Remote working with high latency & low bandwidth
I own an Internet domain. We complete Property Management tasks for individual Australian Real Estate Agents at our Offshore Office in India. Indian staff remote into the desktop or local server based Property Management Software of the Australian Real Estate Agent clients & complete the tasks directly in their software. Each client is a separate [...]

Answer Question   |  June 3, 2013  12:22 PM
Bandwidth, Citrix XenApp, RDP, Remote access, Remote workers

Citrix Test
Would like to do Citrix based end-to-end performance monitoring and testing. Any suggestions on what tools professionals on this site are utilizing.?

Answer Question   |  May 26, 2013  1:32 AM
Citrix, end-to-end performance, Load testing

Best VM graphics for cheapest hypervisor?
I need a hypervisor to use for my personal SharePoint 2013 development. I have already experimented with Hyper-V which is free and probably setup instructions for it more easily available. I have not played around with any version of VMware or other hypervisors yet. I am building a new system, because even installing fixed size [...]

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2013  12:07 PM
Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Virtualization, VMware

Hyper-V VM backup
Hi, Is it possible to back up a VM from the host perspective by transferring a VM’s individual file and folders using traditional approach. Thanks Mohan

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2013  3:26 PM
C, Hyper-V

What do you think of this shift from desktops to mobility?
Times are changing in the desktop virtualization market as more vendors are focusing on mobility, including Citrix who canceled its Citrix Synergy conference in London this October to run several smaller mobility shows. What do you think of this shift from desktops to mobility?

Answer Question   |  April 29, 2013  1:18 PM
Citrix, Desktop virtualization, Mobility

How much of a difference do server configurations really make?
Stephen J. Bigelow raises the question: How much of a difference do server configurations really make? I would say a lot. What say you?

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2013  2:32 PM
Hypervisor, Server configuration

Will you be upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1?
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 was recently released with improved storage capabilities, easier management of data centers, as well as additional Red Hat-based cloud provisioning.  For Red Hat users, does Virtualization 3.1 offer enough features for you to upgrade to it?  What additional features would you like to see in future releases?

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2013  1:45 PM
Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1

How to take backup of MBR in Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello Experts, There is a power outrage regularly in our company. I am worried that the hard shutdown of Hyper-V physical server might corrupt its bootable file or start up files. So I want to take the backup of Hyper-V physical server startup files in case the booting of the server fails. I don’t have [...]

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2013  1:34 PM
Hyper-V Server, Windows Server 2008 64-bit

Citrix
What are the primary reasons for using Citrix Software?

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2013  9:12 PM
Citrix, Citrix Deployment

Citrix VDI Remote Access
Hi I am looking for remote access of my Citrix VDI. The users will be remote mobile users using either Laptop or IPad/IPhone to connect to their virtual desktop. We are looking for the solution of either F5 APM or NetScaler Access Gateway. Let me know what is the best solution for this.

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2013  10:04 AM
Citrix, Citrix VDI, Virtual Desktop

what is application virtualization
what is Application Virtualization

Answer Question   |  December 19, 2012  8:47 PM
Application virtualization

Citrix question, unable to launch .ICA file
When launching Citrix, I am not able to launch a .ICA session. Specifically this is on the specialist profile. There are certain applications that I need to be able to access which are only on the adviser profile. I can get into the .RDP file fine for the knowledge worker. But, unsuccessful getting into the [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2012  1:02 PM
Citrix, CItrix profile

Citrix question: function keys not working
The function keys (f1, …., f9) are not working in Citrix RDP for knowledge worker profile. I need to be able to use function keys in a mainframe program that we use, and the function keys to access certain functions do not work. The function keys access my personal computer function keys, ie screen brightness [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2012  11:42 AM
Citrix, Citrix RDP

Citrix question: issue opening vDesk link from Citrix session
Experiencing an issue when opening vdesk link from Citrix session. When pulling up the vdesk link, I am unable to maximize the vdesk session. shift + f2 only turns off my wireless internet. I need to be able to maximize the vdesk session. I use dual monitors, and it fills up half the screen. Then [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2012  11:41 AM
Citrix, Citrix vDesk

HyperV on a win7 host that uses VMWare.
How do I try out Hyper-V if I am currently using a laptop with Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation (with several servers always running) already on the host. Basically, is there any way to try out Hyper-V inside a VMWare Virtual Machine>?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2012  3:15 PM
Hyper-V, VMware

stuck at waking the virtual machine
Hello. I have a small test environment set up to test VDI with on Hyper-V. I have Hyper-V on its own physical machine, and the Broker, etc. is running on another machine “RDBROKER”. I have a VM set up (called “vmWIN7″), and it is assigned to a specific user “vmuser”. From my laptop, I use [...]

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2012  7:12 PM
Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Connection, Virtualization, Windows 2008 R2

KVM API needed
Hi, I need the original KVM API list so that I do not need to use any third party or external tool to completely manage my KVM from remote server

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2012  8:06 AM
Hypervisor, KVM

Can not backup hyper-v with exchange 2010.
Hi, I have a strange problem,I’m trying to backup hyper-v vhd file with Exchange 2010 installed on it by Symantec backup exec 2010 r2 with hyper-v agent.But I can not to do it if exchange is online,virtual machine with exchange stopped after 1 or 2 minutes since backup job started. I have not such problem [...]

Answer Question   |  October 15, 2012  1:13 PM
Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange 2010

Problem with Hyper-V snapshots – unable to start VM
I restarted my Host server after shutting down three guest VMs. After I restarted the machine I tried to start the VMs and got an error stating the the VM failed to start. SERVERNAME failed to start. Attachment ‘avhd file path’ is read only. Please provide read/write access to the attachment. Error: ‘General access denied [...]

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2012  7:22 PM
Hyper-V, Windows 2008 R2

Windows 2008 R2 – Time change on domain Windows 2008 R2 – Time change on domain
The time on my domain is 50 minutes behind the correct time. I would like to change the time on all the servers in the domain to reflect the correct time. Here is the setup: Two physical machines with four Hyper-V guests each.  Node1 – first physical machine, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Node2 – [...]

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2012  3:50 PM
Hyper-V 2008 R2, Time