Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Craig Thomas Ellrod
Language: English
Pages: 422
ISBN: 1849689768
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Deliver desktops and applications to your end users, anywhere, anytime, with XenDesktop® 7.x
About This Book
- Build a complete and secure XenDesktop 7 site from the ground up
- Discover how to virtualize and deliver accessible desktops and applications to your end users
- Full of clear, step-by-step instructions with screenshots, which will walk you through the entire process of XenDesktop site creation
Who This Book Is For
If you are a system administrator, consultant, or beginner who wants to implement and administer Citrix® XenDesktop® Sites, then this book is for you. Familiarity with virtualization of desktops and applications and datacenter concepts will be helpful. The ability to read network diagrams and understand servers, data flow, clients, devices, and the interworking of these pieces will be beneficial.
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What You Will Learn
- Create a completely functioning VDI implementation
- Manage XenDesktop® using Studio, including machine catalogs, delivery groups, and Personal vDisks
- Customize user sessions using policies
- Learn how printing and USB redirection work and how to configure them
- Explore High Definition User Experience (HDX) and how it affects usability
- Deliver virtual applications with VM hosted apps
- Plug in to the different XenDesktop® services using the XenDesktop® SDK
- Use the Citrix® Receiver® to receive and run the virtual desktop on the client device
- Manage and monitor XenDesktop® using Studio and Director
- Secure the XenDesktop® Site using the NetScaler Gateway
- Build and deliver VDI from the cloud
In Detail
Citrix® is an established name in today's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) era by virtue of their desktop and application virtualization platforms, with the capability to assign applications and contents in a secure manner.
Getting Started with XenDesktop® 7.x provides the best way to learn how to build your own virtual desktop and application Site. You may not have a lot of time to read the Citrix® documentation, or attend a class, so this step-by-step guide is distilled into fast, concise chapters to quickly lead you through all of the important information to get your XenDesktop® 7.x deployment done.
You can use printing policies to control how users access printers in XenDesktop. You can control how printers are provisioned, how print jobs are routed, as well as how and which print drivers are used. You can have different printing policies for different types of users. For a complete list of all the XenDesktop printing policy settings, please refer to the Printing section of Appendix B, XenDesktop® Policy Settings Reference. Universal Print Server and Driver The Citrix Universal Print
Disaster Recovery into the architecture. As an additional safeguard, you should get into the practice of backing up data, to avoid data loss in the event of a disaster. Backing up a SQL Server Consult the Microsoft SQL Server documentation for more information on how you should schedule regular backups. The following steps will help you to get a one-time manual backup done. Note Don't allow any administrative changes while performing the backup. To perform a one-time backup of a SQL Server,
desktop accesses files on the local user device. To change the local file access options, navigate to Preferences | File Access on the toolbar and choose one of the following options: Read and write: This allows the virtual desktop to read and write local filesRead only: This allows the virtual desktop to read but not write files locallyNo access: This does not allow the virtual desktop to read or write local filesAsk me each time: This prompts the user each time the files need to be accessed
your own physical rack of servers, a COLO, from them and install XenDesktop on the Hypervisor of your choice—XenServer perhaps. Private cloud A private cloud is your own data center, irrespective of whether it is located in your company's premises or in a COLO facility. You don't even need to have a virtualization software installed here, but my guess is you will. A private cloud is an infrastructure that you have a primary responsibility for, including the owning of and depreciation of assets.
enables or disables using the buffer size that is specified in the Windows media redirection buffer size setting. Disabled Caching policies The following table shows the policy that applies to the caching settings: Policy Function Default Use with policy Persistent cache threshold This caches bitmaps on the hard drive of the user device. This enables the reuse of large, frequently-used images from previous sessions. Bandwidth reaches 3,000,000 kilobits per second Multistream traffic