Saturday, August 2, 2008

[THIN] slow connection to published application through isa server 2006

Hi everybody,

 

I publish my citrix PS4 server through isa server 2006, I’m able to connect all applications.

But when I click an application the metaframe logon screen stay 30 seconds on connecting before the logon process start.

Someone have an idea?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Regards,

 

Samuel PEPIN
Responsable Informatique du Réseau Ducretet
Groupe DUCRETET
84 rue Villeneuve 92587 CLICHY
Tel : 01 47 30 74 44

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[THIN] Re: Courses

Hi Bill,
 
That kind of boss is often also the sort that laughs in your face when you tell him you've spent 60 hours trying to keep everything going last week and you'd like a bit of time off.
 
Bosses aside, the trouble is that most of the course material out there is geared towards Citrix certification. I'm not saying it's irrelevant but it isn't really all that relevant either because it focuses primarily on Citrix product and not on the fact that you are administering a terminal services environment.
 
So no training on application compatibility issues, after all AIE and App streaming handles all that (not). And stuff like user profile management, printer driver management, server tuning etc aren't covered. The basic problem is that while Microsoft owns terminal services now, they have NO official curriculum material on terminal services. Sure you can wade through technet and find a lot of stuff but mostly aside from the various forums you're left to fend for yourself.
 
However there is a lot of useful stuff available from Citrix in the form of the technotes, particularly ctx106727 for troubleshooting which points you in many of the right directions.
 
As a general, useful and holistic training course (TS/Citrix and useful technologies), it'd be hard to go past one of the Brian Madden courses, given either by Brian, Shawn Bass or Benny Trirsch. There is a DVD-based version of the course, but it isn't cheap.
 
regards,
 
Rick
 
--
Ulrich Mack
Quest Software
Provision Networks Division
 
On 8/2/08, Beckett, William (Bill) <WBECKETT@steelcase.com> wrote:

Hey, I'm in 100, no 110% agreement with you. No comparison but the boss is giving me grief just on the cost of non-instructor lead options. He just laughs in my face when I bring up the $3000 cost and 4-5 days of being out of the office.

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:50 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Courses

 

personally, I prefer a classroom setting.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Beckett, William (Bill) <WBECKETT@steelcase.com> wrote:

Trying to solicit a few opinions for you guys for what is the best, what are the better 'learn on your own' type courseware out there. Instructor led courses are expensive and the boss never likes when you're away from the office. I know there are a few out there, CBTNuggets, etc. but what are your thoughts?

 

Does not have to be Citrix courses only, Microsoft, VMWare, anything really

 

 




Friday, August 1, 2008

[THIN] mfcom

We are imaging our PS 4 servers and need to move the new servers into the default zone. Is there a mfcom script or any other method of automating this from the command line?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Greg Watts
WINS, Inc.


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[THIN] mfcom

We are imaging our PS 4 servers and need to move the new servers into the default zone. Is there a mfcom script or any other method of automating this from the command line?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Greg Watts
WINS, Inc.


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[THIN] Re: Courses

Hey, I’m in 100, no 110% agreement with you. No comparison but the boss is giving me grief just on the cost of non-instructor lead options. He just laughs in my face when I bring up the $3000 cost and 4-5 days of being out of the office.

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:50 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Courses

 

personally, I prefer a classroom setting.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Beckett, William (Bill) <WBECKETT@steelcase.com> wrote:

Trying to solicit a few opinions for you guys for what is the best, what are the better 'learn on your own' type courseware out there. Instructor led courses are expensive and the boss never likes when you're away from the office. I know there are a few out there, CBTNuggets, etc. but what are your thoughts?

 

Does not have to be Citrix courses only, Microsoft, VMWare, anything really

 

 

[THIN] Re: Courses

personally, I prefer a classroom setting.


On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Beckett, William (Bill) <WBECKETT@steelcase.com> wrote:

Trying to solicit a few opinions for you guys for what is the best, what are the better 'learn on your own' type courseware out there. Instructor led courses are expensive and the boss never likes when you're away from the office. I know there are a few out there, CBTNuggets, etc. but what are your thoughts?

 

Does not have to be Citrix courses only, Microsoft, VMWare, anything really




[THIN] Courses

Trying to solicit a few opinions for you guys for what is the best, what are the better ‘learn on your own’ type courseware out there. Instructor led courses are expensive and the boss never likes when you’re away from the office. I know there are a few out there, CBTNuggets, etc. but what are your thoughts?

 

Does not have to be Citrix courses only, Microsoft, VMWare, anything really



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Thursday, July 31, 2008

[THIN] Re: Citrix Provisioning Server tips?

Hmm Microsoft just released a Vista performance and tuning guide. What a concept? Wonder where they got that idea from?  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab377598-a637-432c-a3c8-1607ab629201&displaylang=en&tm

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com


On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@thinclient.net> wrote:

Seems cool, but if you are creating a PV image I would think you want to load it on hardware and tweak to include everything you want and don't want and then create a VDisk image from it, I guess this is helpful though in getting your starting point to be more lean…..

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:10 AM


To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Provisioning Server tips?

 

Well why didn't you suggest that in the first place?  I could use Magic ISO and this and then create my CD pretty quickly.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@gmail.com> wrote:

It doesn't need a lot of time to run… It's a bunch of registry hacks.  Be sure to reboot.  Second, if you want a smaller image look at using vlite (vlite.net).

 

Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:52 AM


To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Provisioning Server tips?

 

Yah but I can't imagine that it covers everything and it runs way to fast for me to believe that it really is doing everything it says.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@gmail.com> wrote:

I never said you were…. Turning off the Windows Search Indexing is part of the Optimization App.

 

Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:17 AM


To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Provisioning Server tips?

 

See Joe/Steve I'm not crazy. This should be a topic of interest to anyone trying to Virtualize Vista  I would assume anything that would speed up the logon and keep the image as small as possible would be a good idea.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@thinclient.net> wrote:

That sounds like an important tip when using Provisioning Server since the disk is over the network!!

 

 

 

 

 


[THIN] Re: Citrix licensing question

you lose access to upgrades, however you're still entitled to upgrades that were released while your SA was current.
 
reinstating - citrix likes for you to pay for all of the years of SA that you didn't pay for, so if you let it expire and reinstate it 2.5 years after it expired you'll still pay for 3 years of SA to get current again. Depending on how long it's expired it may be cheaper to purchase it outright, or possibly purchase an upgrade. See your friendly reseller for possible lower-cost routes back to current SA; Citrix will only quote you the most direct and expensive route.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Evan Mann <emann@tpcflorida.com> wrote:

If a company owns some seats of CPS (lets say 50), and they let their subscription agreements with Citrix lapse, is the actual licensing and software still owned by the company?  Are they legally entitled to still use it with in-active subscription agreements? If so, what benefits are lost?  Access to upgrades?  Anything else?

If a year or more goes by without an active agreement, and the company decides they want to get the software under agreement, does it end up putting the company into a re-purchase situation or would they just be re-instating a subscription agreement?





[THIN] Re: Citrix licensing question

You own the perpetual license but no rights to new version udpates

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:06 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Citrix licensing question

 

If a company owns some seats of CPS (lets say 50), and they let their subscription agreements with Citrix lapse, is the actual licensing and software still owned by the company?  Are they legally entitled to still use it with in-active subscription agreements? If so, what benefits are lost?  Access to upgrades?  Anything else?

If a year or more goes by without an active agreement, and the company decides they want to get the software under agreement, does it end up putting the company into a re-purchase situation or would they just be re-instating a subscription agreement?



[THIN] Citrix licensing question

If a company owns some seats of CPS (lets say 50), and they let their subscription agreements with Citrix lapse, is the actual licensing and software still owned by the company?  Are they legally entitled to still use it with in-active subscription agreements? If so, what benefits are lost?  Access to upgrades?  Anything else?

If a year or more goes by without an active agreement, and the company decides they want to get the software under agreement, does it end up putting the company into a re-purchase situation or would they just be re-instating a subscription agreement?




[THIN] Re: Virtualdotnet domains available for free to an enom.com account holder.

I’ll take em!!

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:33 AM
To: THIN; windows2000@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Virtualdotnet domains available for free to an enom.com account holder.

 

I have 2 domains about to expire August 17 that I am not using. They are pretty good names virtualdotnet.com and virtualdotnet.net , I'd hate them to go off to never never land and someone else make a bundle off them that I don't know.

First person to email me  who has an http://www.enom.com account  at kenzig at gmail.com  can have them for a free push.  Be sure and include the enom.com account name  you want them pushed to. I'll notify you from my gmail account if you are the lucky benefactor.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

[THIN] Virtualdotnet domains available for free to an enom.com account holder.

I have 2 domains about to expire August 17 that I am not using. They are pretty good names virtualdotnet.com and virtualdotnet.net , I'd hate them to go off to never never land and someone else make a bundle off them that I don't know.

First person to email me  who has an http://www.enom.com account  at kenzig at gmail.com  can have them for a free push.  Be sure and include the enom.com account name  you want them pushed to. I'll notify you from my gmail account if you are the lucky benefactor.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

[THIN] Re: Check Out THINWORX 3.2

John
This is not an acceptable post to the THIN list.  Posting only to advertise a product for financial gain is a faux pas here.  A simple hey we at thinworx released this product that does this with a link saying have a look,  may of been acceptable but the sales pitch was overkill in my opinion.  If we let every vendor post their new products in this method it would kill the discussion bandwidth.
Thanks,
Jim Kenzig
Thin List Moderator


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Zupancic <jzupancic@genuitinc.com> wrote:

Hi THIN list,

 

I am pleased to announce to you the launch of GeNUIT's THINWORX 3.2 thin client software.

 

THINWORX 3.2 delivers significant improvements to the functionality and usability of the THINWORX server based computing solution, including:

 



[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

I wouldn’t assume that at all. The HCL clearly states a larger number of servers that are supported in ESX 3.5 that are not supported on ESXi. I suspect they are not including the full driver set in the free version, the HCL is a lot smaller for ESXi…..

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:38 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

The 2950 is listed as compatible with ESXi Installable, which is the new free product.  With that being said, I think that ESXi will work on ANY server that ESX 3.5 works on.  The hypevisor is the same, so I don't see why it wouldn't work.  The core difference is no service console in ESXi vs ESX.


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

I was checking the hardware list and I could not quite understand if the Dell PowerEdge 2950 is supported by ESXi 3.5

The list has an X, does that mean it supports it no matter what CPU, memory, etc you have?

 

We have a 2950, not a 2950 III.

 

Thanks,

 

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dave Mishchenko
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

That’s pretty much right  ESXi will install on bare metal.  At the console you’ll then set an IP address for the host.  Then open a browser from a Windows PC (required) and download the VI client from http://<ip_of_ESXi>/.  You can then use the VI client to configure the host. 

 

ESXi will support VLANs.   With the free licensing, it is per host.  To install guest OSes – see the quick start guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35/vi3_35_25_3i_i_get_start.pdf.

 

The challenge will be with hardware compatibility as ESXi supports a limited hardware set.  Here’s the official list - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf  and a whitebox list - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm

 

 

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

I'm pretty new to VMware ESX, i've really only used the free server versions. I could use a little quick primer ??

To my understanding, i take a clean box, no OS installed, and boot this clean server with ESXi and setup networking paramters and such. Then from my management stations, or VI client, i installthe VMware client management package and manage this server from my workstation ? How would i go about installing new OS's to this server? As far as licensing, would it be per user or per server ? Does ESX support vlanning inside the VM host ?

Thanks everyone

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@thinclient.net> wrote:

What is particularly interesting is that they are not limiting the scalability of the free version, from their web site:

 

4-Way Virtual SMP.  Enable a single virtual machine to use up to four physical processors simultaneously. VMware ESXi extends this unique feature from two to four processors. With 4-way Virtual SMP even the most processor intensive software applications like databases and messaging servers can be virtualized.

64GB RAM for virtual machines.  Run the most memory-intensive workloads in virtual machines with a memory limit extended to 64GB.

Support for powerful physical server systems.  Take advantage of very large server systems with up to 32 logical CPUs and 256GB RAM for large scale server consolidation and DR projects.

Support for up to 128 powered-on virtual machines.  Take advantage of very large server systems for enterprise-class server consolidation and containment with support for up to 128 powered powered on virtual machines on a single server. 

 

 

 

I wonder if Citrix will respond by opening up the RAM limits on XEN Express???

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:58 AM
To: THIN; windows2000@freelists.org; vista@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

You can now download the new free VMWare ESXi Hypervisor.
See
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1

VMWare's press release on this is here:
http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/esxi_pricing.html


Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[THIN] Check Out THINWORX 3.2

Hi THIN list,

 

I am pleased to announce to you the launch of GeNUIT’s THINWORX 3.2 thin client software.

 

THINWORX 3.2 delivers significant improvements to the functionality and usability of the THINWORX server based computing solution, including:

 

Session Management

THINWORX offers real time tracking and monitoring of a user's RDP session; this provides users the ability to view current opened sessions, view terminated sessions that have locked up due to RDP bugs, or force a session closed that was not terminated properly by the user.

 

Session Resumption

The THINWORX Application launching process is done according to the current opened sessions in the farm; this provides the ability to park a session and resume it at a later time or from another location allowing a session to be migrated between locations.

 

RDP Session Logoff Bugfix

The Microsoft RDP protocol has a problem with sessions hanging on certain Windows 2003 Operating Systems in conjunction with certain RDP sessions. THINWORX has provided a workaround so sessions should no longer stall after the application has been closed. This feature is based on real-time RDP session tracking, monitoring, and managing.

 

Application Parameter Support

THINWORX allows any published application with parameters. This means users can publish contents or URL links directly to the portal.

 

New THINWORX Realm Recovery

THINWORX monitors the domain environment in real-time, controls the portal's accessibility and provides a special ability to the administrator of a domain-based site to access and recover the site when the realm has lost connection to the Domain. This is useful in the event of power and/or network outages or any other interruption where THINWORX is led to believe the domain no longer exists and switches back to local mode.

 

RDP 6.1 Support

Support for Windows versions running the latest RDP 6.1 client, including Vista SP1 and XP SP3.

 

UniPrint

THINWORX supports UniPrint v4 and ThinPrint.

 

THINWORX Documentation

New versions of the THINWORX Administration Guide and Quick Reference Guide have been released to include new feature documentation and provide further clarity and best practices to administrators setting up a THINWORX environment. These documents are now available for download.

 

About GeNUIT and THINWORX

GeNUIT's solutions offer enterprise Web-enabled technology to leverage anytime, anywhere access. The THINWORX product provides Server Based Computing Software for its clients allowing secure, reliable remote access to centrally managed corporate applications and data. Business continuity is assured while reducing the time, cost and resource requirements of system administration.

 

For additional information and for a free trial, please visit www.genuitinc.com/thinworx .

 

 

Regards,

 

John Zupancic

GeNUIT Inc.

Sales & Marketing

1175 North Service Road West

Suite 105

Oakville, Ontario

L6M 2W1

 

Tel: 905-847-6539 ext 394

jzupancic@genuitinc.com

 

[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

Thanks,
 
 

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:38 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

The 2950 is listed as compatible with ESXi Installable, which is the new free product.  With that being said, I think that ESXi will work on ANY server that ESX 3.5 works on.  The hypevisor is the same, so I don't see why it wouldn't work.  The core difference is no service console in ESXi vs ESX.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 
I was checking the hardware list and I could not quite understand if the Dell PowerEdge 2950 is supported by ESXi 3.5
The list has an X, does that mean it supports it no matter what CPU, memory, etc you have?
 
We have a 2950, not a 2950 III.
 
Thanks,
 

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dave Mishchenko
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

That’s pretty much right  ESXi will install on bare metal.  At the console you’ll then set an IP address for the host.  Then open a browser from a Windows PC (required) and download the VI client from http://<ip_of_ESXi>/.  You can then use the VI client to configure the host. 

 

ESXi will support VLANs.   With the free licensing, it is per host.  To install guest OSes – see the quick start guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35/vi3_35_25_3i_i_get_start.pdf.

 

The challenge will be with hardware compatibility as ESXi supports a limited hardware set.  Here’s the official list - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf  and a whitebox list - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm

 

 

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

I'm pretty new to VMware ESX, i've really only used the free server versions. I could use a little quick primer ??

To my understanding, i take a clean box, no OS installed, and boot this clean server with ESXi and setup networking paramters and such. Then from my management stations, or VI client, i installthe VMware client management package and manage this server from my workstation ? How would i go about installing new OS's to this server? As far as licensing, would it be per user or per server ? Does ESX support vlanning inside the VM host ?

Thanks everyone

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@thinclient.net> wrote:

What is particularly interesting is that they are not limiting the scalability of the free version, from their web site:

 

4-Way Virtual SMP.  Enable a single virtual machine to use up to four physical processors simultaneously. VMware ESXi extends this unique feature from two to four processors. With 4-way Virtual SMP even the most processor intensive software applications like databases and messaging servers can be virtualized.

64GB RAM for virtual machines.  Run the most memory-intensive workloads in virtual machines with a memory limit extended to 64GB.

Support for powerful physical server systems.  Take advantage of very large server systems with up to 32 logical CPUs and 256GB RAM for large scale server consolidation and DR projects.

Support for up to 128 powered-on virtual machines.  Take advantage of very large server systems for enterprise-class server consolidation and containment with support for up to 128 powered powered on virtual machines on a single server. 

 

 

 

I wonder if Citrix will respond by opening up the RAM limits on XEN Express???

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:58 AM
To: THIN; windows2000@freelists.org; vista@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

You can now download the new free VMWare ESXi Hypervisor.
See
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1

VMWare's press release on this is here:
http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/esxi_pricing.html


Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

 

[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

The 2950 is listed as compatible with ESXi Installable, which is the new free product.  With that being said, I think that ESXi will work on ANY server that ESX 3.5 works on.  The hypevisor is the same, so I don't see why it wouldn't work.  The core difference is no service console in ESXi vs ESX.

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 
I was checking the hardware list and I could not quite understand if the Dell PowerEdge 2950 is supported by ESXi 3.5
The list has an X, does that mean it supports it no matter what CPU, memory, etc you have?
 
We have a 2950, not a 2950 III.
 
Thanks,
 

_______________________________
Hector Minero
NSWCDD K55

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dave Mishchenko
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

That’s pretty much right  ESXi will install on bare metal.  At the console you’ll then set an IP address for the host.  Then open a browser from a Windows PC (required) and download the VI client from http://<ip_of_ESXi>/.  You can then use the VI client to configure the host. 

 

ESXi will support VLANs.   With the free licensing, it is per host.  To install guest OSes – see the quick start guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35/vi3_35_25_3i_i_get_start.pdf.

 

The challenge will be with hardware compatibility as ESXi supports a limited hardware set.  Here’s the official list - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf  and a whitebox list - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm

 

 

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

I'm pretty new to VMware ESX, i've really only used the free server versions. I could use a little quick primer ??

To my understanding, i take a clean box, no OS installed, and boot this clean server with ESXi and setup networking paramters and such. Then from my management stations, or VI client, i installthe VMware client management package and manage this server from my workstation ? How would i go about installing new OS's to this server? As far as licensing, would it be per user or per server ? Does ESX support vlanning inside the VM host ?

Thanks everyone

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@thinclient.net> wrote:

What is particularly interesting is that they are not limiting the scalability of the free version, from their web site:

 

4-Way Virtual SMP.  Enable a single virtual machine to use up to four physical processors simultaneously. VMware ESXi extends this unique feature from two to four processors. With 4-way Virtual SMP even the most processor intensive software applications like databases and messaging servers can be virtualized.

64GB RAM for virtual machines.  Run the most memory-intensive workloads in virtual machines with a memory limit extended to 64GB.

Support for powerful physical server systems.  Take advantage of very large server systems with up to 32 logical CPUs and 256GB RAM for large scale server consolidation and DR projects.

Support for up to 128 powered-on virtual machines.  Take advantage of very large server systems for enterprise-class server consolidation and containment with support for up to 128 powered powered on virtual machines on a single server. 

 

 

 

I wonder if Citrix will respond by opening up the RAM limits on XEN Express???

 

 

Steve Greenberg

Thin Client Computing

34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

Scottsdale, AZ 85266

(602) 432-8649

www.thinclient.net

steveg@thinclient.net

 


From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:58 AM
To: THIN; windows2000@freelists.org; vista@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] VMware ESXi now available (Free)

 

You can now download the new free VMWare ESXi Hypervisor.
See
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1

VMWare's press release on this is here:
http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/esxi_pricing.html


Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com