Hi All

I wanna share this great article with you that Nick Rintalan from Citrix Consulting have wrote.

Nick have wrote multiple articles about Citrix Provisioning Services if you should virtulize PVS or not.
I really enjoy Nick’s article and that he shares he’s knowledge from the field. If you are working with Citrix Provisioning Services and you havent read any of Nicks articles before then go ahead and jump in. Its a must read about PVS.

Here is some of Nicks important quote from his article: (Read the full article to get a better understanding)

• if you are running a 10 Gb network, you will have a hard time saturating your network with PVS unless you are doing thousands and thousands of streams!  And I’ve seen a lot of production PVS implementations…we only have a few customers that fall into this category.
• Other folks might say to segment the PVS traffic to alleviate issues related to PXE, DHCP or TFTP.  With proper network design and manageable broadcast domains, many of the DHCP issues can be mitigated.  And I still find many customers and partners don’t know about our swiss army knife – BDM!  Instead of dealing with “fun” PXE traffic and trying desperately to load balance TFTP, simply boot from an ISO with BDM and you’ll eliminate a lot of the networking complexity associated with PVS deployments.
• separating PVS streaming traffic is no longer a best practice for the vast majority of our deployments.
• it might make sense –security.  The separation of traffic (whether it’s at the VLAN level or physical) reduces the possibility of someone getting into that precious streaming traffic and messing with i

Source

Read the article – Is Isolating the PVS Streaming Traffic Really a Best Practise here.

ShareFile Sync for Mac Tech Preview is designed to provide ShareFile Enterprise customers with an easy way to access and synchronize personal folders from your ShareFile account to your local computer.

For MAC OS X 10.7 and 10.6 New Features include:

• Real time synchronization of files
• File overlays and Sharefile context menu in Finder
• Real time status updates in the system tray
• Support for accounts using Active Directory credentials Documentation can be found in eDocs.

Source

Download Citrix ShareFile Sync for Mac Tech Preview here (Require MyCitrix ID)

ShareFile Sync for Windows is designed to provide ShareFile Enterprise customers with an easy way to access and synchronize personal folders from your ShareFile account to your local computer.

For Windows 7, XP and Vista

New Features include

• Real time synchronization of files
• File overlays and Sharefile context menu in Windows Explorer
• Real time status updates in the system tray
• Support for accounts using Active Directory credentials Documentation can be found in eDocs.

Source

Download Citrix ShareFile Sync for Windows here (Require MyCitrix ID)

At Citrix Synergy that was held in SF in May 2012, Citrix announced “ShareFile Storage Center that enables on-premises Storage Zones.

The technical Preview is now available for download on Citrix.

What is Citrix ShareFile Storage Center Tech Preview

The ShareFile Storage Center Technology Preview enables on-premise Storage Zones, giving administrators flexibility in where ShareFile data is stored. This Tech Preview requires a Zone-Enabled ShareFile account that can be created here. Please use the support forum for general discussion and to report any issues you encounter while using this Tech Preview. Important Note: This technology preview is intended for use as a proof of concept only, and should not be deployed in a production environment. Data stored using the tech preview may be incompatible with a final release of the product.

Introduction to StorageZones ShareFile

StorageZones allow administrators flexibility in selecting where user data is stored. Using Storage Center, locally managed on-premise storage can be used in addition to the traditional Citrix ShareFile Cloud storage. Administrators or users can then select, on a folder-by-folder basis, the destination for uploaded files. Warning This technology preview should never be used for production data. Storage Center Basic Requirements – Windows 2008 Server R2 – Public IP Address and DNS supported FQDN – Valid SSL certificate for above

Prerequisites

Create a Zone-Enabled ShareFile Account

Visit http://www.citrix.com/sharefile/storagezonetechpreview to set up a new trial account which has StorageZones enabled automatically.

Warning: To prevent possible data loss, this technology preview should never be used with existing accounts or production data.

After signing up, you will receive a welcome email with details on your account. Once your trial account has been created, visit http://www.sharefile.com and log in with your chosen username and password. Note that this is a fully functional trial of ShareFile, and can be used with or without a local StorageZone attached.

Important: Once you’ve logged in, check the browser address bar and make a note your account subdomain – the fully qualified domain name assigned to your account. By default, this will be in the format “fmd-xxxxxxxx-xxxxx.sharefile.com.”

Set up your local storage zone

The Storage Center Technology Preview runs on top of Windows 2008 with IIS. SSL must be enabled on this host, and it must be publicly accessible to allow two-way secure communication with the ShareFile cloud management services.

Before installing, be sure you have:

• Windows 2008 Server R2 with IIS Role enabled
• .NET 4.0
• A public-resolvable internet hostname (not IP address)
• An SSL certificate for the above (from a public, Windows accepted Certificate Authority – self-signed or unsigned certificates are not supported at this time)

Please refer to Citrix Knowledgebase article CTX133260 for more information on networking and deployment of Storage Center in secure environments.

Source

Download Citrix ShareFile Storage Center (Require MyCitrix ID) 

NetScaler for AWS Tech Preview

Get the NetScaler for AWS Tech Preview, and see how your AWS environment can benefit from the same cloud networking platform used by the world’s largest web sites

The technology preview of NetScaler 10 for Amazon Web Services enables you to try world-class NetScaler application delivery capabilities within your Amazon Web Services deployments. NetScaler is the best solution to optimize, secure and control the delivery of all your enterprise and cloud services. Its rich feature set includes load balancing, full web app firewall security, fast application acceleration capabilities, and an easy-to-use policy framework for simple deployment – with absolutely no programming required.

To get started, simply:

1. Access the NetScaler for AWS Tech Preview AMI. The AMI can be found by searching for AMI ID ami-12e94d7b
2. Get and activate an EVAL license via the get license link below

Helpful Resources

1. Download the NetScaler for AWS Tech Preview deployment guide
2. For help with licensing the instance, refer to the NetScaler VPX licensing guide
3. New to NetScaler? Documentation, knowledge base articles, additional tutorials and other information is available on the NetScaler Knowledge Center.