Benjamin Crill

I've been trying for the longest time to get my hands on some Nutanix gear of my own but been struggling with funding.  In order to expedite my ability to begin testing I decided I would run NutanixCE on vSphere to get started.  I found no shortage of posts on running...

As highly skilled technology professionals there are a few things that annoy us.  One thing that annoys us is when things don't go to plan.  We pride ourselves on our technical knowledge and ability.  When it doesn't go as planned that can be frustrating.  The second t...

It has been a little while since I posted on my comings and goings.  Beginning of the year and had to knock out a bunch of certifications, but that isn't exciting at all.

What is exciting is trying to make a user environment perform at top notch and then it having the e...

I promise, I am not becoming a SQL expert/consultant.  Honestly I try to know enough about SQL to do what I need from a Citrix perspective and let the true experts handle the complex stuff.  Alas, sometimes you have to dig in and get your hands dirty.  In this case it...

Today is an exciting and special day for me.  It was announced today I had been accepted into the Citrix Technology Advocate program (https://www.mycugc.org/blog/community-champions-cta).  This is a program that recognizes those for their contributions to the Citrix te...

It has been some time since I've done a project where I've been deploying a new XenServer environment.  I got the opportunity this week to do a brand new XenApp & XenDesktop deployment with XenServer.  The simplicity of XenServer just cannot be overstated.  Connected s...

So I've seen this in a number of different scenarios now with additional colleagues and customers so figured I would pass it along.  The issue causes various odd behavior to happen in a Citrix XenDesktop environment if you are using a SQL AlwaysOn cluster.  If you setu...

Came across this little script for dumping application definitions and then being able to add them to a new farm.  Helps when you need to upgrade but don't want/can't upgrade controllers in place

First you Export your apps on the XDC:

 get-brokerapplication | export-clix...

So I just had a bit of epiphany.  Application layering these days is all the rage and offers a number of promising solutions to application management problems.  But what if an application management tool could help you with OS management????  Well that's exactly what...

And so my digital online presence begins.  The internet will never be the same again.  That's not to say I'm that amazing (although I think I am) but merely one cannot not have an impact on the environment in which they exist. 

Ok that was a lot of extra negat...