Tag: PVS

RANT: VMDKs or VHDs ; Why do I have to Choose?!?

RANT: VMDKs or VHDs ; Why do I have to Choose?!?

Virtual Disks.  They are single file containers that hold entire file systems within them (think of the Galaxy Marbles in Men in Black!)  Operating systems ... Read More

Boot Options for a Citrix Provisioning Services Target

Boot Options for a Citrix Provisioning Services Target

Provisioning Services Targets can boot from PXE, CDroms or Hard Drive Boot code.  This boot code tells the bare metal target where to go to ... Read More

Slow VMs using Citrix Provisioning Services using VMXNet3 NIC driver

Slow VMs using Citrix Provisioning Services using VMXNet3 NIC driver

Chris Hahn made some interesting networking observations recently at a client :  I was testing provisioned XP desktops at <CENSORED> today, and I noticed that ... Read More

Red Screen of Death – HP DL360 G6s

Red Screen of Death – HP DL360 G6s

Blue Screens of Death from Windows, Purple Panic Screens of Death from Linux and now I have to deal with Red Screens of Death from ... Read More

vSphere (ESX4) and Citrix Provisioning Services

vSphere (ESX4) and Citrix Provisioning Services

While testing Citrix Provisioning Services on vSphere I noticed a couple of interesting things : Thin Provisioned streamed targets seem pretty neat. ;) Originally a ... Read More