Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions
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@hobbit666 It's what we do
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Things like HA-Lizard, with full platform replication and HA, are great for things that don't do HA on their own. It's super generic and powerful. But I think that most people are shocked to find that nearly all work loads that we use can do pretty insane levels of HA without anything fancy. Active Directory, for example, does HA out of the box by default (if you have two DCs or more.)
Good candidates for HA at the platform level are often simple web apps, but even there there are typically other options if you want ot get the ultimate up time.
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I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
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@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Sure, X2Go, for example. But if you want ICA and full VDI management and stuff, XD is about the best.
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
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@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
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@johnhooks said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
We use VMware Horizon View here, it is pretty good as well very similar to XenDesktop. Version 7 is catching up and has the feature you are talking about.
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@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@johnhooks said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
We use VMware Horizon View here, it is pretty good as well very similar to XenDesktop. Version 7 is catching up and has the feature you are talking about.
Is XenDesktop a full Windows machine (or Linux) for each user? based off a shared image?
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Is XenDesktop a full Windows machine (or Linux) for each user? based off a shared image?
Yes, it is Citrix' VDI solution.
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As a note windows licensing in no problem. We have Datacentre in place for ALL our hosts
someone got trigger happy and just bought them instead of thinking what we actually need lol -
@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Because no desktop means no sales and one sale could be £100K so we need all 8 VM's running during office hours.
Yes 4 VM's could I guess run all 250 users for a day but if there is a FREE method of ensuring the VM's are there ready to run in their latest state i'll take it
I have heard/seen issues where a VM maxes out at x number of users - so I understand the need for more than say 2 VM's in the farm. So perhaps it's the case that you can't live with fewer than 7 or 8 VMs assuming that the hardware on a single host has enough resources. In that case you can manage fewer VMs by using DRDB, but assuming Windows servers, you'll still need all those licenses for both boxes.
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@johnhooks said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
We use VMware Horizon View here, it is pretty good as well very similar to XenDesktop. Version 7 is catching up and has the feature you are talking about.
Is XenDesktop a full Windows machine (or Linux) for each user? based off a shared image?
Yes, it is a true VDI solution. XenApp does the individual applications. They also have a RDS style system, although I can't remember the name of it.
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@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@johnhooks said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
We use VMware Horizon View here, it is pretty good as well very similar to XenDesktop. Version 7 is catching up and has the feature you are talking about.
Is XenDesktop a full Windows machine (or Linux) for each user? based off a shared image?
Yes, it is a true VDI solution. XenApp does the individual applications. They also have a RDS style system, although I can't remember the name of it.
RDS is built off of XenApp.
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Because no desktop means no sales and one sale could be £100K so we need all 8 VM's running during office hours.
Yes 4 VM's could I guess run all 250 users for a day but if there is a FREE method of ensuring the VM's are there ready to run in their latest state i'll take it
I have heard/seen issues where a VM maxes out at x number of users - so I understand the need for more than say 2 VM's in the farm. So perhaps it's the case that you can't live with fewer than 7 or 8 VMs assuming that the hardware on a single host has enough resources. In that case you can manage fewer VMs by using DRDB, but assuming Windows servers, you'll still need all those licenses for both boxes.
A single VM handles a LOT because it does nothing but direct people to the right VDI VM. One on each host is likely plenty.
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@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@johnhooks said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@coliver said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
I see another concern about either plan for @hobbit666
Windows Licensing.With a non HA setup, you can assign two Windows Server licenses to each hosts (each license gets two VMs). But in DRDB setup, you'd have to license each host for 8 VMs (i.e. 4 licenses for each) because of the possibility of running all VMs in one location.
Good point (assuming Windows is used, XD doesn't require that as it can do Linux desktops.)
I suppose, but do aren't there free solutions for the citrix farm stuff ?
Not really, there are some inexpensive competitors, Parallels 2X is what I used in the past. But XenDesktop is the best in the VDI and remote desktop realms. The management interface is pretty fantastic.
Ya we have it here. The new gold image in every session is awesome (or whatever it's actually called, I don't manage it).
We use VMware Horizon View here, it is pretty good as well very similar to XenDesktop. Version 7 is catching up and has the feature you are talking about.
Is XenDesktop a full Windows machine (or Linux) for each user? based off a shared image?
Yes, it is a true VDI solution. XenApp does the individual applications. They also have a RDS style system, although I can't remember the name of it.
RDS is built off of XenApp.
That's interesting I wasn't aware of that. I thought they had done some partnership or licensing with App-V as well.
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@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Because no desktop means no sales and one sale could be £100K so we need all 8 VM's running during office hours.
Yes 4 VM's could I guess run all 250 users for a day but if there is a FREE method of ensuring the VM's are there ready to run in their latest state i'll take it
I have heard/seen issues where a VM maxes out at x number of users - so I understand the need for more than say 2 VM's in the farm. So perhaps it's the case that you can't live with fewer than 7 or 8 VMs assuming that the hardware on a single host has enough resources. In that case you can manage fewer VMs by using DRDB, but assuming Windows servers, you'll still need all those licenses for both boxes.
A single VM handles a LOT because it does nothing but direct people to the right VDI VM. One on each host is likely plenty.
I thought he said he wasn't doing VDI, but instead is providing a remote desktop?
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Because no desktop means no sales and one sale could be £100K so we need all 8 VM's running during office hours.
Yes 4 VM's could I guess run all 250 users for a day but if there is a FREE method of ensuring the VM's are there ready to run in their latest state i'll take it
I have heard/seen issues where a VM maxes out at x number of users - so I understand the need for more than say 2 VM's in the farm. So perhaps it's the case that you can't live with fewer than 7 or 8 VMs assuming that the hardware on a single host has enough resources. In that case you can manage fewer VMs by using DRDB, but assuming Windows servers, you'll still need all those licenses for both boxes.
VMs for XenDesktop are considered connection brokers. They line up users with virtual desktops. They are like the pimps of the VDI world.
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@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@scottalanmiller said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@Dashrender said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra on Ubuntu 15.10 - Complete installation instructions:
Because no desktop means no sales and one sale could be £100K so we need all 8 VM's running during office hours.
Yes 4 VM's could I guess run all 250 users for a day but if there is a FREE method of ensuring the VM's are there ready to run in their latest state i'll take it
I have heard/seen issues where a VM maxes out at x number of users - so I understand the need for more than say 2 VM's in the farm. So perhaps it's the case that you can't live with fewer than 7 or 8 VMs assuming that the hardware on a single host has enough resources. In that case you can manage fewer VMs by using DRDB, but assuming Windows servers, you'll still need all those licenses for both boxes.
A single VM handles a LOT because it does nothing but direct people to the right VDI VM. One on each host is likely plenty.
I thought he said he wasn't doing VDI, but instead is providing a remote desktop?
XenDesktop = VDI
XenApp = Terminal Services
