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  • Accessing a USB drive in XenServer - Part 2

    In part-1 , I discussed how to mount a read-only NTFS USB drive into your XenServer filesystem. In this week's installment, I'll talk about Formatting a USB drive exclusively for XenServer . If you wanted to dedicate a USB drive to your XenServers...
    Published Feb 28 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 2,724 views, 0 comments
  • Cool Features of Extentrix Internet Explorer Toolbar

    After seeing Vishal's blog about the Extentrix Internet Explorer Toolbar , I tried the tool myself. Here are some features I like. Show and hide applications or folders. In effect, you can have your favorite published applications on your IE tool...
    Published Feb 27 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 852 views, 0 comments
  • Manage Your Entire Server Farm From a Single Image with XenApp 5 Feature Pack

    By: Vinny Sosa with contributions from Pete Downing On Monday, February 23rd, Citrix announced the release of XenApp 5 Feature Pack . This release includes a whole slew of features designed to save customers money. In total, XenApp 5 Feature Pack adds...
    Published Feb 26 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 982 views, 0 comments
  • Using PVS Boot Device Manger with XenDesktop and Xenserver

    Boot device manager (bdm.exe) is a utility that has been around a while with Provisioning server but in the new release of PVS 5.0 sp1a major improvements have been made to allow you to have a great alternative to using PXE(Dhcp, tftp, Bootp, etc) to...
    Published Feb 25 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 1,962 views, 0 comments
  • Xen and the art of Perfect Timing

    I've spent the last day or so at Cannes meeting channel partners and customers who have been responding to the announcement that Citrix has delcared XenServer virtual infrastructure to be absolutely free , and our additional annoucements of our powerful...
    Published Feb 25 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 848 views, 0 comments
  •  VMworld - Misuse of Gartner's TCO Numbers to Make the Case for View

    I've just wrapped another long day at VMworld Europe in Cannes, France. I've got lots of thoughts on many things I've seen and heard here, but I thought I'd start with a topic that Brian Madden brought up in his blog about how VMware is...
    Published Feb 25 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 1,136 views, 0 comments
  • Launch XenApp Applications from an Internet Explorer Toolbar

    For those of you looking to try something new and powerful for Citrix XenApp, I suggest you check out the new Extentrix Turbo Access Toolbar. A 30 day trial of this Citrix Ready™ verified product is available at here . The toolbar integrates with Microsoft...
    Published Feb 25 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 860 views, 0 comments
  • Create An Enterprise Cloud with Citrix

    When you hear the term "Cloud Computing", do you see the big, beautiful, puffy white cloud we typically see on a calm summer day or do you see a dark, menacing thunderhead that spells impending doom? Probably a little bit of both (isn't...
    Published Feb 24 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 898 views, 0 comments
  • Mapping Virtual Machine Names to AD Computer Accounts

    Aristotle, a man born in 384 BC, is known for the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." In the world of XenDesktop, we see this principle proven again. A virtual desktop delivered to a user is much greater than the sum of...
    Published Feb 24 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 852 views, 0 comments
  • XenDesktop Upgrades - Getting from point A to point B

    The word "upgrade" has become almost entirely associated with software, hardware and computer environments. Software production is a fluid and forward motion. For customers it can sometimes become a challenge to keep up with the ongoing lifecycle...
    Published Feb 24 2009 by The Official Citrix Blog , 785 views, 0 comments
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