Virtualization management vender Gourami just released Farm Commander Version 1.4.36 for Citrix, Terminal Services, and VMware Environments. Since Gourami recently took Farm Commander out of BETA, many new people and companies downloaded Farm Commander. This led to a storm of positive comments. Many people also had ideas on new features. This led to 3 new powerful new features:
- Compare file systems
- Compare installed software
- Reboot manager
Compare file systems
Ever had two (on paper) ‘identical Citrix servers’, but on one of these servers you can’t get this application to run? Farm Commander now makes it possible to compare the file systems of two servers. A truly unique feature, which no other tool has. Once the two servers are scanned there is a possibility to apply an include/exclude filter. This enables you to skip ‘documents and settings’ for example. Or to only compare .exe files.
Compare installed software
One of the golden rules for proper
XenApp management is to keep your servers identical. This seems like an easy task, especially with tools like Installation Manager, Altiris and Wisdom. Experienced administrators know better. It always grows apart. With Farm Commander you get a nice overview of what software is installed on what server. This will enable you to find differences between servers/computers very quickly. This overview can also be exported to CSV for use in excel for example.
Reboot Manager
A common task for Citrix administrators is rebooting the servers. In previous versions of Farm Commander you had to execute a remote task: shutdown –r. Many people complained about the lack of feedback during this process. This is why we created the Reboot manager. Selected servers will be rebooted/shutdown and Reboot manager keeps track of the outcome. If the servers are really shutdown/come back up.
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