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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5: Design and implement Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5 with this book and ebook

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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Chapter 2. Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm

Now that we have learned about the features of XenApp and the new features of XenApp 6.5, it's time for us to start the design of our XenApp 6.5 farm. The most important step before any XenApp deployment is, to understand the features of the product and design the architecture.

In this chapter, we will take a look at the case study that we will use in the book to implement XenApp 6.5: Brick Unit Constructions.

In this chapter we will cover the following topics:

  • Learning XenApp Farm terminology and concepts

  • Designing a basic XenApp architecture

  • Designing a basic Pilot plan

  • Creating a list of applications to publish in our XenApp farm

  • Reviewing a list of applications and deciding the best method to deliver them

Case study: Brick Unit Constructions


John Charles Empire established a small construction company near Washington DC in 1973. His company started building small homes in the state of Maryland and currently is one of the most important construction companies in the area. In the last 10 years, they increased the revenue, the amount of employees, and construction sites, and now they have several construction sites around the state.

Managing the software installed on computers and other devices in the field is a nightmare for the small IT department of the company and their manager, William Empire, son of John Charles.

When William read about the new XenApp 6.5, he thought the product could help the company manage the distributed and complex environment of Brick Unit Constructions.

Farm terminology and concepts


Now is the moment to define the terminology which we are going to use in this book. If you are new in the XenApp world, please pay attention to this section. Except when noted, all following terminology applies to both XenApp 6.0 and XenApp 6.5.

  • Multi-user environment is when applications are published on servers running Microsoft Remote Desktop Services and/or Citrix XenApp accessed by multiple users simultaneously.

  • XenApp server is the main software component of the Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. The objective of XenApp servers is to deliver applications to user devices.

  • XenApp application servers are the farm servers that host published applications, desktop, or content.

  • XenApp infrastructure servers are the farm servers that host services such as a license server or Web Interface. Usually, they do not host published applications.

  • Remote Desktop Services, formerly known as Terminal Services, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows Server...

Designing a basic XenApp architecture


Let's learn more about Brick Unit Constructions. The HQ of the company is located near Frederick in Maryland. The company had around 120 users working there. Currently, they have 17 sites under construction around the state located in a 150 mile radius of HQ. Each of these sites has 10 to 25 computers, accessing applications installed on the site server or in each user computer. So we have around 400 users between HQ and the construction sites. Almost 20 percent of these users utilize laptops, work on a few projects at the same time, and travel between sites. All these sites are connected in a MPLS network between HQ and sites using T1 links.

Usually these projects are short-term, between six months to two years. When the project is completed, IT department needs to take a full back up of every machine and the server and reassign them to a new project.

None of these sites has its own IT personnel, so the management of these servers and computers (backups...

The pilot plan


William wants to build a very simple infrastructure to test the product with some users and later add more features (and servers) to the deployment.

Hence, he creates a basic task list to deploy the XenApp design validation farm:

  1. Design Active Directory integration.

  2. Build a small test farm in the lab with three servers to test XenApp and applications and get some experience with the product.

  3. Create a list of applications to publish in the XenApp farm.

  4. Test the list of applications and decide the best method to deliver them.

If we are satisfied with the results, the next step will be to create a XenApp pilot farm or extend our XenApp design validation farm, and provide some users access to the farm. This will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter. However, a few tasks are described as follows:

  • Estimate the amount of XenApp applications Servers: In this step we need to calculate the number of XenApp application servers required. We can obtain an estimate based on the amount...

Summary


In this chapter, we learned how to design a Citrix XenApp 6.5 (and 6.0) farm and discovered Brick Unit Construction. Specially:

  • Common XenApp farm terminology and concepts used in the Citrix world and some new names used on XenApp 6.5

  • Designing a Basic XenApp Architecture

  • Writing a simple pilot plan

  • Designing Active Directory integration

  • Building a small test farm, used as a design validation farm

  • Creating a list of applications to publish on the new farm

  • Testing the list of applications and deciding the best method to deliver them

Designing and building a basic XenApp 6.5 farm, is the first step for a successful deployment of the product. Installing and testing applications will help us understand the features of the products and gain experience with them.

In the next chapter, we will leave words aside and we will start building our first XenApp 6.5 servers!!!

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Key benefits

  • Use Citrix management tools to publish applications and resources on client devices with this book and eBook
  • Deploy and optimize XenApp 6.5 on Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines and physical servers
  • Understand new features included in XenApp 6.5 including a brand new chapter on advanced XenApp deployment covering topics such as unattended install of XenApp 6.5, using dynamic data center provisioning, and more
  • Clear, easy-to-follow steps and screenshots to carry out each task

Description

XenApp is the leader in application hosting and virtualization delivery, allowing users from different platforms such Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices to connect to their business applications. Using XenApp, you can deploy secure applications quickly to thousands of users.XenApp 6.5 brings with it exciting new features such as a brand new management console, Instant App access, Multi-stream ICA, Single Sign-on and SmartAuditor enhancements, and more.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 provides comprehensive details on how to design, implement, and maintain Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5. Additionally, you will learn to use management tools and scripts for daily tasks such as managing servers, published resources, printers, and connections.Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 starts by introducing the basics and new features of the brand new version such as installing servers and configuring components, and then teaches you how to publish applications and resources on the client device before moving on to configuring content redirection. Author Guillermo Musumeci includes a use case throughout the book to explain advanced topics like creating management scripts and deploying and optimizing XenApp for Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. It will guide you through an unattended installation of XenApp and components on physical servers. By the end of this book you will have enough knowledge to successfully design and manage your own XenApp 6.5 Farms.

Who is this book for?

If you are a system administrator or consultant who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenApp 6.5 farms, then this book is for you. This book will help both new and experienced XenApp professionals to deliver virtualized applications.

What you will learn

  • New features and system requirements of XenApp 6.5
  • The XenApp Architecture and designing XenApp 6.5 Farms
  • Covers exciting new features in XenApp 6.5 such as Role-based Setup Wizard, Session Pre-Launch (Instant App Access), Citrix AppCenter management console, Citrix Receiver and Citrix Dazzle, and more
  • Install XenApp 6.5 and configure XenApp 6.5 components
  • Manage XenApp components and Citrix Administrators using the new Citrix Delivery Services Console and other Management tools
  • Publish and manage applications and resources, including application streaming
  • Create and apply Citrix Policies to control connections, security, and bandwidth settings using the Group Policy Management Console, Citrix Delivery Services Console, and Local Group Policy Editor.
  • Optimize multimedia content on XenApp using Citrix HDX technologies
  • Manage session environments and connections
  • Secure, optimize and monitor XenApp Farms
  • Deploy XenApp 6.5 on Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware ESX virtual machines
  • Unattended installation of XenApp 6.5 on physical servers.

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Table of Contents

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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Designing a XenApp 6.5 Farm Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installing XenApp 6.5 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced XenApp Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Management Tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Application Publishing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Application Streaming Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing XenApp Policies Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Printing in XenApp Environments Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Multimedia Content in XenApp Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Scripting Programming Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Receiver and Plug-Ins Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Virtualizing XenApp Farms Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Excellent hands on walk through of the new generation of XenApp, 64 bit and all the benefits of current Microsoft technology. The scenario based approach is one that you can adapt to your own environment or use as template for a POC to test out the new feature set. Given all the new features in both Citrix and Microsoft this is a must have guide for any Citrix admin.It is hard to find good Citrix documentation even on the Citrix site lots of searching on the Internet especially for detailed step by step guides. In this book you find it so save yourself some time and pick up a copy and start working.
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This review has also been added to the .co.uk siteAfter reading this i couldn't help thinking that this was a rehash of the XenApp6 title, also by the same author.I would like to add that i have read and reviewed the XenApp 6 book and you will see from that particular review 5 stars were awarded as i felt that this book gave the reader an insight not only into XenApp 6, but also how you could apply the technology in the real world.Getting started with XenApp 6.5 as mentioned earlier seems to go over the same ground, but with slight emphasis on 6.5 (obviously!). Now i am not knocking the author in anyway shape or form as his Citrix knowledge far out guns mine & that 6.5 is really in theory an update to 6. its just that there were particular bits missing which apply only to 6.5, i.e. Session linger and pre-launch which although were mentioned in the text, were never really applied within the context of the book. So all in all a good book, but could have been better - maybe i am splitting hairs
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You would think that with such little choice in XenApp/XenDesktop books available that the few published would read like a Dr. Seuss short story. This exceeded my expectations, however it does contain quite a few grammatical errors making the read pretty difficult. It does not read front to back, rather it covers a large deal of information repeated and built upon chapter after chapter. Would recommend this over other choices only if you plan on taking a fast track course on the subject, would not suggest this as a hand-helper guide to newbies or experienced professionals in the field alike.
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