14-Jun-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Now the final release of XenServer 5.5 is available for download (Â https://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/results.asp?productID=683148 with you MyCitrix account ) I had to upgrade my XenServer 5.5 beta 1 to this new release.
My first step was to download all iso files and XenCenter 5.5, the I began with and upgrade of XenCenter, and the problem I had once everything was install, that didn’t work… The XenCenter console disn’t show up, the I choose to uninstall everything and delete the folder in “c:\program files\Citrix\XenCenter” and proceed the setup again. It did the trick.
17-May-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, XenServer 5, XenServer 5.5
Tags: Citrix, Citrix XenServer, how to, update, video, XenCenter 5.5, XenServer 5, XenServer 5.5, XenServer 5.5 Beta1, Xenserver 5.5 Network issue
[Issues at the end of this post...]
Here it is ! Full of promizes, and full of new options we are all waiting for. Let me tell you first, this is BETA release from Citrix, so don’t complain to me or to Citrix if you crash your production servers, you have to run test and wait for the final new release.
You can access the whole stuff from your MyCitrix account in Tech/Beta preview of XenServer. You have to download the two isos files, the proper license file and XenCenter (there is a new 5.5 version).
26-Feb-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This video shows how to install Citrix XenDesktop 3 on Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2. I was very surprise at first because I wasn’t able to install Citrix XenDesktop 3 on Microsoft Windows 2008 (?!) This product is less than one week old and Microsoft Windows 2008 is not supported yet.
In this video, I show how to install Microsoft SQL Express 2005 then Citrix XenDesktop 3. The next step will be as follow :
- How to install the Desktop Receiver.
- How to use Citrix XenDesktop 3 with Provisioning Server 5 and XenServer 5 or VMWare ESX.
- How to intergrate Portable Profile 2 with Citrix XenDesktop 3.
Clik on continue reading to wath the video.
23-Feb-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Now we know how to install Citrix Provisioning Server 5 on Windows 2008 (Â Citrix Provisioning Server 5 on Windows 2008Â ) and how to deploy the ‘client’ on a target device (Â Â ) we need to know to learn how everything works together.
This video shows how to configure Citrix Provisioning Server 5 and how to create the first template then build a virtual hard disk from scratch and share it for 2 or more Virtual Machine.Â
Click on continue reading to watch the video
21-Feb-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Now the Citrix Provisioning Server 5 is install and running, the next step is to deploy the Target Device Client on a machine and I will show you this very simple and basic installation in the next video with a Microsoft Windows XP computer.
The next step after this installation is to show you how Citrix Provisioning Server is working, the basics.
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21-Feb-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Microsoft, Provisioning Server 5, Windows 2008
Tags: Citrix, Citrix Provisioning Server 5, guide, guru, how to, Installation, Quick Install, Windows 2008
This quick installation will provide you the ability to test the product and run all the test you need to understand the way Provioning Server can change your point of view on provioning workstations and / or servers. This is a stand alone installation, which mean everything is install on the same server, DHCP, Pxe Boot, SQL Database, and TFTP server. No Active Directory interaction and no impact on the PRODUCTION network (be carefull to work in a separate VLan or on a close network.
At first you need to download Citrix Provisioning Server 5 here, after you need to download and install Microsoft Framework 3.5Sp1 from here, and optionaly, download and install Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 from here.
The video begin after the installation of the Framework 3.5Sp1. The first step in the video is the installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, you’ll find it with the Citrix Provisioning Server installation files.
Click on Continue to Read to watch the video.
13-Dec-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Quick quide to show how to setup a new forest on Windows 2008 fresh install. I leaved this computer in DHCP to show and make you remember you have a fixe IP address an if you’re not using IPv6 you have to disable it.
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08-Dec-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This video shows the way you have to follow to update your Citrix Edgesight 5.01 to 5.01 with SP1. You have to log in Windows with the database service account if possible because for a reason I haven’t understand yet, as I’m using a nlb IIS Cluster with nlb SQL Reporting Services and a SQL 2005 cluster database, I was not able to complete the installation of Edgesight 5.01 SP1. (Watch bellow the version you’ll get)
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23-Nov-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This short video was made to help begginner or people who want to know a bit more about this Citrix product. This is a very simple way to install Citrix Edegesight 5.01 on a Windows 2003 server.
What you need to set up before is IIS role install on the server and a SQL database. I have try with SQL Express 2005 Adv edition but it wasn’t possible to finish the installation. I’ll try to find out about this issue (-2147217900 error)
Edit 01 dec 2008:
SQL Express is not supported by Citrix but it works. EdgeSight 5.01 on a W2K8 Server with SQL2008 with Advanced Services work, you just have to give the correct ReportServer URL wich is for SQL Express: http://%servername%/ReportServer_SQLEXPRESS (Tip from Pierre)
Anyway, check this video, click on continue reading…
22-Nov-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This is a very short video to show basic installation of Citrix XenApp 5 (4.5) on Windows 2003, this is like ABC installation and you just need to prepare your serveur with terminal services in application mode and follow what’s in video :
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