hardware appliance that is installed on the VMware ESX platform.  With the release of this VMware ESX virtual appliance, NetScaler VPX Express is must for all VMware environments whether you are using other Citrix products or not in your environment.  In a previous post, NetScaler VPX Express is a must of all XenServer Environments, I went over NetScaler VPX and why the Express edition is a must for all XenServer environments.  Now NetScaler VPX Express is a must for VMware environments. 
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Using XenDesktop with VMware

October 13, 2009 by Jarian Gibson 12 Comments

Using XenDesktop with VMware Infrastructure 3 or vSphere 4 require a few extra steps to set up and configure.  VMware Infrastructure 3 and vSphere 4 both have a few different steps for XenDesktop Delivery Controller and XenDesktop Setup Wizard communication along with the proper permissions for the account used to connect to your Virtual Center or vCenter server.  In this blog post I am going to go over the steps to set up and configure XenDesktop Delivery Controller and the XenDesktop Setup Wizard communication along with the permissions needed for both VMware Infrastructure 3 and vSphere 4.
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