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Troubleshooting 04-0000180C / 6156 Errors in Microsoft Application Virtualization

Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article about troubleshooting an issue where attempting to upgrade a package in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) fails with error 04-0000180C: ===== Symptoms Attempting to upgrade a package in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) fails with error 04-0000180C: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Application Virtualization Client>sftmime.com add package:”APP_V1.1” /manifest “C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SMS_CCM\\Cache\\ABC00076.2.S-1-5-21-1111111111-1111111111-1111111111-500\\APP_V1.1_manifest.xml” /overrideUrl “FILE://C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SMS_CCM\\Cache\\ABC00076.2.S-1-5-21-1111111111-1111111111-1111111111-500\\ABC00076.sft” The

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PHD Virtual Monitor Review!

PHDVirtual asked me to try out and review PHD Virtual Monitor: I was interested to evaluate alternative monitoring solution for a XenServer lab I have setup for testing so I have accepted their offer. PHD Virtual Monitor is a comprehensive virtualization monitoring solution that helps you: Get a complete end to end view of your entire Virtual and Physical Infrastructure Quickly indentify, isolate and

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Best Practices Document for XenDesktop and XenApp – Now Available

Citrix has made available a best practices white paper to help you to delivery XenDesktop and XenApp projects successfully. The white paper has been developed by Thomas Berger and Andy Baker based on their experience  and that of Citrix Consulting guyes designing and deploying XenDesktop and XenApp solutions. The new XenDesktop and XenApp Best Practices Reference Guide brings together over 60 pages of best

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What is Application DNA and why should you care?

Paul Schnell published a nice article on the Citrix blog explaining you what is AppDna, a recent acquisition by Citrix. Usually you need to install, run and test the applications to understand if they will work on Windows 7, 64bit, virtualized or with other technologies. If you’ve done it this way before you know the pain. And what about your

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Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1

Citrix has released version 6.1 of Provisioning Services. The Provisioning Services infrastructure is based on software-streaming technology: this technology allows computers to be provisioned and re-provisioned in real-time from a single shared-disk image. In doing so, administrators can completely eliminate the need to manage and patch individual systems. Instead, all image management is done on the master image. Citrix Provisioning

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Assessment: The Key to Desktop Transformation

Malathi Malla has published a nice article on the Citrix blog site regarding Citrix Destkop Transformation model. Any IT project like desktop virtualization that is of strategic value to your organization requires a thorough analysis to reap the maximum benefits. The Citrix Desktop Transformation Model (DTM) has a three-phased approach – Assess, Design, and Deploy – to help accelerate your success with

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App Streaming v6.6 available

Citrix has released an updated App Streaming version 6.6 as part with XenDesktop 5.6, with changes in the Streaming Profiler and Streaming Client that includes double digit fixes. If you want to try App Streaming with PvD (Personal vDisk) in the environment and/or if you are looking for MS Office 2010 SP1 support on streaming, this version is for you!.

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XenDesktop 5.6 now available!

Citrix has released XenDesktop version 5.6 XenDesktop 5.6 includes the following new features and enhancements: Personal vDisk This feature is a personalization solution for virtual desktops. Two new types of catalog allow you to preserve the assignment of users to desktops even when the disk is cleaned at restart; the same user is assigned the same desktop for later sessions.

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XenServer 6.0.2 now available!

Citrix has released version 6.0.2 of XenServer, the free virtualization hypervisor. This release includes some new features and improvements since XenServer 6.0: Emergency Network Reset Network Reset provides a simple mechanism to recover and reset a host’s networking configuration to its original state at fresh installation. This is also useful when you simply want to configure networking on a host

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How to Set Up a Configuration Logging Database for XenApp 6.5

Nicholas Connolly, Citrix, has published a very useful article explaining how to setup a configuration logging database in XenApp 6.5 . What is configuration logging and why use this feature? Where multiple administrators make modifications to a XenApp farm, Citrix recommends implementing Configuration Logging. By tracking the changes that each administrator has made to the system and correlating any subsequent

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