vmware - Stephane Thirion

4 Jul 2025 · 3 min read

Automating VMware VM Deployment with Ansible: Guide to Static IP Configuration - request

Deploying multiple VMs with consistent configuration shouldn't require hours of manual clicking through vCenter. With Ansible's vmware_guest module, you can automate the entire process from VM creation to static IP assignment.

10 Jun 2025 · 2 min read

From virtual desktops to virtual minds: My AI focus explained

Over the last two years, I’ve made a conscious decision to shift a significant part of my focus toward Artificial Intelligence. This wasn’t a trend-chasing move. It was

17 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

Homelab serie -- The software 2/3

Docker Swarm & Containers

17 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

Homelab serie -- The software 1/3

Dropping everything in a single blog post is difficult so I chose to split it in three parts

11 Apr 2024 · 5 min read

Ansible Playbook for Creating Multiple VMs with Sequential Naming in vCenter

In this blog post, we will explore an Ansible playbook that creates multiple virtual machines (VMs) in a vCenter environment.

13 Feb 2024 · 2 min read

The Paradox of Citrix and VMware: Killing Their Own Communities?

Recent actions by both Citrix and VMware have raised concerns among users and experts alike, leading some to question whether these tech giants are intentionally killing off their own communities....

1 Nov 2023 · 1 min read

Citrix DaaS ProvisioningTaskError

One of my customer did a vSphere migration, hypervisor and storage to use vSan. After this migration they reported me they were unable to update a Machine Catalog (MCS) and

28 Feb 2023 · 2 min read

Create vmware service account for MCS Citrix

Creating this service account to allow certain action to be performed by the DaaS or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops infrastructure can take a long time if you can’t

2 Aug 2022 · 2 min read

multipathd errors in /var/log/syslog

On my linux Virtual Machines when I get into log checking i’ve been annoyed by few lines that seemed to be the same issue on every Virtual Machine hosted

5 Nov 2018 · 3 min read

E2EVC Athens, Greece AD 2018

Another E2E event in my pocket and this one in Athens was a pretty good one. I learned many things as well during the session than while speaking and sharing

29 Nov 2016 · 2 min read

VMware VMtools installation with XenDesktop / XenApp 7.x VDAs

It’s time to update this “popular” blog post with latest version from VMware and Citrix products. Many people still install VMware tools 10.0.6 as is and don’

28 Jun 2016 · 5 min read

Microsoft Office (Exchange) 365 - RDSH Myth

For many years now, the everything in cloud is happening more and more, among all the services / software available as a services, most of the vendor are promising a cheaper

automation

30 Mar 2016 · 4 min read

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

automation

30 Mar 2016 · 2 min read

XenDesktop XenApp 7.x - vmware / ad / delivery group notes and descriptions sync

Several times i had the need to synchronise Virtual Machine notes (vmware) with Active Directory Computer description. As in big environment, different team are managing each of these components, the

Automate

8 Jul 2013 · 4 min read

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

best practices

14 Aug 2012 · 2 min read

vmware vmtools installation with XenDesktop VDA

December 2016 – Blog post updated : This is the personalized installation I do when I deploy vmtools on the VMs with VDA to install on it. Don’t forget to install

Citrix

19 Nov 2011 · 1 min read

E2E Conference, you should go !

Update : You can download my slide deck to have all the information you wanted to have (URLs, Registry keys etc…) E2E What’s new in XenApp 6.5 – Impact in

CTX117248

17 Jul 2011 · 9 min read

XenDesktop 4 : The delivery controller cannot find any available virtual desktops Error 1301

In a new mission, I had to learn a new environment based on Citrix XenDesktop 4, Provisioning Services 5.6 and vmware vSphere 4.1. This week, I had a