VDI's Top 5 Prerequisites...okay maybe 4 - Looking for Feedback Please!


Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Michael Mills | 1330 views | 2 comments
What do you need to do before you deploy a desktop virtualizaiton solution?

Having had the opportunity to architect a few VDI, Desktop Virtualization, Alternative Desktop, or whatever you choose to call it, solutions over the last few years I thought I would put together a list of the top things that need to be done in order to be successful with a VDI rollout. Note, I am assuming that business justification and need has already been established so no comments about whether or not anyone actually needs or should deploy a desktop virtualization solution.

Prevent NIC from being removed/ejected when unplugged


Friday, January 08, 2010 by Michael Mills | 525 views | 1 comments
How to prevent your NIC from being ejected....

Citrix/Vmware - How do you name your virtual machines?


Friday, December 11, 2009 by Michael Mills | 1210 views | 9 comments
I am curious what naming schemes do you use to name your virtual machines?

Citrix - XenServer - Qlogic HBA Configuration


Friday, December 11, 2009 by Michael Mills | 915 views | 0 comments
Ever wonder where you need to go to setup HBA in XenServer

TED - VDI move over - Will this change the world as we know it?


Saturday, December 05, 2009 by Michael Mills | 415 views | 0 comments
At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos his SixthSense device.

Citrix – XenServer Flash the NIC’s


Saturday, December 05, 2009 by Michael Mills | 1245 views | 0 comments
If you have ever had to trace down a NIC, or attempt to figure out which ETH XenServer has assigned to what physical NIC then these commands will be very helpful......

Citrix – XenServer Loss of connectivity to XenCenter – XAPI


Saturday, December 05, 2009 by Michael Mills | 2219 views | 1 comments
While working on the new XenServer farm, I encountered a problem with connectivity from XenCenter to the XenServer Pool....

Citrix – XenDesktop – Setting Initial Drive Letter


Saturday, December 05, 2009 by Michael Mills | 1485 views | 3 comments
If you ever had the need to change the initial client drive mapping from v: to something else in XenDesktop hopefully this will save you some time.....

Citrix – XenDesktop Setup Wizard – Fails to see vDisks


Friday, December 04, 2009 by Michael Mills | 1416 views | 0 comments
You installed Provisioning Server 5.01 and XenDesktop Setup Wizard from the XenDesktop 3.0 DVD. You run through the wizard and when you come to the step that requires you to select form an existing vDisk you are presented with and error....