Jan

31

XenDesktop and vCenter 4 Integration

Filed Under Citrix, Provisioning Server, Virtualization, XenDesktop, vCenter | Leave a Comment

I was performing a XenDesktop POC where the hypervisor was ESX 4 and vCenter 4. For those that do not know, XenDesktop is hypervisor agnostic and can be ran on ESX, Hyper-V, and XenServer.

During the XenDesktop Setup wizard, I could not get the XenDesktop Delivery Controller and Provisioning Server to communicate with vCenter.

I was getting the following –> Error : “The hosting infrastructure could not be reached at the specified address”

After digging, I found a handy post by  Trond Eirik Haavarstein on this specific issue. Thanks Trond!!! This was very helpful.
Here is the link, and I have included the helpful article below:
http://www.xenappblog.com/2009/citrix-xendesktop-3-0-fp1-poc-hosted-on-vmware-esx-3-5/

I am working on a new Citrix XenDesktop Proof of Concept (POC) hosted on VMware ESX. During the setup I discovered some error messages I would like to share with you.

Error : “The hosting infrastructure could not be reached at the specified address”

Solution :

  1. Create a host file entry that resolves vmare to the IP address of your VirtualCenter Server. Do this on the Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) and the Provisioning Services Server (PVS).
  2. Import the certificate from the Virtual Center Server (%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.crt) into the trusted root authority for Computer Account – Local Computer (used the Certificate MMC to accomplish this). Do this on the DDC and PVS.
  • Use https://vmware/sdk in the XenDesktop Setup Wizard.

    • Sep

    2

    VMworld Social Scene on Tues. Evening 9.1.09

    Filed Under VMworld, Virtualization | Leave a Comment

    I’ve had a very busy VMworld so far dedicating time to networking and sessions. This evening I also had a full schedule on happy hour and parties. I started of the evening at the Thirsty Bear where the south central teams for VMware, Cisco, Intel, and Iland hosted the event. Later, I attended the WYSE party at the OLD MINT where there was great food, wine, and live performance. Check out my video from the OLD MINT.

    Outside of the OLD MINT

    Inside Edition

    Flamenco Dancers

    Sep

    2

    Monday Night Tweetup

    Filed Under VMware, VMworld, Virtualization | Leave a Comment

    I had a great time meeting many fellow bloggers and analysts from all over the world. Thanks mucho to John Troyer from VMware for putting together this event and making it possible. Here is a brief video of the happenings at the tweetup with me facing another flip from Joep towards the end of the video!

    Sep

    2

    Blogger Table Before the Keynote from Yesterday

    Filed Under VMware, VMworld, Virtualization | Leave a Comment

    I took a video snippet of the Blogger table this morning for the VMworld keynote session.
    I’ve never seen so many instances of tweetdeck running across laptops. It was great to meet everyone in the virtualization blogging community.

    Sep

    2

    VMworld 2009 “Run The Golden Gate Bridge”

    Filed Under VMware, VMworld, Virtualization | Leave a Comment

    The “Run The Golden Gate” event was awesome! I meant to blog on this last night 9/31 but was simply too tired. After another long day, I’m finally catching up on my posts.  So first, here is my post on the run and I”ll post additional happenings shortly…

    We started at out at Moscone Center where the buses picked us up for the ride to the Golden Gate.

    And we get closer to the Golden Gate..

    Followed up by some running action!

    Next Page →