Citrix Netscaler
After been attending a Citrix Xenapp course the previous week, there was one thing at the course that I’ve actually never heard of and that was Citrix Netscaler. What is Citrix Netscaler? After been...
View ArticleMicrosoft Private Cloud and Application Delivery Controllers
An import issue to adress in a private cloud setup is setup of HA “high availability”. There a multiple key components that make up a cloud service, and all of the core components need to have HA...
View ArticleNetscaler 101
The last couple of days I’ve seen a lot of traffic on my blog regarding the posts on Netscaler ( And I don’t have so many of them!) And with the recent events regarding Cisco ACE and Microsoft...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Netscaler
Netscaler is a complex device, and lets face it a lot of things can go wrong. Either when setting it up or someone does something weird with the config and saves it. So therefore I wrote this basic...
View ArticleCitrix Netscaler and SDN
There is a lot of talk now about SDN, so I would like clarify what is actually meant with SDN.First of the name SDN is for Software Defined Networking, the concept Is actually pretty simple. It is...
View ArticleNetscaler and DDoS
A part of many Network admins day to day tasks involves mitigating DDoS attacks. And they come in many types of shape and size.But they are share a common goal, disrupting the service for the users....
View ArticleCitrix and Microsoft cloud solutions
Now If people see any wrong facts here please leave a comment below, I can’t cover everything but this post is written purely based on my opinions and my own knowledge and not everything may be...
View ArticleMonitoring Netscaler with Operations Manager 2012
This guide has been written with Netscaler build 73 and Operations Manager 2012 SP1 (on WS2012) with the management pack from Citrix. Operations Manager 2012 supports monitoring network devices either...
View ArticleA28 Netscaler 10 exam
I recently took the A28 exam from Citrix and wish to share my tips and my experience with this exam. Now to compare with the 9.2 exam this was A LOT more difficult. Have to say that Citrix has really...
View ArticleLoad balancing Application Catalog for Configuration Manager
A customer asked me recently can I configure load balancing for my Application Catalog service on Configuration Manager, since It runs on Silverlight im unsure how it will work… Sure you can!The...
View ArticleSetup Netscaler for XenDesktop 7 and AppController 2.8
This is going to be a long one Always wanted to document this myself but never had the time, so I figured why not knock two birds with one stone and blog it as well since many are probably wondering...
View ArticleCitrix licensing for Access Gateway and Netscaler
Wopptidoh!Something I’ve been wanting to write for a long time since I always get some questions regarding licensing on either Access Gateway / Netscaler Gateway or Netscaler I thought I would write a...
View ArticleNetscaler releases!
So alot is happening on the Netscaler front from Citrix this day! Citrix just released a new build version for all of their platforms. The latest build is 120.13Which can be downloaded from here –>...
View ArticleTrouble with Netscaler Java GUI with the latest update
So something happend with the latest Netscaler GUI after the last Java Updates. When we tried to open any config changes in the GUI the java applet just wouldn’t load. Then I discovered that something...
View ArticleNetscaler tips and tricks
So the purpose of this post is to post different tips and tricks with Netscaler, so this is going to be updated from time to time. So it’s what I call a dynamic post Now there are a tons of different...
View ArticleXenDesktop 7.1 TechPreview Service Template
Citrix released yesterday a tech preview of their Service Template for XenDesktop 7.1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager. This template allows for rapid and easy deployment of an entire...
View ArticleNetscaler Insight and Integration with XenDesktop Director
This is another one of Citrix hidden gems, Netscaler Insight. This product has been available from Citrix some time now, but with the latest update in became alot more useful. Insight is an virtual...
View ArticleAllow users to choose between Access Gateway and XenApp connection
I some cases you want users to have the option to choose between a regular VPN connection when connecting to your solution or they just want to access their applications and desktops using receiver, of...
View ArticleStatus update: Book and NIC2014
So been a few hetical weeks! (Or should I say months) My book has been released to most of the major online book resellers, its called Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager High-Availability...
View ArticleNetscaler, new java and new problems
So the latest Java update Version 7 Update 51 again contains new updates and again more security fixes. Alas it also stops Netscaler from working. Even thou Citrix released a new build today 123.81 it...
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