I tend to just use all the downloads and documentation from the Citrix website, and the Citrix forums themselves, combined with a few good books I've picked up. I used to swear by the Metaframe Advanced Concepts Guide download but I haven't seen it around since MPS 4.5. I'll get the titles of the books I use day-to-day when I get back to work Monday. Brian Madden's site is very good (http://www.brianmadden.com). There is also a fair bit of Citrix knowledge around in the VMWare forums as most new Citrix implementations seem to involve VMWare at some stage, although maybe that is changing a little now as the virtualisation arena opens up a bit.
Building your own farm from scratch, if you have the software and infrastructure to support such a test project, can be extremely useful. I more or less got dropped straight into a XenApp 6 design and build six months ago and I've learned a lot from that that is proving very handy in my new role. No doubt others will be able to provide some recommendations (that hopefully I can also use) :-) On 18 September 2010 21:19, sdewilliman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Webster & James , > Reason for asking is because our inhouse Citrix expert left a few months > ago > & though Xenapp servers have been hummin along just fine I'd like to get > more grounded in the technology since there's no prospect of replacement. > > Aside from your book, any other resources (books/sites or otherwise) you'd > recommend for someone getting started? > > > On 9/18/10 2:08 PM, "Webster" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "high-traffic" Citrix type related lists I have never come across. Most > > people who work with Citrix products and technologies I have found to be > > mostly non-sharing. They know stuff and want to make sure they are the > only > > one who knows it. Pretty sad. One of the most knowledgeable people I > > personally know refuses to blog, answer questions or share his knowledge > in > > any way, shape, form or fashion. I think he knows more about the > internals > > of Citrix products than most Citrix employees. > > > > There is The Thin list but it can go many days or weeks with no traffic. > > Sometimes there is more Citrix related traffic on this list than on The > Thin > > List. [email protected] > > > > There was a list and site several years ago that had tons of traffic and > > info and then it just shut down for no reason. I found out at BriForum > this > > year why it shut down - the site/list owner went to work for Citrix and > > Citrix made him shut it down and he was not allowed to give notice. > Citrix > > just made him pull the plug on the site. One day it was there and then > it > > was gone except for what Google cached. > > > > My conspiracy theory is, if there is anyone providing helpful info to the > > Citrix community they get hired by Citrix and their site is shut down. > Doug > > Brown left Citrix because, way back then, Citrix thought his Methodology > In > > A Box would keep people from calling Citrix support. He refused to shut > his > > site down and he left Citrix. > > > > If you find an active Citrix related mailing list, let me know. > > > > Thanks > > > > Webster > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sdewilliman [mailto:[email protected]] > > Subject: OT Citrix Forum > > > > Hi, does anyone know if there's a Citrix listserv available for email > > subscription ? I know of the myitforum one but am interested in gleaning > > knowledge from any other high-traffic lists, > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
