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Change Logon remote command line tool
For so long I wanted to be able to run change logon /enable or /disable but on a remote server. I know there are several ways to work around this, but finally I took the time to write a tool for this....
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CtxUpdate – a powershell script to download any Citrix updates
Inspired by the AutoCPS update script by http://www.thomaskoetzing.de I created this powershell script to download all hotfixes for Citrix Products by using the hotfix RSS feeds. This scrip does not...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 15,000 views in 2012....
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Change the Netscaler/Access Gateway Enterprise logon pages from GUI
Up until now it has been somewhat difficult to change the theme of the Netscaler/Access Gateway Enterprise (AGEE) logon pages. The process has involved logging into the Netscaler/AGEE by means of SSH...
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Citrix Provisioning Services – Cache to RAM (and how to monitor it)
If you want to take benefit of cheap RAM to boost your XenApp servers to extreme speed, you may use Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) with the option to cache to RAM. The Citrix...
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HyperVPVSFix service – to use Citrix Provisioning on Hyper-V with synthetic NIC
When running Citrix Provisioning devices on Hyper-V, you are limited to use Legacy 100Mbit NIC adapter at boot, even when booting from an ISO file. To be successful with the 10Gbit syntechic NIC...
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Experience with upgrading to Xenserver 6.1 with PVS devices
I recently had the pleasure of doing several upgrades from XS6.02 to XS6.1 with XenApp Vm’s provisioned with PVS 6.1. Here are some of the issues we had during the upgrades, and a summary of what I...
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Xenserver script to assign vCPU and vGPU to VM’s
When working with HDX3D and HDX3DPRO you will probably need to more than 2 cpu’s on a XenDesktop VM and more than 4 cpu’s on a XenApp VM. To work around the license limit in windows (max 2 CPU’s on a...
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Fastest way to patch Xenserver using a script
Updating a new or existing Xenserver with multiple updates, is a time consuming task, as the GUI only allows to install one by one patch, and reboots between every patch. Some of the patches is also...
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Experience with Hyper-V and PVS 7
Everyone trying to use Provisioning Services with hyper-v knows that there is one big issue. Hyper-V does not support PXE boot on synthetic NIC. To work around this, you need 2 NIC’s for PVS traffic,...
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PVS 7.1 RAM Cache with overflow to disk
I was really excited when I discovered that Citrix Provisioning services 7.1 has an option to store cache in device RAM with overflow to local disk. Previously I’ve seen how cache to RAM is 10 times...
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How I increased IOPS 200 times with XenServer and PVS
In my previous blogpost I’m describing how the PVS 7.1 new Cache to Ram with overflow to disk does not give you any more IOPS than cache to disk....
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An update about my experience with PVS.
This is an update to my previous blogposts about PVS 7.1 Cache to RAM with overflow to disk , How I increased IOPS 200 times with intermediate buffering, and Experience with PVS on Hyper-V. About cache...
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GPUPerf – realtime GPU and HDX info
At Citrix Synergy 2014 i showed a demo of Oculus Rift on HDX3Dpro, and I used a small tool to show real-time info about GPU usage and HDX info overlaid on the screen. This is a simple tool I developed...
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Citrix Receiver 4.x deployment script
This is an updated version of my Citrix Receiver deployment script. It is the closest way to make the new CitrixReceiver work similar as the old PNAgent. This version works with Citrix Receiver 4.x...
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How Nvidia vGPU is sharing compute power and how to monitor and manage it....
UPDATE 2. SEPTEMBER 2014! I’ve received updated information about this topic from NVidia and Citrix, so this is a completely rewritten blogpost. With Nvidia and Citrix Xenserver vGPU, a GPU is shared...
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Why GPU is important for ANY virtualization project
During an assessment I did this year together with Thomas Poppelgaard for a company that wanted to do 3D virtualization, we got a report of the GPU consuming applications, and we were surprised by the...
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I’m 100% sure that 100% is not 100%
What I’ve learned about Nvidia vGPU Monitoring Monitoring a virtualization solution is important to know how the solution is performing and that you have sufficient resources available. This is even...
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Are you planning on virtualization of CAD, 3D or graphics workloads to a virtual solution like Citrix XenDesktop or VMWare View? How do you know what vGPU solution that may Continue Reading →
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