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October 25, 2012
Tech Talk: What’s New in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box?Nigel Simpson, Citrix
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October 25, 2012
Tech Talk: What’s New in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box?Nigel Simpson, Citrix
Important – Webinar Audio
The audio for this webinar is available over VoIP. Just select the ‘Use Mic & Speakers’ option to listen to the webinar through your computers speakers.
To listen using your telephone select the ‘Use Telephone’ option. For local numbers click the ‘additional numbers’ link.
You will need to use
the Access Code and Audio PIN.The webinar will start at 3:00pm (BST)
4:00pm (CEST)
VDI-in-a-Box basics
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Virtualized desktops for less than $500 per user
• An affordable turnkey software appliance providing high-performance, high-definition personalized virtual desktops
ᵒ All-in-one VDI – runs on off-the-shelf servers
ᵒ Simple to Deploy – in less than an hour by Windows® Admins
ᵒ Simple to Use – any time, anywhere, any device access
ᵒ Simple to Manage – single point-and-click web-based console
ᵒ Simple to Scale – on-demand, just add more off-the-shelf servers
80160240240 with HA
Single Point of ManagementAppears as a single GRID entity
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Eliminates 60% of the infrastructure
• Datacenter infrastructure• Multiple components• Many different IT skillsets• Systems Integration
• Windows infrastructure• Commodity servers• Windows Admin• All-in-one, built-in
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VirtualVirtualDesktop Desktop
VirtualVirtualDesktop Desktop
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
VDI-in-a-BoxVDI-in-a-Box
VDI-in-a-Box – Simple, Affordable All-in-one
All key features are built-in:Connection brokeringDynamic provisioningHigh-availabilityLoad balancingOn-demand scalingCitrix HDX user experienceLinked clonesPersonal and pooled desktops
Open architecture supporting:•Citrix XenServer•Microsoft Hyper-V•VMware vSphere (ESXi)
Access from virtually any device viaCitrix Receiver
VDI-in-a-BoxVDI-in-a-Box
vdiManagervdiManager
Logical Shared StorageLogical Shared Storage
User User ManagementManagement
Dynamic Desktop Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Provisioning & ManagementManagement
Template Template ManagementManagement
High-Availability Grid EngineHigh-Availability Grid Engine
Connection Connection BrokerBroker
Load Load BalancerBalancer
HypervisorHypervisor
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VDI-in-a-Box XenServer User Profile Manager
ActiveDirectory(optional)Local Knowledge
Worker
User Data
NetScaler
Access Gateway
Local TaskWorker
Remote TaskWorker
Works with
VDI-in-a-Box works with the Citrix Portfolio • Included/built-in:
• vdiManager• Full HDX stack• Receiver• Profile Management• XenServer
• Works with…• NetScaler/ Access
Gateway• XenApp• GoToAssist• ShareFile
GoToAssistvdiManager
What’s new in VDI-in-a-Box 5.1
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VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 Feature Focus Areas
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Personal Virtual Desktops
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Personal Virtual Desktops Pooled and Personal desktops that cost less than PCs
• Personal desktopsᵒ Golden image + Personal vDisk
• Enables full user personalization while leveraging a common golden image
Golden image
Pooled desktops
Personal virtual desktops
Pooled desktops
PVD
PVD contains•User installed Applications•User Data•User Preferences
• Reduce management overhead by supporting personal and pooled desktops from a few golden images
• Eliminate 60% of image storage costs with personalized desktops that use single instance management
Business Benefit Single Instance Management
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User GroupsMultiple images with separate images for tailored applications
User
UserUser
User User
User
UserUser
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VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 w/Personal vDisk User GroupSingle image with tailored applications based on user need
User Flexibility – IT Efficiency
User
User User
UserUser
User User
User
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High Availability
Performance
Scalability
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High Availability, Performance, and Scalability
• High Availability:ᵒ Grid-wide virtual IP addressᵒ Active Directory failover
• Performance:ᵒ Dual datastoresᵒ Optimization for Google Earth
• Scalability:ᵒ Certified for 2,000 desktops
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Grid-wide virtual IP address
• End-to-end High-Availability without a load balancerᵒ No need for Round Robin DNS or Layer 4 switch
• Access the grid via a single IP address
• Front end load balancing
• Highly available connection to the grid from any endpoint without a load balancer• With all three access methods (not just the Java client), the endpoint can connect to the grid using one single IP address• Same IP address across physical server failures
Business Benefit
192.1.1.2
192.1.1.1
192.1.1.3
192.10.10.10
192.10.10.10
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PrimaryActive Directory
Server
RedundantActive Directory
Server
Active Directory (AD) failover
• Redundancy in AD servers
• Failover to next AD server on the list
VDI-in-a-Box Grid
• Extend high availability to work with your HA Active Directory
Business Benefit
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Dual datastores
• Reduce IOPS bottleneck
• Approachᵒ Store golden images & personal desktops on SASᵒ Store pooled desktop instances on SSD
Storage on a server
SAS Drive holds the golden images & personal desktops
SSD holds the desktop instances created from the golden images
• Increases density… more desktops per server• Improves I/O performance
Business Benefit
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Without multiple datastore
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With multiple datastore
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Google Earth Optimization
• Better image quality with Google Earth application
• Used in Education vertical
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• No GPU required on the server side to provide high-res graphics rendered in Google Earth
Business Benefit
Ease of Use
Flexibility
Compliance
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Ease of Use, Flexibility, and Compliance
• Ease of Use and Flexibilityᵒ Touchless Desktop Agentᵒ Fully specified computer namesᵒ Search AD for users and groupsᵒ Multiple virtual CPUs
• Complianceᵒ Separate user and computer domainsᵒ NTP syncᵒ VDI-in-a-Box logs in Syslog format
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Simpler management with Touchless DTagent
• v5.0ᵒ Install DTagent on all new golden
imagesᵒ Update DTagent on all existing golden
images when updating to new VDI-in-a-Box
ᵒ Desktop instances are auto updated
• With v5.1ᵒ DTagent auto installed on golden
imagesᵒ DTagent auto updated on existing
golden images when updating to new VDI-in-a-Box
ᵒ Desktop instances are auto updated
DTagentDTagent
Golden imageGolden image
• Reduction in management when creating images• Reduction in maintenance when upgrading VDI-in-a-Box• Easier to deploy and even easier to stay current with latest release
Business Benefit
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Fully specified computer names
• Prefix + Suffix
• Specify the complete name of virtual desktops
Call me Brian
• Can run automation scripts and other software that require known computer names
Business Benefit
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Search Active Directory for users and groups
• Enter partial name of a user or a group
• vdiManager searches AD for matching names
• Quicker and easier to set up users and groups
Business Benefit
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Multiple virtual CPUs
• Specify number of virtual CPUs per virtual desktop
• At both image level and template level
• Support applications that run on multiple CPUs (e.g. Google Earth)
Business Benefit
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Separate User and Computer Domains
• Place users and the computer in different domains
• Enables strict security by placing users and computers in different Windows domains
• Helps companies achieve compliance with industry specific standards such as PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes-Oxley to name a few
Business Benefit
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Synchronize server times with NTP server
• Ensures all servers have the same time
• Consistent timestamp in logs
Business Benefit
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Logs in syslog format
• Consistently formatted logs in Syslog format
Syslog manager
Event logs
Task logs
Audit logs• All logs including audit logs are in syslog format,
enabling 3rd party analysis and reporting tools
Business Benefit
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Windows Support
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Support for Windows
• Windows 8 Desktops
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktops
• Remote Desktop Gateway
• Help customers stay up-to-date with Windows technologies• Early access to Windows 8• Support for Win Server 2008 allows service providers to offer desktops as a service
Business Benefit
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Other Citrix Certifications
• HDX 5.6 FP1
• Citrix Receivers
• NetScaler Access Gateway
• Citrix Profile Management
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Summary of new features in v5.1
• PVD ‘Personal desktops for less than the cost of a PC’
• Multiple Datastore support on Hyper-V and ESX
• Provisioning of Windows 8 / Windows 2008 R2 desktops
• Windows As A Service with VDI-in-a-Box
• Touch less agent installation
• Image Optimization, multiple vCPU support for all hypervisors in UI
• AD Failover
• GRID wide IP
• RDP Gateway support
• NTP Server
• Numerous UI improvements to make ViaB management even simpler
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