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1 DV2 Citrix XenClient Enterprise: Vom Hypervisor zum Desktop-Management Walter Hofstetter, Senior Systems Engineer, Citrix - EMEA Ralph Stocker, Systems Engineer, Channel, Citrix - DE

2 News Acquisition announced at Synergy May 2012 XenClient Enterprise coming at the end of Q2 NxTop is a preview of capabilities coming in XenClient Enterprise Evaluated today and upgradable to XC Enterprise 2

3 Agenda Why the acquisition What s new, what s the same, what s the future Architectural overview Requirements Installation and deployment User side components Synchronizer components Demo & QA 3

4 Why the Acquisition? Based on the same foundation Virtual Computer focused on the backend ᵒ Windows based Active Directory enabled ᵒ Enhanced policy framework Customer told us to move faster We listened, because we re committed!

5 What s new XenClient Enterprise ᵒ Runs on Hyper-V, XenServer, or vsphere ᵒ Scalable to 10,000 endpoints ᵒ Deeper policy controls ᵒ Allows VM image creation and editing on backend ᵒ Broader set of hardware support ᵒ nvidia graphics support (Except Optimus) ᵒ Remote image servers

What s the same Centralized control with Xen based type 1

over HTTPS Two main modes for image operations ᵒ Business as

Shared Backup and recovery of user changes Security: Policy

6 What s the same Centralized control with Xen based type 1 client hypervisor Communication between backend and client over HTTPS Two main modes for image operations ᵒ Business as usual - Static = Custom ᵒ Layered single image - Dynamic = Shared Backup and recovery of user changes Security: Policy controls, kill pill and disk encryption Virtual appliance for the backend

7 What s the same XenClient Express and XenClient XT remain unchanged XenClient will also re-emerge in XenClient Enterprise

8 How XenClient Enterprise Helps Works even when the network doesn t Supports both desktops and laptops Provides a fast, near-native PC experience Supports USB peripherals Dramatically simplifies laptop management Part of FlexCast model for any use case

Enhanced User Experience Superior Performance ᵒ

VMs ᵒ Local PC performance Mul$ple VMs ᵒ Corporate &

Windows Migra=ons Windows 7 / XP Login convenience ᵒ

9 Enhanced User Experience Superior Performance ᵒ Fast-boot Chrome environment ᵒ Instant switch between VMs ᵒ Local PC performance Mul$ple VMs ᵒ Corporate & Personal VMs Locked Down PC / Flexible Personal PC ᵒ Windows Migra=ons Windows 7 / XP Login convenience ᵒ Single sign-on ᵒ Option to hide hypervisor 2012 Virtual Computer Inc

10 Failsafe Management Below Windows Provisioning & Management Rapid Recovery Security & Control Enhanced User Experience 2012 Virtual Computer Inc

11 How XenClient Enterprise Works Centralized Management Secure Local Execution Type-1 Client Hypervisor Data Apps OS Hypervisor Runs below the operating system to make PCs more manageable, reliable, & secure 2012 Virtual Computer Inc

Centralized Provisioning and Management Shared images with layering ᵒ Image Versioning & Rollback ᵒ 100% user personalization Multiple deployment options ᵒ ᵒ Local with full disk encryption

12 Centralized Provisioning and Management Shared images with layering ᵒ Image Versioning & Rollback ᵒ 100% user personalization Multiple deployment options ᵒ ᵒ Local with full disk encryption Array-based boot & VM operation Centralized control ᵒ ᵒ ᵒ Fail-safe one-to-many patching AD policy based across all activity Zero touch provisioning Integrated remote support 2012 Virtual Computer Inc

13 What s the future Looking forward Client Hypervisor HDX User Experience Extreme Security Extensibility Expanded Hardware Xen Hypervisor Centralized Management Personal vdisk Multi Platform Enterprise Scalability Advanced Policy Control Synchronization The best parts of each solution is coming together

Architectural overview - Hypervisor True Type-1

virtualized platform ᵒ Supports wide range of business

XP & Vista ᵒ Linux supported as custom image or local

Image Patch Backup Store Management Server User Data

Applications Windows 7 Virtual HW Services Domain

14 Architectural overview - Hypervisor True Type-1 Hypervisor (No OS below the hypervisor layer) ᵒ Fully virtualized platform ᵒ Supports wide range of business class PCs ᵒ Full shared image support for Windows 7, XP & Vista ᵒ Linux supported as custom image or local install Virtual Machine #1 Virtual Machine #2 Shared Image Patch Backup Store Management Server User Data Applications Windows XP Virtual HW User Data Applications Windows 7 Virtual HW Services Domain (DomS) Management and Control Domain (Dom0) Xen Hypervisor (Open Source) Hardware

15 Architectural overview OS Management Shared System Disk One to many, patch once, publish many Update System VHD One to many from server Shared Image Patch Persistent User Data Backed-up on server for instant recovery Backup User VHD Snapshot For backup Backup Store Persistent Local Data (no backup) Page.sys, temp files, indexes,.ost files Local VHD Fast Recovery Management Server

16 Architectural overview Management Server Central Server SQL Console Control Repository API LDAP FileSystem HyperV Management Server

Stores backups Authoring Server Physical Server Runs Server 2008 w/ hyper-v Authors VM s centrally

17 Architectural overview Management Server Server Components Management Server XenServer, VMware, Hyper-V or Physical Stores one copy of each image and patch Distributes to all attached devices Stores backups Authoring Server Physical Server Runs Server 2008 w/ hyper-v Authors VM s centrally Publish/patch VMs Both components can be installed on a singly system Distribute components for larger deployments

Architectural overview Hierarchical Mgmt SQL HQ Management Server (Web/App)

downloaded images Efficient use of bandwidth between remote offices At Remote

patches Backups stored locally in Remote Office At Central Office Single view

18 Architectural overview Hierarchical Mgmt SQL HQ Management Server (Web/App) Optimized for low-bandwidth/wan environments Intelligent caching of downloaded images Efficient use of bandwidth between remote offices At Remote Office Local LAN operations for publishing/backups One copy of OS image and patches Backups stored locally in Remote Office At Central Office Single view of Environment through management UI Remote WAN SQL Server (1443) HTTPS (443) Caching Server

19 Requirements - Hypervisor Dual-core processor with hardware virtualization technology support Intel provides a tool to determine if the chip in your computer supports virtualization: 2 GB RAM; Virtual Computer strongly recommends 4 GB to facilitate running multiple virtual machines simultaneously). 60 GB free disk space; running multiple operating systems may require significantly more disk space. There s a tool to verify compatibility

20 Requirements - Management Memory ᵒ Authoring Server Recommend 6GB free for creating and updating virtual machine images ᵒ Management Server Minimum is 8GB Increasing to 16GB will give the best performance CPU ᵒ Authoring Server 2 Xeon class cores enough to create and update virtual machine images ᵒ Management Server 1-2 cores for running backend server 3 Xeon class cores for each 1GB LAN connection Operating System ᵒ Windows Server 2008 R2 (required for virtual appliances) ᵒ Microsoft Hyper-V ( or higher)

Requirements - Storage Need to plan storage for the following ᵒ VM Images for deployment Usually a smaller number per environment Each VM image base and successive versions stored twice -

21 Requirements - Storage Need to plan storage for the following ᵒ VM Images for deployment Usually a smaller number per environment Each VM image base and successive versions stored twice - Uncompressed to allow backend manipulation - Compressed approx. 50% for delivery ᵒ User backups from endpoints Stored compressed on the backend Full backup plus incremental backups Individual backup policy will affect sizing: - How many backups are kept (ex: 4 days of backups vs. 14 days) - How often backups are created (ex: every day vs. every week)

Installation - Hypervisor CD Rom / DVD from ISO

net) Network PXE ᵒ Download ISO, create PXE

22 Installation - Hypervisor CD Rom / DVD from ISO ᵒ Download ISO, burn media, boot from media USB Memory Stick ᵒ Download ISO, create boot stick, boot form stick ( Network PXE ᵒ Download ISO, create PXE environment, boot from Network (F12 Key on most computers)

23 Installation Hypervisor (Unattended) PXE Boot (details) Unattended install ᵒ Installations can be customized by the pxelinux.cfg (adding mac addresses) ᵒ Installations can be customized by the client.ini file, which is formatted into multiple.ini sections [GLOBAL] Settings In this section will apply to all machines connecting, regardless of their MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (MAC address) - Settings In this section will override those set in GLOBAL

24 Installation Hypervisor (Unattended) Client.ini file ᵒ The minimum parameters to perform a auto install are Name Assettag Encrypt Keyboard ᵒ The install can also perform an auto-registration upon first boot. This required a few more parameters to be specified Username Password Server port A sample, annotated client.ini file can be found on the install media in extra/client.ini

25 Installation Hypervisor (Unattended) Parameter Ac=on Encrypt Name Asse`ag Require_mac_match Check_hardware_compa=bilty Shrink_par==ons_if_no_disk_space _is_found copy_vms_to_recovery_par==on Import_vms_into_engine Values Uninstall, install, wipeinstall Yes, no DMI or DHCP keywords such DMI or DHCP keywords such serial- Yes, no Will abort install of not seen on the mac ini sec=on Yes, no Yes, no Yes, no Yes, no

26 Installation XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer

27 Installation XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer

28 Endpoint Components Engine ᵒ Tpye-1 Hypervisor running directly on the hardware And hidden from the user Launcher ᵒ The UI which provides an interface to the user Connecter ᵒ A Linux based services VM providing additional client tools

29 Power Control Control Panel Network Setting Activity Center Power Management

31 Connect SVM Citrix Receiver Chrome Browser RDP Client

32 Endpoint Components For Windows guests there s a in VM control panel available which provides several functions without being required to switch to the Launcher ᵒ Activity Manager ᵒ Bug Reporting ᵒ Device Manager ᵒ Mouse and Touchpad settings ᵒ Network Manager ᵒ Power Management ᵒ System Summary ᵒ VM Configuration ᵒ Volume Control

33 Endpoint Components

34 Management Server The management server performs all the administrative tasks for the solution. It keeps a database of all objects in the XenClient Enterprise solution. Objects Users Groups VMs Policies Sogware Computers Events Descrip$on Computer, policy and VM assignments plus backups for each VM Which users belong to which groups, and group assignments Which OS, and version, which Groups and Users, policies Backup frequency, USB and other device control, VM and computer access control, and more What is available in the Sogware library Which users are supposed to use them Detailed audit trail of ac=ons for each object

35 Management Server Typical tasks Creating a Virtual Machine Specify settings (RAM,CPU s) Select default policies Decide if VM is custom or shared VM will by created on the Hyper-V server

use, but is not automa=cally distributed to assigned users Staged

36 Management Server Typical tasks - Publish VM s Non- deployable Save an interim check point while working Deployable Ready for use, but is not automa=cally distributed to assigned users Staged Deployed to selected users Deployed Will be distributed to assigned users

37 Management Server Typical tasks Creating users and groups Ac$ve Directory can be synched Local users AD users

38 Management Server Typical tasks Assign a Virtual Machine Select a VM or version Assign to user/group The published VM will be sent to the user/group

39 Management Server Typical tasks Restoring a Virtual Machine The user data from a virtual machine can be restored from the latest backup. Restoration restores the whole user disk and replaces the virtual machine. A user disk can be restored either onto the same computer or onto a different computer. If a user's computer is lost or stops working properly, restore the user to a new computer. If all or some of a user's data becomes corrupt or accidentally lost, restore their virtual machine on the same computer. A virtual machine backup contains data from the user disk (U:) only. The default restore point is the latest backup, but can be set to a previous backup. Unregister a user from a computer before attempting to restore that user on a different computer. Virtual machine restoration cannot restore a specific folder or file.

40 Management Server Typical tasks Endpoint Management Easy to get diagnostics information, disk usage and information regarding installed versions of the hypervisor

41 Management Server Typical tasks Image update step 1 Boot VM in the console Install software / updates Shutdown VM

42 Management Server Typical tasks Image update step 2 Publish the updated OS image depending on your rollout strategy (all / staged)

43 Management Server Typical tasks Image update step 3 Endpoint checks every x minutes for updates (interval defined in policies) Updated will be downloaded in the background (No user interaction)

Policy Framework There are 3 basic types of policies in XenClient Enterprise Engine policies ᵒ Deals with Launcher, Activities Center, Network and Power Management Backend

44 Policy Framework There are 3 basic types of policies in XenClient Enterprise Engine policies ᵒ Deals with Launcher, Activities Center, Network and Power Management Backend policies ᵒ Used to define Admin roles and bandwidth control for e.g. updates Virtual Machine policies ᵒ These policies control various aspects of how a virtual machine (VM) performs 44

45 Policy Framework Engine (example) Network Policies for XenClient Enterprise engine

46 Policy Framework Management (example) Change default Admin privileges

47 Policy Framework Virtual Machine (example) VM policies include OS profiles where behavior in regards to persistency of files and registry entries can be specified

48 Summary XenClient Enterprise delivers a powerful Type 1 Hypervisor ᵒ Additional functionality built into the hypervisor Citrix Receiver, HTML5 Browser, Remote Desktop Client ᵒ Broader HCL and GPU support XenClient Enterprise delivers a sophisticated management framework ᵒ Automated deployment ᵒ Centralized single image management ᵒ Deep Policy control ᵒ Active Directory integrated

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