Sunday, December 20, 2009

NetScaler as a Virtual Appliance is Now Available for ESX and ESXi

NetScaler VPX is now available for ESX and ESXi. 

http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1689968

Migrate Provisioning Server Devices

I was rebuilding a PVS infrastructure with a new database and ran into an issue with the migration.  I was trying to decide whether it would be faster to migrate the existing database or start from scratch and rebuild everything.  Nothing was in production yet and after a little research, migrating the existing PVS database to the new server could be tricky.  Instead, I decided to start from scratch and export my devices from the old PVS database and import them into the new.  Citrix wrote this helpful guide on how to export to a .CSV and I was able to get everything transferred over quickly without any issues. 

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118832

So, if you're migrating to a new database server and want to start fresh with a newly created farm, this is for you.  Take advantage of this opportunity to perform a redesign without having to recreate all of your devices.