@black3dynamite said in Bootable Hardware Detection Tool::

Make sure you have enabled Virtualization in the BIOS.

Thank you, this box previously had Hyper-V on it so good to go there.

New to hypervisors. I know how to drive them. I want to learn how to work on instead of in them. My first roadblock is hardware incompatibility. I need (I believe) to be able to figure out what chip-sets and such or on generic machines that were cobbled together. After several attempt to install the express version on Citrix Hypervisor (Xen Server) and failing miserably I boiled it down to (I think) the storage chip-set is not supported. It is an Asus motherboard and has the Z77 intel chip-set. Your thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sheriff got a case of the red ass.

Trying to explain how to recall an email to the editor of our company newsletter. This pumpkin carving contest reminder slipped past the whole group.

@scottalanmiller Thank you sir. Your and everyone's input is valued and appreciated.

@Dashrender

So - according to the bold points above - there really isn't any understanding on what moving to the cloud means. You really have to start there. You need to pin management down on what they want - what the goal is. Get them to admit - they heard this 'cool' term cloud and how all the cool kids are doing it, and they assumed they needed to as well. Assuming they do admit that - then ask them, if you don't know what it is, then how can you say you want to do that? Wouldn't it be better to learn what it is and if it even applies to their business?
Is there a pain point they have today they are trying to solve?

I would have to agree, that is my first hurdle. Find the why, then the how.

Thank you.

@notverypunny

Yep, but our main / lead Citrx guy here has been back and forth with their support trying to get acceptable performance compared to our on-prem setup. We're looking at the possibility of using it for XenDesktop in a DR capacity, but from what I've been hearing the performance isn't even acceptable from a temporary / DR perspective.

This is exactly what we have been hearing about it.

@notverypunny

The information you've given helps explain the current IT reality of the company. My concern would be that if management has SaaS in mind as opposed to migrating the existing workloads then looking at colo would seem to be a moot point. You've mentioned Citrix, which makes me wonder if they're looking to do Citrix Cloud.

We have looked at citrix cloud. We have been getting feedback that it is not quite ready for prime-time. I think we are planning on looking at it again this winter to see if it is an option. With all this new information I have a lot to think about.

@notverypunny

• Why does the outgoing person have such an anti-cloud bias
• What does management mean by "get to the cloud".

1. Crusty old bastard that doesn't like change..... Learning something new is not in the playbook.

2. It seems to me to be a keep up with the Jones's, this looks good at our mixed group meetings. I think its just a word that sounds cool. I will be digging into it more soon.

@notverypunny said in Newb: Looking for advice.:

So my initial comment was meant to be more tongue-in-cheek than anything, I wasn't trying to bash or belittle anyone, my apologies if it wasn't taken as intended.

No offense taken, the team I work with is vicious, no holds barred, prepare to be nuked at any moment.

After stepping through the most appreciated information "Hosted" services at a CoLo currently makes the most sense. I still have a lot to learn. My next adventure is to study up on what the architecture would look like with moving our data center to a colo.

What does the network interface on prem look like?
What type and size pipe do i need based on our traffic patterns?
What does a good colo provider look like?
Does the math work?
Is moving to a colo and calling it "cloud" solve the political problem?

What is the difference between managing on prem and managing colo?
What am i losing?
What am i Gaining?
Yada, Yada, Yada.........

Again thanks for all the help. Hopefully I can return the favor some day.

ps. in the time it took me to write this reply you all gave more great things to think about. I see you gotta be on your toes when responding. HA!!!

@scottalanmiller said in Newb: Looking for advice.:

So the majority of your workloads are done via RDS or equivalent (XenApp / XenDesktop)?

Exactly.

I most certainly have more questions for sure, once I digest what you have given below.

Again, thank you.

Sorry, I did not realize all of the great content posted. I am reading all of it now playing catch-up.. Thank you everyone.

Our storage to host network is 10g Meraki. We run 100mb Avaya to our end users connect with Avaya 9608 sip phone passing through to Dell 3040 zero clients

Total of 3 Hosts:

• Hypervisor: VMware ESXi, 6.5.0

• Model: PowerEdge R730

• Processor Type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz

• Logical Processors: 144

• 383 gig

We run:

Citrix Studio

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Version: 7.15.2000.260

XenApp shared desktop, windows 10, 125 users

We have a 10gig host/storage network:

Here is a typical week of activity:

Hope this helps and hope i did not break any rules. Thank you.

@Emad-R I understand. I will cobble that together and post here. Thank you so much. I have a Dr. Appointment so it will be tomorrow. Again thank you for taking the time to help.

@Emad-R when you say "services" do you mean off prem, on prem? The first guy kind of had it right.... Ashamed? Yes. To proud? No. The lingo is not a strength.

@WrCombs Thanks man!! I appreciate it.

I have been a lurker of ML for a couple of years.

Well, that is the whole problem. I have been putting off everything to do with trying to understand cloud computing because I am not in the captains chair where I work. The current captain hates all things cloud. Well it is getting closer to his retirement so I figure I had better start sharpening the brain. Long story short, started AD meds "under Dr. care of course" and am trying to make "or not make" a case for how to move forward into the future since it appears I will be taking the helm.

We are a small shop, under 100 users. Our work load does not fluctuate from day to day. We are not expecting load growth above 3% year over year. There is not enough demand on resources to require a on demand emergency reactionary type of architecture. We do not do any kind of application development, most of our enterprise application is off the shelf. Our leadership really wants to get to "the cloud". I am currently reading everything i can get my hands on to understand which way to go. I fully understand and accept that I am a "Buyer" and not an admin or architect. I just need some advice on where to start this journey "To the cloud or Not to the cloud". Thank you for any advice you can give.

Apologies if this has a thread. I searched. Seems a little disturbing to me. What is the consensus?https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15664

Stay safe brother. I hear it is a dangerous place.