Managing Citrix FarmsManaging Citrix Farms

Using MFCOM and PowershellUsing MFCOM and Powershell

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Introduction

• Vishal Ganeriwala

- Sr. Technical Manager, Citrix Systems Inc.

- http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/vishalg

• Brandon Shell

- MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brandon

- Blogger: www.bsonposh.com

- Co-Author: http://www.gpanswers.com/books/

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Overview

• Powershell Basics• Powershell Commands• Dealing with Objects• Helpful CMDLets to Learn Powershell

• How Does MFCOM Work?

• Using MFCOM to Manage Farms• Creating Farm Object• Looking at Farm Properties• Where to go from Here

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Powershell Basics

• Powershell Commands• External Commands (i.e. ping.exe,ipconfig.exe, grep.exe)• CMDLets (i.e. Get-Member, Get-Command, Get-Process)• Functions• Scripts

• Get-Member

• Format-Table/List

• New-Object • ‘-ComObject’

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Powershell Basics (cont)

• Dealing with Objects• Objects are things (i.e. Car)• Things you can get Info from (properties)• Things you can do stuff to (methods)• Properties like (Make, Model, Color)• Methods like (Start, Stop, Break)

• What is so great about using objects?• Filter on Properties without losing Everything else

• Get-Car | where{$_.Color –eq “Red”}

• Custom Output for My Needs• Get-Car | Format-Table Make,Color

• More practical Example• Get-Childitem (demo)

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How Does MFCOM Work ?

MFCOM

IMA

LHC

DCOM

RPC

SAL

SAL

SAL

Data Store

Data Collector

Citrix XenApp Server

Windows Machine

SAL : Subsystem Access Layer

• PowerShell• VB Script• Perl

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Common MFCOM Objects

Zones

Farm

Apps

Servers

Sessions

Policies

Servers

Users

Sessions

Apps

Processes

VCs

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Using MFCOM to Manage Farms

• Creating MFCOM Objects in Powershell• $VarName = New-Object -com <MFCOM COM Name>

• Finding Properties• $VarName | Get-Member -MemberType Property

• Finding Method• $VarName | Get-Member -MemberType Method

• Example Getting Farm Object• $mfFarm = New-object –com “MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm”• $mfFarm.Initialize(<int parameters>)

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Getting More Farm Info

• FarmName• $mfFarm.FarmName

• Admins• $mfFarm.Admins

• Printers• $mfFarm.Printers

• Zones• $mfFarm.Zones

• Demo

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Where to go from Here

• Getting Applications• $mfFarm.Applications

• Getting Servers • $mfFarm.Servers

• Getting Sessions• $mfFarm.Sessions

• Demo

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Resources

• Top MFCOM and PowerShell Scripts

http://community.citrix.com/x/sgGVAQ

http://community.citrix.com/x/7gKVAQ

• Managing Multiple Farms using MFCOM SDK

http://community.citrix.com/x/IwAh

• CSEIT 2007 MFCOM Presentation

http://community.citrix.com/x/RIF0

• Dr SDK Webinar - What's new in MFCOM SDK 4.5

http://community.citrix.com/x/oIF0

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Summary

• Realize the Power at your finger tips

• Hope you ENJOYED!

• More Resources

http://www.bsonposh.com

http://community.citrix.com/cdn/script-exchange/

http://www.powershellcommunity.org

Email Me: tshell@bsonposh.com

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