Hey all Very quick post today about a very very cool tool which VMware have released to optimise a desktop for VDI. This tool should be run on your master image whether you are using Citrix or VMware as it reduces the overall footprint that your OS will use which is critical in any …
Updating ESXi 6.0 to Update 2
Hi all, this is a very quick post (mostly for my memory!) on how to update ESXi 6.0 to the latest version easily. New features in Update 2 are: High Ethernet Link Speed: ESXi 6.0 Update 2 supports 25 G and 50 G ethernet link speeds. VMware Host Client: The VMware Host Client is an …
Updating vCSA to Update 2
I run vCSA in my home lab to test out features for XenApp 7.8, specifically power management and MCS/PVS. I am a sucker for making sure things are up to date so felt its time to bring everything up to date in my lab since I have updated anything since I deployed it around 3 …
Running Security Scan when opening applications on XenApp 7.6
Hey all. This is just a quick post to go through an issue that I came across with Citrix XenApp 7.6. When launching an application the user is prompted with “Running Security Scan” message And eventually you will be prompted with a message to Open the ICA File which has been downloaded Obviously this is …
Deploying Citrix StoreFront X1
Hey Folks. Citrix recently released a tech preview of Citrix StoreFront X1 aka StoreFront 2.7. The UI feels a lot more modern and Citrix are making it easier to make the branding of the page easier to do. More information about the new features can be seen here but I will hopefully be going through …
Installing NetScaler VPX 10.5 on VMware Workstation 11
Hi folks. Its been a while since I posted on here due to work commitments but now that I have a lot more spare time I hope to post a bit more :) In this post I am going to cover deploying a NetScaler VPX device using VMware Workstation 11. VMware workstation is a brilliant …
Windows 8.1 VDI Optimization Guide
Citrix have released a Windows 8.1 Optimization Guide for VDI which is a very useful read. The savings encountered by performing these optimisations are considerable. In summary the savings vs a non optimised image are below. You can find a link to the download here – http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/03/03/new-windows-8-and-8-1-optimization-guide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CitrixBlogs+%28Citrix+Blogs%29 Metric Default Optimized % Gain Hypervisor Level Total …
Configuring Citrix StoreFront for HTTP access
By default you can only connect to Citrix StoreFront using HTTPS. If you are in a corporate environment which has a PKI Infrastructure that is perfectly fine. But if like me you run a small test lab there is a work around which you can do to enable you to use http instead. 1) When …
There was no suitable service to perform operation on XenDesktop 7 deployment
On a recent XenDesktop 7 deployment I encountered this error when attempting to configure XenDesktop. The error message received was “There was no suitable service to perform operation”. Luckily the fix for this is simple, just reboot your server, launch Desktop Studio and you will see the configuration has actually succeeded successfully.
Connecting XenDesktop 7 to vCenter using self signed certificate
In this post I will explain how to connect your XenDesktop 7 deployment to a vCenter environment which doesn’t use any third party certificates for it’s SSL authentication. If you attempt to make the connection it will fail as the certificate is not trusted. What you need to do is import the certificate onto your …