Come see TRON with me…oh and see Citrix XenDesktop 5 too!

Learn How to jumpstart your desktop virtualization at a special event for IT professionals.

Register for “Virtual Desktops: From Wow to How,” an exciting multimedia event exclusively about virtual desktop computing. Full of practical information, this two-hour session features:

• A real-world demonstration showing how desktops and apps can be delivered as a service to any user, on any device. It’s truly amazing!
• An insider’s look at the exciting new features of Citrix XenDesktop 5 — and how it benefits both users and you
• A deep-dive break-out session with your peers on how to get started, plus best practices from virtualization experts
• An exclusive, private screening of the new TRON: Legacy movie premiere!

Register today and get a chance to win an iPad or a Dilbert® cartoon signed by Scott Adams

http://www.registerandcompute.com/FromWowtoHowLewanDenver

VMware guest customization fails to add machine to the domain

Apparently I’m being punished because Microsoft ever used Netbios in the first place and I’m too lazy to type a FQDN.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1012314

Bootable Windows 7 thumb drive install

Ok, so most of you probably already know this but I haven’t needed to install Windows 7 from a thumb drive…until today.  A quick search of google turned up this tool from Microsoft which automates the creation of a bootable thumb drive to install Windows 7 from.  You just give it the source iso, the destination (DVD or USB thumb drive) and start… it formats the drive and copies the iso to the drive.  If all goes well I’ll be installing in 20 min.

http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool

EqualLogic October 2010 User Conference Slides Available

The slides from the EqualLogic User Conference in San Diego are now available on the EqualLogic Support Site:
https://www.equallogic.com/support/october_presentations.aspx?id=9903
(You’ll need a Support Login to access the presentations)

There are a ton of awesome presentations from there detailing some very useful info. I would highly suggest taking a look through the presentations to see if anything might be useful in your environment.

Backup Exec 2010 Customers – Apply Latest Patches!

Several very important patches have been released the last couple of weeks for Backup Exec 2010 (including R2). A lot of these fixes have to do with the deduplication component, Granular Restore Technology (GRT) as well as the Agent for VMware.

You can apply the latest patches by running the Symantec LiveUpdate utility on your Backup Exec Server.

You can also refer to the below TechNotes for a listing of what has been fixed/updated in the last few patches:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH138749&key=15047&basecat=DOWNLOADS&actp=LIST

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH138226&key=15047&basecat=DOWNLOADS&actp=LIST

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH138851&key=15047&basecat=DOWNLOADS&actp=LIST

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH138225&key=15047&basecat=DOWNLOADS&actp=LIST

 

 

XenWebManager

What’s that you ask?  Open source web-based console clone of Citrix XenCenter I reply.

http://virtualization.info/en/news/2010/11/tool-xenwebmanager.html

Citrix Access Gateway 5.0 FREE TRAINING

FREE!  Did that get your attention?  Nothing ground breaking in this install, but a good introduction.

http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/11/11/Learn+how+to+support+Access+Gateway+5.0%2C+for+free%21

Howto: Install Citrix web plug-in with pass-thru authentication

How to install specific components as part of the Citrix web plug-in install.  Handy!

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122676

VMware vSphere ESXTOP

If you are a VMware vSphere/ESX customer hopefully esxtop is something you are familiar with…if not please get familiar.  Esxtop is top for esx…get it?  Wondering how loaded your ESX host is?  Curious if there are performance issues on your ESX host or underlying infrastructure?  ESXTOP is your friend…and now we have a document from VMware to help interpret the wealth of information that ESXTOP gives us.  http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11812

Now all you need are some thresholds to compare those statistics against.

 

Release: HP P4000 Lefthand SAN/iQ v9

HP P4000 Lefthand SAN/iQ v9 is out and available for download.

Check out the following links:
http://www.hp.com/go/p4000
This is a great link for information and other links, all related to P4000 Lefthand products.

http://www.hp.com/go/p4000downloads
This is an easy link to get the latest downloads as well as instructions on how to get patches, etc.

I’ll be putting together some more “What’s New” information and posting that soon.