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Make Virtual IP Addresses Available to Applications

Some applications, such as CRM and CTI, use an IP address for addressing, licensing, identification, or other purposes and thus require a unique IP address or a loopback address in sessions. Other applications may bind to a static port, which, because the port is already in use, causes the failure of multiple attempts to launch an application in a multiuser environment. For such applications to function correctly in a XenApp environment, a unique IP address is required for each device.

Printer and Encryption details in XenApp 5

In order to replicate or autoadd printer drivers to all our xenapp servers, use printer management in xenapp advanced configuration. Install the printer driver first into your xenapp server, using the printer management, replicate it to other xenapp servers. We can also set autoreplicate option in printer management so that any new xenapp server added to this farm will get that printer drivers added automatically. In order to use autoreplicate feature, right click on the driver and choose autoreplication option.

Web Interface(WI) logon process IMP

1). Enter credentials at the Web Interface 2). Web interface reaches out to the XML broker, and passes the credentials 3). XML broker reaches out to AD Domain Controller, and authenticated credentials. 4). After being authenticated, user can request an ICA file for application launch 5). The best server will be selected based on load evaluators 6). Best server will respond back to the web interface with ICA file 7). ICA file is passed from Web Interface to client machine

Which Applications can't be virtualized??

While most applications can be successfully virtualized for use with SoftGrid, some applications may have certain characteristics that would prevent them from being completely virtualized using the current version of Microsoft SoftGrid. This includes: Applications that install and rely on a system-level driver, i.e. an application that installs a print driver or a USB device driver. Some applications may allow for the drivers to be installed independent of the other components of the application.

xenconvert

Citrix XenConvert is a tool to migrate (P2V) physical (or virtual) Windows systems to XenServer. XenConvert is similar to VMware Converter but without some of the advanced features and functions. XenConvert is installed and executed on the source system and only one local disk can be converted at a time. You must have 115% free space to convert a disk, the free space does not have to be on the same local disk, but it cannot be a mapped network drive.

XML and LHC

XML The XML service handles all client communication. Client communication like user authentication to the published app list, resolving the Citrix Zone Preference Policies, user application requests, and user connections requests. The XML service also hosts the Secure Ticket Authority that is used for storing secure tickets for user session requests and session reliability in case of a network interuption. Citrix Web Interface is considered a web-based client component, that can also be used in conjunction with Program Neighborhood Agent.

XenApp 6 Installation Script Version 1

Hi All, Thank you very much for your responses for my XenApp 6 Version 0 script. It just installs the executables on your server, but doesnt check if it is installed. So, I have designed another script which would install the softwares, checks if it is installed successfully and gives result. Installation is exactly as same as for the version 0 (Click here for version 0), only the way in which softwares are installed is changed a bit.

Assign roles to users and groups

All XenServer users must have an RBAC role. When new users are added, they are automatically assigned the Pool Administrator role. In XenServer Enterprise and higher, when you add new users, XenServer does not assign newly added user accounts roles automatically. You must assign roles to new accounts separately. Before you can assign a role to a user or group, you must add the user or group’s Active Directory account to XenServer after joining the associated domain as described in Join a domain and add RBAC users.

Definitions of RBAC roles and permissions

Permissions available for each role The following table summarizes which permissions are available for each role. For details on the operations available for each permission, see the next section. Permissions Pool Admin Pool Operator VM Power Admin VM Admin VM Operator Read Only Assign/modify roles X Log in to (physical) server consoles (through SSH and XenCenter) X Server backup/restore X Import/export OVF/OVA packages; import disk images X Log out active user connections X X Create and dismiss alerts X X Cancel task of any user X X Pool management X X VM advanced operations X X X VM create/destroy operations X X X X VM change CD media X X X X X VM change power state X X X X X View VM consoles X X X X X XenCenter view mgmt ops X X X X X Cancel own tasks X X X X X X Read audit logs X X X X X X Configure, Initialize, Enable, Disable WLB X X Apply WLB Optimization Recommendations X X Modify WLB Report Subscriptions X X Accept WLB Placement Recommendations X X X Display WLB Configuration X X X X X X Generate WLB Reports X X X X X X Connect to pool and read all pool metadata X X X X X X Definitions of permissions This table provides additional details about permissions:

how does XenServer compute the roles

When I log in, how does XenServer compute the roles for the session? The Active Directory server authenticates the subject. During authentication, Active Directory also determines if the subject belongs to any other containing groups in Active Directory. XenServer then verifies which roles have been assigned to (a) the subject and (b) to any Active Directory groups to which it is a member. XenServer applies the highest level of permissions to the subject.