E2E Virtualization Conference 18 th November 2011 What s new In Citrix XenApp 6.5? Highlights Neil Spellings and Stephane Thirion
Neil Spellings Independent contractor Blog : http://neil.spellings.net Email : neil@spellings.net Twitter : @neilspellings
Stephane Thirion CTO - IT Architect in Activlan base in France (Contractor / Consulting) Blog : http://www.archy.net Email : st@archy.net / sthirion@activlan.com Twitter : @archynet
Summary Instant App Access From Powerpoint to reality App Streaming (6.5 vhd) (overview) HDX (overview) Multi-Stream ICA Service Provider Automation Pack & Enhanced Desktop Experience Additional features (overview)
Instant App Access Session Pre-launch Linger Fast-re-connect
Session Pre-Launch Can provide better than local experience Just-in-Time Pre-Launch Scheduled Pre-Launch Easily managed through policy settings
Session Linger & Reconnect Dramatically reduces time to reconnect to a session Simple policy settings Linger disconnect timer Linger terminate timer Fast reconnect No policy settings required
From Powerpoint to reality Configuration Pre-Launch / Session lingering and fast reconnect settings are managed with policies (XenApp and Microsoft)
Démo
From Powerpoint to reality Scheduled Pre-launch Application name : Sophis (Realtime trading / contribution) Before XenApp 6.5 600 sessions initiated between 8h00am and 8h15am Logon storm Profile loading is very long Filer (Profile store) is very busy Oracle database is overload 15 to 20 minutes to be able to work Market is opening at 09h00 With XenApp 6.5 Schedule Pre-launch app configuration Schedule between 05h30 and 08h30
From Powerpoint to reality Scheduled Pre-launch Application name : Sophis (Realtime trading and contribution) + - Latest Receiver 3.0 and up The load is spread on 3h00 timeframe instead of 15 minutes Easy to setup Latest Receiver 3.0 and up Receiver for Windows only feature. Customizing the pre-launch feature using the icaclient.adm file is not supported. Registry setting to set on the client device Session need to be open and lock HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\ICA Client\Prelaunch http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-30-windows/ica-session-pre-launch.html
From Powerpoint to reality Considerations and take away When a pre-launch session is created, it takes up a license immediately When enable for an app, the setting applies to all users and servers configured for the application
App Streaming What s new with 6.5 Overview
App Streaming 6.5 VHD Streaming RadeFastLaunch SHA2 signing (Still SHA1 for legacy Offline Plug-in support) http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx131338
HDX New version Overview
New HDX / Flash for WAN v2 Faster HDX performance over the WAN Highly responsive up to 300ms network latency Compresses, caches and prioritizes traffic Available on Receiver for Windows and Linux (Fedora & Ubuntu) Flash for WAN v2 Internet Explorer 9 support http://citrix.g2planet.com/synergybarcelona2011/public_session_view.php?agenda_session_id=139&conference=synergy http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/11/01/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-hdx-ready-system-on-a-chip-soc/
Multi-Stream ICA Granular Quality of Service for ICA
Classic ICA Citrix Receiver Router ICA 14 Virtual Streams HTTP XenApp 6.5
Multi-Stream ICA Citrix Receiver Router XenApp 6.5 ICA Real6me ICA Real6me ICA Interac6ve ICA Bulk ICA Background ICA Interac6ve ICA Bulk ICA Background HTTP
Démo
Enhanced Desktop Experience Win-7 look and feel for hosted shared desktops Service Provider Automation Pack
Before Applying Windows 7 Desktop Experience Familiar to IT admins not users Unfamiliar server tools Missing Media Player, Snipping tool, etc. Plain Start menu Plain Task Bar
After Applying Windows 7 Desktop Experience More familiar for users Support for themes Accessory apps (Windows Media Player, Snipping Tool, etc.) High-res, vibrant wallpaper Win7 Start Menu and Taskbar
Service Provider Automation Pack Windows 7 experience enabler GPO to lockdown the desktop Full XenApp farm automatic deployment Use a multi tenant farm with a broker lockdown script This is not only for Cloud Providers (CSP) If you want to work on XenApp farm automatic deployment (POC etc..) This is an executable file to download, install it and you ll find all the scripts in c:\program Files\... http://citrix.com/english/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadid=2311403&productid=186
XenApp DVD Service Provider Automation Pack Data Collector Backup DC Licensing Server WebInterface server (Configured to use an Access Gateway) XenApp worker server A lot more soon on http://www.archy.net stay tune!
Additional Features & Enhancements Power Capacity Management: Hyper-V and ESX support PCM Agent configuration via AD policy HDX Policy Templates EdgeSight 5.4 Migration Center (Next Session with Daniel Wedel) XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack (ref Simon Frost session)
Thanks! Questions? it
@archynet Stéphane Thirion http://www.archy.net st@archy.net