MS System Center und Citrix XenServer / XenApp Integration Bill DeForeest Senior Director Products Citrix Labs, Citrix Markus Erlacher Technical Specialist Datacenter, Microsoft Christian Ferber Systems Engineer Server Virtualization, Citrix
Citrix and Microsoft: Better together
Citrix and Microsoft - by the numbers Official partnership spans more than 20 years 215K joint customers 700 V-Alliance partners in 67 countries Over 1 million servers deployed At least 100 million seats licensed
Citrix and Microsoft delivering customer value Today Leverage Windows Server to deliver hosted applications Manage XenApp images and published applications from System Center Host XenDesktop deployments on Hyper-V with System Center Manage NetScaler load balancing via System Center Joint reference architectures: HP, Cisco, Dell, Wipro, CSC. Tomorrow Maximize value of RemoteFX with HDX Manage XenServer from System Center Virtual Machine Manager Manage XenDesktop images via System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
SCVMM 2012 Investment Areas Deployment Fabric Cloud Services Infrastructure Enhancements Fabric Management Cloud Management Service Management HA VMM Server Hyper-V Bare Metal Provisioning Update Management Application Owner Usage Service Templates Upgrade Custom properties Hyper-V, VMware, Citrix XenServer Network Management Dynamic Optimization Power Management Capacity and Capability Application Deployment Custom Command Execution Powershell Storage Management Cluster Management Delegation and Quota Image Based Servicing
DEMO SCVMM 2012
Fabric Fabric Services Services Federation to Public Clouds Using Concero Customer Customer Microsoft Microsoft Partner Concero Concero Windows Azure Platform Appliance VMM 2012 Hyper-V, VMware, Xen VMM 2012 VMM 2012 VMM 2012 Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Windows Azure Windows Windows Azure Platform Azure Appliance VMM 2012 VMM 2012 VMM Future Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Hyper-V, VMware, Xen Concero 1.0 Concero 1.0 VMM IaaS Private Clouds Azure PaaS Public Cloud
DEMO System Center Concero
XenServer Integration into SCVMM 2012
XenServer Facts XenServer is "Enterprise Production Ready" XenServer powers the world's #2 Cloud at Rackspace Most XenDesktop customers now run XenServer "Everything you need at a fraction of the cost"
XenCenter Management Management of XenServer environments Supports all XenServer features Extendable by plug-ins No managment of heterogeneous infrastructures
Hypervisor Management Heterogeneous Management Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager Hypervisor-specific Functions XenCenter SCVMM Hyper-V Mgr. Virtual Center XenServer Hyper-V VMware
SCVMM Supplemental Pack XenServer supports supplemental packs as functional enhancement Primary used for hardware monitoring agents today Installation with XenServer setup or subsequently Supplemental Pack for SCVMM Supplemental Supplemental Supplemental SCVMM Integration Supplemental
DEMO XenServer in SCVMM 2012
Leveraging SCVMM Library XenServer supports SCVMM library (clone VMs, template handling,...) Based on XenServer Transfer VM technology Hidden object Small Linux VM automically installed by XenServer setup 8MB disk space 64MB RAM Also used for OVF import / export
Transfer VM: Design XenCenter VM to export Transfer VM iscsi Network Export / import VM SCVMM XenServer Disk to export SR
VM Clone into Library using SCVMM
How to start? Download System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 beta http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/gg678609.aspx Download XenServer Integration Suite http://www.citrix.com/xenserver/microsoft-beta
XenApp with SystemCenter Configuration Manager
2008 - Setting the scene Configuration Manager Gold standard for desktop management More than 50% market share Tuned for domain-joined Windows desktops XenApp Dominant market position in application publishing Excels in remote access/low bandwidth scenarios Includes image deployment tools Lacks robust image update infrastructure and policy engine What if the two worked together.????
Configuration Manager + XenApp: Better together 2010 - Released to MyCitrix XenApp 6 Connector for Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Microsoft: reach new devices Citrix: leverage SCCM features Citrix: extend XA to app managers
App install App publication
Define: create XenApp Program in SCCM console
Advertise: target farm servers in SCCM console
Publish: from XenApp farm via SCCM console
Video DEMO XenApp in SCCM Link
Future directions XenApp 6.5 & SCCM 2007 R2 Expand support to WSUS and App-V Release scheduled for 2011 XenApp 7.x & SCCM 2012 Convergence of user policy New deployment type Direct policy mapping for application suites (Office) Enhanced idle policy management via farm-side intelligence
What about XenDesktop? Coming in 2012 software inventory New Configuration Manager 2012 policy enables conditional deployment Joint solution for VM identity XenDesktop update exposes metadata on VM type See Microsoft Management Summit Day 2 keynote Peeking at the future
XenDesktop with System Center OS images/updates Application installers Manage users and associated VMs SCVMM API Import VMs Manage VMs in Library Select base VMs VM Library
XenDesktop with System Center Invoke SCVMM API Melissa s Desktop VM Library
System Center Configuration Manager 2012
System Center Configuration Manager Empower Users Unify Infrastructure Simplify Administration Empower people to be productive from anywhere on whatever device they choose Device freedom Optimized, personalized application experience Application self-service Reduce costs by unifying IT management infrastructure Mobile, physical, and virtual management Security & compliance Service management integration Improve IT effectiveness and efficiency Comprehensive client management capabilities Improved administrator effectiveness Reduced infrastructure complexity
Managing Virtual Desktop Environments
DEMO System Center Configuration Manager 2012
Personalized Application Experience System Center Configuration Manager 2012 examines: User identity Application dependencies Device type Network bandwidth Administrative Intent
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