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Subject: [THIN] Re: O/T - Citrix Dev, Test, Prelive > Live
From: Luke Pidwarko <lukepidwarko () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-08-05 5:07:55
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Depends on budget and what infrastructure you can leverage. If possible my
vote would be for citrix PVS standard images.
Cheers,
Luke.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Magnus Hjorleifsson <magnus@dtev.com>wrote=
:
> PVS, native vm snapshot tool or volume shadow copy and there is good old
> ghost
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:34, Greg Reese <gareese@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Altiris does a great job of managing this. It works just as well in a
> > virtual environment as it does a physical one.
> >
> > you can set aside as many images as you want, then push them wherever.
> > it straightens out machine name, domain membership etc as part of the
> > process. Then from there, you can have it execute any number of
> > post-image steps as you want. That can be software installation,
> > scripting, copying some files around etc.
> >
> > The last environment I used it in, it delivered a fully installed OS
> > with Citrix XenApp installed. Once Altiris pushed the image, it then
> > ran script jobs to join the farm, some reg tweaks, application
> > installs, plus a few other things I forget.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:04 AM, James Scanlon
> > <James.Scanlon@hoaresbank.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> We were wondering what people out there use for replication/mirroring =
of
> >> complicated environments.
> >>
> >> We already have DEV, TEST, PRELIVE and LIVE environments - but these
> are
> >> fast becoming difficult to manage and to restore to the original
> 'baseline'
> >> (or snapshot if you will)
> >>
> >> We would like the ability to do a complete environment refresh then
> return
> >> to baseline (including ALL technologies like AD, SQL, Exchange,
> Appsense,
> >> APP-V servers, and finally CITRIX)
> >>
> >> Its ok if the changes to the environments are manual - but we are
> looking
> >> for a way to 'automate' the setup / rollback of the environments?
> >> The only requirement thus far is virtual not physical. Any one got any
> >> ideas?
> >> Could the VMWare LabManager a suitable product for this? Any one had a=
ny
> >> experience with it?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> James
> >>
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<div>Depends on budget and what infrastructure you can leverage. If possible my vote \
would be for citrix PVS standard images.</div> <div> </div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Luke.</div>
<div><br><br> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Magnus Hjorleifsson <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:magnus@dtev.com">magnus@dtev.com</a>></span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; \
PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">PVS, native vm snapshot tool or volume shadow \
copy and there is good old ghost<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br>
<div>
<div></div>
<div class="h5"><br>On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:34, Greg Reese <<a \
href="mailto:gareese@gmail.com">gareese@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Altiris \
does a great job of managing this. It works just as well in a<br>> virtual \
environment as it does a physical one.<br> ><br>> you can set aside as many \
images as you want, then push them wherever.<br>> it straightens out machine name, \
domain membership etc as part of the<br>> process. Then from there, you can have \
it execute any number of<br> > post-image steps as you want. That can be software \
installation,<br>> scripting, copying some files around etc.<br>><br>> The \
last environment I used it in, it delivered a fully installed OS<br>> with Citrix \
XenApp installed. Once Altiris pushed the image, it then<br> > ran script jobs to \
join the farm, some reg tweaks, application<br>> installs, plus a few other \
things I forget.<br>><br>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:04 AM, James \
Scanlon<br>> <<a \
href="mailto:James.Scanlon@hoaresbank.co.uk">James.Scanlon@hoaresbank.co.uk</a>> \
wrote:<br> >> Greetings,<br>>><br>>> We were wondering what people \
out there use for replication/mirroring of<br>>> complicated \
environments.<br>>><br>>> We already have DEV, TEST, PRELIVE and LIVE \
environments - but these are<br> >> fast becoming difficult to manage and to \
restore to the original 'baseline'<br>>> (or snapshot if you \
will)<br>>><br>>> We would like the ability to do a complete environment \
refresh then return<br> >> to baseline (including ALL technologies like AD, \
SQL, Exchange, Appsense,<br>>> APP-V servers, and finally \
CITRIX)<br>>><br>>> Its ok if the changes to the environments are manual \
- but we are looking<br> >> for a way to 'automate' the setup / \
rollback of the environments?<br>>> The only requirement thus far is virtual \
not physical. Any one got any<br>>> ideas?<br>>> Could the VMWare \
LabManager a suitable product for this? Any one had any<br> >> experience with \
it?<br>>><br>>> Cheers<br>>> James<br>>><br>>> \
______________________________________<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> \
C. Hoare & Co. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services<br> >> \
Authority with registration no. 122093. The FSA’s address is 25, The \
North<br>>> Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.<br>>><br>>> \
Registered in England no. 240822. Registered office 37 Fleet St, London,<br> >> \
EC4P 4DQ<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Confidentiality \
Disclaimer:<br>>><br>>> This message and attachments are confidential and \
may be privileged, and are<br>>> sent for the personal attention of the \
addressee(s). If you are not the<br> >> intended addressee, any use, disclosure \
or copying of this document is<br>>> unauthorised. Information transmitted by \
email may be intercepted, lost,<br>>> destroyed, corrupted or delayed and as a \
result, C. Hoare & Co. do not<br> >> accept responsibility for any errors \
or omissions in the contents of this<br>>> message. If you would like to \
confirm the contents of this email, please<br>>> request a hard copy \
version.<br>>><br> >><br>>><br>>> If the contents of this \
message are of a personal nature, the email will<br>>> have been sent in a \
personal capacity and not on behalf of C. Hoare & Co.<br>>><br>>><br> \
>><br>>> Monitoring/Viruses:<br>>><br>>> C. Hoare & Co. \
may monitor all incoming and outgoing emails in line with<br>>> current \
legislation. Although emails are screened for viruses, C. Hoare &<br> >> \
Co. cannot guarantee that any transmissions will be virus \
free.<br>>><br>>> \
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