XENAPP 4.

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Agenda
Hands-On Training Goals and Release Dates Business Drivers for Migration

Proof of Concept Exercises

Summary

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Hands-On Training Goals and Release Dates

Hands-On Training Goals

Help consultants in the field perform the following:
Conduct a Xenapp 4.5 Implementation
Be technically ready to conduct a Xenapp 4.5 design

Describe how new product features affect Consulting Services Successfully perform Run Book exercises which includes step-by-step instruction as to how to configure new features

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Business Drivers for Migration

Key Business Drivers

Cost-Effectiveness, Security & Performance for Delivering Client-Server Applications
Higher availability Faster graphics performance

Simplified partner network expansion

Faster application deployments Enhanced product security

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Business Drivers Map to Features

Higher availability
Health Monitoring & Recovery Load Throttling Program Neighborhood Agent Backup URL Support Non-Administrator Client Installation Thread Pools

Faster graphics
SpeedScreen Progressive Display Heavyweight Compression

Simplified partner network expansion

ADFS Support for Web Interface
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Business Drivers Map to Features (contd)

Faster Application Deployments
Application Streaming

Management Enhancements
Access Management Console Configuration Logging Multi-Lingual User (MUI) Client for Windows Support for 32-bit Color Icons Automatic Farm Tuner

Enhanced Product Security

Trusted Server Configuration Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Support
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Proof of Concept Exercises: Learn About New Features

SpeedScreen Progressive Display and Heavyweight Compression Load Throttling (SlowStart Load Balancing) Health Monitoring & Recovery SQL Express 2005 Configuration Logging

Program Neighborhood Agent Backup URL Trusted Server

Automatic Farm Tuner

IMA Encryption
Streaming Server

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SpeedScreen Progressive Display and Heavyweight Compression

Improves interactivity of dynamic images, e.g., 2D
Quality of image is temporarily decreased until movement stops
At first: less graphical detail; faster initial display When available: more graphical detail

Configuration
For static images For 2D images Additional compression
Probably always enable

Benefits graphicsintensive apps

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Demo of SpeedScreen Progressive Display and Heavyweight Compression

What youll see:
Colorado/graphics
Catia on CPS 4.0 at 3Mbps

Catia/no graphics
Catia on CPS 4.5 at 3 Mbps with the Progressive display policy disabled and heavyweight compression disabled

Catia/graphics
Catia on CPS 4.5 at 3 Mbps with the Progressive display policy enabled and heavyweight compression enabled

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Load Throttling (Slow-Start Load Balancing)

A new Load Evaluator rule Automatically included in Default and Advanced Eliminates multiple sessions from being forwarded to a newly added server

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Load Throttling Impact

How it works
Heavily biases the server load on first logon Further logons are biased but less than previous When logon finishes the load goes back to normal
Average Load 10000 Load 7000 Legacy Biasing 5000 Throttled Biasing 1000 2 logons 70 users

35 logons to match Average!!! 5 logons

0.5
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1.0

1.5

2.0

sec

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Health Monitoring & Recovery

Citrix Health Monitoring and Recovery service used to monitor key components within Xenapp If a component fails, can be configured to trigger an action to the server

Out-of-the-box tests:
Terminal Services Citrix XML Service Citrix IMA Service Logon monitor

Other tests will be developed by Citrix and available as downloads or can be custom-written with SDK
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Health Monitoring Configuration

Configure under Farm Properties and Server Default

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SQL Express 2005

Second free Data Store database option
MSDE no longer supported

Two editions: Standard and Advanced

Advanced includes Management Studio Express (similar to SQL Enterprise Manager) Free!

Limitations:
1 Processor 4 GB size Easily upgradeable to full SQL Server 2005

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Configuration Logging
Eliminates issues of multiple administrators making multiple changes with no audit trail All administrative changes logged in centralized database

I didnt do it!

Sources include:
Access Management Console Xenapp Console Command-line utilities Tools custom built with MFCOM

SQL Server and Oracle Support

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Configuration Logging Report

Includes:
Logon User
Date Status

Item
Operation

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Configuration Logging: Operation

Sub-reports for operations Created and Modified

Created sub-report shows Properties and Values

Modified sub-report shows Properties, Original Value and New Value

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Program Neighborhood Agent Backup URL Support

Secondary URLs and site redirection for connectivity
Eliminate Web Interface-related single points of failure

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Trusted Server
Administratively-defined trust requirements (local client or GPO) to determine whether server connection is trusted
Based only on client internet options/trusted sites

Not enabled by default

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Trusted Server (1 of 23 ADM template settings . . .)

All 23 ICA-related settings available in ADM template
ADM template included on the Component CD in Clients folder (in icaweb.cab file)

In Win32 client, .ini settings moved to registry and can thus be controlled by GPO

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Automatic Farm Tuner

Part of Project Kevlar; now in Support folder of CD

Eliminates manual changes on very large farms

Should typically be used in 800+ server farms

Values dependent on farm configuration

Optimized values can be set automatically

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IMA Encryption
Can be enabled during installation or afterward Administered by means of CTXKEYTOOL command This unique identifier proves membership in a farm and allows the member servers to securely store and retrieve information in the IMA Data Store using a protected primary key

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Streaming Server
Based on Application Isolation technology

Enables applications to be streamed to Xenapps or Win32 devices

CPS Load balancing decisions based on application, not application existence
Minor delay on first launch; application not yet streamed
Network File Share

Access Management Console

Data Store Xenapp

Project Tarpon Client

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Streaming Server Integration

Additional options presented for publishing applications Improved isolation performance Requirements
Profiler to profile apps Streaming client
Embedded in CPS

PN Agent
For Windows client offline
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Summary

When to Use . . .
Customer Has/Needs: Graphical applications such as CAD Multiple users logging on simultaneously such as call center Suggested Feature

SpeedScreen Progressive Display/ Heavyweight Compression

Load Throttling (Slow-Start Load Balancing) Health Monitoring & Recovery

Wants to monitor Citrix services or logons

Avoid Program Neighborhood Agent single points of failure Multiple administrators making changes
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Program Neighborhood Agent Backup URL

Configuration Logging
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When to Use . . .
Customer Has/Needs: 800+ server farm Suggested Feature

Automatic Farm Tuner

IMA Encryption

Secure IMA communications

Deploy applications into an isolation environment on Xenapp on an as-needed basis

Streaming Server

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What Did You Learn?

Functionality

Configuration options
Optimization Impact Upgrade to Xenapp 4.5!

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Tell us what you think

Was it valuable? Do you feel like you have a better grasp on Xenapp 4.5?

What other courses would you like to see?

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