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How OpenFlow is changing networking and XenServer
It's Tuesday, May 10, late afternoon. My phone rings and I see "Tim Mackey" on the display. Knowing that Tim is in Las Vegas setting up for Interop, I answer the phone expecting some verification questions about our XenServer Distributed Virtual Switching (DVS) messaging and plans so he will be fully prepared for the days to come. We actually already had a conversation 2 weeks ago ...
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Common Questions (and answers) from the XenServer Beta Webinar
Below is a synopsis of many of the questions posed by audience members during the XenServer Beta Webinar on October 7th. The webinar has been archived and can be viewed here. If you have additional questions, please pose them through the comments section below or via the XenServer Cowley Beta forum. Don't forget to download and install this Beta release, more information about the program as ...
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XenApp Server Virtualization Test Toolkit
During Citrix Synergy 2009 last week in Las Vegas I was part of the team which delivered the Learning Labs on XenServer. Besides presenting on XenServer 5.5 (more on that here: [\~joels:/2009/05/21/Citrix XenServer 5.5 and Workload Balancing Video]) I also did a learning lab on Testing XenApp on XenServer and/or a different virtualization platform. With EdgeSight for Load Testing (ESLT) now included in XenApp, it's really straightforward ...
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Citrix XenServer 5.5 and Workload Balancing Video
With the release of XenServer 5.5 just around the corner, it is time for video demonstrations of some of the new features. In the video below you will see demo's of the following new features: - Active Directory Authentication - Enhanced Storage Features - XenCenter Enhancements Which will all be available in the free version of XenServer. Also included in the video is a demonstration of Workload Balancing, which will be ...
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XenServer “Orlando” XenCenter GUI
After the Disaster Recovery and High Availabilty videos I posted last week, it's time to show you some more changes in the upcoming XenServer release. This video is a GUI walktrough and will highlight the changes in the improved XenCenter which will ship with the XenServer "Orlando" release. For those who want this and the other videos in a slightly bigger format, please visit my page on the Citrix Video Tips site.
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XenServer “Orlando” High Availability
Last Monday I posted a video of the new [\~joels:/2008/08/04/XenServer "Orlando" Disaster Recovery] in our upcoming XenServer release. Today it's time to show another new functionality in XenServer "Orlando": High Availability.
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XenServer “Orlando” Disaster Recovery
Citrix recently opend up the public beta of the next XenServer release (read more about it [here]). One of the new features in this release is a simplified way of backing up and restoring the Virtual Machine metadata for Disaster Recovery. Check out the video below to find out how simple this is.