Transcript XenApp 5.0 – Feature Pack 2

XenApp 5.0 – Feature Pack 2
October 2009
Nicolai Jensen
Partner Manager/
Senior Systems Engineer
Citrix Systems Denmark
XenApp Feature Pack 2 Overview
• New and updated features
• Citrix Licensing
Changes to Additional Features
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Load Testing services
Web Interface
Profile Management
EasyCall
Power and Capacity Management
VM Hosted Apps
HDX Enhancements
• HDX Plug and Play
• HDX MediaStream for Flash
VM hosted apps
XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 Overview
VM hosted apps
Power and capacity management
HDX MediaStream for Flash
HDX Plug and Play for Thumb Drive
Power and capacity management
Provisioning services
Best virtualization platform
HDX MediaStream for Flash
Load testing services
New to XenApp
HDX Plug and Play for Thumb Drive
Profile management
New/Change to edition
Load testing services
Workflow Studio orchestration
Existing feature
Profile management
Single sign-on
Branch optimization
Workflow Studio orchestration
Service Monitoring
EasyCall voice services
HDX MediaStream for Flash
HDX Plug and Play for Thumb Drive
Workflow Studio orchestration
EasyCall voice services
Secure application access
SmartAuditor
Enterprise Management
App streaming
(offline
included)
Citrix Resources
& Installation
Manager,
CPU/Memory
EasyCall voice services
Optimization,
Health Assistant, MOM, UNIX apps
Enterprise Management
Citrix offline plug-in
Citrix offline plug-in
Citrix Resources & Installation Manager, CPU/Memory
Optimization,
Health Assistant, MOM, UNIX apps
Citrix offline plug-in
Citrix online plug-in
Citrix online plug-in
XenServer
Citrix online plug-in
XenServer
XenServer
XenApp Platform support
Core XenApp Additions
Feature
Description
HRP 05
Bug fixes
IMA enhancements for faster console discovery
HDX Plug and play
Support for USB storage devices being recognized
mid-session
Application Streaming
Performance improvements
Installation media update
“True” XenApp 5 installation DVD
Updated Management Consoles
New branding and terminology
Terminology changes
Access Management Console now Delivery Services Console
XenApp Feature Pack 2 Installation or Upgrade
• Upgrade from XenApp 4.0 supported
• VM Hosted Apps
• Latest XenDesktop media included
• Following features require HRP 05
• HDX Media Stream for Flash
• HDX Plug and Play
• Power and Capacity Management
• HRP 05 modifies wsxica which
is used for licensing enforcement
• License file SA date requirement 2009.0918
XenApp 5 HRP 05 Enhancements
Enhancements
Important Bug Fixes
•Additional VC
performance counters
•Fix for disconnected
shadow session
•Delivery Services Console
discovery enhancements
•Multi-monitor
improvements
•Read-only client drive
mapping and clipboard
support
•Printing improvements
HRP05 Readme: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120923
Citrix License Server
• Current version is 11.6.1 and
is a pre-requisite for HRP4/5
installation
• Popup error will appear if a previous
license server version detected
• Subscription Advantage
eligibility date for Q3 releases
will be September 18, 2009
Features Enabled by XA-E or XA-P Licenses
Feature
App Streaming
Load Testing services
New!
EasyCall voice services
XenApp Enterprise
XenApp Platinum
X
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X
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ES Service monitoring
ES for XD: for use with VM Hosted Apps
X
X
PVS (XA-P workloads)
PVS (XD OS workloads): for use with VM Hosted Apps
X
X
X
SmartAuditor
X
X
Workflow Studio
X
X
XenServer
X
X
Single sign-on
Profile management
X
X
X
Branch optimization
X
Secure app access
X
Load Testing Services
Load Testing Services
“How many users can I get on a box?”
“How will my applications behave?”
“How many servers do I need?”
EdgeSight for Load Testing 3.6
New Features
• Xen Counters
• More counters for testing XenApp
on XenServer
• Intelligent Load Control
• Adjusting load based on test
performance
Xen Counters
• New performance counters
• XenServer performance metrics
• XenApp performance metrics
• Functionality
• Added like prior counters
• Displayed in charts
• Different Icon
Intelligent Load Control
• Probing of “break point”
• Not like typical testing where goal is to
quickly find breaking point
• Gives a better understanding of what is
happening at that point
• Based on selected metric
• Activates once threshold is met
• Reactivates on reset threshold
Web Interface 5.2
Web Interface 5.2
• Required for presentation of VM Hosted Apps
• Strongly recommended for
integration of XenApp and
XenDesktop resources
• Can upgrade from
WI 4.0 and higher
• Supports:
• XenApp 4.0 or higher
• XenApp for UNIX 4.0 or higher
• XenDesktop 2.0 or higher
Web Interface MMC
• Administered by MMC 3.0
32-bit snap-in (no longer
in DSC/AMC)
• Automatically removes WI
extension in AMC/DSC if exists
on that server
• Installed by default
• No option for not installing
• Accessed by means of
WIAdmin.msc
Firefox Support
Operating System
Pass-Through
Authentication
SmartCard
Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
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Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit with Service Pack 1 or higher
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Windows XP Professional x64 with Service Pack 2 or higher
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Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 or higher
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Linux 5 or higher
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Secondary STA Functionality with Session Reliability
After the initial connection is made . . .
Receivers
Repeaters
Gateways
Controllers
Gateway contacts
STA to obtain a
refreshable SR
ticket
Ticket passed to
client
Delivery
Network
With a secondary STA, a single point
of failure for the refresh is eliminated!
Gateway contacts
STA periodically
(~ every 5 min) to
refresh ticket
Data
Center
Configuring Two STAs
• Requires Access Gateway Standard or Advanced edition
version 4.6.1 or higher
• Enterprise Edition in 2010
• Configuration:
• CSG_EnableSessionReliability
and CSG_UseTwoTickets set to ON
(default is OFF)
• Causes WI to use a newer version of the STA XML protocol
for this functionality
Profile Management 2.1
Profile Management 2.1
• Windows 7 support
• Fixes
v1
Platform
• Windows XP
• Windows
Server 2003
v2
Platform
• Windows Vista
• Windows
Server 2008
• Windows 7 New!
Profile Management Functionality
Supported on:
Profile management 2.x
Windows
XP SP3 or
Local 3.x •fully
and
functions
desktop
higher
only with same version
platform;
not crossXenApp
• 4.5 or higher
platform
XenDesktop • 3.0 or higher
Only Same Platform
•No architectural changes
•For example: a v1
platform profile is not
compatible with a v2
platform
Cross-Platform Integration
Windows
XP
• Private beta: Q4
• Based on:
• Local desktop Windows XP SP3 or higher
• XenApp 4.5 or higher
• XenDesktop 3.0 or higher
Windows
Server
2008
Windows
Vista
CrossPlatform
Profile
• Both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
Windows
Server
2003
Windows
7
EasyCall Voice Services 3.0
New Functionality in EasyCall 3.0
• Call Forwarding
• Receive and redirect office calls
• Configured within user portal
• Backup dial-in number for
EasyCall conferences
• Secondary access to an
EasyCall conference
EasyCall is bundled with all editions of
XenApp, XenDesktop, and NetScaler
Mac Plug-In
• Macintosh plug-in
downloadable directly
from appliance
iPhone Connectivity
• iPhone users can use
EasyCall functionality
• Set up and participate in
EasyCall conferences
• Call Forward
Power & Capacity
Management
ServTech ATL September 2009
Module 6
What is Power and Capacity Management?
• Power management for XenApp servers
• Auto-power cycles servers with
idle capacity to reduce energy
consumption
• Load consolidation for XenApp servers
• Directs user sessions to particular servers in order to
consolidate sessions on fewer servers
The Basics of Power Management
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Session sprawl
Low and uneven server utilization
Over-provisioned capacity
Unnecessary power consumption
e.g. 65% unused capacity, 2 unnecessary servers
Sessions on fewer servers
Optimal server utilization
Just-in-time capacity
Reduced power consumption
e.g. 30% unused capacity, 0 unnecessary servers
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What is Load Consolidation
• Loads user sessions on XenApp servers until the defined
session capacity is reached on that server
• Once session capacity is reached, servers are powered on
to support more capacity or powered off to reduce capacity
• Can disable logons to prevent users from starting new
sessions on the server
• Can be used to drain sessions from servers to take offline for
maintenance
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Power and Capacity Management Features
Features
Features
• Load consolidation
• Real-time monitoring
• User sessions are automatically
consolidated to fewer servers
• Power management
• Define specific times for powering
on and powering off servers
• Manual override for settings to
accommodate sudden changes
• Reporting
• Physical and virtual server
support
• Wake-on-LAN for physical servers
• XenServer
• Power management and load consolidation
• VMware and Hyper-V
• Load consolidation only
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Power and Capacity Management Architecture
XenApp Servers
PCM Agent
•Reports
XenApp
session
capacity and
system state
PCM Management Console
• Manage, monitor, and configure PCM
•Acts on
commands
issued by the
concentrator
PCM Database
•SQL Database
w\ Reporting optional
•Stores PCM Farm info such
as server inventory, schedules,
configuration info, and data used
for reporting
PCM Concentrator
•Coordinates power on\off states for the
XenApp servers
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XenApp Requirements
• Requires XenApp 5 for Windows
Server 2003
• Requires Feature Pack 2 and
HRP05 installed with the Autorun.msi
• PCM Agent installation will not complete
without Feature Pack2 and HRP05
PCM Console
• Communicates with Concentrator
for PCM Farm configuration
• Console can be installed on
a XenApp server, separate
server or Workstation
• Must be logged in locally with
account that has administrator
access to Concentrator machine
to run the PCM Console
• MMC 3.0 snap-in
Concentrator
PCM Concentrator Configuration
High Availability
• Built-in Cluster
management capabilities
• Supports up to 2 Concentrator Clusters
• Master – Slave relationship
• Share the same PCM database
Concentrator
(Master)
• If Master looses database
connectivity, slave takes over
Concentrator
(Slave)
PCM Database
How it works
Automated Power Control
2. Online session buffer
set to 4.
5. Server 2 now comes online and
ready to accept connections.
3. User 1 logs in. Next server does
not power on. Limit not yet
reached.
4. User 2 logs in. Server starts
to power on because limit has
been breached.
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1. Sessions capacity: Max
number of sessions a server
can take
Kaffe pause Feature Pack 2
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