I'm sick of virtualization. Plus, a conversation with Gus Pinto and Rich Crusco

Written on Apr 04 2006 Filed under: Citrix Access Gateway, Virtualization 13,419 views, 8 comments

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by Brian Madden

In this Brian Madden Live podcast, I talk a bit about the overuse of the word "virtualization" and how it applies to the server-based computing world. Should we all jump on the virtualization bandwagon? Is it inevitable, or are we already there?

Also

• Gus Pinto and Rich Crusco run a site called Frameworkx.com, a site dedicated to providing free applications for Citrix and TS admins. Gus and I talk about some of the tools he's released.
• Rich Crusco has just written a 34-page step-by-step guide on how to virtualize a Citrix Access Gateway. This document is pretty detailed and screenshot-based and leads you 100% through the process.

Finally

• Thanks for you feedback from Monday's show! Keep it coming, and be ready for a new show on Friday.

Comments

Rudy Bauer wrote Virtualizing CAG

on Wed, Apr 5 2006 2:43 PM

Excellent program. Really made me think about virtualization and where we are going.

Gus, Rich,

Nice site. Good work on the CAG virtualization.
Maybe you should enter it in the VM contest. http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/challenge/

Shawn Bass wrote RE: Virtualizing CAG

on Wed, Apr 5 2006 6:17 PM

ORIGINAL: Rudy Bauer

Nice site. Good work on the CAG virtualization.
Maybe you should enter it in the VM contest. http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/challenge/


The VMWare appliance challenge doesn't apply to using a commercial product in the appliance (unless you received distribution rights, which I'm guessing isn't going to come from Citrix any time before we all turn into dust).

Shawn

Rudy Bauer wrote RE: Virtualizing CAG

on Wed, Apr 5 2006 6:28 PM

Too bad.

Jeff Embry wrote Excellent show

on Fri, Apr 7 2006 9:19 AM

Being fairly new to virtualization, I agree that the term 'virtualization' may be overused as a buzzword now-a-days.  I, being somewhat old school, tend to think that everything has its place and that selection of server should be based on what you want to do with it.  I think that virtualization has it's place and is definately the way of the future...but I don't think that it should be a catch all.
 
Really enjoyed the article about virtualizing a CAG and the tools available from Frameworkx.com.
 
Brian...keep it up.
 
- Jeff -
 
 

Brian Madden wrote Smart Access in a Box Link

on Fri, Apr 7 2006 11:51 AM

Hi everyone,

In the show a referenced a document called "Smart Access in a Box," by Roddy Rodstein. You can download this from his website, http://www.vellity.com.

Brian

Tim Mangan wrote Good show

on Sat, Apr 8 2006 10:35 AM

Well done.  Maybe you are ready for a new career...
 
By the way, being another home-office kind of guy I listen to the shows using the windows media center running in a VMware session and a newsgator feed.  Not that Media Center is a great interface, but I am playing with it.
 
tim

Guest wrote Framworkz Tools

on Mon, May 15 2006 7:48 AM

Minor point.  If you intall the Dot Net 2.0 required for the frameworkz tools, Web Interface for MPS 4.0 ceases to work on that server.  SteveA.

Guest wrote RE: Framworkz Tools

on Mon, May 22 2006 4:54 PM

ORIGINAL: Guest

Minor point.  If you intall the Dot Net 2.0 required for the frameworkz tools, Web Interface for MPS 4.0 ceases to work on that server.  SteveA.

 
Steve,
 
If you happen to run Web Interface on the same server as the Presentation Server, yes you will run into this issue. However there's a fix for it.
 
here it is:
 
Create a new file "mmc.exe.config" under "C:\Windows\system32" directory, open this file with notepad and add the following lines: 
 
<?xml version ="1.0"?>
  <configuration>
     <startup>
        <requiredRuntime version="v1.1.4322"/>
        <supportedRuntime version="v1.1.4322"/>
     </startup>
  </configuration>
 
Save your changes and you're good to go.
 
Gus Pinto
Frameworkx.com
 

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