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We are digging into the whole VDI options because of some specialty apps one of our business are deploying. We are also consolidating our data centers so offering VDI in the datacenter will make access to the data more secure and quicker.
We’ve had people in to talk about both products. We already using ESX for our server virtualization and have a Citrix presentation server 4.0 farm (with current support)
Citrix seems to have more options and a better overall package, but there’s also a higher price for those options. One thing we were told today is even if we plan on using XP for the virtual desktops we have to purchase a special “virtual license”. I don’t remember the name of the license (it included the the word vista in it) but we where told we’d still need it for XP desktops. That’s an extra cost we were not expecting.
Anyone have experience with Epicor Clientele in a VDI or XenApp environment?
later,jb
I’m ready to start planning my upgrade to virtual center 2.5. I’m looking through old post on this site and searching other vmware blogs to make sure I have all my bases covered. I’m going to start collecting all the links and post I find right here. So if you have any to add that I missed. Please leave a comment.
Thanks,jb
RTFM Education – Upgrade Guide to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5
Upgrade to ESX 3.5 without leaving your desk
ESX 3.0.1 VMs reboot when adding host to VC 2.5
Customization fails after VC 2.5 Upgrade
Potential Problem with ESX 3.0.x and VirtualCenter 2.5
VMware ESX 3.5 upgrade path: Where to start
VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade issue with SQL 2000
We plan on having an outside company come in and do a AD/Exchange health check before we work on our domain migration project. This article will give me a head start on all of this.
Health Checks on Domain Controllers
I get asked over and over about what I do when I’m performing a health check on a domain controller. Below you will see some of the commands that I use when I need to ensure my domain controllers are still healthy after some sort of change…like patching.
The Event Viewer is always a must. I look at all the logs before and after the update to the domain controller looking for abnormal events. With the pre-check I usually go back a month of logs to get more historical data. I then run through a couple command line utilities. One thing I always do is pipe my commands out to a text document. This just makes it easier for me to read and also search for failed events.
Dcdiag.exe /v >> c:\temp\pre_dcdiag.txt
This is a must and will always tell you if there is trouble with your DCs and/or services associated with it
I’m going to upgrade my Virtual Center next week, this is a really good tip to keep handy.
A few people have notice that since upgrading to Virtualcenter 2.5 deploying a Windows 2003 VM from template no longer gives them the ability to customize. The option is disabled.
The fix for this is simple. You need to grab the new deployment tools from Microsoft’s site here also referred to as the sysprep files. You will be downloading WindowsServer2003-KB892778-SP1-DeployTools-x86-ENU.cab
This file needs to be extracted on the Virtualcenter server and placed in the following folder-
All Users\Application Data\Vmware\VirtualCenter\sysprep\svr2003
Once these files exist in the correct folder, you will be able to deploy your W2K3 template.
For more details read the Virtual Center 2 Template Usages and Best Practices http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vc_2_templates_usage_best_practices_wp.pdf
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Customization fails after VC 2.5 Upgrade
vmwarewolf
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:30:02 GMT
Category : Post from around the Net, microsoft, technology
We been talking about sharepoint since late last year. Looks like Microsoft now throws in free help with deployment if you get SA….Interesting…
Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services
Customers using Microsoft‘s SharePoint enterprise portal can now get deployment help if they subscribe to the Software Assurance program.
Bink.nu | Microsoft Launches SharePoint Planning Services – Bink.nu
Category : Post from around the Net, technology, vmware
We are still running ESX 3.0.x and VC 2.0.x. I thought about upgrading vcenter first and then just upgrading the servers has time permits. But if there’s going to be odd issues like this, even if its only when you install some patches. I think I’ll try to put together a much shorter timeline to move to 3.5
Heads up—I’ve been alerted to a potential problem when using ESX Server 3.0.x with VirtualCenter 2.5. Quoting from this VMware KB article:
ESX Server 3.0.x hosts managed by VirtualCenter 2.5 must have their Host Agent (hostd) specially configured to work with VirtualCenter 2.5. This configuration is done automatically during the initial installation of the VirtualCenter Agent (vpxa). If an ESX Server patch is subsequently applied that includes the esx-hostd RPM package, like ESX Server patch 1002435, the patch replaces the existing Host Agent (hostd) configuration file (/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml) and undoes vpxa’s changes. This reverting of the Host Agent configuration file breaks connectivity with VirtualCenter 2.5.
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Category : Misc
Very nice, this tool will be a great addition for our Altiris admin. Now we just have to make sure WOL is enabled in the bios of our Dell machines.
This small command line utility makes possible to switch on a computer from a second one by sending a "Magic Packet". Both of computers can be located on the same LAN or on the different LAN segments.
http://www.matcode.com/wol.htm
Free utility: MC-WOL
rodtrent
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:08:20 GMT
