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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">&lt;<a href="mailto:magnus@dtev.com">magnus@dtev.com</a>&gt;</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 &lt;<a \
href="mailto:gareese@gmail.com">gareese@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br>&gt; Altiris \
does a great job of managing this. It works just as well in a<br>&gt; virtual \
environment as it does a physical one.<br> &gt;<br>&gt; you can set aside as many \
images as you want, then push them wherever.<br>&gt; it straightens out machine name, \
domain membership etc as part of the<br>&gt; process.  Then from there, you can have \
it execute any number of<br> &gt; post-image steps as you want.  That can be software \
installation,<br>&gt; scripting, copying some files around etc.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; The \
last environment I used it in, it delivered a fully installed OS<br>&gt; with Citrix \
XenApp installed.  Once Altiris pushed the image, it then<br> &gt; ran script jobs to \
join the farm, some reg tweaks, application<br>&gt; installs,  plus a few other \
things I forget.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:04 AM, James \
Scanlon<br>&gt; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:James.Scanlon@hoaresbank.co.uk">James.Scanlon@hoaresbank.co.uk</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br> &gt;&gt; Greetings,<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; We were wondering what people \
out there use for replication/mirroring of<br>&gt;&gt; complicated \
environments.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; We already have  DEV, TEST, PRELIVE and LIVE \
environments - but these are<br> &gt;&gt; fast becoming difficult to manage and to \
restore to the original &#39;baseline&#39;<br>&gt;&gt; (or snapshot if you \
will)<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; We would like the ability to do a complete environment \
refresh then return<br> &gt;&gt; to baseline (including ALL technologies like AD, \
SQL, Exchange, Appsense,<br>&gt;&gt; APP-V servers, and finally \
CITRIX)<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Its ok if the changes to the environments are manual \
- but we are looking<br> &gt;&gt; for a way to &#39;automate&#39; the setup / \
rollback of the environments?<br>&gt;&gt; The only requirement thus far is virtual \
not physical. Any one got any<br>&gt;&gt; ideas?<br>&gt;&gt; Could the VMWare \
LabManager a suitable product for this? Any one had any<br> &gt;&gt; experience with \
it?<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Cheers<br>&gt;&gt; James<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; \
______________________________________<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; \
C. Hoare &amp; Co. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services<br> &gt;&gt; \
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Registered in England no. 240822. Registered office 37 Fleet St, London,<br> &gt;&gt; \
EC4P 4DQ<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Confidentiality \
Disclaimer:<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; This message and attachments are confidential and \
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&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Monitoring/Viruses:<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; C. Hoare &amp; Co. \
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Co. cannot guarantee that any transmissions will be virus \
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