Jan

31

XenDesktop and vCenter 4 Integration

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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.

    • Dec

    13

    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala w/ VMware Workstation and Windows 7

    Filed Under Ubuntu, VMware Workstation | 5 Comments

    So I was having issues with Windows Vista on my T61 build and decided it was time for a change.
    I thought I’d have a little fun and put Ubuntu on my laptop. I’ve never ran a Linux OS as my primary OS.
    I also loaded VMware Workstation 7 and a Windows 7 virtual machine.

    So far, Ubuntu has been really easy to use. I’ve had very few snags so far. I was even able to get Office 2007 installed natively using CrossOver.
    I tried WINE but could not get Office to load with that one.

    Overall, It’s been very easy to use Ubuntu as a primary OS. I use the Unity feature in VMware Workstation when I need to access any Windows related apps.
    So far, that has not been very common. Mostly, I need to use windows for the SSL VPN connections that I have to make.

    The only major snag for me so far is that running music from my Windows 7 VM is choppy. If I run it directly on Ubuntu, the sound is great.

    I use iTunes so running music from the VM is necessary. I have heard of people getting iTunes to work using WINE but it did not work for me. I’d rather run iTunes from the VM. Hopefully, someone knows of a tweak to get the sound from the Windows VM to work properly and not be choppy.

    Sep

    2

    VMworld 2009 Datacenter

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    For anyone that is at VMworld you have heard of the datacenter that has been put together to support VMworld operations and labs.
    For those that are not aware, there is a total of 512 Cisco UCS blades utilizing a unified fabric of Cisco MDS and Nexus 7000 gear including literally tons of storage from EMC and NetApp. Capable of taking on tens of thousands of VM’s and many many terabytes of storage.  

    37,248 Virtual machines on 776 Physical Servers

    Cut power from 25Megawatts to 540 Kilowatts by virtualizing

    Here is a short take of the implementation..

    Sep

    2

    Monday Night Tweetup

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    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

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    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.

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