I hope there are others in this forum like us that might benefit from our
maneuvers.
Unfortunately (sorry) we are not quite into (at least not yet) the LARGE type
of environments that serve part of this audience. Location A (see below) was
refreshed 18-months ago, and was built with 2008R2 at the core, Hyper-V was
implemented for Ericom AccessNow 3-months ago. Location B came into production
1/2014, and designed with virtualization to avoid the headaches we’ve
experienced with software incompatibility. We did achieve the results we were
looking for, as this location has been reported as “fast” and remains trouble
free. Unprecedented on my career …it’s never been so smooth this past 3-months.
Now it’s just a question of either Citrix XebsEVERor VMWARE going forward with
our Future Location, and we are looking for a standard.
For backups we are using Continuum Vault with DATO servers
Locations A and B are connected via SonicWall VPN over T1 and EoC (respectively)
For monitoring we use Continuum RRM
PSA partners (still undetermined)
Location A
Server T410, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 32GB of RAM, DRAC
Microsoft Hyper-V installed on Disk2 is made for Ericom AccessNow.
Credentials:****/***** IP = 10.0.0.12
- DC (Primary): The primary controller is at this location. Domain
level is 2008R2 SP1, all features including DNS server are installed on C:
drive. D: drive is being used for
- Apps – server where all medical packages are installed. The system
is located on drive C:. The data is located on drive D:. Data includes all
databases, images, corporate files, etc.
- “XenApp” – remote applications server. The Ericom AccessNow software
is installed to let remote desktop sessions happen in HTML5 capable browser
window.
Location B
Server T420, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 24GB of RAM, DRAC
VMware ESXi ver 5.5 hypervisor installed on Disk 1. Disk2 is made as 2nd
datastore. Credentials: IP = 10.0.10.4
- DC (Secondary): Windows Server 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.5, HD0 =
80GB located on Disk1, HD1 = 100GB located on Disk 2
- Apps: Windows Server 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.10, HD0 = 80GB located
on Disk1, HD1 = 200GB located on Disk 2
- “XenApp” (Ericom AccessNow) 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.12, HD0 = 80GB
located on Disk1, HD1 = 100GB located on Disk 2
VCenter 5.5: VMware appliance
Future Location (independent company)
Server T420, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 24GB of RAM, 2/1GB SD CARD for RIP, DRAC
CITRIX XenServer?
- DC (Primary): Windows Server 2012R2
- Apps: Windows Server 2012R2
- “XenApp” (Ericom AccessNow ) 2012R2
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Richard Stovall
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Fun virtualization projects coming up
Hoo boy.
Size of your virtualized environment? Current virtualization platform?
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Jeff S. Gottlieb <[email protected]>
wrote:
We have several server refreshes coming up… our choices are ESXi, Hyper-V, or
CITRIX XenServer. Was wondering if this is a forum to post concerns,
experiences, and look forward to recommendations? Oddly, we haven’t seen a
single post regarding the above in the past. –J
