If you use Citrix NetScaler for secure remote access to your Citrix XenApp/Citrix XenDesktop deployment, you may be wondering if there’s more that it can do. You are correct! NetScaler also offers load balancing, global server load balancing, web interface integration, HDX traffic inspection and much more. It can enhance Citrix ShareFile StorageZones and Citrix mobile deployments. Join this session for a quick NetScaler refresher.
Best practices for managing personal virtual desktopsCitrix
Personal vDisk technology has changed the way VDI architects think about use cases. Come learn about the latest best practices for the design, sizing and ongoing management of pooled VDI desktops utilizing personal vDisks. You’ll gain skills and knowledge regarding persistent, highly personalized virtual desktop deployments using Citrix XenDesktop VDI and Citrix XenClient. Highlights include an architectural overview, use cases, deployment and troubleshooting.
The
This webinar will touch on the architectural changes in XenApp 7.5. The session will also cover the Citrix Consulting Methodology, which focuses on ensuring that projects are properly planned and designed before implementation begins.
This webinar will cover the current state of MCS and PVS. We'll look at how MCS and PVS work differently on hypervisors like ESXi and Hyper-V. We will look at new target platforms such as Windows Server 2012 R2 to see if PVS or MCS behave differently.
And lastly we will dive into the new VHDX-based PVS wC option and why you should be using it for all your workloads.
The webinar will be presented by Nick Rintalan
Top Troubleshooting Tips and Techniques for Citrix XenServer DeploymentsDavid McGeough
This session will provide an expert insight into the most common issues encountered by Customers, Partners and Support engineers.
It’s a feature packed agenda which gets to the point quickly and concentrates on the issues we encounter continuously with XenServer deployments.
Best practices for managing personal virtual desktopsCitrix
Personal vDisk technology has changed the way VDI architects think about use cases. Come learn about the latest best practices for the design, sizing and ongoing management of pooled VDI desktops utilizing personal vDisks. You’ll gain skills and knowledge regarding persistent, highly personalized virtual desktop deployments using Citrix XenDesktop VDI and Citrix XenClient. Highlights include an architectural overview, use cases, deployment and troubleshooting.
The
This webinar will touch on the architectural changes in XenApp 7.5. The session will also cover the Citrix Consulting Methodology, which focuses on ensuring that projects are properly planned and designed before implementation begins.
This webinar will cover the current state of MCS and PVS. We'll look at how MCS and PVS work differently on hypervisors like ESXi and Hyper-V. We will look at new target platforms such as Windows Server 2012 R2 to see if PVS or MCS behave differently.
And lastly we will dive into the new VHDX-based PVS wC option and why you should be using it for all your workloads.
The webinar will be presented by Nick Rintalan
Top Troubleshooting Tips and Techniques for Citrix XenServer DeploymentsDavid McGeough
This session will provide an expert insight into the most common issues encountered by Customers, Partners and Support engineers.
It’s a feature packed agenda which gets to the point quickly and concentrates on the issues we encounter continuously with XenServer deployments.
Best practices for implementing, administering, and troubleshooting XenDeskto...David McGeough
Recording from this webinar can be found here:
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/11549
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for Desktop Administrators. Understanding these advancements and their effect on is key to a stable XenDesktop environment. This session will discuss core deployment and configuration concepts and considerations and provide proven practices for troubleshooting the top three XenDesktop issues.
What you will learn
- Concepts for successful deployment of a XenDesktop site
- Configuring a typical site and understanding the common challenges
- Troubleshooting registration, connection, and machine creation issues
- Citrix Quick Launch
XPDS16: High-Performance Virtualization for HPC Cloud on Xen - Jun Nakajima &...The Linux Foundation
We have been working to get Xen up and running on self-boot Intel® Xeon Phi processors to build HPC clouds. We see several challenges because of the unique (but not unusual for HPC) hardware technologies and performance requirements. For example, such hardware technologies include 1) >256 CPUs, 2) MCDRAM (high-bandwidth memory), 3) integrated fabric (i.e. Intel® Omni-Path). Unlike the “coprocessor“ model, supporting self-boot with >256 CPUs has various implications to Xen, including scheduling and scalability. We need to allow user applications to use MCDRAM directly to perform optimally. Also, we need to enable the integrated HPC fabric for the VM to use by direct I/O assignment.
In addition, we have only a single VM on each node to meet the high-performance requirements of HPC clouds. This (i.e. non-shared) model allowed us to optimize Xen more. In this talk, we share our design and lessons, and discuss the options we considered to achieve high-performance virtualization for HPC.
Understanding Windows Azure’s Active Directory (AD) and PowerShell ToolsEPC Group
Understanding Windows Azure’s Active Directory (AD) and PowerShell Tools
Web: www.epcgroup.net | E-mail: contact@epcgroup.net | Phone: (888) 381-9725 | Twitter: @epcgroup
* SharePoint Server 2013, Office 365, Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SharePoint Server 2010 & SharePoint 2007: Review, Architecture Development, Planning, Configuration & Implementations, Upgrades, Global Initiatives, Training, and Post Go-live Support with Extensive Knowledge Transfer | Custom Branding and Responsive Web Design (RWD)
* Health Check & Assessments (Roadmap Preparation to Upgrade to 2013 or 2010) - Including Custom Code & Solution Review
* Enterprise Content Management Systems based on Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Office 365 Hybrid Cloud (Both On-premises and cloud)
* Enterprise Metadata Design, Taxonomy | Retention Schedule Dev | Disposition Workflow, and Records Management | eDiscovery | Microsoft Exchange 2013 Migration \ Integration | Roadmap, Requirements Gathering, Planning, Designing & Performing the Actual Implementation
* Best Practices Consulting on SharePoint 2013, Office 365, SharePoint 2010, 2007 | EPC Group has completed over 900+ initiatives
* Intranet, Knowledge Management, Internet & Extranet-Facing as Well as Mobility (BYOD Roadmap), Cloud, Hybrid, and Cross-Browser | Cross-Platform Solutions for SharePoint 2013 with Proven Past-performance
*Upgrades or Migrations of Existing Deployments or Other LOB Systems (Documentum, LiveLink, FileNet, SAP, etc.)
* Custom Apps, Custom Application Development, Custom Feature, Master Pages, Web Parts, Security Model, Usability (UI) & Workflow Development (Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2013)
* Migration Initiatives to SharePoint 2013 \ Office 365 and those organizations with both on-premises and cloud assets for a SharePoint Hybrid Architecture and Deployment
* Key Performance Indicators, Dashboard & Business Intelligence Reporting Solutions (PerformancePoint 2013, SQL Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014, BI, KPIs, PowerPivot, Scorecards, Big Data) and Power BI
* Experts in Global \ Enterprise Infrastructure, Security, Hardware Configuration & Disaster Recovery (Global performance considerations)
* Tailored SharePoint "in the trenches" Training on SharePoint 2013, 2010, 2007 + Office 365
* Support Contracts (Ongoing Support your Organization's 2013, 2010, or 2007 Implementations)
* .NET Development, Custom applications, BizTalk Server experts
* Project Server 2013, 2010, and 2007 Implementations
* SharePoint Roadmap & Governance Development: 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months (Steering Committee & Code Review Board Development)
* EPC Group's HybridCloudAdvisor.com - Navigating the Ever Changing World of the Hybrid Cloud to include SLA development & consulting services | advisory | best practices around PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, VDI, Windows Azure, AWS as well as security, compliance & and regulatory
NetScaler Deployment Guide for XenDesktop7Nuno Alves
This guide demonstrates how to deploy Citrix NetScaler in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop 7 with a focus on both simplicity in configuration and advanced features not easily delivered with other products. This guide shows how to provision the XenDesktop 7 infrastructure, the NetScaler appliance and NetScaler Insight Center services to extend Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure and services to remote users in small to medium-size enterprises.
VMworld 2015: Virtualize Active Directory, the Right Way!VMworld
Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) allows organizations to deploy a scalable and secure directory service for managing users, resources and applications. Virtualization of ADDS has been supported for many years now, however has required careful management to avoid pitfalls around replication, time management, and access. Windows Server 2012 provides greater support for virtualization by including virtualization-safe features and support for rapid domain controller deployment.
This document describes the steps to create a Vertica cluster on AWS. To run a Vertica
cluster on AWS requires creating Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs). The instructions in
this document apply to AMIs built with Vertica Version 7.2.x
The Vertica Community Edition is installed on the AMI. Community Edition is limited to
three nodes and up to 1 TB of data. Each AMI includes a Community Edition license.
Most of the remainder of this document describes the details of how to prepare your
AWS environment, launch AMI instances, and combine instances to create a cluster. To
set up your Vertica cluster on AWS, follow the detailed directions that follow, or use the
summarized set of tasks in Quick Start to Setting Up Vertica AWS
Compare Clustering Methods for MS SQL ServerAlexDepo
Clustering is very important technology for High Availability and it is important for DBA to understand benefits and pitfalls. With very few available techniques and a lot of gray areas right decision might help to avoid extra costs. Presentation is unveiling clustering basics, reviews and compares clustering technologies including Microsoft, XCOTO Gridscale, and HP PolyserveMatrix. This presentation can be helpful not only to beginners but to intermediate level DBAs and infrastructure managers.
12 best practices for virtualizing active directory DCsVeeam Software
Why consider virtualizing Active Directory domain controllers (AD DCs)?
The challenges of virtualized AD DCs
12 Expert’s Best Practices for smart AD DCs virtualization
http://www.veeam.com/whitepapers.html
Configuring and Troubleshooting XenDesktop SitesDavid McGeough
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for desktop administrators. The goal of this session is to demystify these concepts and provide a tactical approach to deployment and troubleshooting of a XenDesktop environment. In this session we will demonstrate the core configuration that is required, and also cover proven troubleshooting approaches to the top three problems we see in customer deployments.
Prepare images for machine learning faster with servers powered by AMD EPYC 7...Principled Technologies
A server cluster with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors achieved higher throughput and took less time to prepare images for classification than a server cluster with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors
Introduction to failover clustering with sql serverEduardo Castro
In this presentation we review the basic requirements to install a SQL Server Failover Cluster.
Regards,
Eduardo Castro Martinez
http://ecastrom.blogspot.com
http://comunidadwindows.org
Best practices for implementing, administering, and troubleshooting XenDeskto...David McGeough
Recording from this webinar can be found here:
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/11549
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for Desktop Administrators. Understanding these advancements and their effect on is key to a stable XenDesktop environment. This session will discuss core deployment and configuration concepts and considerations and provide proven practices for troubleshooting the top three XenDesktop issues.
What you will learn
- Concepts for successful deployment of a XenDesktop site
- Configuring a typical site and understanding the common challenges
- Troubleshooting registration, connection, and machine creation issues
- Citrix Quick Launch
XPDS16: High-Performance Virtualization for HPC Cloud on Xen - Jun Nakajima &...The Linux Foundation
We have been working to get Xen up and running on self-boot Intel® Xeon Phi processors to build HPC clouds. We see several challenges because of the unique (but not unusual for HPC) hardware technologies and performance requirements. For example, such hardware technologies include 1) >256 CPUs, 2) MCDRAM (high-bandwidth memory), 3) integrated fabric (i.e. Intel® Omni-Path). Unlike the “coprocessor“ model, supporting self-boot with >256 CPUs has various implications to Xen, including scheduling and scalability. We need to allow user applications to use MCDRAM directly to perform optimally. Also, we need to enable the integrated HPC fabric for the VM to use by direct I/O assignment.
In addition, we have only a single VM on each node to meet the high-performance requirements of HPC clouds. This (i.e. non-shared) model allowed us to optimize Xen more. In this talk, we share our design and lessons, and discuss the options we considered to achieve high-performance virtualization for HPC.
Understanding Windows Azure’s Active Directory (AD) and PowerShell ToolsEPC Group
Understanding Windows Azure’s Active Directory (AD) and PowerShell Tools
Web: www.epcgroup.net | E-mail: contact@epcgroup.net | Phone: (888) 381-9725 | Twitter: @epcgroup
* SharePoint Server 2013, Office 365, Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SharePoint Server 2010 & SharePoint 2007: Review, Architecture Development, Planning, Configuration & Implementations, Upgrades, Global Initiatives, Training, and Post Go-live Support with Extensive Knowledge Transfer | Custom Branding and Responsive Web Design (RWD)
* Health Check & Assessments (Roadmap Preparation to Upgrade to 2013 or 2010) - Including Custom Code & Solution Review
* Enterprise Content Management Systems based on Microsoft SharePoint 2013, Office 365 Hybrid Cloud (Both On-premises and cloud)
* Enterprise Metadata Design, Taxonomy | Retention Schedule Dev | Disposition Workflow, and Records Management | eDiscovery | Microsoft Exchange 2013 Migration \ Integration | Roadmap, Requirements Gathering, Planning, Designing & Performing the Actual Implementation
* Best Practices Consulting on SharePoint 2013, Office 365, SharePoint 2010, 2007 | EPC Group has completed over 900+ initiatives
* Intranet, Knowledge Management, Internet & Extranet-Facing as Well as Mobility (BYOD Roadmap), Cloud, Hybrid, and Cross-Browser | Cross-Platform Solutions for SharePoint 2013 with Proven Past-performance
*Upgrades or Migrations of Existing Deployments or Other LOB Systems (Documentum, LiveLink, FileNet, SAP, etc.)
* Custom Apps, Custom Application Development, Custom Feature, Master Pages, Web Parts, Security Model, Usability (UI) & Workflow Development (Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2013)
* Migration Initiatives to SharePoint 2013 \ Office 365 and those organizations with both on-premises and cloud assets for a SharePoint Hybrid Architecture and Deployment
* Key Performance Indicators, Dashboard & Business Intelligence Reporting Solutions (PerformancePoint 2013, SQL Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014, BI, KPIs, PowerPivot, Scorecards, Big Data) and Power BI
* Experts in Global \ Enterprise Infrastructure, Security, Hardware Configuration & Disaster Recovery (Global performance considerations)
* Tailored SharePoint "in the trenches" Training on SharePoint 2013, 2010, 2007 + Office 365
* Support Contracts (Ongoing Support your Organization's 2013, 2010, or 2007 Implementations)
* .NET Development, Custom applications, BizTalk Server experts
* Project Server 2013, 2010, and 2007 Implementations
* SharePoint Roadmap & Governance Development: 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months (Steering Committee & Code Review Board Development)
* EPC Group's HybridCloudAdvisor.com - Navigating the Ever Changing World of the Hybrid Cloud to include SLA development & consulting services | advisory | best practices around PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, VDI, Windows Azure, AWS as well as security, compliance & and regulatory
NetScaler Deployment Guide for XenDesktop7Nuno Alves
This guide demonstrates how to deploy Citrix NetScaler in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop 7 with a focus on both simplicity in configuration and advanced features not easily delivered with other products. This guide shows how to provision the XenDesktop 7 infrastructure, the NetScaler appliance and NetScaler Insight Center services to extend Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure and services to remote users in small to medium-size enterprises.
VMworld 2015: Virtualize Active Directory, the Right Way!VMworld
Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) allows organizations to deploy a scalable and secure directory service for managing users, resources and applications. Virtualization of ADDS has been supported for many years now, however has required careful management to avoid pitfalls around replication, time management, and access. Windows Server 2012 provides greater support for virtualization by including virtualization-safe features and support for rapid domain controller deployment.
This document describes the steps to create a Vertica cluster on AWS. To run a Vertica
cluster on AWS requires creating Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs). The instructions in
this document apply to AMIs built with Vertica Version 7.2.x
The Vertica Community Edition is installed on the AMI. Community Edition is limited to
three nodes and up to 1 TB of data. Each AMI includes a Community Edition license.
Most of the remainder of this document describes the details of how to prepare your
AWS environment, launch AMI instances, and combine instances to create a cluster. To
set up your Vertica cluster on AWS, follow the detailed directions that follow, or use the
summarized set of tasks in Quick Start to Setting Up Vertica AWS
Compare Clustering Methods for MS SQL ServerAlexDepo
Clustering is very important technology for High Availability and it is important for DBA to understand benefits and pitfalls. With very few available techniques and a lot of gray areas right decision might help to avoid extra costs. Presentation is unveiling clustering basics, reviews and compares clustering technologies including Microsoft, XCOTO Gridscale, and HP PolyserveMatrix. This presentation can be helpful not only to beginners but to intermediate level DBAs and infrastructure managers.
12 best practices for virtualizing active directory DCsVeeam Software
Why consider virtualizing Active Directory domain controllers (AD DCs)?
The challenges of virtualized AD DCs
12 Expert’s Best Practices for smart AD DCs virtualization
http://www.veeam.com/whitepapers.html
Configuring and Troubleshooting XenDesktop SitesDavid McGeough
Citrix XenDesktop introduced a number of new concepts and processes for desktop administrators. The goal of this session is to demystify these concepts and provide a tactical approach to deployment and troubleshooting of a XenDesktop environment. In this session we will demonstrate the core configuration that is required, and also cover proven troubleshooting approaches to the top three problems we see in customer deployments.
Prepare images for machine learning faster with servers powered by AMD EPYC 7...Principled Technologies
A server cluster with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors achieved higher throughput and took less time to prepare images for classification than a server cluster with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors
Introduction to failover clustering with sql serverEduardo Castro
In this presentation we review the basic requirements to install a SQL Server Failover Cluster.
Regards,
Eduardo Castro Martinez
http://ecastrom.blogspot.com
http://comunidadwindows.org
Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) functionality targets network client machines that boot and connect to provisioning services servers under the guidelines specified in the PXE 2.1 specification. This in-depth technical session will provide a step-by-step detailed overview of the target boot process used by provisioning services versions 5.6.x and 6.x.
In this session you will learn about:
• Components and architecture of the PVS boot process
• Troubleshooting PVS boot issues
• Load balancing and failover technology
The Top Eight Best Practices for Deploying XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6eG Innovations
Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 are fast becoming the standard platforms for deploying application and desktop virtualization. Based on the new Flexcast Management Architecture (FMA), XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 provides a unified platform that makes application and desktop delivery fast and easy.
See our recent webinar slides for the Top Eight Best Practices for Deploying Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 to learn how to take advantage of all the new Citrix features and enhancements to improve the security, manageability and remote access of your virtual applications and desktops.
Citrix TechEdge 2014 - How to Troubleshoot Deployments of StoreFront and NetS...David McGeough
This session will cover common deployment methods for StoreFront using NetScaler Gateway as well as review troubleshooting techniques to isolate deployment issues.
What you will learn
- Configuration steps for deploying StoreFront server with NetScaler Gateway
- Design considerations when preparing for deployment
- Tools for troubleshooting it isolate issues
10 Tips Every XenDesktop Admin Should KnowDavid McGeough
The recording of this webinar can be found here:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/549106393
PoSH scripts used in webinar
https://citrix.sharefile.com/d/s6f2aa129f424c43b
As a XenDesktop administrator, it’s your responsibility to make sure your XenDesktop infrastructure is running smoothly and your users are working efficiently. In this webinar our very own XenDesktop master, Michael Glover will guide you in utilizing our award winning solution for virtual desktop delivery, XenDesktop, with some really key tips and time savers to help you make the very most of your investment. Michael has been involved in XenDesktop from day one and has gathered a huge amount of knowledge which he would love to share with you.
During this webinar you will:
• Learn to carry out advanced administration tasks using the public PoSH SDK
• Troubleshoot and resolve serious Site issues
• Learn how to carry out real-time infrastructure testing to validate site functionality
• Learn how to use key Tools to Troubleshoot XD issues
• Gain greater in-dept knowledge of the internal workings of XenDesktop
Troubleshooting XenApp with the Citrix Diagnostic ToolkitDavid McGeough
When problems occur, support engineers need data points, debug tracing and context information to help determine root causes. Preparation and organization of commonly used tools has always been a time-consuming challenge, especially during outages. The Citrix diagnostics toolkit (CDT) addresses these challenges by rapidly deploying a suite of tools and options in an easy-to-use structured format.
What you will learn:
• What is the Citrix Diagnostics Toolkit?
• How and when to use the CDT?
• How the CDT helps Citrix deliver better technical support?
Choosing the Best Approach for Monitoring Citrix User Experience: Should You ...eG Innovations
A great user experience is key for the success of any Citrix application virtualization or desktop virtualization initiative. To ensure user satisfaction and productivity, Citrix administrators should monitor the user experience proactively, detect times when users are likely to be seeing slowness, pinpoint the cause of such issues and initiate corrective actions to quickly resolve issues, thereby ensuring user satisfaction and productivity.
A key question is where should the monitoring of the Citrix infrastructure be performed from - the network, the server infrastructure, or from the client?
View this presentation to:
• Learn about the different approaches to Citrix user experience monitoring, their benefits and shortcomings
• Hear about a hybrid approach that provides the most cost-effective yet comprehensive monitoring for a Citrix server farm
• See a live demonstration of the hybrid Citrix monitoring approach and its ability to cover all aspects of Citrix user experience
Citrix Group Policy Troubleshooting for XenApp and XenDesktopDavid McGeough
Understanding the Citrix Group Policy architecture and how to troubleshoot is key to ensuring a stable environment. This session will provide an overview of the Citrix Group Policy architecture and troubleshooting tool and steps that can be leveraged in both XenApp and XenDesktop environments.
What you will learn
- General components and architecture of Citrix Group Policy
- Best practices and disaster recovery for Citrix Group Policy
- Troubleshooting Citrix Group Policy issues
Recording associated with this webinar can be found here - http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/12508
Citrix unterscheidet wieder zwischen XenApp 7.5 und XenDesktop 7.5. Aber keine Angst, beide Produkte verwenden die gleiche Technologie wie in XenDesktop 7.1, die Flexcast-Management-Architektur. Also keine IMA-Dienste und Zonen-Data-Kollektoren mehr.
Neu wird es auch möglich sein, die Citrix-Lösungen in hybride oder öffentliche Clouds zu integrieren, wie zum Beispiel Amazon Web Services oder Windows Azure. Daneben werden auch andere Produkte wie AppDNA, Mobile Device Management oder die neuste Protokoll-Errungenschaft Framehawk in der kommenden Version je nach Lizenzversion integriert sein.
Slides zum Referat von Stephan Pfister.
XenDesktop Master Class - Live Installation of XenDesktop/XenApp 7.6Lee Bushen
Our “Quick-Start” session on XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 to see a live demo of a step-by-step, new-build, installation. A Recording of the Master Class is here: http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/12582
12. Smooth migration from IPv4 to IPv6 with Citrix NetScaler - Daniel KünzliDigicomp Academy AG
Citrix NetScaler is the industry’s leading load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC), powering thousands of enterprise applications and the largest web sites in the world. However, we’re just scratching the surface of its potential. Citrix engineers have been hard at work getting NetScaler ready to tackle the next set of IT and application delivery challenges, such as virtual application, desktop and server availability and security. This technical session will highlight how NetScaler can help to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6 and make applications run better and faster.
Citrix xenapp & xendesktop 7.5 Training by ssdn technologies.For more details. Click Below
http://www.ssdntech.com/Citrix-XenDesktop-certification-Training.aspx
How to Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes Made When Managing Citrix PerformanceeG Innovations
Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop are two of the most performance-sensitive applications being used in enterprise networks today. Citrix performance management is of critical importance because even a small glitch – anywhere in your infrastructure – can negatively affect the user experience and, ultimately, result in lost business revenue.
These slides are from our recent webinar, ‘How to Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes Made When Managing Citrix Performance’, where Raymond Otero, Manager of End-User Computing, Anexinet – a leading Citrix Gold Solution Advisor, and Srinivas Ramanathan, CEO of eG Innovations, discussed the top seven mistakes that IT professional make when managing their Citrix-based services as well as the best practices to address and avoid these mistakes to ensure a positive user experience and business continuity.
An overview of the cloud technologies that I've used and the nuances between them.
This presentation was talking primarily about:
https://github.com/riptano/ComboAMI/tree/2.2
What is the ‘Cloud’? Today almost every self-proclaimed industry pundit who attempts to describe cloud computing talks about ‘elasticity’ or how magically new servers appear in the cloud with a swish of a magic wand!
But, is that all we get with cloud computing?! What is wrong or missing in today’s software world? Didn’t we build and run software for the past 50+ years? Why do we need this cloud computing all of a sudden? This whitepaper attempts to answer whether cloud computing is the right strategy for you and your enterprise. The intent of this paper is not to try and compare various cloud offerings (either Azure or Amazon), the objective is to sow new ideas in your mind and the intent is to explain in layman’s terms how cloud computing is silently revolutionizing our 50 year old industry.
WinConnections Spring, 2011 - 30 Bite-Sized Tips for Best vSphere and Hyper-V...Concentrated Technology
At the end of the day, virtualization is all about performance. If you squish together 20 VMs onto a single host and they don’t perform well, then you’ve failed at your job. Conversely, if you’ve constructed the environment correctly, you win. In this fun and exciting session, Friend-of-the-Virtual-Machine Greg Shields presents 30 of his very best tips that you can immediately implement. Who knows, you might find one or two that solve your performance problems overnight!
Azure Weekly - 2015.01.20 - Marco Parenzan - Data Opportunities with AzureMarco Parenzan
The Azure Weekly runs every Tuesday from 12:30 – 14:00 (UK timezone) and is aimed at the techie who has not yet had any/much exposure to Azure but who just wants a leg-up to get started. This is a more practically focused session than a theoretical/architectural session and is mostly based around the following demos: • Creating a Microsoft Azure WordPress website • Creating a Microsoft Azure ASP.Net website • Creating a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine • Creating a Microsoft Azure Mobile Services (with Android client) • Creating a Microsoft Azure Cloud Service • How to sign up for a free Microsoft Azure Trial subscription. Azure is an opportunity because it gives to programmers many opportunities different from "just" scaffolding an SQL relational database. In our guest presentation we will show you how to make a MVC Web App that born with an SQL Backend, can be enhanced with Azure.
Is Hyperconvergence right for you?
(Watch the show before you watch the workshop: https://youtu.be/BVMpcitCQcw)
As business and application needs change, the need for infrastructure to be equally responsive, agile, and scalable has become not just nice to have. It’s now a crucial necessity.
Do you have IT operational challenges?
Are you searching for ways to create a pay-as-you-go model for infrastructure?
Is granular scalability as important as ultimate scalability?
Cisco’s entry into hyperconverged infrastructure is the most advanced, complete, and compelling hyperconverged solution available today. Cisco HyperFlex systems will solve those challenges and set you up for success with easy deployment, management, and growth.
These are the slides. Catch the whole discussion live or in replay at : http://cs.co/9002BlCb4
The Flying Circus is an Operations-as-a-Service platform that supports project development teams to run their custom-develop software for clients. Earlier in 2014 we experienced a major data loss and had to perform massive disaster recovery. Unfortunately our Bacula setup was not up to the task and it took us longer and more effort to restore the data than we and our customers expected.
In this case study I’d like to present our public and very honest root cause analysis on how we managed to lose a lot of VMs’ data, how the restore happened, what we learned and how we’re trying to get better. After investigating our options for the future we decided to move away from Bacula’s file and VTL-oriented model and are currently implementing a solution based on CoW-filesystems (ZFS/btrfs), block-layer snapshots and diffing, and a small utility to glue things together.
Web Werks Cloud FAQs. Our expert answers all of your questions related to Web Werks Cloud Hosting in this document. Read further to know more about Web Werks Cloud Server Hosting plans, benefits and strategies.
Hbase in action - Chapter 09: Deploying HBasephanleson
Hbase in action - Chapter 09: Deploying HBase
Learning HBase, Real-time Access to Your Big Data, Data Manipulation at Scale, Big Data, Text Mining, HBase, Deploying HBase
Oxford Economics worked with Citrix to survey 600 business and IT executives around the world and across industries to measure their progress toward digital work. We found that big changes are happening— but much work remains to be done.
Manage Risk by Protecting the Apps and Data That Drive Business ProductivityCitrix
Today you face the challenge of securing a business environment transformed by technologies such as cloud and new workforce requirements such as mobility, BYO and third-party talent.
How do Organizations Plan to Assure Application Delivery in a Multi-Cloud World?Citrix
Organizations are actively pursuing solutions that address application delivery in a multi-cloud world. A solution that assures applications, regardless of where they reside, are simply and reliably delivered to users – when, where, and how they need them.
Workforce Flexibility Can Drive Greater Engagement & ProductivityCitrix
The nature of work is changing for office professionals as a result of cloud-based technologies, new devices and evolving work practices. Wakefield Research partnered with Citrix to survey nearly 1,300 office professionals in the U.S. to uncover the latest trends and employee expectations around the Future of Work.
Citrix Cloud Services: Total Economic Benefits Assessment GuideCitrix
This paper provides guidance to customers wanting to draw economic comparisons between perpetually licensed Citrix software, and the newer Citrix Cloud service equivalents
Citrix Cloud Services: Total Economic Benefits Assessment GuideCitrix
This paper provides guidance to customers wanting to draw economic comparisons between perpetually
licensed Citrix software, and the newer Citrix Cloud service equivalents.
Compared to purchasing, installing, and maintaining traditional perpetually licensed software, the new
SaaS/Subscription approach offers unique technical, financial, and capability benefits.
Citrix is propelling into the future armed with smarter, more efficient, and more secure technology. See what SVP of Product PJ Hough, VP of Product Marketing Calvin HSU, Brad Anderson, and Abhishek Chauhan detailed at the Citrix Synergy 2017 Technology Keynote.
Citrix Synergy 2017: Malcolm Gladwell Innovation Super Session Sketch NotesCitrix
Malcolm Gladwell took to the stage at Synergy 2017 to explore the complexities we must conquer in the future. How do we approach difficult problems and accomplish meaningful work?
Digital workspaces
are becoming powerful competitive differentiators in all industries.
That’s because businesses are seeking new levels of agility in
their processes and service delivery methods. They also want
flexibility for their employees.
Comparing traditional workspaces to digital workspacesCitrix
The unprecedented adoption and convergence of mobility, cloud,
virtualization, and cyber security technologies is rendering
Traditional Workspaces a thing of the past. Digital workspaces are
becoming powerful competitive differentiators in all industries as
businesses are seeking new levels of agility in their processes and
service delivery methods and provide greater flexibility for their
employees.
4 Ways to Ensure a Smooth Windows 10 MigrationCitrix
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The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
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2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
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2. I’m
not
an
analyst
or
blogger,
I’ve
worked
on
the
customer
side
as
a
sysadmin,
engineer
and
even
a
developer
(I
can’t
code
anything
well!).
More
recently
I
have
been
on
the
partner
side
and
generally
handle
architec@ng
large
vdi
deployments
and
a
number
of
other
things.
First
used
PVS
as
a
Citrix
customer
in
2008
Am
currently
an
architect
and
I
implement
solu@ons
u@lizing
PVS
Many
of
my
deployments
are
over
5,000
concurrent
seats
I’m
not
pitching
Citrix,
I’m
pitching
stuff
that
works.
Also
I’ve
aOended
partner
breakouts
and
felt
I
was
in
an
infomerical
being
pitched
something.
This
is
not
one
of
those
presenta@ons.
2
3. XenApp
is
a
great
argument,
but
with
the
newest
XenDesktop
version,
it
isn’t
much
of
a
reason
today.
Nevertheless,
not
everyone
gets
to
upgrade
immediately
and
for
that
reason,
it
does
s@ll
make
sense.
Storage
concerns
are
a
huge
issue.
Did
you
know
that
if
your
storage
doesn’t
support
na@ve
thin-‐provisioning
or
deduplica@on
(also
known
as
combina@on
but
I
digress),
then
you
really
will
not
have
a
storage
savings.
Furthermore,
designed
correctly,
PVS
will
be
able
to
deliver
beOer
performance
than
MCS.
If
you’re
not
using
XenServer
then
you
should
consider
PVS.
XenServer
+
MCS
should
be
whispering
Intellicache
in
your
mind.
If
you’re
not
using
XenServer
than
you
can’t
really
use
Intellicache,
but
you
can
obtain
similar
performance
with
PVS.
What?
You’re
convinced
that
vmware’s
CBRC
(content
based
read
cache)
will
solve
your
issue?
Then
my
next
point
is
that…
Scale
is
the
biggest
factor.
I
bet
you
thought
I
was
going
to
say
MCS
couldn’t
scale.
I’m
not!
It
can
support
large
numbers,
even
over
5,000
seats
which
is
usually
where
I
recommend
XenDesktop
over
Vmware
View.
The
reason
I
do
this
is
because
of
updates.
Have
you
ever
tried
to
update
a
large
view
or
Citrix
MCS
deployment?
I
hope
you
have
a
movie
to
watch
or
two
because
off
a
single
image,
it
takes
quite
a
long
@me.
Had
you
used
PVS,
a
reboot,
probably
staggered,
is
really
all
you
needed.
So
the
next
ques@on
is…why
do
I
care?
3
4. Upda@ng
the
image
is
really
the
key
for
PVS,
this
beats
out
almost
all
other
arguments
for
me.
Demos
and
POCs
won’t
show
the
pain
you
will
encounter
once
you
scale
out.
Recomposing,
to
borrow
the
vmware
term,
involves
rebuilding
the
image
and
propaga@ng
it.
This
can
add
up
VERY
quickly
into
some
unacceptable
update
@mes.
Add
to
this
the
inability
to
quickly
recover
or
to
add
that
last
minute
update
you
forgot.
How
are
you
dealing
with
normal
update
cycles?
Do
you
assume
you’ll
never
update
the
image?
Good
luck
with
that.
The
excep@on
involves
a
low
desktop
to
vdisk
ra@o.
If
I
have
500
desktops
but
use
10
images
a
recompose
isn’t
going
to
kill
me.
Furthermore,
if
I
have
mul@ple
pools
to
help
divide
the
work
this
also
helps.
The
issue
with
that
method
though
invalidates
the
simplicity
MCS
offers
in
the
first
place.
You
now
have
mul@ple
images
to
update.
4
5. A
high
level
overview
of
a
PVS
setup
PVS
is
database
driven
(btw,
we
usually
enable
offline
mode,
disabled
by
default,
in
produc@on
environments).
You
need
to
make
sure
SQL
is
setup
well.
The
PVS
Server
holds
the
gold
image
on
a
data
store
which
generally
is
a
read-‐only
copy
of
an
OS
image
(think
the
C:
drive).
A
Target
Device
is
a
virtual
or
physical
machine
(usually
a
VM)
that
oien
is
really
a
placeholder
or
shell
for
the
streamed
C:
drive
or
gold
image.
I
generally
add
a
D:
drive
(a
write
cache).
A
target
device
has
no
C:
drive
and
must
have
a
NIC
that
can
PXE
boot.
We
usually
send
the
target
a
bootstrap
file
through
DHCP
&
PXE
that
tells
it
to
download
a
TFTP
BIN
file.
It
loads
the
BIN
file
and
runs
it,
the
BIN
pulls
in
the
C:
drive
from
the
PVS
server
over
the
network
and
boot
proceeds
normally.
If
a
D:
drive
is
present
(and
a
few
other
steps)
it
will
place
all
the
writes
on
the
D:
drive,
otherwise
it
needs
to
put
them
somewhere
else
(to
be
con@nued!)
5
6. For
HA
we
should
always
add
another
PVS
server
with
a
SEPARATE
vdisk
store
(you
can
mix
SAN/local
disk,
etc
here)
If
we
leave
DHCP
alone
we
add
a
point
of
failure
where
target
devices
may
fail
to
boot.
You
can
use
2008
R2
or
2012
to
provide
split
scope
or
u@lize
a
more
redundant
solu@on
such
as
bluecat
or
infoblox.
PXE
and
TFTP
is
another
point
of
HA
concern,
you
can
only
provide
true
HA
with
a
hardware
load
balancer.
I
oien
do
NOT
provide
HA
for
TFTP
but
if
you
have
a
hardware
load
balancer
there
is
no
reason
not
to.
PXE
will
load
the
bootstrap
which,
if
not
specified
with
you
PVS
servers,
won’t
work
(you
need
to
add
them)
Use
mirroring
with
SQL
if
you
can.
It’s
great
and
clustering
doesn’t
really
prevent
you
from
dealing
with
issues
such
as
the
storage
failing!
If
your
storage
will
never
ever
fail
then
that’s
awesome
but
keep
in
mind
I
can
use
local
storage
and
mirroring
and
preOy
much
get
the
same
benefits,
well
except
for
the
feeling
of
spending
tons
of
money.
Clustering
helps
update
SQL
nodes
one
at
a
@me
while
keeping
SQL
up,
this
generally
is
not
something
I
do,
but
I
do
recommend
mirroring.
Mirroring
requires
a
witness
server,
a
3rd
server
that
doesn’t
do
anything
other
than
help
with
the
quorum
(sql
deciding
what
server
is
primary).
If
you
set
this
up
and
lose
a
secondary
and
a
witness,
the
primary
will
stop.
I
oien
put
my
witness
on
a
local
disk.
6
7. Personally
I
think
going
with
Centralized
is
not
a
good
idea.
CIFS
sucks
performance
wise
and
you
need
to
realize
where
the
data
lives.
Is
it
off
a
NAS
head
on
a
SAN?
CIFS
requires
a
lot
of
processing,
some
vendors
have
even
started
removing
it
while
providing
NFS.
Speaking
of
“weirdness”
this
can
come
from
Centralized
also
and
is
really
a
result
of
HA.
PVS
s@ll
doesn’t
seem
that
“smart”
for
new
image
crea@on
or
for
versioning
some@mes.
Oien
your
best
bet
is
to
shut
down
the
other
server
(for
two-‐node
clusters)
or
Much
of
this
slide
data
is
from
SUM305
from
2012
(Gareth
O’Brien)
7
8.
You
ALWAYS
want
to
cache
on
the
device
hard
drive,
your
write
IOPS
are
at
the
device.
Server
based
will
send
the
writes
over
the
network
and
just
add
overhead
and
latency
RAM
is
preOy
cool
but
you’ve
got
to
size
that
correctly,
or
you
risk
filling
up
the
cache.
It
is
as
fast
as
your
memory
so
you
should
play
with
it
if
you
get
the
chance
8
9. PVS
will
place
the
page
file
on
the
first
disk
other
than
C:
that
is
NTFS
if
it
fits.
So
if
you
size
a
5GB
cache
and
have
a
3GB
page,
you
get
less
than
2GB
for
cache.
Sizing
the
page
file
is
beyond
this
talk
but
you
want
to
size
them
correctly
Reference
for
Page
Files
-‐
hOp://blogs.citrix.com/2011/12/23/the-‐pagefile-‐done-‐
right/
Some
great
blogs
out
there
on
sizing:
My
personal
favorite
and
I
think
he
provides
a
great
explana@on
is
Paul
Wilson
hOp://virtualiza@onjedi.com/2012/10/02/determining-‐the-‐size-‐of-‐your-‐provisioning-‐
services-‐write-‐cache/
Kenny
Baldwin
from
iVision
in
Atlanta
has
a
great
script
that
will
monitor
PVS
cache
sizes
over
70%
and
send
an
alert.
Haven’t
used
it
yet
because
he
posted
it
today
hOp://desktopsandapps.com/2013/05/23/pvs-‐write-‐cache-‐monitor/
9
10. If
you
can,
put
DHCP
on
the
PVS
server.
You’re
putng
the
service
on
the
server
that
needs
to
use
it.
This
is
important
if
you
use
a
dual-‐nic,
isolated
network
as
whatever
you
use
for
DHCP
won’t
reach
the
network.
In
this
case
though,
if
you’re
on
an
AD
domain,
you’ll
need
domain
admin
access
to
authorize
a
new
DHCP
server,
even
on
an
isolated
network.
If
that’s
not
going
to
happen,
you
“could”
do
some
freeware
DHCP
servers
but
I’d
steer
away
from
them
in
produc@on.
10
11. Dual
NICs
make
sense
for
1GE
or
slower
NICs.
You
want
an
isolated
network
when
you
have
PXE
conflicts
on
the
main
network
also,
perhaps
LANDesk
is
conflic@ng?
If
you
use
hyper-‐V
you
will
most
likely
use
two
NICS.
You’re
stuck
doing
a
PXE
from
a
legacy
adapter
which
is
100Mbps.
Although
some
say
this
is
usually
sufficient
or
it’s
use
a
label
but
not
limited,
for
produc@on
I
always
assume
it’s
too
slow
and
labelled
correctly.
You
would
then
add
a
second
Enhanced
NIC
that
does
everything
else.
This
setup
obviously
lends
well
to
an
isolated
PVS
VLAN
setup.
Defines
which
NIC
to
use
for
IPC
communica@on
in
a
mul@
NIC
environment
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoiwareCitrixProvisioningServicesIPC
Reg_sz
called
IPv4Address
with
the
IP
of
the
NIC
for
IPC
Without
it,
stores,
replica@on,
load
balancing
etc
won’t
work
Affects
stream
service
Manager
key
for
MAPI
works
the
same
way
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECitrixProvisioningServicesManager
RegSZ
called
GeneralInetAddr
with
the
IP
of
the
NIC
and
port
Eg
10.1.1.2:6909
BTW,
both
keys
usually
are
the
NIC
you
are
using
for
PVS
streaming.
Also
you
can
actually
bypass
PXE
and
use
the
Boot
Device
Manager,
BDM
can
burn
an
ISO
or
write
to
the
disk
itself.
It’s
not
a
bad
op@on
but
generally
I
use
PXE.
11
12. Versioning
is
a
fantas@c
addi@on
to
PVS,
it
was
introduced
in
version
6.
It
is
simply
snapshot
for
your
vdisks
I
use
versioning
all
the
@me
but
when
I
make
major
updates
I’ll
make
a
full
copy.
Not
a
bad
prac@ce
just
in
case
something
gets
corrupted.
You
have
to
keep
an
eye
on
how
deep
the
versions
get,
I
almost
never
go
past
7
deep.
Too
make
versions
will
affect
performance.
12
13. Versioning
on
PVS
with
HA
can
be
tricky.
You
should
disable
anything
that
is
automa@cally
copying
disks
to
the
other
stores
when
you
create
a
new
version
since
it
is
writeable.
Obviously
once
you
are
done
and
seal
the
version
(promo@ng
it
to
test
or
produc@on)
you
should
copy
it
(again
AFTER
promo@ng
it)
to
the
other
stores.
Some@mes
the
maintenance
version
is
placed
on
the
other
PVS
server,
in
this
case
you
may
want
to
use
an
ISO
to
boot,
shut
the
stream
service
down
on
one
or
move
the
file
or
even
start
over.
13
14. The
bootstrap
for
TFTP
lists
your
failover
servers,
this
is
true
from
both
ISO
and
DHCP
boots
so
you
need
to
list
them
all,
otherwise
failover
will
not
occur.
This
is
NOT
HA,
it’s
failover
You
always
want
to
make
sure
the
guidelines
are
followed
for
the
NIC
setup,
most
notably
disabling
TCP
Offload.
If
you
use
DFS-‐R,
do
not
use
the
read-‐only
mode,
just
don’t
use
it
however
temp@ng
it
may
be.
14
15. You
can
disable
the
boot
menu
for
maintenance
target
devices.
If
you
didn’t
know,
when
you
boot
a
target
device
in
maintenance
mode,
it
will
prompt
you
on
boot
as
to
which
vdisk
version
you
would
like
to
use.
This
is
an
issue
if
you
weren’t
prepared
to
use
the
console
of
the
machine.
There
is
a
way
around
this
however!
Set
the
skipbootmenu
registry
value
Don’t
be
scared
of
the
advanced
setngs,
the
remote
and
local
concurrent
I/O
limits
can
be
set
to
higher
than
the
default
4
if
you
have
fast
disks.
If
you
have
very
fast
disks,
you
can
eliminate
the
limit
by
setng
it
to
0
Add
Network
service
to
vdisk
security
setngs
if
you
have
“can’t
read
from
disk”
errors.
Also
SPNs
for
service
acounts
-‐-‐-‐-‐NOTES-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
Add
more
on
advanced
setngs
15
16. 1) HA
topology
2) vDISK
proper@es
including
target
devices
3) Versioning
16