XenServer 6 Maintenance

XenServer 6 VM Autostart Feature http://www.virtues.it/2011/10/xenserver6-vm-auto-start-feature/

XenServer 6 Scalability & Architectual Design Guides

XenServer 6 Configuration Limits http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131047

XenServer 5.6 Scalability & Architectual Design Guides

XenServer Planning Kit https://community.citrix.com/kits/#/kit/3125008

XenServer Resource Kit http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/11/23/XenServer+Resource+Links

The Operation of Unsupported Guests on XenServer 5.5 and 5.6 http://community.citrix.com/display/xs/The+Operation+of+Unsupported+Guests+on+XenServer+5.5+and+5.6

Citrix XenServer 5.x and NetApp Storage Best Practices http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122737

Designing XenServer Network Configurations http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX129320

XenServer Simulator http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/07/01/xenserver-simulator/

XenServer 5.6 Maintenance

Setup & Configuration

Network Install URL for CentOS 5.4  based on CentOS Templates Creating a new CentOS based VM without the CD Media could be a bit tricky if you haven’t installed the Linux Guests delivered with the second CD of XenServer. When you use the standard VM template for CentOS 5.4 you need to . . . → Read More: XenServer 5.6 Maintenance

Storage Appliances

Openfiler Openfiler converts an industry standard x86/64 architecture system into a full-fledged NAS/SAN appliance or IP storage gateway and provides storage administrators with a powerful tool to cope with burgeoning storage needs. Building upon the popularity of server virtualization technologies such as VMware, Virtual Iron, and Xen, Openfiler can also be deployed as a virtual . . . → Read More: Storage Appliances

Misc. Appliances

Secure File Transfer Appliance Accellion WebSite: www.accellion.com Whitepaper on virtual appliances for secure file transfer: http://www.accellion.com/sites/default/files/datasheets/Virtual_Appliance_datasheet_710.pdf No download link !

Virtual IQ Pro ToutVirtual’s VirtualIQ Pro is an enterprise wide performance management, capacity planning and reporting solution for virtual infrastructures. Download: http://www.toutvirtual.com/buy/virtualiq_pro_XenSource_vhd_3yr.html

Citrix Appliances

Citrix provides more and more of their products as virtual appliances. This enables admins to quickly rollout proven, stable environments and offers new architectual designs approches. Citrix continues with their open architecture approach and offers most of the appliance also for VMWare vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Citrix Netscaler Express Edition LoadBalancer Citrix NetScaler VPX Express Edition . . . → Read More: Citrix Appliances

XenServer Tools

XenServer Virtual Machine Performance Utility http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX127065

XenServer Database Tool (CLI Utility) http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121564

Workload Balacing Administration Tool http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125365

Reduce XenDesktop TCO with XenServer Intellicache http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2317190

Network Appliances

Vyatta The free community Vyatta Core software(VC) is award-winning, Linux-based, open source software providing routing, firewalling, VPN, intrusion prevention, and WAN load balancing services, among others, for your network. Website: http://www.vyatta.org/ Download: http://www.vyatta.org/downloads

Virtual Networking a joint Citrix & Vyatta WebSite. This solution might be interesting for Cloud Providers and large scale companies. http://www.vnetworkstack.com/

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