Jun
28
Weekly Twitter Updates
By · Comments- RT @ervik: Citrix Workflow Studio wfs files released for download: I’ve made plenty of WorkFlows .. http://bit.ly/ZPFBL #
- RT @scott_lowe: @ rbrambley @ landonf StorageLink provides today what the # vSphere vStorage APIs promise to provide tomorrow. #
- Out in the RV this week. Internet connection may be spotty at times = not necessarily a bad thing. #
- RT @johnnyadavis: prepping to teach a “Whats New in vSphere 4.0 class tomorrow. Reading comments about the design, submit, defend for VCDX.. #
- Learned to throw a 5′ dart with an Atlatl today. What is an Atlatl? It is not a toy. –> http://bit.ly/11t4By #
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Jun
21
Weekly Twitter Updates
By · Comments- RT @OphirErez: Reviewed new Citrix Virtualization Engineer (CCEE) course Very cool! XD/ES/UPM/XA on XS w/ PVS, Dazzle, Receiver & WFS. Q409. #
- Testing out XenDesktop 3 serving up an XP desktop to my notebook running Ubuntu 9.04 . So far, so good. #
- RT @jasonboche: I might have to do the public apology thing. VMware, can I borrow your template please? <— Good one. #
- Thanks @ heathseals for correcting my syntax to get vSphere installed via PXE boot. Now the mult-boot PXE has ESX 3.5, 4.0, and XenServer #
- RT @MitchWagner: U.S. State Department asks Twitter to postpone maintenance for Iran http://bit.ly/eDysr <–Wow #
- RT @guspinto: Citrix Dazzle Unleashed!!!!! http://bit.ly/do49Z (via @ teddfox) #
- RT @andresmartinez_: I found this in the lab.. Very old vmware workstation 3.0 box and media. http://mypict.me/43Ws <–Now supports XP! #
- At a client site today installing ESX 3.5. #
- RT @ColinSteele: Subscribe to This Week in Virtualization, our weekly # virtualization news podcast, on iTunes: http://is.gd/16heb #
- # FollowFriday @ vseanclark @ rbrambley @ ericbh @ heathseals @ ColinSteele @ andresmartinez_ @ adammhayes @ glennwhit @ chrisfleck @ Beaker @ jtroyer #
- RT @lirazsiri: Getting ready to make a very exciting announcement regarding TurnKey Linux #
- Checking out the reports from our newly-installed Groundwork. Open Source IT Monitoring. http://bit.ly/48yhZ Good stuff. #
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Jun
21
Weekly Twitter Updates
By · Comments- RT @OphirErez: Reviewed new Citrix Virtualization Engineer (CCEE) course Very cool! XD/ES/UPM/XA on XS w/ PVS, Dazzle, Receiver & WFS. Q409. #
- Testing out XenDesktop 3 serving up an XP desktop to my notebook running Ubuntu 9.04 . So far, so good. #
- RT @jasonboche: I might have to do the public apology thing. VMware, can I borrow your template please? <— Good one. #
- Thanks @ heathseals for correcting my syntax to get vSphere installed via PXE boot. Now the mult-boot PXE has ESX 3.5, 4.0, and XenServer #
- RT @MitchWagner: U.S. State Department asks Twitter to postpone maintenance for Iran http://bit.ly/eDysr <–Wow #
- RT @guspinto: Citrix Dazzle Unleashed!!!!! http://bit.ly/do49Z (via @ teddfox) #
- RT @andresmartinez_: I found this in the lab.. Very old vmware workstation 3.0 box and media. http://mypict.me/43Ws <–Now supports XP! #
- At a client site today installing ESX 3.5. #
- RT @ColinSteele: Subscribe to This Week in Virtualization, our weekly # virtualization news podcast, on iTunes: http://is.gd/16heb #
- # FollowFriday @ vseanclark @ rbrambley @ ericbh @ heathseals @ ColinSteele @ andresmartinez_ @ adammhayes @ glennwhit @ chrisfleck @ Beaker @ jtroyer #
- RT @lirazsiri: Getting ready to make a very exciting announcement regarding TurnKey Linux #
- Checking out the reports from our newly-installed Groundwork. Open Source IT Monitoring. http://bit.ly/48yhZ Good stuff. #
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Jun
16
New XenServer 5.5 Released Today
By · CommentsCitrix will release the latest edition of XenServer today. According to Citrix,
The XenServer 5.5 release available for download today adds a wide range of new features that enable easier virtualization management and broader integration with enterprise systems. The latest version now includes features such as consolidated backup, enhanced conversion and search tools, Active Directory integration and expanded guest support for virtually every version of Windows and Linux operating systems.
Citrix is also going to have a new web site that includes social media tools like twittter, forums and CitrixTV for XenServer support.
http://citrix.com/xenservercentral that will go live June 19th.
Jun
14
Weekly Twitter Updates
By · Comments- RT @OphirErez: RT @jgohilfb: Citrix to roll out advanced virtualization certs - CCEE & CCIA http://bit.ly/yq0Wh #
- RT @Vaughn_Stewart: Joint EMC & NetApp blog post on VMware over NFS is live. Check it out at:http://tinyurl.com/mk3boz <- must read #
- RT @GlassHouse_Tech: Dept. of Defense is hiring 10,000 IT security experts to work in the U.S. govt. http://tinyurl.com/lug9lr #
- RT @Beaker: Now isn’t THIS interesting: Citrix Leads $10 Million Investment In Vyatta :
http://is.gd/UNXi CRAFTY @
simoncrosby
# - Enjoying the Turnkey Linux Mediawiki virtual appliance. Very well done Turnkey! http://bit.ly/nFhLZ #
- RT @rbrambley: RT @the_anykey: First Native iPhone VMware Management app is out! http://www.run-virtual.com/?p=291 #
- I’ve got bgp routing working on my @ vyatta VM test network. I’m not a networking guy, and that wasn’t too hard. #
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Citrix, Please Get Ubuntu as a Supported Guest in XenServer (an ode to Queen)
By ssnowden · Comments CommentsOne thing Iwant to follow up on my “10 minutes to Mediawiki” is to point out that it really applies to hypervisors that have Ubuntu as a supported guest.
(Note: To experience the full impact of the rest of this post, please start this song before reading the rest)
If you want to install on XenServer 5.0 you have to do a significant workaround to get it working. I’ve gotten this working in the past, but I don’t want to have to do this again. I was really hoping that it would be in the XenServer 5.5 release, but I don’t see it there.
I suppose I could try to “roll my own” using these directions to create a XGT template, but there are only so many hours in the day. Regardless, it is very interesting reading to learn the process of creating a XenServer template.
Considering XenServer is now free, it stands to reason that it will attract Ubuntu-friendlies like me. Sure, free live migration is nice, seamless integration with storage is cool too. I’ve even gotten XenApp running in the Amazon cloud in 20 minutes, but what I really want Ubuntu 32-bit and 64-bit as supported guest VMs.
So please Citrix, drop what you are working on and get this knocked out.