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1Y0-A03 Citrix XenDesktop 2.0

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Citrix XenDesktop 2.0 Enterprise Edition: Administration Study Guide

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Controller 2.0 Administrator's Guide, Getting Started with Citrix XenDesktop 2.0, Citrix Knowledge Base Articles,
Using XenServer with Desktop Delivery Controller, Web Interface 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide, Citrix Provisioning
Server 5.0 Administrator's Guide, Citrix XenServer 4.1 Administrator's Guide, Citrix XenServer Platinum Edition
Getting Started Guide, Partner and Customer Toolkit XenDesktop 2.0 Implementation Guide, XenApp and XenServer
Implementation Guide, Citrix Application Streaming Guide for Citrix XenApp 5.0 and Citrix Presentation Server 4.5:
Administrator's Guide.

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TableofContents

Subject Page

DefiningCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionArchitecture 1

IdentifyingPreInstallConsiderations 7

InstallingCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition 9

BuildingvDisks 15

ConfiguringCitrixDesktopDeliveryControllerforXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition 19

DeliveringDesktops 25

ManagingaXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionImplementation 26

TroubleshootingDesktopImagesforVirtualizedDelivery 27

DeliveringandManagingApplications 30

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DefiningCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionArchitecture

ConsolesandUtilities

MostXenDesktopmanagementtasksareperformedfromtheAccessManagement
Console.

TheDesktopDeliveryConsoleenablessessionmanagementtaskstobeperformed.

ConfiguringofprintingandpoliciesisperformedinthePresentationServerConsole.

XenAppAdvancedConfigurationToolisthenewnameforthePresentationServer
ConsoleinXenApp5.

XenCenterisusedinXenServermanagement,includingthecreationandmanagement
ofresourcepools.

TheProvisioningServerConsoleisusedtomanagecomponentswithinaProvisioning
Serverfarm,includingvDisks.

TheXenDesktopSetupWizardautomatespartsofthecreation,deliveryand
maintenanceoflargeinstallationsofvirtualdesktops.

ThiswizardintegratesCitrixcomponentssothatsystemsadministratorscanquickly
createmultipledesktops.

EndpointDevices

ACitrixReadydesktopappliance:

Isoptimizedforusewithavirtualdesktop.

Providesusersaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.

RunsonWindowsXPEmbedded,WindowsCE,Linuxorcustomoperatingsystemslike
WyseThinOS.

ComespreinstalledwiththeDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwaretoaccessavirtual
desktop.

Arepurposedpersonalcomputer:

Providesusersaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.

Doesnotrequireaccesstothelocaldesktop.

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HastohavetheDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwareinstalledonit.

Isjoinedtoadomain.

RunsonWindowsXPorWindowsXPeoperatingsystems.

Afatclient:

RunsonWindowsVista,WindowsXPProfessional,WindowsServer2003,Windows
2000Professional,Linux,UNIXorMacintoshOSXoperatingsystems.

HastohavetheDesktopReceiversoftwareinstalledonitordownloadedandinstalled
fromawebsite.

Providesusersaccesstothelocaldesktopandprovidesusersaccessandcontrolover
oneormorevirtualdesktops.

Aremotesystem:

ProvidesuserswithaccesstotheirvirtualdesktopsfromoutsideoftheLANthrough
AccessGateway.

RunsonWindowsVista,WindowsXPProfessional,WindowsServer2003,Windows
2000Professional,Linux,UNIXorMacintoshOSXoperatingsystems.

Usesafatclientdevice.

TechnologiesusedwithXenDesktop

XenDesktopusesSpeedScreento:

Ensurethatscreenupdatesaresmooth.

Mouseandkeyboardmovementsareresponsive.

Multimediahasexcellentperformanceoveranynetwork.

TheuniversalprintdriverallowsXenDesktoptodeliveraconsistentandfastprintingexperience
foruserswithoutrequiringspecificlocalprintdrivers.

XenMotionallowsvirtualdesktopsfromoneXenServertoanotherforhighavailabilityand
simplifiedservermaintenance.

SecureremoteaccessisprovidedbyCitrixAccessGatewaytechnologytosecure
communicationsbetweentheclientandtheXenDesktopenvironment.

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Sessionreliabilityallowsuserstoresumetheirworkfromwheretheyleftoffafteraconnection
islostandthenreestablished.

Sessionreliabilityusesport2598.

XenDesktopComponents

TheDesktopDeliveryController:

Brokersconnectionrequestsfromendpointdevices.

Assignsadesktoptoeachuserondemand.

Manageslicensing.

Managesthedatastore.

Thedatastorecontainsthepersistentconfigurationinformationforthefarm.

TheVirtualDesktopAgent:

Runsoneachdesktopthatwillbedeliveredtousers.

ProvidestheICAservicethatmanagescommunicationbetweenausersdesktopand
endpointdevice.

TheDesktopReceiverrunsontheendpointdeviceanddisplaysausersdesktop.

TheVirtualMachineInfrastructurecreatesthefoundationfordeliveringvirtualdesktopsand
offersadvancedmanagementfeatures.

ApplicationdeliveryisprovidedbyXenAppforVirtualDesktops.

XenAppforVirtualDesktopsdeliversapplicationstovirtualdesktopsondemand.

ProvisioningServerforDesktopsisusedtostreamasingledesktopimage(vDisk)tomultiple
virtualdesktopshostedintheVMinfrastructure.

DesktopDeliveryProcess

1.TheendpointdevicesubmitsusercredentialstoaWebInterfacesitethroughAccess
Gateway.

2.TheWebInterfacepassestheusercredentialstotheDesktopDeliveryController.

3.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerverifiesuserauthorization.

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4.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerqueriesthedatastorefortheusersassigneddesktopgroups.

5.TheDesktopDeliveryControllerqueriestheVMInfrastructureaboutvirtualdesktopstatus.

6.ProvisioningServerforDesktopsbindsavDisktothevirtualdesktop.

7.TheDesktopDeliveryControlleridentifieswhichdesktophasbeenassignedforthissession.

8.WebInterfacesendsan.ICAfiletotheDesktopReceiver.

9.AnICAconnectionisestablished.

10.TheVirtualDesktopAgentverifiesthelicensefilewiththeDesktopDeliveryController.

11.TheDesktopDeliverControllerqueriesthelicenseserver.

12.TheDesktopDeliveryControllersendspoliciestothevirtualdesktop.

13.Thevirtualdesktoprequestsprofiledata.

14.Thevirtualdesktopisdisplayedtotheuser.

15.Applicationsaredeliveredondemand.

UserExperience

UserswhowillonlyneedaccesstoasinglevirtualdesktopandareonthelocalLANconnecting
withadesktopappliance:

Turnontheirlocalappliance>WaitfortheWelcomescreen>Entertheircredentials
andlogon>Waitforthedesktoptoappear.

Usersconnecttoasingle,fullscreenonlymodedesktopbythefollowingprocess:

TurnontheirlocalmachineandconnecttotheXenDesktopServicessite>Waitforthe
Windowslogonscreen>Entertheirdomaincredentials>Waitforthedesktopto
appear.

UsersthathavethechoicetoconnecttomorethanonedesktopfrominsideofWindowsona
LAN:

AftertheyhavealreadyloggedonWindows,theyopenawebbrowserandbrowsetoa
XenDesktopwebsite>WhentheWelcomescreenappears,theytypeintheir
credentialsandlogin>TheywillseeaDesktopstabandhavetheirchoiceofdesktops
tochoosefrom>ThefirsttimetheyconnectitdownloadstheDesktopToolbar>They
choosetheirdesktopanditappearsintheDesktopToolbar>Userscantheninteract
withthedesktopbyusingtheDesktopToolbar.

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RemoteusersrunningWindowstoconnecttotheirdesktopsviaXenDesktop:

TheywillalreadybeloggedintoWindows>Openawebbrowserandbrowsetothe
XenDesktopwebsitethatwassecuredbyAccessGateway>Logontothesite>Selecta
desktopfromtheDesktopstab>ClickConnectandthedesktopwillappearinthe
DesktopToolbar>UsetheDesktopToolbartointeractwiththedesktop.

DesktopGroups

DesktopgroupsconsistofusersanddesktopsassignedthroughActiveDirectory.

Thedatastorecontainsthedesktopgroupstowhicheachuserisassigned.

Assigneddesktopgroupsareforusersthat:

Needtoneedtoinstallandmanageapplicationsontheirdesktops.

or

Needtostoredatanotcoveredbyprofilemanagement.

Pooleddesktopgroups:

Areforusersthatdonotneedtoinstallapplicationsorstoredataontheirdesktop.

Areallocatedtousersonapersession,firstcome,firstservedbasis.

Pooleddesktopscantakeadvantageofvirtualdesktopprovisioning,whichstreamsa
singleimagetomultipledesktops.

XenAppforVirtualDesktopsandenduserprofilesareusedtopersonalizethe
applications,settingsanddataforeachuser.

Therearetwotypesofpooleddesktopgroups:

Virtualdesktopsinpreassignedgroupsarepermanentlyassignedtoanindividual
userassoonasthegroupiscreated.

Asaresult,theusercansafelycustomizethedesktoptosuitherneeds.

Virtualdesktopsinassignedonfirstusegroupsarepermanentlyassignedtothe
firstusertoconnecttothem.

Asaresult,theusercansafelycustomizethedesktoptosuittheirneeds.

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DesktopDeliveryComponent

TheDesktopDeliveryComponentinstallationprocessautomaticallycreatesmultipleWeb
Interfacesitestoprovideaflexibleuserexperience.

AWebInterfacesitepassestheusercredentialstotheDesktopDeliveryController.

Usingthedesktopgroupthatitobtainedfromthedatastore,theDesktopDeliveryController
queriestheVMinfrastructureaboutthestatusofvirtualdesktopsinthatgroup.

TheDesktopDeliveryController:

CannotbeinstalledonaDomainController.

Brokersconnectionrequestsfromendpointdevices.

Manageslicensingandthedatastore.

VerifiesuserauthorizationbyperformingaMicrosoftActiveDirectoryquerywiththe
userscredentials.

SomeProtocolsusedinXenDesktop

SSL/HTTPS:

Carriessecure,encrypteddatabetweentheDesktopReceiverandthedatacenter,
providingsecureremoteaccessforusersoutsideofthecorporateLAN.

ICA:

Isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationstovirtualdesktopsondemand,separatingthe
applicationlogicfromuserinputandscreenrefreshes.

CommunicationbetweentheDesktopReceiverandtheVirtualDesktopAgentoccurs
overICA,providingPClikeresponsivenessofanycontenttoanylocationanddevice.

SMB:

Streamsapplicationstovirtualdesktops,allowinguserstorunanewapplicationlocally
withoutrequiringanew,customimage.

SomePortsusedinXenDesktop

Port2598isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationswithsessionreliability.

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Port1494isusedtodeliverhostedapplicationswithoutsessionreliability.

Port445isusedtostreamapplicationstovirtualdesktops.

IdentifyingPreInstallConsiderations

ActiveDirectory

TheActiveDirectoryConfigurationWizardisintegratedintheDesktopDeliveryController
installation.

ItisaccessibleontheDesktopDeliveryControllerintheStartmenubyselectingAll
Programs>Citrix>AdministratorTools>ActiveDirectoryConfigurationWizard.

Beforeanadministratorcancreatedesktopgroups,theyneedtocreateandconfigure
theActiveDirectoryOrganizationalUnit(OU)usingthiswizard.

ThetwomainreasonsthattheDesktopDeliveryControllerusesActiveDirectoryare:

1)SecurityConfirmthatanyoutboundcommunicationscomefromauthorized
controllersintheappropriatefarmandmaintainconfidentialityofdataexchangedby
thevirtualdesktopsandthecontrollers.

ActiveDirectorysinbuiltsecurityinfrastructureisusedbyvirtualdesktopstocheck
thatincomingcommunicationsfromcontrollerscomefromauthorizedcontrollersin
theappropriatefarm.

ActiveDirectoryssecurityinfrastructurealsoensuresthatthedataexchangedby
virtualdesktopsandcontrollersisconfidential.

DesktopDeliveryControllerusesActiveDirectory'sinbuiltKerberosinfrastructureto
guaranteetheauthenticityandconfidentialityofcommunication.

2)ControllerdiscoveryActiveDirectoryisusedbyXenDesktoptodiscoverthe
controllersthatconstituteafarm.

Administratorscanaddnewcontrollerstoafarmwithouthavingtoreconfigureall
virtualdesktopsinthefarmbecausethisinformationisautomaticallyupdatedin
ActiveDirectorybycontrollers.

DHCPinaXenDesktopEnvironment

WhenthevDiskbootsfromanetworkusingPXE:

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DHCPsendsarequesttotheProvisioningServerforanIPaddressandbootfileoptions.

ThePXEserverdeliverstheinformationtothevDisk.

InaXenDesktopenvironment,theDHCPservicedeliversthefollowingtothevDisks:

AnIPaddress

Thebootfilelocation

WhenconfiguringbootoptionsforDHCP:

Enableoption066BootServerHostName.

TypeintheIPaddressofthebootserver.

Enableoption067BootfileName.

Enternameofthebootfile.

Configureoption060PXEClientforPXEsupport.

ReducingStorage

Anadministratorcanreducethenumberofuniquedesktopimagesstoredinthedatacenter
through:

Virtualdesktopprovisioning

Virtualdesktopprovisioningreducesstoragebystreamingasingleimagetomultiple
desktops.

Roamingprofiles

BystoringusersprofilesseparatelyfromtheOSandapplications,administrators
candramaticallyreducethenumberofuniqueimageswhilestillprovidinga
personalizeddesktoptoeachuser.

PrivateandStandardImagevDisks

PrivateImagevDisksrequiremorestoragespacethanStandardImagevDisks.

AStandardImagevDiskcanbesharedbyoneormoretargetdevices.

APrivateImagevDiskcanonlyexistforonetargetdevice.

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ProvisioningServerCache

TheProvisioningServerwritecachecanbelocated:

Asafileonthetargetdevicesharddrive.

FreesuptheProvisioningServersinceitdoesnothavetoprocesswriterequests
anddoesnthavethefinitelimitationofRAM.

InthetargetdevicesRAM.

Providesthefastestmethodofdiskaccesssincememoryaccessisalwaysfaster
thandiskaccess.

AsafileontheProvisioningServer.

AllwritesarehandledbytheProvisioningServer,whichcanincreasediskIOand
networktraffic.

ProvisioningServerwritecacheneedonlybeenabledforStandardImagevDiskssincetheydont
allowreadandwriteaccessontheimagelikePrivateImagevDisksdo.

InstallingCitrixXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition

InstallingDesktopDeliveryController

ADesktopDeliveryController:

Cannotbeinstalledonadomaincontroller.

Shouldbeinstalledusingadomainaccountwithlocaladministratorrights.

ShouldnotbeinstalledusingRDP.

AutomaticallyinstallsWebInterfaceduringinstallation.

ADesktopDeliveryControllerrequires:

ActiveDirectorytostoreinformationaboutDesktopDeliveryControllersandtodetect
controllersinthefarm.

Adatabasetohostthedatastorethatholdsconfigurationinformationaboutthe
controllersandadministratoraccountinformation.

AccesstoaCitrixLicenseServerwithvalidlicenses.

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TheCitrixAccessManagementConsoletoviewandmanagethefarm

TheCitrixPresentationServerConsoletoconfigureprintingandpoliciesforthevirtual
desktops.

CitrixLicensing

Thefollowingmustbelicensedforcontinuedfunctionality:

XenServer

AlthoughXenServerdoesnotusethesamelicenseserverastheothercomponents
intheXenDesktopenvironment,itstillutilizesCitrixlicensing.

ProvisioningServer

XenAppforVirtualDesktops

DesktopDeliveryController

TolicensesomeCitrixproducts,includingtheDesktopDeliveryController:

Installthelicenseserverintheenvironment.

ItisnotrequiredtobeinstalledontheDesktopDeliveryControllerserver,butcan
be.

Downloadthelicensefilefromwww.mycitrix.com.

Copythelicensefiletothelicenseserver.

IfthelicenseserverisinstalledonadifferentserverthantheCitrixproduct,usethe
AccessManagementConsoletoconfiguretheproducttopointtothelicenseserverby
IPaddressornameandspecifytheportnumberbeingusedforthelicenseserver
communications.

UsetheLicenseManagementConsoletomanagelicenses.

XenServer/ProvisioningServerLicensing

AnoverviewofXenServerandProvisioningServerlicensing:

XenServerrequiresinstallationoftwolicenses:

OnefortheXenServerhosts.

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AnotherfortheProvisioningServer.

TheXenServerlicensekeysareinstalleddirectlyoneachXenServerhost.

ProvisioningServerusestheCitrixLicenseServertoprovidepooledlicensing
management.

IntheLicenseManagementConsoleyouwillseefourProvisioningServerlicensesfor
eachXenServerPlatinumEditionyouhavepurchased.

ProvisioningServerconsumesoneofthesefortheXenServerhosttowhichthevirtual
machinesarebeingstreamed.

Theremainingthreelicensesareavailableforprovisioningadditionalphysicalmachines.

InstallingXenServerinaXenDesktop/ProvisioningServerImplementation

ToinstallandconfigureXenServerforaXenDesktopimplementationincludingProvisioning
Server:

InstalltheXenServerHostonadedicatedserver.

InstalltheXenCentermanagementconsoleonaseparate,remotecomputer.

UsetheXenCentermanagementconsoletoconnecttheXenCenterHostandinstallthe
licenses.

CreateanewresourcepoolandaddallXenServerHoststoit.

CreatethevirtualmachinesandaddthemtoActiveDirectory.

InstalltheVirtualDesktopAgentonthevirtualmachines.

InstalltheXenServerToolsonthevirtualmachines.

ResourcePools

AresourcepoolcomprisesmultipleXenServerHostinstallations,boundtogetherintoasingle
managedentitywhichcanhostVirtualMachines.

Whencombinedwithsharedstorage,aresourcepoolenablesVMstobestartedonany
XenServerHostwhichhassufficientmemoryandthendynamicallymovedbetweenXenServer
HostswhilerunningwithminimaldowntimeusingXenMotion.

InordertouseProvisioningServertoprovisionvirtualmachinesthatwillbemigrated
withXenMotion,youmustcreatethemwithasmalldiskattached.

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IfanindividualXenServerHostsuffersahardwarefailure,thentheadministratorcanrestartthe
failedVMsonanotherXenServerHostinthesameresourcepool.

Resourcepoolmembersmusthavesimilarnetworkingincluding:

NICsacrossallmembersmustconnecttothesamenetworks.

AlthoughtherecanbeadifferentnumberofNICsoneachmachine,theNICsmustbein
thesameorderoneachmachine.

NICsshouldbethesamespeedbutcanbefromdifferentvendors.

Discovery

TheAccessManagementConsolereliesonthediscoveryprocesstochecktheenvironmentfor
theadditionorremovalofdevices.

ThediscoveryprocessrunsautomaticallythefirsttimetheAccessManagementConsoleis
opened.

AnadministratorshouldmanuallyRundiscoveryonaregularbasissothattheinformation
beingviewedisuptodate.

vDisks

BeforecreatingavDisk,anadministratorneedstoknow:

ThetypeofvDiskbeingcreated.

ThedirectoryinwhichthevDiskwillbestored.

Thedisksizerequiredtohosttheoperatingsystemandotherfiles.

TocreateanewvDisk:

OpentheProvisioningServerConsoleontheProvisioningServer.

RightclickaserverintheconsoleandchooseNewVirtualDisk.

AfteravDiskiscreatedusingProvisioningServer,animagecontainingtheoperatingsystem
mustbecopiedtothevDiskusingtheProvisioningServerImageBuilderutility.

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ManagingPasswordswithActiveDirectory

ToallowActiveDirectorytomanagepasswords:

DisableActiveDirectorycontrolledautomaticrenegotiationofmachinepasswordsby
enablingtheDisablemachineaccountpasswordchangessecuritypolicy.

EnablemachineaccountpasswordmanagementinthepropertiesofavDiskinthe
ProvisioningServerConsole.

EnableautomaticpasswordmanagementinthepropertiesofaProvisioningServerin
theProvisionServerConsole.

VirtualDesktopAgent

InaXenDesktopimplementationusingXenServerasthehostinginfrastructure,theVirtual
DesktopAgentwillbeinstalledonthevirtualmachines.

TheVirtualDesktopAgentconsistsofthefollowingcomponentsthatresideonthevirtual
desktop:

TheCitrixDesktopService

CommunicateswiththeDesktopDeliveryController.

Handlestheinitialbrokeringofconnectionsandtheinteractionswithsessionsfrom
theAccessManagementConsole.

TheCitrixICAService

CommunicateswiththeDesktopReceiverandhandlesgraphicsandinput.

Supportingservices

Helpwithfeaturessuchasautoreconnection,printingandencryption.

TheVirtualDesktopAgent:

Isusedtofacilitatetheconnectiontoavirtualdesktop.

CanbeinstalledonWindowsXPandVista.

Mustbeinstalledoneachsystemthatwillbecomeavirtualdesktop.

MustbeconfiguredwiththeportnumberusedtocommunicatewiththeDesktop
DeliveryController.

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Requiresthatthefirewallonthesystembeproperlyconfigured.

Mustbeconfiguredtopointtoafarm.

VirtualMachineTemplates

AProvisioningServervirtualmachine(VM)templateisadisklesstemplatethatisassociated
withaProvisioningServervDisk.

TocreateavirtualmachinetemplateinXenCenter:

Selectthedesiredresourcepool.

SelectVM>New.

Selectthedesiredoperatingsystemtemplate.

Enterthenameanddescription.

Selectthelocationoftheoperatingsysteminstallationmedia.

SetthenumberofCPUsandmemory.

LeavetheVirtualDiskscreendefault.

Inthevirtualnetworkinterfacesoption,selectthedefault.

DeselectStartVMautomatically.

AfterclickingFinish,selectthenewlycreateVMandselecttheStoragetab.

SelectDeletetoremovethestoragefromtheVM.

Fromthemenubar,selectVMConverttoTemplate.

DisklessVirtualMachines

TocreateadisklessvirtualmachineinXenCenter:

Selectthedesiredresourcepool.

SelectVM>New.

SelectOtherinstallmediaatthebottomoftheoperatingsystemlist.

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Enterthenameanddescription.

Selectthelocationoftheoperatingsysteminstallationmedia.

SetthenumberofCPUsandmemory.

Inthevirtualdiskoption,donotaddadisk.

Inthevirtualnetworkinterfacesoption,selectthedefault.

AfterclickingFinish,thevirtualmachinecanbeutilizedorconvertedtoatemplate.

Aftercreatingadisklessvirtualmachine,itmustbesettonetworkboottoproperly
interoperatewithProvisioningServer.

DesktopReceiver

TheDesktopReceiversoftwarecanbeinstalledfrom:

Theproductmedia

AXenDesktopwebsite

ActiveDirectoryGPO

Anothersoftwaredistributionproduct

BuildingvDisks

BuildingOperatingSystemImages

TocreateaWindowsVista,WindowsXP,WindowsServer2003orWindows2008operating
systemimagethatisabletobootfromaXenServervirtualmachineandleverageProvisioning
Serverstreaming:

InstallandconfiguretheProvisioningServerStreamingServerandXenServerPlatinum.

CreateandformataProvisioningServervDiskfortheimagebuildprocess.

Createthemastertargetdevicewiththeappropriateoperatingsystem,updates,
applicationsandconfigurations.

InstallXenServerToolsonthetargetvirtualmachine.

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InstallProvisioningServerTargetDeviceonthemastertargetdevice(thedevicethathas
theappropriateoperatingsysteminstalled).

BuildtheimageonthevDiskusingProvisioningServerImageBuilder.

CreateanewvDiskforeachdesiredoperatingsystemtobeusedwithvirtualmachines
inaXenDesktopdeploymentincludingXenServerandProvisioningServer.

CreatingandConfiguringvDisks

ThehighlevelstepsinvolvedincreatingandconfiguringavDiskinclude:

ConfiguringthevDiskmode

PrivateorStandard

FormattingthevDisk

FromthetargetdeviceorProvisioningServer

Creatingthenewtargetdeviceentry.

Settingthebootproperties

AssigningthevDisktoatargetdevice

CreatingvDisksinDiskPool

TocreateavDiskinadiskpool:

IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickonthevDiskPoolwhereyouwanttoadd
thosevDisksandselecttheCreatevDiskmenuoption.

InthedropdownmenuoftheCreatevDiskdialogbox,selectthestorewherethisvDisk
shouldreside

IfcreatingthevDiskfromthestore,thenthesitewouldbeselectedatthisstep.

IntheServerusedtocreatethevDiskdropdownmenu,selecttheProvisioningServer
thatwillcreatethevDisk.

SelectthesizetoallocatetothisvDisk.

TypeafilenameforthisvDiskandadescriptionifdesired.

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SelecteitherFixedorDynamicintheVHDFormattextbox.

ClickCreatevDisk.

IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickonthenewtargetdeviceandselect
Properties.

SelectwheretobootfromintheBootfromdropdownlist.

XenDesktopWizard

TheXenDesktopWizard:

Allowstheautomaticcreationoflargeinstallationsofvirtualdesktops.

AddsthesedesktopstoActiveDirectory.

CreatesadesktopgroupintheAccessManagementConsole.

Optimizestheidlepoolcountforthatgroupbasedonthenumberofvirtualdesktops
thatwerecreated.

PooledDesktopGroupSecurity

Ifyouplantoconfigurevirtualmachinesforuseinapooleddesktopgroup,youmustensure
thattheoperatingsystemimageinstalledonthosemachinesisconfiguredtopreventendusers
frommakinganymodifications.Typically,thismeansthat:

EnduserscanbemembersoftheUsersgroup.

EnduserscannotbemembersofthePowerUsersorAdministratorsgroups.

AutomaticallyAddingTargetDevicestoProvisioningServer

TargetdevicescanbeimportedintotheProvisioningServerdatabase:

Froma.CSVfileusingtheImportTargetDeviceWizard.

Thetargetdevicesinheritthepropertiesofatemplate.

UsingtheProvisioningServerConsole,anadministratorcancreatenewtargetdeviceentriesin
theProvisioningServerdatabase:

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ManuallybyselectingCreateDeviceandaddingtheinformation.

Optionallyusingacollectiontemplate.

UsingtheAutoaddfeatureontheFarmPropertiesOptionstab.

Optionallyusingacollectiontemplate.

ToconfigureProvisioningServertoautomaticallyaddallnewtargetdevicestothedatabase:

IntheProvisioningServerConsole,rightclickontheFarmnode,

SelectPropertiesandsetAutoaddontheOptionstab.

Optionally,atemplatecanbeusedsothatallofthenewlyaddedtargetdeviceshave
thesamepropertiesasthetemplate.

TouseImageBuilder:

SelectthedestinationdriveandclickBuild.

Optionally,choosetooptimizevirtualdiskperformanceanddeleteallofthefilesand
foldersinthedestinationpathbeforebuildingtheimage.

CreatingaDisklessVirtualMachine

TheProvisioningServerprovidestheabilitytostreamvDiskstodisklessvirtualmachines.To
createadisklessmachineinXenCenter:

ConnecttoaXenServerandclickontheNewVMicon.

TheNewVMwizardlaunches.

IntheSelectanoperatingsystemforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,selectOther
installmediaatthebottomofthelistandclickNext.

IntheEnteranameanddescriptionforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,typeanamein
theNamefield,optionallytypeadescriptionintheDescriptionfield,andclickNext.

IntheEnterthelocationoftheguestoperatingsysteminstallationmediadialog,select
PhysicalDVDDriveandclickNext.

IntheSetthenumberofCPUsandtheinitialmemoryallocationforthenewVM
dialog,selecttheNumberofvCPUsandInitialmemoryoptionsandclickNext.

IntheEntertheinformationaboutthevirtualdisksforthenewvirtualmachinedialog,
donotaddanewdiskandclickNext.

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IntheAddorremovevirtualnetworkinterfacesforthevirtualmachinedialog,keep
thedefaultandclickNext.

IntheYournewvirtualmachineconfigurationiscompletedialog,unchecktheStart
VMautomaticallyboxandclickFinish.

Oncethevirtualmachineiscreateditcanbeutilizedorcreatedintoatemplate.

ToproperlyinteroperatewithProvisioningServerandallowProvisioningServertostreamvDisks
tovirtualmachines,anadministratormust:

Createadisklessvirtualmachine.

Setthevirtualmachinetonetworkboot.

ConfiguringCitrixDesktopDeliveryControllerforXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEdition

CreatingDesktopGroups

DesktopgroupscanbecreatedusingeithertheXenDesktopSetupWizardortheAccess
ManagementConsole.

TocreateadesktopgroupwiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard:

ClickNextontheWelcomescreen.

SelectadesktopfarmfromtheDesktopFarmdropdownlistandclickNext.

SelectahostinginfrastructurefromtheHostingInfrastructuredropdownlist.

Specifytheaddressofthehostinginfrastructure(IPaddressorFQDN)andclickNext.

TypeaVMinfrastructureusernameandpasswordintheCredentialsdialogboxand
clickNext.

SelectaVMtemplatetouseasthebasedesktopimageandclickNext.

SelectthevDiskthatwillbeassociatedwiththeVMtemplateandclickNext.

TypethenumberofvirtualdesktopstocreateintheNo.ofvirtualdesktopsfield.

TypeabasedesktopnameintheStartofalldesktopnamefield.

TypetheindexnumberofthefirstVMintheStartnumberfieldandclickNext.

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SelectanOrganizationalUnitlocationinActiveDirectorytoaddthevirtualdesktops
thatwillbecreatedbythesetupwizardandclickNext.

TypeanameforthenewdesktopgroupandclickNext.

ReviewthesettingsontheDesktopCreationpageandclickNext.

AdministratorscanusetheAccessManagementConsoletocreateadesktopgroupofpre
existingdesktopimages.

TocreateadesktopgroupwiththeAccessManagementConsole:

SelectDesktopGroupsfromtheconsoletree.

ClickCreatedesktopgroupintheCommonTaskspane.

ClickNextontheWelcomescreen.

SelecteitherPooledorAssignedasthedesktopgroupassignment.

IfAssignedischosen,thenselectPreAssignedorAssignonFirstUseandclickNext.

SelectthetypeofVMinfrastructurehostingthevirtualdesktopstobeaddedtothe
groupandclickNext.

SelectNoneforthetypeofVMinfrastructuretocreateaBladePCbaseddesktop
group.

TypetheaddressoftheVMinfrastructureintheAddressfield.

TypetheadministratorusernameandpasswordrequiredtologontotheVM
infrastructureintheUsernameandPasswordfieldsandclickNext.

ClickAddtodisplayavailabledesktops.

Selecteachdesktoptoaddittothedesktopgroup,clickOKandclickNext.

ClickAddtoselectActiveDirectoryusersorgroupstoaddtothedesktopgroup.

UsingtheAccessManagementConsole,ActiveDirectorycomputernamescanbe
mappedtodesktopimagesduringthecreationofadesktopgroup.

TypeanameforthenewdesktopgroupintheDisplaynamefield.

TypeadescriptionintheDescriptionfieldandclickNext.

Optionally,changetheiconandclickNext.

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ClickFinish.

SpeedScreen

SpeedScreenImageAcceleration:

Offersatradeoffbetweenthequalityofphotographicimagefilesastheyappearon
clientdevicesandtheamountofbandwidththefilesconsumeontheirwayfromthe
servertotheclient.

Isconfiguredwithoneoffourlossycompressionlevels:

Highcompression

Mediumcompression

ThedefaultsettingisMediumcompression,whichisrecommendedforlower
bandwidthconnectionswhiledesiringgoodimagequality.

Lowcompression

Nocompression

Heavyweightcompression:

AllowsyoutoincreasethecompressionoftheSpeedScreenImageAccelerationand
SpeedScreenProgressiveDisplaywithoutimpactingimagequality.

BecauseheavyweightcompressionisCPUintensiveandaffectsserverscalability,itis
recommendedforuseonlywithlowbandwidthconnections.

Policies

Tocreateapolicy:

RightclickthePoliciesnodeinthePresentationServerConsoleandselectCreatePolicy.

Typeanameandadescription.

Optionally,configurethepolicyforaconnectiontype.

Configurethepolicyrules.

Applythepolicyusingafilter.

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Clientnames

Accesscontrol

WhenapolicyisfilteredbyAccessControl,itisappliedtoconnectionsmade
throughAccessGateway.

Usersandusergroups

Servers

ClientIPaddresses

Policypriorityrules:

Eachpolicyreceivesanumberuponcreation.

Bydefault,anewpolicyhasthelowestpriorityofallpolicies.

Thenumberassignedisbasedonthenumberofpoliciesthatexistinaserverfarm.

Toprioritizeapolicy:

InthePresentationServerConsole,clickthePoliciesnode.

RightclickthepolicyintherightpaneandclickPriority.

Ifyouwanttoassignthepolicythehighestpriority,clickMakeHighestPriority.

Ifyouwanttoassignthepolicythelowestpriority,clickMakeLowestPriority.

Ifyouwanttoincreasethepriorityofthepolicyonelevel,clickIncreasePriority.

Ifyouwanttodecreasethepriorityonelevel,clickDecreasePriority.

Whenyoucreatepoliciesforgroupsofusers,clients,orservers,youmayfindthatsome
membersofthegrouprequireexceptionstosomepolicyrules:

Tomoreeffectivelymanageexceptions:

Createnewpoliciesforonlythosegroupmembersneedingtheexceptions.

Rankthenewpolicyhigherthanthepolicyfortheentiregroup.

IfyouchangethenameofadesktopgroupthathasaCitrixpolicyappliedtoit,rememberto
updatetheCitrixpolicyfilterwiththenewname.

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LogoffBehaviorofDesktopGroups

Inassigneddesktopgroupsthatbelongtoahostinginfrastructure,thelogoffbehaviorcanbe
configured.

Desktopgroupsthatdonothaveahostinginfrastructure,includingPCbasedandBladebased
desktopgroupsdonothavelogoffbehaviorandidlepoolsettings.

ConfiguringTimeZone

ToallowWindowsXPvirtualdesktopuserstoseetheirlocaltimeinsteadoftheserverslocal
time:

Givethemrightstochangethetimeonthesystemonwhichthedesktopisrunning.

Changethetimezoneregistryarea.

Afteryoudothis,userswhoconnecttoWindowsXPvirtualdesktopsseetheirlocaltime
zonereflectedinthedesktop.

Whentheylogoffordisconnect,thetimezoneofthedesktopisresettowhatitwas
beforetheyloggedon.

ToallowWindowsVistavirtualdesktopuserstoseetheirlocaltimeinsteadoftheserverslocal
time:

MakesuretheyhavetheChangethetimezoneprivilege.

Thisprivilegeisgrantedbydefault.

RDPConnection

IfausermakesanRDPconnectiontoavirtualdesktop,anICAconnectionisnotpossibleuntil
either:

Auserlogsoninteractivelyontheconsoleofthecomputerhostingthevirtualdesktop.

or

Thecomputerhostingthevirtualdesktopisrestarted.

DisconnectingtheRDPsessionorloggingofffromRDPisnotsufficient.

Toavoidthisissue,considerdisablingRDP.

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ConfiguringLogoffBehavior

Configurepooledvirtualdesktopstoreverttoacleanstateafteruserslogoff:

Createthevirtualmachinetouseasyourbaseimageandinstall:

CitrixVirtualDesktopAgent

XenServerTools

CitrixProvisioningServerTargetDeviceforx86Platform

UsingtheProvisioningServerVirtualImageBuilder,createaProvisioningServervDisk
basedonthevirtualmachineimage.

SettheaccessmodeforthevDisktoStandardImage(multiclient,writecacheenabled).

AssignthevDisktothevirtualmachinesyouwilluseaspooledvirtualdesktops.

OntheLogoffBehaviorpageoftheCreateDesktopGroupwizard,selectRebooton
logoff.

WhenShutdowntheVMisconfigured,theVMwillberestartedthenexttimetheusertriesto
reconnecttoit.

Choosingthisoptionkeepsdiskusageonthehostinginfrastructuretoaminimum.

Thedisadvantageisthatsubsequentreconnectionswillbeslowerbecausetheyneedto
waitfortheoperatingsystemtostartup.

SincePCbasedandBladebaseddesktopgroupsdonothavelogoffbehaviorsettings,configure
anActiveDirectorypolicytoremovetheshutdowncommandfromthevirtualdesktops.

IdlePoolCount

Idlepoolcountsettings:

Areavailableonlyforpooleddesktopgroupsthatarepartofahostinginfrastructure.

Forexample,XenServer.

EnableyoutoconfigurethenumberofVMstobekeptinapoweredonstatereadyfor
userstoconnect.

Ifidlepoolcountissetat0,thenalloftheVMsarekeptinapoweredoffstateand
takelongertoconnectto.

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Ifanadministratordoesnotwanttomaintainanidlepool,theadministrator
shouldsettheidledesktopcountforallperiodsto0.

Whenadesktopgroupiscreatedwiththesetupwizard,theidlepoolsettingsareautomatically
optimizedwiththecorrectnumberofvirtualdesktops.

Ifmoredesktopsareadded,theidlepoolvaluesarenotautomaticallyupdatedand
mustbemanuallyadjusted.

TheIdleDesktopCountisconfiguredforperiodsduringtheday.

Duringthepeakhoursthemostdesktopsaregoingtoneedtobeavailable.

DesktopReceiverModes

Fullscreenonlymode:

Userswhowillconnecttoasingledesktopandwillnothaveachoiceareconfiguredfor
fullscreenonlymode.

FullscreenonlymodeusestheDesktopReceiverEmbeddedsoftwaretoprovideusers
accesstoasinglevirtualdesktop.

Thedesktopisdisplayedautomaticallyontheusersendpointdeviceinfullscreen
mode.

Fullscreenonlymodedoesnotallowuserstocontroltheappearanceoftheirdesktop.

Windowviewmode:

UsersinwindowviewmodeusetheDesktopReceiversoftwaretoprovideaccessto
morethanonevirtualdesktop.

Thevirtualdesktopisdisplayedwithinawindowandthedesktopofthelocaldevice
remainsaccessible.

Usersareallowedtocontroltheappearanceoftheirvirtualdesktops.

DeliveringDesktops

DataStoreDatabase

InalargeXenDesktopimplementation,useeitherMicrosoftSQLServerorOracleforthedata
store.

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Whenusingeitherofthesedatabasesforthedatastore,thedatabasemustbeinstalled
beforetheDesktopDeliveryControllercanbeinstalled.

AMicrosoftAccessdatabaseisinstalledlocallyontheDesktopDeliveryControllerandisonly
usedforsmallerXenDesktopimplementations.

ManuallyAddingTargetDevicestoProvisioningServer

AnewtargetdevicecanbemanuallyaddedtotheProvisioningServerdatabaseusingBios
promptswhentheserverisstartedusingthePXEclient.

VirtualDesktopDeliveryProcess

Tomakeavirtualdesktopavailabletousers:

ConfiguretheDesktopDeliveryControllerandActiveDirectory.

InstallandconfigureXenServer.

Includingallcomponentsandlicensing.

AddthevirtualmachinetotheProvisioningServerdatabase.

ImageavDisktobeusedforthevirtualdesktop.

AddthevirtualdesktoptoadesktopgroupintheAccessManagementConsole.

ManagingaXenDesktop2.0EnterpriseEditionImplementation

CreatingaWebInterfaceSite

ForremoteaccessthroughAccessGateway,youneedtocreateanewWebInterfacesite:

InstalltheWebInterfaceandtheAccessManagementConsoleWebInterfaceextension.

AccessGatewayFilters

Inadesktopgroup,thedefaultAccessControlconnectionsallowallconnectionstodesktopsin
thegroup.

AccessControlcanbemodifiedtorestrictconnectionswithcriteriaspecifiedthrough
AccessGatewayfilters.

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RemoteAccess

Workerswhoneedremotesecureaccessaretypicallyroutedfromtheirclientdevicesthrough
AccessGatewayandWebInterface.

TroubleshootingDesktopImagesforVirtualizedDelivery

vDiskDoesntAppearinXenDesktopSetupWizard

AvDiskwillnotshowupintheXenDesktopSetupWizardifyouspecifyanameoradescription
thatcontainsoneormoreextendedcharactersorDBCScharacters(suchastheEurosign,
U+20AC).

Toresolvethisissue,youmustchangethevDiskparameterssothattheDescriptionand
theNamefieldscontainonlystandard,printableANSIcharacters.

VirtualDesktopisNotRegistered

IfaVirtualDesktopislistedasNotRegisteredintheunderDesktopStateintheAccess
ManagementConsole,itisprobablybecausetheVirtualDesktopAgenthasfailedtobein
communicationwiththeDesktopDeliveryController.

Accordingtobestpractices,ifavirtualdesktophasfailedtoregisterwithaDesktopDelivery
Controller,theadministratorshould:

1)Checkthevirtualdesktopsfarmmembership.

2)Checkfirewallconfiguration.

3)RunIPCONFIGandPINGonbothmachines.

4)Checkbothsystemstime.

5)Rejoinbothmachinestotheirdomain.

6)InspecttheServicePrincipalNames.

7)Disableallbutonenetworkadapteronthevirtualdesktop.

IftheVirtualDesktopMachineortheDesktopDeliveryControllerseesanincorrectIPaddress
fortheotherparty,registrationwillfail.

ToseeifanincorrectIPaddressisanissue,onbothmachines,launchacommandshellwindow
andrunthefollowingcommands:

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IPCONFIG

PING<OTHERMACHINE.DOMAIN.COM>.

BothmachinesshouldbeabletopingeachothersuccessfullybyFQDN.

TheIPaddressreportedfortheremotemachinebythePINGcommandineachcase
shouldmatchtheIPaddressreportedbytheIPCONFIGcommandontherelevant
machine.

Ifthereisanydiscrepancy,fixtheproblemwithyourDNSconfigurationand
restarteithertheVirtualDesktopMachineand/ortheDesktopDelivery
Controller,asappropriate.

ThecommunicationbetweenVirtualDesktopandDesktopDeliveryControllerissecuredusing
Kerberos,whichreliesuponTicketswithalimitedlifespan.

Ifthedifferenceinsystemtimebetweenthetwoendsofthecommunicationistoo
great,theTicketswillalwaysbeconsideredtohavetimedoutwhentheyareaccessed
andcommunicationfails.

Checkthatthesystemtimeonbothsystemsiswithin5minutes,whichisthedefault
domainwideKerberossetting.

StopError0x0000007B

Differencesinthenetworkinterfacecard,videocardorprocessorontheMasterTargetand
targetdevicearemostlikelythecauseofstoperror0x0000007B.

ThisusuallyoccursonaXenServerthathadmorethanonevirtualnetworkinterface.

Inotherwords,thisissueoccursmostoftenwhenthenetworkIDdoesnotmatch.

IssueswiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard

TohelptroubleshootXenDesktopSetupWizardissues,alogfilekeycanbeaddedtothesetup
wizardexecutable.

ThefollowingissuescanoccurwiththeXenDesktopSetupWizard:

Desktopgroupnotlisted

vDisknotlisted

MMC3Error

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TomakesurethatadesktopgroupshowsupintheXenDesktopSetupWizard:

Usethesametexttoidentifytheconnection.

IftheFQDNwasusedintheAccessManagementConsole,besuretokeepit
consistentbyusingtheFQDNintheXenDesktopSetupWizard.

IftheIPaddresswasusedintheAccessManagementConsole,besuretokeepit
consistentbyusingtheFQDNintheXenDesktopSetupWizard.

TheXenDesktopSetupWizardinstallationprogramgeneratesanerrorifitdetectsthatMMC3is
notalreadyinstalledontheserveronwhichanadministratortriestoinstallthewizardandthe
installationprogramends.

ThisissuecanoccurwhenWindowsServer2003ServicePack2,whichisaXenDesktop
prerequisite,isnotinstalled.

Toresolvetheissue,installWindowsServer2003ServicePack2ontheserveron
whichthewizardwillbeinstalled.

VirtualMachineUnabletoRunonWindows

Ifanadministratorencountersamessagepertainingtoavirtualmachinecannotberunon
Windows,theadministratorshould:

CheckthatthedeviceonwhichXenServerisinstalledhasaCPUthatsupportshardware
virtualization.

MakesuretheBIOSisenabledforhardwarevirtualizationsupport.

Performahardwareresetofthehostserver.

Restarttheinstallation.

CheckthesupportsiteforthehardwaremanufacturerforBIOSupgrades.

LargeNumberofVirtualDesktopsandPoolsinaDesktopGroup

Ifyouwanttocreateadesktopgroupcontainingalargenumberofvirtualdesktopsand
multipleCitrixXenServerpools,atoolisprovidedwiththatallowsseveralpoolstobeusedby
onedesktopgroup:

%ProgramFiles%\Citrix\VmManagement\XenMultiPool.exe.

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NotethatallCitrixXenServerhostsmusthavethesameusernameandpasswordto
configurethemforusewithonedesktopgroup.

DeliveringandManagingApplications

PrinterPolicies

Someprinterpoliciesandtheiruses:

Autocreateallclientprintersautomaticallyconnectsalltheprintersonaclientdevice.

Useuniversaldriveronlymakessurethatonlytheuniversalprinterdriverisused.

Donotautomaticallyinstalldriversmakessurethatthenativedriversarenotinstalled
intheenvironment.

Insomeinstances,itmightbepreferabletonotautocreateclientprinters.

AnadministratorcanusetheTurnoffclientprintermappingruletoautocreate
onlynetworkprintersorprintersconnecteddirectlytotheserver.

Donotautocreateclientprintersturnsofftheautocreateoptionforallclient
printerswhenuserslogon.

Noclientprinterswillbecreated.

ByenablingtheUniversaldriverruleUseonlyprintermodelspecificdrivers,the
administratormakessurethatonlythemanufacturersdriversthatsheinstalledwillbe
usedforthefiveprinters.

Bynotallowingnativeprintdriverstoautomaticallybeinstalledfromautocreated
printers,anadministratorcanmakesurethatnoroguedriversmakeitintothefarm.

Byusingadrivercompatibilitylist,anadministratorwillcontrolwhichdriversare
allowedinthefarm.

Ifanadministratorknowsthedriversthatareallowed,butdoesntknowwhichdrivers
mighttrytoinstalllater,theadministratorcanselectAllowonlydriversinthelistand
addtheknownacceptabledriverstothelist.

ByselectingtheUseuniversaldriveronlyiftherequesteddriverisunavailablerule,an
administratorcanmakesurethatthereisalwaysadriveravailable,whetheritsthe
manufacturersdriverortheuniversaldriver.

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ByusingtheruleAutocreatelocalclientprintersonly,onlytheprintersconnected
directlytotheusersclientdevicethroughanLPTorotherlocalportwillbe
automaticallyconnected.

Enablingthissettingensuresanynetworkprintersdefinedontheclientdeviceare
notautocreatedwithintheICAsessionandlogontimeswillbereducedforthose
whohaveseveralnetworkprintersconfiguredontheirclientdevice.

Toallowthemanufacturersprintdriverstobeusedinthefarm,thepolicyNativedriver
autoinstallcanbesettotheruleInstallWindowsnativedriversasneeded.

Toallowtheprinterstofirsttrytousethemanufacturersdrivers,butfallbackonthe
universaldriveriftheyarenotavailable,thepolicyUniversaldrivercanbesettothe
ruleUseuniversaldriveronlyifrequesteddriverisunavailable.

TheSessionprinterspolicyruleallowsanadministratortocontroltheassignmentof
networkprinters.

Administratorscanassignthedefaultprinteraswellasdesignatetheconnectionto
networkprintersbasedonthedesiredpolicyfilter.

ThePrintjobroutingruledetermineswhetherornotaclientprinterisautoconnected.

WhenthisruleisconfiguredtoConnectdirectlytonetworkprintserverifpossible,
theprintjobsarerouteddirectlyfromthePresentationServertothenetworkprint
server.

IfAlwaysconnectindirectlyasaclientprinterisconfigured,printjobsarerouted
throughtheclientdeviceviatheICAprotocolandredirectedtothenetworkprint
server.

Toensurethatusersinaworkareaareassignedtoprintersintheirarea,an
administratortypicallyfilterstheprinterpolicybyclientIPaddress.

ApplicationStreaming

Thetwomaincomponentsofapplicationstreamingare:

TheCitrixStreamingProfiler

Usedtopackageanapplication.

Configuresaprofilethatmatchestheoperatingsystem,servicepacklevel,drive
letterandlanguageoftheclientdevice.

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Afteranapplicationprofileiscreateditcanbemadereadytostreamtousersby
publishingitusingtheAccessManagementConsole.

TheCitrixStreamingClient

Locatesthestreamingapplication.

Setsupanisolationenvironmentontheclientdevicefortheapplication.

Streamstheapplicationondemand.

SupportedApplicationStreamingClients

Astreamedapplicationcanberequestedthrough:

TheProgramNeighborhoodAgent

or

AWebInterfacesite

ConfiguringApplicationStreaming

Accessedfromserverenables:

AnapplicationinstalledandpublishedonaPresentationServertobelaunchedand
accessedinanICAsession.

AnapplicationtobeinstalledbytheInstallationManageroranapplicationtobe
streamedtotheserver.

Streamedifpossible,otherwiseaccessedfromserverisalsocalleddualmodestreaming.

Anadministratorcanmakesure:

TheapplicationwillbestreamedtothosethathavetheCitrixStreamingClient.

TheapplicationwillbeavailableonaPresentationServeras

Apublishedapplication

AnapplicationtobeinstalledbytheInstallationManager

AnapplicationtobestreamedtotheservertothosethatdonthavetheCitrix
StreamingClient.

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Streamedtoclientenablesanapplicationtobestreamedfromafileservertothevirtual
desktopsouserscanlaunchtheapplicationlocally.

Ifanadministratorwantsto:

StreamapplicationsthroughtheWebInterfaceusingXenApp:

TheXenAppWebsiteischosenasthetypeofsitetocreate.

StreamapplicationsthroughtheCitrixXenAppPluginusingXenApp:

TheXenAppServicessiteischosenasthetypeofsitetocreate.

CitrixStreamingProfiler

Beforepublishingastreamingapplication,youmustpreparetheapplicationwiththeCitrix
StreamingProfiler:

OntheworkstationwiththeStreamingProfilerinstalled,makesuretheapplications
setupprogramisavailablefromtheprofilingworkstation.

FromtheStartmenu,opentheStreamingProfilerandselecttocreateaNewProfile.

Intheprofilingwizard,selecttheoperatingsystemsthatmatchyourendusers'
operatingsystems.

Thisistheinitialtargetintheprofile.

Followthewizardstepstoinstalltheapplicationinthestreamingapplicationprofile.

Finally,savethecompletedprofileonanetworkfilesharethatyourenduserscan
access.

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