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	<title>Application Delivery - Your Business at your Fingertips.</title>
	<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog</link>
	<description>Freedom, flexibility, high availability and efficiency.  Empower your workforce today</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to set up a free iSCSI or NAS storage system for VMware ESX using Openfiler</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-set-up-a-free-iscsi-or-nas-storage-system-for-vmware-esx-using-openfiler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-set-up-a-free-iscsi-or-nas-storage-system-for-vmware-esx-using-openfiler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free iscsi solution for vmware esx server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to set up openfiler with esx]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[openfiler and vmware esx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
Everything I am about to demonstrate to you here is free.  You won&#8217;t have to spend a penny on software to build this architecture, the end result here is a centralised storage system that can be used for iSCSI or NAS storage hosting to all your ESX clients to enable the use of VMotion, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to set up a free iSCSI or NAS storage system for VMware ESX using Openfiler", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-set-up-a-free-iscsi-or-nas-storage-system-for-vmware-esx-using-openfiler/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up Configuration Logging in Presentation Server 4.5</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/setting-up-configuration-logging-in-presentation-server-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/setting-up-configuration-logging-in-presentation-server-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>technewzdude</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Citrix Xenapp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix xenapp configuration logging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New to Presentation Server 4.5, Configuration Logging will log all changes made in the Citrix Access Management Console (for the Presentation Server node only) and the Presentation Server Console.  So it will log changes to published applications, farm level settings, server level settings, etc. It will not however log changes made using the Password Manager Node, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Setting up Configuration Logging in Presentation Server 4.5", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/setting-up-configuration-logging-in-presentation-server-45/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the IP address, default gateway and hostname of the Service Console in ESX Server 3.x</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/changing-the-ip-address-default-gateway-and-hostname-of-the-service-console-in-esx-server-3x/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/changing-the-ip-address-default-gateway-and-hostname-of-the-service-console-in-esx-server-3x/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[changing the default gateway and dns servers in ESX 3]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[changing the IP address in ESX 3]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vmware consultants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article describes how to change the service console IP address, gateway address and hostname on your ESX Server 3.x host.  These settings can be changed using the Virtual Infrastructure Client or from the physical or a remote console connection (ILO, RSA, DRAC, etc)

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		<title>Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Load Balancing Contingency and High Availability Design Options</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/citrix-access-gateway-advanced-load-balancing-contingency-and-high-availability-design-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/citrix-access-gateway-advanced-load-balancing-contingency-and-high-availability-design-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Citrix Access Gateway Advanced]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix access gateway advanced disaster recovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix access gateway contingency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix access gateway high availability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix consultants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Edition is a great product, lots of my time is spent designing, implementing and integrating this product usually with a Citrix XenApp backend which includes Web Interface.
One question seems to always pop up though.  Is it resilient and what happens if a component of the infrastructure fails?
 
Let us take a look at [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Load Balancing Contingency and High Availability Design Options", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/citrix-access-gateway-advanced-load-balancing-contingency-and-high-availability-design-options/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Extending Xen iSCSI backend storage devices by adding another iSCSI LUN</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/extending-xen-iscsi-backend-storage-devices-by-adding-another-iscsi-lun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/extending-xen-iscsi-backend-storage-devices-by-adding-another-iscsi-lun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>technewzdude</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adding luns to xenserver]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix xen server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iscsi and citrix xen server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vmware consultants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I needed to add more storage space on the /home directory of a Xen guest running on a RHEL5 system. I investigated extending its LUN on the NetApp Filer and then tried running pvresize to see if the Xen guest would recognise the new size. No luck. In the end, i created another iSCSI LUN, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Extending Xen iSCSI backend storage devices by adding another iSCSI LUN", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/technewzdude/extending-xen-iscsi-backend-storage-devices-by-adding-another-iscsi-lun/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>How to use the sysprep components of Virtual Center to automate the provisioning of virtual machines</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-use-the-sysprep-components-of-virtual-center-to-automate-the-provisioning-of-virtual-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-use-the-sysprep-components-of-virtual-center-to-automate-the-provisioning-of-virtual-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sysprep and virtual center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual center cloning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual machine cloning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual machine provisioning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vmware consultants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article demonstrates how you can upload the components of Microsoft&#8217;s sysprep utility to your Virtual Center server and then use it for fast, automated virtual machine provisioning.
Once you have installed Virtual Center and set up your first virtual machine from your standard build documentation, you may want to use this new virtual machine as [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to use the sysprep components of Virtual Center to automate the provisioning of virtual machines", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/how-to-use-the-sysprep-components-of-virtual-center-to-automate-the-provisioning-of-virtual-machines/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons why an initial investment in a Citrix XenApp platform will set the stage for a dynamic and robust application delivery infrastructure - over and above what Terminal Services 2008 has to offer</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/reasons-why-an-initial-investment-in-a-citrix-xenapp-platform-will-set-the-stage-for-a-dynamic-and-robust-application-delivery-infrastructure-over-and-above-what-terminal-services-2008-has-to-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/reasons-why-an-initial-investment-in-a-citrix-xenapp-platform-will-set-the-stage-for-a-dynamic-and-robust-application-delivery-infrastructure-over-and-above-what-terminal-services-2008-has-to-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Citrix XenApp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix consultants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[citrix xenapp 5]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Citrix XenApp versus Terminal Services 2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Terminal Services 2008 versus citrix presentation serve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know this has been done to death over the past few years, but since Citrix are due to release Citrix XenApp 5.0 on Terminal Services 2008 soon I thought it may be worth while posting an article on the key infrastructure benefits that Citrix XenApp has to offer.  If you are new to the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Reasons why an initial investment in a Citrix XenApp platform will set the stage for a dynamic and robust application delivery infrastructure - over and above what Terminal Services 2008 has to offer", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/reasons-why-an-initial-investment-in-a-citrix-xenapp-platform-will-set-the-stage-for-a-dynamic-and-robust-application-delivery-infrastructure-over-and-above-what-terminal-services-2008-has-to-offer/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up a development environment up with VMware ESX, Virtual Center and a Windows iSCSI Target</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/getting-a-cheap-development-environment-up-with-vmware-esx-virtual-center-and-windows-iscsi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/getting-a-cheap-development-environment-up-with-vmware-esx-virtual-center-and-windows-iscsi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 19:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DRS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iSCSI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Virtual Infrastructure Solutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMotion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a cheap way of building an VMware ESX and Virtual Center development / demo environment with iSCSI which includes all the Virtual Center high availability functions, including HA, DRS and VCB. You will need to following to build this environment:

 2 x VMware ESX servers (obviously:)
1 x Windows 2003 Server (with a fair amount of [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Setting up a development environment up with VMware ESX, Virtual Center and a Windows iSCSI Target", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/getting-a-cheap-development-environment-up-with-vmware-esx-virtual-center-and-windows-iscsi/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Center - Adding metrics for your statistics</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/virtual-center-adding-metrics-for-your-statistics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/virtual-center-adding-metrics-for-your-statistics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual center metrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By default, Virtual Center only displays a limited amount of performance data within its statistics section.  This is how you change it do display much more.

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		<title>Whats new with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2</title>
		<link>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/whats-new-with-vmware-esx-35-update-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/whats-new-with-vmware-esx-35-update-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Wynne</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware ESX Server]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VMware Virtual Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[esx 3.5 new features]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[esx server update]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[update 2 for esx 3.5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting features from VMware included in ESX 3.5 Update 2.  Most interesting is the official support for Virtual Machine High Availability and the ability to extend virtual disks while machines are running.  Also included is the ability to clone virtual machines while they are powered on, which may suite well for some organisation when [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Whats new with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2", url: "http://www.applicationdelivery.co.uk/blog/leew/whats-new-with-vmware-esx-35-update-2/" });</script>]]></description>
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