Search by

Glossary of Citrix Virtualization Terms

Title: Glossary of Citrix Virtualization Terms

Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Buckle)

Target Audience: Technical - All

Current Revision: 1.0 June 2009

First Published: 25 June 2009

Products: Citrix

UID: XD10092

Overview

This article covers a number of terms and acronyms used in Citrix virtualization products. A handy reference for those encountering these technologies and concepts.

Please login or register to view this article.

Tags

Domain U

Essentials for XenServer

High Availability (HA)

Linux Volume Manager (LVM)

Logical Volume

Physical Block Device (PBD)

Physical [Network] Interface (PIF)

Storage Multipathing

Storage Repository (SR)

Virtual Block Device (VBD)

Virtual Disk Image (VDI)

Virtual [Network] Interface (VIF)

Xen Virtual Appliance (XVA)

XenApp

XenCenter

XenConvert

XenDesktop

XenMotion

XenSearch

XenServer

XenServer Tools

Hypervisor

Spotlight:

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 17:40 by xtravirt

VMware Documentation Downloader v10.08.13

Updated for vSphere 4.1 - A free tool for those on the move who need information FAST

Mobile Cloud Computing World Forum

Join the 1 day conference and exhibition on Enterprise Mobile Cloud Computing and Enterprise Apps or watch the event streamed LIVE online free of charge

E-book: Deploy ESX4 – The Ultimate Guide

PXE booting, WDS, %pre/%post scripting, videos and a whole lot more

Technology Exchange:

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 17:42 by xtravirt

Most popular:

vSphere Client RDP Plug-in
Free integration of the Windows Remote Desktop tool with the VMware vSphere Client!
How to Install VMware ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM
Want to test drive ESX 4.0? Then why not install it within VMware Workstation and try it out now...
Thinking of upgrading to vSphere 4.1?
Here are some pointers for what should be thought about from the outset before upgrading/migrating to VMware vSphere 4.1
VMware Documentation Downloader v10.08.13
A free tool for those on the move who need information FAST - Updated Aug 2010

Must reads:

Posted Wed, 04/11/2009 - 13:39 by xtravirt

Tape Backup Integration with VMware Data Recovery (VDR)

Move VDR backup data to tape the easy way with Powershell

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 18:40 by xtravirt

Next Generation Backup

Strategies for branch office data protection

Posted Mon, 07/06/2010 - 09:36 by xtravirt

VMware Thin Provisioning within ESX 4.0

Put your storage consumption on a diet. Explore the nuts and bolts of Thin Provisioning

Posted Fri, 11/12/2009 - 15:16 by xtravirt

VMware Documentation Downloader

A free tool for those on the move who need information FAST

Posted Mon, 07/06/2010 - 09:37 by xtravirt

VMware HA - Overview and Troubleshooting

We outline VMware Virtual Infrastructure High Availability (HA), how it works, and some common...

Posted Fri, 13/11/2009 - 17:45 by xtravirt

Microsoft Live Migration – A High Level Overview

VMotion for Hyper-V. So how does it work then?

Posted Wed, 04/11/2009 - 13:40 by xtravirt

Capacity Planning - Why Bother?

With todays robust virtualization platforms do we need to be concerned with workload profiling?

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 18:43 by xtravirt

An Introduction to VMware Plug-ins

VMware vCenter 2.5 introduced a framework for the creation of custom plug-ins. This shows you how...

Posted Mon, 23/11/2009 - 09:28 by xtravirt

How to Configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX 4

How-to guide for provisioning a locally-hosted iSCSI storage target on a VMware ESX 4 host using...

Stay in the loop...

Subscribe to our RSS feeds

Follow us on Twitter for instant updates

Join the debate in our Linked In group