Jul
22
2011
Recently a client asked why their virtual SQL Server was only seeing 4 vCPU’s out of the 8 vCPU’s assigned to the virtual machine. After verifying the server was licensed with Windows Server Standard edition I explained the Standard edition limitations. Microsoft restricts Windows Server Standard edition to 4 CPU’s, or in the case of …
Jul
19
2011
It feels great to finally get back posting. This site was completely redone and migrated from the free WordPress.com to a hosted WordPress.org solution. Now that it is complete I can get back to delivering some content! Last year I started a series called “Weekly Roundup”. The purpose of this series was to link and …
Dec
09
2010
VMware vSphere 4.1: “HA and DRS Technical Deepdive” book released Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman released their new book this week, “VMware vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Technical Deepdive.” In my opinion these are two of the sharpest guys when it comes to server virtualization and “cloud” computing. If you don’t already follow their blogs …
Dec
04
2010
I wrote a post last night about the release of Citrix Web Interface 5.4, and that the most exciting part of it’s release was that it meant XenDesktop 5 would be released soon. Well less than 24 hours later Citrix has officially released XenDesktop 5 and it is now available for download!! When you select …
Dec
04
2010
It looks like Citrix has slipped out the latest release of their Web Interface product, version 5.4. There are some necessary bug fixes and new features but none of them are what really excites me about this release. The release of a new Web Interface means the release of XenDesktop 5 is right around the …
Nov
29
2010
As you can see from the title I am starting a series called the Weekly Roundup. These posts will be an aggregate of articles, blog posts, white papers, etc. pertaining to Server Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Application Virtualization/Delivery, and Microsoft technologies. This is a learning process so if you have any suggestions or requests please let …
Nov
19
2010
During the recent XenDesktop 5 announcements Citrix also announced that Dazzle will no longer be a standalone product. As you know Citrix has been trying to make the “Citrix Receiver” an all in one agent with a plug-in framework to add additional functionality. Following the Receiver model Dazzle was re-architected as a Citrix Receiver plug-in …
Oct
02
2010
Along with my other posts on Virtualization, VDI, and Application Delivery I plan to randomly post iPad tips that show how I benefit from the iPad. Like many people I struggled the past few months trying to find a reason why I “need” or should get an iPad. I have been a happy iPhone user …
Sep
30
2010
When installing XenApp 6 on Server 2008 R2 it continued to fail no matter which server I tried to install the XenApp Role to. It would simply show the error seen in Figure 1 below. The Event Viewer showed errors that can be seen in Figure 2 below, but they did not show any real …
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