Month: February 2009

Creating an iSCSI Target on Windows Unified Data Storage Server

In this document, we'll see how we can create an iSCSI Target with our Windows operating system, No third-party apps, we can create or assign virtual disks to the iSCSI Target to later use them in shared storage, To set up a cluster… What we will need is a compatible Operating System, or a Windows Unified Data Storage Server, It's an OS. OEM, This is, that are already pre-installed with the equipment when we purchase it from our manufacturer. If we have a Windows Server 2003 o Windows Server 2008, we should update it to these editions, I will comment on this in another document, to be able to have OEM operating systems on virtual machines (For example).

Using VMware View Composer

GOOD, this may be VMware View's most attractive product, the VMware View Composer, with this product, what we will achieve is to distribute Desktops to users from the same image for everyone. Without having to go around cloning a source VM, or have one full virtual machine per user, This is, the desktops we generate from this will not have a virtual hard drive, If not a link’ to a replica of the original virtual hard drive. With this we will achieve impressive storage savings, For example, if we design that our Desktops we want them to have 20Gb of disk, You don't need to allocate that amount to each VM, if, for example, we are going to distribute 50 Desks: 50MV x 20Gb = 1TB of space for VDI or VMware View environment only, as this does not make much sense, VMware View Composer is used to deploy Desktops from […]

Script to run when you're on Citrix or Terminal Server but not on-premises (or vice versa)

Although it may seem a bit simple, I'm forced to have to post this, since many people have asked me for it and to put it here… How is it free… 😉 Well, is as simple as a script that will be executed at the login login of the users of our Active Directory, through policies or GPOs. There are many times that we want users to run a certain script when they're on Citrix but not when they're on-premises, or the other way around 😉 when they are in the local that they execute a certain script, but when they are in Citrix or Terminal Services they are not.

Installing and Configuring VMware View

VMware View is the new name of the VDI product (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), This product gives us another insight into the philosophy of virtualization, One more step, Virtualize user workstations, thus obtaining all possible advantages, from the centralization of our systems, with this we will have absolute control over what we administer. Another important advantage that comes to mind, is not having to renew users' equipment, being able to migrate to a Thin Client infrastructure or light equipment.