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Troubleshooting NetScaler

By : Raghu Varma Tirumalaraju
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Troubleshooting NetScaler

By: Raghu Varma Tirumalaraju

Overview of this book

NetScaler is a high performance Application Delivery Controller (ADC). Making the most of it requires knowledge that straddles the application and networking worlds. As an ADC owner you will also likely be the first person to be solicited when your business applications fail. You will need to be quick in identifying if the problem is with the application, the server, the network, or NetScaler itself. This book provides you with the vital troubleshooting knowledge needed to act fast when issues happen. It gives you a thorough understanding of the NetScaler layout, how it integrates with the network, and what issues to expect when working with the traffic management, authentication, NetScaler Gateway and application firewall features. We will also look at what information to seek out in the logs, how to use tracing, and explore utilities that exist on NetScaler to help you find the root cause of your issues.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Troubleshooting NetScaler
Credits
Notice
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we covered a lot of information, so let's take a few minutes to summarize it. We discussed Basic and Smart Access modes, how they different in functionality, and that Smart Access mode uses Concurrent User licenses. We broke the rest of the chapter down into three sections.

In the NetScaler Gateway as a VPN section, we looked at the exchange that happens when a User launches a full VPN connection using a VPN client. We contrasted this with a Clientless VPN, before proceeding to discuss some troubleshooting tools and techniques for VPN connections, and how to capture debug information.

In the NetScaler Gateway integration with XenApp and XenDesktop section, we began by discussing the components involved. Before examining a XenDesktop session, we discussed the steps for enumeration and for published desktop launch. We then discussed the troubleshooting steps for each of these two phases.

In the NetScaler Gateway integration with XenMobile section, we discussed the components...