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Citrix XenServer

• How to configure Citrix XenServer live migration

  To set up XenServer live migration, all you have to do is install XenServer on server hosts, deploy XenCenter and install the XenServer Tools package in the virtual machine. Continue Reading

• Xen virtualization vs. KVM virtualization architecture

  Xen virtualization and KVM virtualization architecture differ. If you're considering open source virtualization, this section of our guide explores these virtualization technologies. Continue Reading

• Open source Citrix XenServer platform FAQ

  An open source Citrix XenServer has numerous ramifications. This FAQ will explain how the XenServer platform's transition to open source affects the virtualization industry. Continue Reading

• Citrix Systems server back ends for desktop virtualization: XenServer

  Unlike other virtualization providers, Citrix 's desktop virtualization supports multiple hypervisors. This section of our guide covers XenServer as a back end for XenDesktop. Continue Reading

• Six steps for migrating Xen virtual machines to KVM

  There are no tools to simply switch a Linux virtualization environment from the Xen hypervisor to a KVM virtual machine, but these six steps for virtual machine migration make it easier. Continue Reading

• WebEX on Backup Vendors – esXpress by PHD Technologies

  Seeing how mature the various vendors' technologies have become, what their future directions might be, and generally where we are in the world of VM backup.Continue Reading

• Linux virtualization trends: Xen, KVM vendors vie for corporate market

  Competition between the Xen hypervisor and KVM for the virtualization market has spawned four credible options: VMware, Citrix's Xen, Linux KVM and Microsoft's Hyper-V.Continue Reading

• Citrix’s Extremely Long Run – Can the tortoise really catch the hare?

  Despite the fact that VMware is a larger company, Citrix made larger profits. But here we dig a little deeper in the stats to reveal why things are not as rosy in the garden as you might think.Continue Reading

• Citrix adds Active Directory integration to XenServer 5.5

  Citrix has added features to XenServer 5.5, including Active Directory integration, additional operating system support and a shared storage repository for Fibre Channel and iSCSI.Continue Reading

• Installing Windows guest virtual machines on SLES 11

  You can virtualize Windows at low cost with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Here's how to configure SLES 11 as a Xen server and install Windows guest virtual machines.Continue Reading

• Mounting Xen virtual machines with image-based storage back ends

  By mounting Xen virtual machine disks located in image files, you have the ability to reactivate a failing VMwith greater ease. In this tip, an expert will explain how to do this for both Windows and Linux-based virtual host operating systems.Continue Reading

• Citrix XenServer tip: Doing a physical-to-virtual conversion

  Follow these steps to use Citrix XenServer's physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversion module, and learn when using third-party P2V tools would be a be better option. XenServer's module only works with certain operating system, such as Red Hat Enterprise...Continue Reading

• Installing Citrix XenServer 4.1 virtual machines

  Create a Linux virtual machine from XenCenter with this step-by-step guide.Continue Reading

• Getting started with Citrix XenServer 4.1

  Xen-based virtualization from Citrix offers several different platforms. Find the one that is right for you and learn how easy it is to install XenServer and how to run the XenCenter management console.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V is RTM…

  As you have probably heard, Microsoft’s long awaited dabbling in virtualization has finally been released.This is an assessment of Hyper-V and its impactContinue Reading