A couple of days ago, VMware announced the new release of NSX-MH (Multi-hypervisor) also known as Transformers – Codename Bumbelbee. Which supports now KVM and vSphere as hypervisor choices and being able to share the same transport zone. This picture displays how it looks like. Also you can now have the Edge installed on a …
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With NetScaler build 11.65, Citrix introduces Security Insight as part of the Insight Appliance. This feature is used to give real-time insight into attacks, and recommendations on countermeasures. NOTE: Security Insight requires Application Firewall enabled, since it reports based upon AppFw violations and rules. You also need the same version of Insight and the NetScaler …
So what is an Aviator? Well It’s now what you think… For those that have been following me, notice that now that I from time to time have been working with Avi Networks. Why? Because they think differently from other ADC vendors in the market and they deliver a pretty cool product! If you for …
This article is meant as an way to troubleshoot network issues on a NetScaler appliance, and of course ways to troubleshoot may differ, if you have any comments on what you typically do in this type of scenario please post a comment below! So the other day I was tasked to troubleshoot a NetScaler issue, …
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So as of late I have been involved in setting up and creating a SIG (Special Interest Group) under MYCUG aimed at Networking (Can be found here –> https://www.mycugc.org/p/bl/bl/blogid=104) . Now you might think “err does that mean Citrix Networking?” no! our goal is to create a open community around all types of different networking …
As part of the RDS 2012, Microsoft introduced the support for high-availability for the connection broker role, this on the other hand required an external SQL database for the connection brokers to share the connection tables between them. Yesterday Microsoft released a new Tech Preview for Windows Server 2016, which introduces a new feature for …
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Deploying distributed applications and services within Azure can be cumbersome, atleast when you are not familiar with the different options/features you have available. Therefore I wanted to use to post to explain the different options we have for load balancing within Azure, both for internal services and external facing services. Now there are three different …
I have previously blogged about AVINetworks –> https://msandbu.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/a-closer-look-at-avi-networks/Where I wrote briefly on how their scale-out architecture differs from their competitors, where most ADC vendors have a single virtual appliance which contains all the features + management. Avi networks consists of a Cloud Controller which is the management layer where we do management either using the …
So I’ve been busy testing out different load balancing (ADC) vendors as of the last month, later it will reveal itself why I have done so, but anways I want to write a quick introduction to KEMP technologies, which is one of the vendors I have worked with the last time. For those that aren’t …
Did you know that Citrix just included support for Auto-provsioning of NetScaler on Hyper-V ? Well me neither until I scrolled trough the entire release notes on the Citrix website when they released the latest build. The auto-provisioning feature allows us to preconfigure the initial IP setup on the NetScaler. So instead of going into …
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