Gabe Carrejo's Blog
10 Jun 2008 05:02 PM EDT
[ Tags:  xendesktop ,   scvmm ,   hyper-v ,   rc0 ,   rc1 ]

Just got word that SCVMM has been updated and released to support RC1 release of Hyper-V!

http://blogs.technet.com/aralves/archive/2008/06/10/scvmm-2008-beta-hotfix-for-hyper-v-rc1.aspx

Two things I'm going to do; then post by this weekend:

  • Upgrade inplace Hyper-V RC0 to RC1, SCVMM (Betav1) to (Betav2), and the effects on the XenDesktop components...
    • How will the DDC behave?  Will I have to reinstall the DDC if the SCVMM component has been upgraded?
    • We know we have to update the hypervisor and the paravirtualization drivers, but just what doI need to do to update everything?  I'm hoping for an "autoupgrade" of the drivers.  That's the holy grail with virtualizing guests, in my opinion. Anybody listening?
  • Fresh reinstall of Server Core (it's so much sexier and less to manage than the full install), comparing notes to the RC0 setup, and see if there are any Delta changes.  I would imagine there would be zero...but we will see.

See you this weekend!

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29 May 2008 04:16 PM EDT
[ Tags:  xendesktop ,   hyper-v ,   scvmm ]

So I was tinkering around with Hyper-V, and thought I'd give this a go.

Server Core installation was completely new to me, and I was thinking it would be fairly "simple".  I was right, but kinda not right.  I'm not used to CLI commands, so I had to do some hunting around for a bit.  I found some great articles, and unsupported tools that really accelerated setting this system up.  Maybe this will help you get XenDesktop up and functional with the latest releases of Hyper-V, and if you choose to, use Server Core.

 EDIT:  Please note that Citrix does not yet officially support XenDesktop on Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008.  We expect to within a release time frame surrounding MS' official release of SCVMM.

Using Windows 2008 EntEd Server Core with Hyper V.htm

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14 Sep 2006 12:00 AM EDT
[ Tags:  access gateway ,   advanced edition ,   ports ,   firewall ]
posted by Gabe Carrejo

So, this is my first ever blog post.  Thought I share a diagram that I been using since December when the two products were married together. It been passed around, so you may have seen it before. It is also starting to get awefully busy, so things like CRL are left off.
 

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