Mastering CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź
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Mastering CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź

Govardhan Gunnala, Daniele Tosatto

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Mastering CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź

Govardhan Gunnala, Daniele Tosatto

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About This Book

  • Design, deploy, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, and maintain XenDesktop for enterprise environments and to meet emerging high-end business requirements
  • Configure Citrix XenDesktop to deliver a rich virtual desktop experience to end users
  • A comprehensive, practical guide to monitoring a XenDesktop environment and automating XenDesktop tasks using PowerShell

Who This Book Is For

This book is intended for IT administrators who want to use CitrixÂź as a desktop virtualization solution or for IT architects who want to learn how to design and implement highly available and scalable XenDesktopÂź environments. It is assumed that you have intermediate-level knowledge of virtualization concepts, Windows desktop operating systems, and Windows Server technologies.

Citrix¼, Citrix Systems¼, XenApp¼, XenDesktop¼, and CloudPortalℱ are trademarks of Citrix¼ Systems¼, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.

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Éditeur
Packt Publishing
Année
2015
ISBN
9781784394592
Édition
1
Sujet
Computer Science
Sous-sujet
Virtualisation

Mastering CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź

Table of Contents

Mastering CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Instant updates on new Packt books
Disclaimer
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Evolution and Core Strengths of XenDesktopÂź
The evolution of XenDesktopÂź
CitrixÂź and its vision
CitrixÂź's relationship with Microsoft
CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź virtualization solutions
The XenDesktopÂź and Project Avalon roadmap
XenDesktopÂź releases and improvements
CitrixÂź Desktop Server 1.0
XenDesktopÂź 2.0
XenDesktopÂź 2.1
XenDesktopÂź 3.0
XenDesktopÂź 3.0 Feature Pack 1
XenDesktopÂź 4.0
XenDesktopÂź 4.0 Feature Pack 1
XenDesktopÂź 4.0 Feature Pack 2
XenDesktopÂź 5.0
XenDesktopÂź 5.5
XenDesktopÂź 5.6
XenDesktopÂź 5.6 Feature Pack 1
XenDesktopÂź 7.0
XenDesktopÂź 7.1
XenDesktopÂź 7.5
XenDesktopÂź 7.6
XenDesktopÂź 7.6 Feature Pack 1
Core strengths of XenDesktopÂź
CitrixÂź Receiver for any device, anytime, anywhere
HDX user experience technology
Intelligent redirection
Adaptive compression
De-duplication of network traffic
FlexCastÂź delivery technology
Hosted shared
Hosted VDI
Random/Non-persistent
Static/Non-persistent
Static persistent
Remote PC
Streamed VHD
Local VM
On-demand apps
Open architecture - Cloud-ready FMA
On-demand applications by XenAppÂź
Automated application migration with AppDNAÂź
High security and compliance standards
Summary
2. Understanding the XenDesktopÂź Architecture in Detail
Key features of the XenDesktopÂź architecture for businesses
The evolution of XenDesktopÂź architecture
XenDesktopÂź 2.0 and Independent Management Architecture (IMA)
XenDesktopÂź 5.0 and FlexCastÂź Management Architecture
XenDesktopÂź 7.0 with FMA - the unified architecture for XenDesktopÂź 7 and XenAppÂź
The basics of FMA - the XenDesktopÂź architecture
Concepts and terminologies
The components of FMA
Core components
Additional components
The features of FMA
Terminology change from the IMA to the latest FMA
Advanced FMA - the XenDesktopÂź architecture in detail
The five layers of FMA
Working of FMA components to deliver virtual desktops
Phase 1 - User authentication and resources enumeration
Phase 2 - Virtual Desktop allocation and connection establishment
Designing FMA for your XenDesktopÂź deployment
Project Accelerator
The assess phase
The design phase
Results along with an example
Summary
3. Designing XenDesktopÂź for Complex Environments
Desktop environments
The essential elements of a desktop environment
Business expectations of a desktop environment
XenDesktop¼ – Transforming desktop environments
XenDesktopÂź
Additional technologies
Process of designing XenDesktopÂź deployments
Decisions to be made at each layer
User layer
Access layer
Desktop/resource layer
Control layer
Hardware layer
Tools for designing XenDesktopÂź
Project Accelerator
Virtual Desktop Handbook
XenDesktopÂź Reviewer's Guide
XenDesktopÂź deployment architectures for complex environments
XenDesktopÂź architecture designed for high availability
Overview
In-depth analysis of the HA architecture at each layer of FMA
User layer
Access layer
Desktop/resource layer
Control layer
Hardware layer
Best practices of HA
Design considerations for a scalable deployment
XenDesktopÂź scalability
StoreFront
Delivery controllers
Database
Provisioning technologies—MCS and PVS
Open architecture and Cloud support
Windows operating system and applications optimization
Site capacity and multi-site deployments
Hardware scalability
Single server scalability
Scalability with hardware assisted server technologies
Storage considerations
App Orchestration – multi forest Active Directory Environment
Active Directory requirements
DNS requirements
VDA requirements
SSL requirements
XenDesktopÂź and Cloud computing integration
Cloud computing for desktop virtualization
XenDesktopÂź Cloud support
CloudPlatform
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Computing (EC2)
AWS limitations for XenDesktopÂź deployment
Private Cloud
The deployment architecture
Public Cloud (using Amazon AWS)
The deployment architecture
Deployment functional overview
Detailed deployment procedure
Hybrid Cloud (using Amazon AWS)
The deployment architecture
Deployment functional overview
Detailed deployment procedure
Summary
4. Implementing a XenDesktopÂź Environment
Installing of XenDesktopÂź's main components
Installing CitrixÂź Licensing
Understanding the site database
Installing the Delivery Controller
Creating the XenDesktopÂź site
Installing CitrixÂź Director
Installing CitrixÂź StoreFront
Creating a CitrixÂź StoreFront store
Summary
5. Delivering Virtual Desktops and Optimizing XenDesktopÂź
Configuring XenDesktopÂź components for high availability
Installing an additional Delivery Controller
Installing an additional CitrixÂź StoreFront
Making configuration changes in StoreFront
Installing Virtual Desktop Agent
Creating and configuring machine catalogs and delivery groups
Optimizing XenDesktopÂź Virtual Desktop Agent for performance
Managing CitrixÂź policies
Summary
6. Configuring XenDesktopÂź for Advanced Use Cases
Advanced use cases of XenDesktopÂź
Implementing advanced business use cases with XenDesktopÂź
Fine-tuning and customizing XenDesktopÂź for advanced use cases
Configuring XenDesktopÂź for advanced business use cases
High-end 3D business applications using GPU technology
Traditional setup for high-end 3D business applications using physical desktops
XenDesktopÂź provisioning GPU enabled virtual desktops
NVidia GRID – graphics accelerated virtualization
XenDesktopÂź 3D solution architectures using NVidia GRID technology
Implementing XenDesktopÂź 3D solutions using NVidia GRID technology
Steps to implement the GPU sharing environment using CitrixÂź XenDesktopÂź, XenServerÂź, and NVidia GRID
Unified Communications Solutions (UCS) - audio and video conferencing applications
Challenges with UCS - audio and video conferencing a...

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