So earlier today, actually two hours after I was done at work and was walking my dog, Citrix actually released a tech preview of their next-generation Insight and Command Center (Yes! they merged it) into a new product which is now in tech preview which is now called NetScaler Management and Analytics Systems which is …
So alot of problems that have been with using MCS versus PVS is the load that it puts on the Storages fabric. With the way MCS works we have an golden image which is our master template, when we createa machine catalog or update a machine catalog we have the option to choose a specific …
Nutanix & Citrix better together with Shadow Clones Read More »
So Storage Replica is a new feature which will make its introduction in Windows Server 2016 (Datacenter only!) but it is a volume based storage replication feature which can work in two manners, either synchronous or asynchrounous. This feature also opens up for a bunch of different use cases, the biggest one is the ability …
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After having a huge number of questions regarding this topic of the last couple of weeks, I decided to write a blogpost about it, to clarify some of the misconceptions about this feature on NetScaler. NOTE: TCP profiles can be found under System –> Profiles –> TCP TCP profiles is a feature which allows us …
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, …
Troubleshooting a slow ICA-proxy session NetScaler Read More »
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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