Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread James Rankin
We are in the process of migrating our Citrix 4.5 x86 Windows 2003 R2 farm to a brand new, Windows 2008 R2 XenApp 6 x64 environment. All is going swimmingly well...until a couple of departments remind us that they have some old apps that are vitally important to them they'd like including in the

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Webster
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Virtualizing applications We are in the process of migrating our Citrix 4.5 x86 Windows 2003 R2 farm to a brand new, Windows 2008 R2 XenApp 6 x64 environment. All is going swimmingly well...until a couple of departments

Re: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Tom Miller
Note sure if this is similar, but in my XenApp farm, Windows 2008 x64, I have a single Windows 2003 server as part of the farm for our legacy clinical application. That application has many components and is quite a monster.I installed XenApp on that server, it calls itself XenApp, but it

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Tom Miller
as I can find some lab time that is not spent writing articles. Several of the CTPs are also App-V MVPs. Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster From:James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Virtualizing applications We are in the process

Re: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread James Rankin
XenApp 6 just doesn't install on anything except Windows Server 2008 R2. XenApp 5 and MPS 4 servers refuse to join the Xen6 farms (they report no server farms found). I could create a separate legacy farm, but I was trying to avoid the added overhead...if that's the easiest way, though, it's not a

Re: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread James Rankin
Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Subject:* Virtualizing applications We are in the process of migrating our Citrix 4.5 x86 Windows 2003 R2 farm to a brand new, Windows 2008 R2 XenApp 6 x64 environment. All is going swimmingly well...until a couple of departments remind us

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Webster
Yes that is what I am saying. Webster From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications Webster are you saying use App-V instead of Citrix streaming? I'll need to keep that in mind for XenDesktop when I roll that out. Webster carlwebs

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Webster
That is my understanding that nothing lower than XenApp 6 can be in a XenApp 6 farm. Webster From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Virtualizing applications XenApp 6 just doesn't install on anything except Windows Server 2008 R2. XenApp 5 and MPS 4 servers

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Tom Miller
Wow, so no more streaming profiler. I had issues with it off and on. App-v it is. Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com 5/5/2010 12:13 PM Yes that is what I am saying. Webster From:Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications Webster are you saying use

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Webster
...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications Wow, so no more streaming profiler. I had issues with it off and on. App-v it is. Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com 5/5/2010 12:13 PM Yes that is what I am saying. Webster

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Ken Cornetet
I doubt Microsoft is ceding virtualized desktops. They just added virtual desktop and a slew of new virtual app features in server 2008 R2. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications Just

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Webster
://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/03/12/Go+ahead+use+App-V%2C+no+ really%2C+please... Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications I doubt Microsoft is ceding

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Tom Miller
+no+really%2C+please... Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster From:Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications I doubt Microsoft is ceding virtualized desktops. They just added virtual desktop and a slew of new virtual

RE: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Malcolm Reitz
ally,+please... Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Subject: RE: Virtualizing applications I doubt Microsoft is ceding virtualized desktops. They just added virtual desktop and a slew

Re: Virtualizing applications

2010-05-05 Thread Andrew S. Baker
... Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster *From:* Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] *Subject:* RE: Virtualizing applications I doubt Microsoft is ceding virtualized desktops. They just added virtual desktop and a slew of new virtual app features