XenServer – Management NIC bonding problem
Posted on November 26th, 2009
Have noticed this rather annoying bug with XenServer 5.5
Scenario
If a pool of servers is created, and NIC 0+1 is bonded with the management interface running on this bonded network.
All configuration steps were done from XenCenter
Problem
A new XenServer is added to the pool, the NICs are un-bonded before adding it to the pool (but the same problem exists even if they are bonded)
The new XenServer is added to the pool and it picks up the pool network configuration however the Bond0+1network shows as unknown rather than connected.
Resolution
Remove the Bond0+1 network from the pool (which obviously affects all servers)
Create the bond 0+1 again
Now this bond shows as connected on all XenServers.
how annoying.
Tags: 0+1, 5.5, bond, bond0+1, Citrix XenServer, connected, error, NIC, unknown
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Remove the Network icon from the systray – Windows 2008
Posted on September 10th, 2009
Windows 2008 has some icons that appear in the systray by default. The network icon is an example that appears even in a terminal server or Citrix session, as shown:
It is un-necessary clutter that would be best to remove in the terminal server session. However, there is no Group Policy option to do this in a Windows 2003 domain.
The following registry keys are available and can be used to remove all the systray icons:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\HideSCAVolume
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoAutoTrayNotify
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\HideSCANetwork
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoTrayItemsDisplay
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\HideClock
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\HideSCAPower
These can be added as a REG_DWORD and set to 1 to enable the setting.
They can also be added to the HKCU hive if required.
Tags: hide, icon, network, network icon, NIC, registry, remove, systray, Windows 2008
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