martes, 7 de mayo de 2013

Virtualization by Davis: “NetScaler allows you to establish the SSL cake and encrypt it too” plus 18 more

Virtualization by Davis: “NetScaler allows you to establish the SSL cake and encrypt it too” plus 18 more


NetScaler allows you to establish the SSL cake and encrypt it too

Posted: 06 May 2013 07:17 PM PDT

Very large enterprises, particularly finance, healthcare and e-commerce have ever growing needs for secure VPN communications. They are rapidly adopting an "SSL Everywhere" policy where encryption goes beyond the sensitive portions of an application session such as the login page and covers the entire transmission of all content. Historically at lower overall throughput levels, the performance overhead imposed during the SSL session negotiation phase  including…

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Want to stream over 279,000 movies at once in 1080P?

Posted: 06 May 2013 07:13 PM PDT

Even the biggest movie hound has only so much data storage and corresponding eyeballs to go around. But if you are an IT Administrator in charge of delivering screaming fast data delivery in the terabit/second range you may want an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solution that can. Much fanfare has been made about the latest NetScaler MPX 22000.  Among such full featured ADC solutions they…

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NetScaler MPX appliances force chassis solutions into early retirement

Posted: 06 May 2013 07:08 PM PDT

The NetScaler MPX 22000 series of application and service delivery controllers from Citrix represent the ultimate in scalable high performance, yet full featured appliances.  Taking only two rack units of space, these power packed solutions provide a groundbreaking 40 to 120 Gbps of true HTTP traffic capacity along with over a half a million SSL transactions per second. No other alternative provides this hyper flexible…

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A blast from the past: Free tools you might not know about. Yet.

Posted: 06 May 2013 05:07 PM PDT

Every system administrator or consultant has a set of tools that they use on a daily basis. When I started my IT career in the late 90′s I worked with Windows NT 4.0. If you remember these times, you should probably summon into mind some of the tricks from the past. Two of my favorites were the floppy less OS installation using winnt.exe /B and installation…

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Health care provider's VDI deployment improves patient care

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Sunrise Health Region's complex 3,000-seat VDI deployment allows patients and providers to access records securely, regardless of where they are.

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Experience the XenDesktop local VM option at Citrix Summit

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Are you attending Citrix Summit and Synergy? If you are, the chances are you'll be carrying around a corporate laptop for taking notes, checking email, editing presentations and doing other work that just can't wait until you return from the event. Something else is also likely to happen if you're making the weeklong trip. Somewhere along the way—at the airport, on the plane, in a…

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Are you an Americas Partners going to Citrix Summit? Learn how your business can stand out from the crowd

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:43 PM PDT

Join us for this fast-paced deep dive into how to market your company, your solutions and your uniqueness. In this session, you will learn how to get the most from our free marketing automation tools, exclusively for Citrix partners. With Citrix Marketing Concierge and Citrix Syndication, we will show you how to: Create and deliver customized campaign in minutes Gain the latest Citrix product and…

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Why enterprise IT should embrace the cloud business model

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Many cloud providers offer catalogues of fixed-configuration VMs, and adopting this cloud business model could greatly benefit enterprise IT.

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Understanding Windows Group Policy management for virtual desktops

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Windows Group Policy management can help you keep virtual desktops and their profiles consistent. Just watch out for disk consumption.

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Work is no longer just a place. Discover how Citrix is transforming the way we work and play at Citrix Summit, LA

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

The old concept of work –an assigned space, a corporate PC and wired network- is disappearing fast. Your customers are exploring mobile workstyle initiatives that can help them optimize productivity, efficiency, and that work/life harmony we all seek to achieve. Citrix Summit will provide you with the right tools and training to equip you to sell mobile workstyle solutions. Don't miss a first look at…

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How to install the App-V 5.0 Database and Management Server using SQL scripts on the DB

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:58 AM PDT

Ryan Cobb | Senior Premier Field Engineer

GearsHi everyone, my name is Ryan Cobb and here are the steps required to install the App-V 5 Database and Management Server using the SQL scripts on the DB instead of the installation routine.

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Background

Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 domain

Computers:

  • AppVDC : Our Windows Server 2008R2 Domain Controller.
  • AppvServer : A Windows Server 2008R2 computer running SQL Server 2008 R2.
  • AppvServer2 : A Windows Server 2012 computer that is a member server in the domain. All App-V server pre-reqs are met.

Users and groups : AppVAdmin, member of AppV5Admins, Domain Users, Domain Admins.

Tasks:

  • Install App-V 5 Management and Reporting databases on AppVServer using the scripts provided by Microsoft.
  • Install App-V Management and Reporting services on AppVServer2 using the pre-installed databases.

 

Installation

First, the installation files need to be extracted from appv_server_setup.exe. This is done by executing the following command in an elevated CMD prompt:

appv_server_setup.exe /layout /layoutdir=c:\extractedinstallationfiles

We will work with the ManagementDatabase first. Inside your c:\extractedinstallationfiles directory is the DatabaseScripts folder, and in here you will find two folders; one for ManagementDatabase and one for ReportingDatabase.

Inside the ManagementDatabase folder there are a couple .sql files that will need to be modified as needed for your environment. The first file is the Database.sql file. The image below is the file as it was extracted.

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The next image will show the differences after modification. Because my SQL Server already has both AppVManagement and AppVReporting databases for a different test environment, I need to change the names in the script to something else. For my example here, I will append a 5 to the database names (e.g. AppVManagement5 and AppVReporting5) as show below:

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Next up we need to modify the permissions.sql file. It needs to be modified to ensure that the correct permissions are setup for the database. Mainly it adds the name of the App-V admins group, of which a member of that group is used to install the App-V server components on the AppVServer2 computer. In my example, my App-V admins group is named AppV5Admins and the name of the account being used is ManagementDbPublicAccessAccount. The other account that is needed is the ManagementDbWriteAccessAccount account and it is the account of the server used to install the App-V Management components and would be the machine account for AppVServer2.

But only if it was so simple. You see, SQL doesn't particularly like friendly names for user groups or computers so we will need to provide the SIDs for each entity instead.

Using PowerShell and the friendly names of both the group and machine we can retrieve the SIDs. The image below shows the retrieval of the SID for the AppV5Admins group and the AppVServer2 machine account:

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The syntax for the above image is:

$Account="domain\account"
(New-Object system.security.principal.NtAccount($Account)).translate([system.security.principal.securityidentifier]).value

Now that we have the SIDs we can plug those into our permissions.sql file as needed.

Before:

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After. Notice how the [ ] brackets were removed. The SIDs as pasted also had the 'S's and '-'s (dashes) removed.

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I then copied the ManagementDatabase folder to my SQL Server computer which is named AppVServer.

Next, I opened SQL Management Studio, and per the directions from the readme I executed each of the .SQL files in their proper order.

I verified through SQL Management Studio that the commands completed as the DB was added, tables created, etc.

The final test is to install the App-V Management Server service on AppVServer2, which, when given the correct information as far as DB Servername, Instance name and DB Name, all was well in the world!

For the reporting database install, simply repeat the procedure above.

Ryan Cobb | Senior Premier Field Engineer | Microsoft

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SRM replication choices: vSphere Replication vs. storage replication

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:53 AM PDT

VMware's disaster recovery manager SRM has two replication options: via the hypervisor or via storage. The choice involves scalability and cost.

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Simplify desktop managment for every employee or use-case scenario with Amplify FlexCast

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Now available in Citrix Marketing Concierge are four new campaigns around Amplify FlexCast. Fully leverage XenDesktop with FlexCast technology to radically simplify desktop management and costs for the majority of employes and use-case scenarios. The following technologies are included in the XenDesktop Platinum and Enterprise editions: XenClient Remote PC AppDNA These campaigns are now available to you with co-branded, ready to use emails, landing pages,…

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Citrix ‘design thinking’ expert honored at Silicon Valley’ Women of Influence award event

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:27 AM PDT

On May 2, I joined an influential crowd of women attending the Silicon Valley Business Journal's "Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley " award dinner.  It was my first experience at this event and great to see the many awesome leaders making an impact in their organizations, companies and communities.  Citrix Senior Vice President, Catherine Courage, was one of the honorees at this event…

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What On Earth Can CloudBridge and NetScaler Learn from the Mobile Network?

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:48 AM PDT

Do you remember when you purchased that sleek, shiny smartphone and walked it out of the mall or the Apple store? You probably know that your connection to the Internet was over the mobile network (or "cellular network" for those who roll old-school). What happened next? This: you walked in your front door or the front door of your office – BYOD-style –and said "so…

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XenMobile Lessons Learned From the Field

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:02 AM PDT

I'm really excited about this article – I've been working with CloudGateway (our MAM solution) since its inception and I was elated when we closed the Zenprise acquisition right after the New Year, providing us with MDM capabilities.  And I've had the great opportunity to be involved in some of our first large Consulting projects involving XenMobile MDM and the Mobile Solutions Bundle (MSB).  And…

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At Citrix Summit LA, partners learn how to maximize membership benefits and rewards

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:04 AM PDT

Citrix Summit LA will partners a first look at what's new and exciting today, what's on the horizon and what it all means for thier customers and thier business. Breakout sessions are always at the heart of Summit, and this year is no exception. Among these hard-hitting presentations are SUM 110 and SUM 111, two particular sessions that I encourage partners to add to your itinerary. Both…

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Register Now! How to Migrate to XenApp 6.5 with Live Q&A Webinar

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:03 AM PDT

XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 have had a good, long run – almost six years – but all good things come to an end.  XenApp 4.5 and 5.0 went end of life on March 31, 2013. As these versions ride off into the sunset this spring, you'll probably want to move your organization and your apps forward, to XenApp 6.5. We ran a similar migration webinar…

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A Community for Using OpenStack with Red Hat: RDO

Posted: 05 May 2013 09:00 PM PDT

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