Stephane Thirion

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Expand virtual machines hard disk - automation

Sometimes, at some customers’s place, with an infrastructure already in place (XenApp with PVS or XenDesktop VDI pooled with PVS) the D: drive is too small. The drive where you redirect Windows Event Logs, Logs (UPM for example and/or other applications – services) This is a drive where page

Load Balancing TFTP with Netscaler 10.5

Load Balancing TFTP with Netscaler 10.5

Implementing Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) is very common nowaday when it’s about deploying Shared Desktops (XenApp) or Pooled, Private or Personal Desktops (XenDesktop). If there are still some debate around about using TFTP+PXE vs using BDM (Boot Device Manager) I still observe a large number of deployment made

Citrix PVS vs MCS - Despectus

I know this subject has been cover thousand times here and there but this is an eternal discussion we have whatever the forum or the meeting going on when we speak about Citrix. To remind people not familiar with MCS or PVS here are the main differences : MCS : Machine Creation

Trend ServerProtect 5.80, XenApp 6.5 / PVS

AntiVirus software are always pain in the ass when it’s about delivering desktops through golden images system like Citrix Provisioning Services. It’s changing but still, in most of the company I’m working for there is always the AntiVirus dude who is yelling and requesting to be able

Citrix XenDesktop 7 – Create Persistent Hypervisor Connection and Hosting Unit, Unattended

I blogged about how to automate Citrix XenDesktop 7 deployment and database creation, and how to join and existing XenDesktop 7 site unattended, but now to continue and go a bit further in the automation process, I needed and wanted to know how to automate Hosting Configuration by Adding Connection

Citrix XenDesktop 7 - Installation

XenDesktop 7 is now available with different features and entitlements (link) and yes there is a lot to read on this webpage but most of everything is already known features. So I will just write now what I read between the line : * No more Citrix Streaming Application (RIP) in favor

Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 with XenDesktop and PVS

This blog is what you’re looking for if : * You are using SEP 11 with PVS and XenDesktop 4 / 5 / 5.5 * If your VMs have a “Persona” drive (D: for ex) * Windows XP VMs (it should work with Windows 7 as well) * If you don’t want or you