In this chapter, we learned about the nature of the Provisioning Services technology and how to deploy it in our XenApp 7.6 implementation to facilitate administration and reduce storage footprints in IT organizations. PVS, if deployed correctly, can make your life as a system administrator or consultant a lot easier—think about the ability to test changes in your environment without disrupting the work of your users. PVS makes it possible to push out updates on the fly and store an OS in a single file that can reside on shared storage and be replicated to your DR site. This doesn't mean, however, that this technology should be deployed in every environment. Some customers with smaller IT infrastructures may not be able to allocate the extra resources needed to build and license the Provisioning Servers and would be better served by the built-in MCS component of XenApp. Detailed planning should be done in advance and decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis. PVS is here to...
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp?? 7.6
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp?? 7.6
Overview of this book
If you want to effectively deploy the various components of Citrix XenApp to create an enterprise environment for application and desktop delivery, this hands-on guide is perfect for you. You start off by understanding the need and benefits of Citrix XenApp with respect to Virtualization technology. After this, you will get to grips with the requirement analysis and designing aspect of building XenApp systems and all the necessary installation and configuration procedures for Citrix XenApp, StoreFront and NetScalar Gateway are explained one by one in detail.
Step-by-step, you will learn to deploy your first XenApp with the Machine Creation Services method and Provisioning Services method. After this, you will explore the administering part of applications and systems, followed by printing in the XenApp environment. Next, you will learn all the trips and tricks required to troubleshoot and support the XenApp environment. By the end of this book, you will be ready to go live with your new XenApp environment.
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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 7.6
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Why Citrix XenApp – Making the Case for App Virtualization
Designing a Citrix Solution to Fit Your Needs
Preparing Your System for XenApp Deployment
Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp
Installing and Configuring Citrix StoreFront™
Installing and Configuring NetScaler Gateway™
Load Balancing with Citrix NetScaler
Building Your First XenApp Farm – Machine Creation Services
Building Your First XenApp Farm – Provisioning Services™
Administering a XenApp Environment – Application Management
Administering a XenApp Environment – Server Management
Troubleshooting Tools, Tips, and Tricks
The Big Day – Going Live with Citrix XenApp
Index
Customer Reviews