In this document, we look at how to configure high availability on your server with the Client Access role in Exchange 2010, based on an NLB cluster (Network Load Balancing), to avoid any service outage and to be able to accept requests at all times from the client computers.
One of the new features and advantages that Exchange offers us 2010 is the possibility of having a high availability system in a simple way, being easy to implement, at any time and above all the simplicity of administration. It is based on the implementation of DAG or Database Availability Group, by mounting a replica of the databases between the different Mailbox servers (or on the same computer if we have all the roles on the same server), so this replaces the old Exchange clusters 2007, SCR and CSF; and therefore now we will simply need two servers and not three or more as required in Exchange 2007!
Continuous Access, is native replication of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Family arrays (EVE). We will look at the necessary configuration at both the SAN Switch level and the Command View level (CV) To perform synchronous or asynchronous replication (depending on the locations for example).
Installation Manager for Citrix XenApp is the Citrix product that will help us distribute applications in a fully automated way on our XenApp servers 5 o XenApp 6, yes indeed, we will need to have the Enterprise or Platinum license to be able to use it! Apart from installing applications remotely (MSI or MST files), we can also apply Citrix patches/hotfixes, Windows service pack, run task scheduler XML files or directly any command-line executable. We will need to install Installation Manager Utilities on the target servers (XenApp), Installation Manager administration where we want to manage through MMC and a file server where we will leave the packages to be installed in a shared folder. Management will be via an MMC or PowerShell console.
In this document we will see how we can associate the digital certificates of the DNIe with SmartID (Electronic ID card) with the user accounts in our Active Directory, It is ideal for authenticating our employees without a username and password, of course, we can later associate it with the rest of the services we need, if we have access via the web, Citrix… we'd just need a card reader on each piece of equipment and you're good to go, It could even be used to put a device at the front door in the office to validate physical entry, Time Management… all through smart card-based authentication.
Complete document this, we will see the installation and configuration of WiKID for two-factor authentication with a software token instead of traditional hardware ones (SoftToken) against a Web Interface 5.3 from Citrix. To do this,, first we will install and configure WiKID that through an LDAP connection will connect to our Active Directory and authenticate the tokens in the Web Interface with RADIUS, assign/configure the token against a user in our domain and open a Citrix session. WiKID is a paid product but has a very low price, Logically, we can use this document to configure other services by tokenizing.
One of the new features brought by XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2/XenApp 6 and XenDesktop 4 is the use of VM Hosted Apps. In this document we will see how we can set up VM Hosted Apps in our organization, is an integration between XenDesktop and XenApp, it will be used to run applications that are not compatible with Terminal Server or server operating systems or simply if we want to isolate them on computers with OS. Windows XP, View or 7. In a virtual desktop that we have with XenDesktop, we will install this application and create a group of desktops in XenDesktop where we will indicate that they are VM hosted apps (or hosted application VM). We will integrate both environments through Web Interface and it will be totally transparent for users.
Si queremos usar Citrix XenDesktop con un entorno virtual de VMware vSphere tendremos que realizar unas configuraciones extra, todo ello es para poder conectarnos desde el XenDesktop Delivery Controller a los escritorios virtuales de nuestro entorno vSphere y por lo tanto gestionado por la plataforma de virtualización de VMware, pudiendo usar VMware View Composer si nos interesase.
This document shows the installation and configuration of all Citrix XenDesktop components 4.0, which is Citrix's quintessential desktop virtualization infrastructure. With this we will be able to provide our users with desktops directly, to have a thin client environment on our network. With the Citrix controller we can manage the connections to the desktops that interest us, we will be able to connect to virtual machines based on Citrix XenServer or VMware vSphere or VMware Infrastructure 3 or physical directly. Podremos unir diferentes tecnologías para la creación automática de escritorios como Citrix Provisioning Server o VMware Composer. Later we will see different ways to install the agent that will be the necessary software in the virtual desktops and the client for their final connection.
In this document we see one of the utilities that can help us obtain more information about incidents we have with our Citrix XenApp environment. We will see the installation, Citrix SmartAuditor Setup and Operation, which is a utility that will allow us to record the users' sessions on video, being able to notify them or not that they are being recorded, With this we can see how users work and we could detect errors (It can even serve other types of purposes such as demonstrating the correct work of an employee…) is yet another help provided by Citrix for XenApp monitoring.
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