In this Citrix XenServer 6.0 training course, students are provided the foundational knowledge necessary to effectively install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot XenServer 6.0 and Provisioning Services 6.0. Students will have the opportunity to apply that foundational knowledge through the use of hands-on labs.
Class goals :
In this Citrix XenServer 6.0 training course, students will learn skills necessary to configure and administer XenServer 6.0, XenCenter, and Provisioning Services 6.0. Through hands-on labs, students will gain experience with:
Installing and Implementing XenServer
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Configuring the Network
Configuring Storage
Creating, Configuring, and Managing Resource Pools
Configuring the Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS)
Configuring Workload Balancing (WLB)
Configuring High Availability, Back up, and Restore
Managing and Troubleshooting Hosts
Installing and Configuring Provisioning Services
Managing vDisks
Content of Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration
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The CVA-500-1 Architecting a Citrix Virtualization Solution courseware teaches Citrix architects how to analyze and design a comprehensive Citrix virtualization solution. Based on the Citrix Consulting Services Methodology, the course will provide students with the key considerations for managing the project, assessing environment readiness and risks and designing the appropriate solution according to Citrix best practices.
Class goals :
Students will gain real-world insight from the field and practice assessment and design exercises based on challenging, enterprise-level scenarios.
Content of Architecting a Citrix Virtualization Solution
Project Management
Overview: Objectives
Citrix Consulting Methodology
Assessment and Design Projects
Documentation
Business Goals
3-to-5 Year Plan
Growth
IT Projects
User Community
User Groups
Endpoints
Usage Habits
User Locations
User Satisfaction
Operating System Delivery
Desktop Images
Image Build Process
Desktop Maintenance
Application Delivery
General Applications
Special Applications
Application Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Current Solution
Physical Server Assessment
Infrastructure
Server Hardware
Network Architecture
Windows Server and Active Directory
Enterprise Storage
Databases
Security and Personalization
Authentication
Permissions
A/V
Logon Scripts
Profiles
Active Directory Policies
Operations and Support
Monitoring and Management
Testing and Change Control
Support
Disaster Recovery
Conceptual Architecture
Executive Summary
Enterprise Design
Virtualization Infrastructure Design
Virtualized Components
Server Hardware
Network Configuration
High Availability
Storage
Resource Pool Design
Capacity Planning
Physical Server Migration
Operating System Delivery Design
Provisioning Services Operating System
Hardware
Capacity Planning
HA
Cache
Farm Design
A/V
Bootstrap Redundancy
Device Collections
Optimization
SQL Database
vDisk Storage Location
Enterprise Storage
vDisk Type
Write Cache Encryption
Application Delivery Design
Applications
Integration
Application Streaming Cache
Optimizations
Desktop Delivery Design
Desktop Delivery Controller
Farm Design
Virtual Machine Specifications
Desktop Groups
Desktop Images
Profiles Design
Policy Design
Desktop Monitoring
Access Design
Resource Delivery
Access Scenarios
Access Gateway Deployment Modes
Server Load Balancing
Delivery Optimization
ICA Acceleration
WAN Acceleration
Branch Repeater and Access Gateway Integration
Business Continuity Design
Component Failover
Site Failover
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This course provides learners with the skills necessary to monitor, maintain, optimize and troubleshoot Citrix XenApp 6.5 environments running on Windows Server 2008 R2 software. Learners are introduced to the tools used to monitor the XenApp farm, record farm activity and generate reports.
Class goals :
On completion of this course, students will have learnt about:
Troubleshooting the XenApp environment
Scaling the XenApp environment
Creating farm redundancy
Maintaining the XenApp environment
Optimizing the XenApp environment
Optimizing printing
Monitoring XenApp with standard utilities
Monitoring XenApp with EdgeSight
Securing XenApp
Content of Citrix XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration
Module 1: Troubleshooting the XenApp Environment
Troubleshooting Methodology
Logon Issues
User Sessions
Server Resources
Exercise 1-1: Troubleshooting an AppCenter Issue
Exercise 1-2: Troubleshooting Web Interface and XML Issues
Exercise 1-3: Troubleshooting Launching a Hosted Application
Citrix XenApp 6.5 Basic Administration (CXA-206-1I) training course provides the foundation necessary for administrators to effectively centralize and manage applications in the datacenter and instantly deliver them as a service to users anywhere.
Class goals :
On completion of this course, students will have learnt about:
Introducing XenApp
Licensing XenApp
Installing XenApp
Administrative Configuration
Installing and Configuring Web Interface
Delivering Applications and Content
Streaming Applications
Configuring Policies
Configuring Load Management
Optimizing the User Experience
Configuring Self Service Applications
Configuring Printing
XenApp Security
Monitoring XenApp
Additional Components
Content of Citrix XenApp 6.5 Basic Administration
Module 1: Introducing Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6
XenApp Editions
XenApp Features
XenApp Architecture:
XenApp Components
Single and Multiple Farm Environments
XenApp Servers: Session host-only and Controllers
Data Store
Data Store Updates and the Local Host Cache
Independent Management Architecture
Data Collectors
Data Collector Election
Zones
Additonal XenApp Components
AppCenter
Module 2: Licensing XenApp
Overview
To License XenApp
Licensing Communication
License Communication Process
License Types
Citrix License Server
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
Remote Desktop Licensing
Additional Licensing Considerations
License Administration Console
Port Configuration
Delegated Administrators in the License Administration Console
Installing Licensing
Manual Installation and Configuration
Removing Licensing
License Server Considerations
License File Management
Obtaining License Files
To Add License Files
Subscription Advantage
High Availability Considerations
Additional License Server Processes
License Server Clustering
Module 3: Installing XenApp
Overview
XenApp Server Role Manager
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Installation Decisions
Server Configuration Tool
Dyamic Data Center Provisioning
Role-based Uninstall
XenApp Configuration Options
Which Farm or Zones Will Be Used in the Environment?
Which Server Will Be Used as the License Server?
Which Database Engine Will Be Used for the Data Store Database?
The CVE-400-2 Engineering a Citrix Virtualization Solution (also known as CVE-4002, CVE4002, CVE-4002) course teaches Citrix engineers how to plan for and perform the tasks necessary to successfully integrate the component technologies that make up a Citrix virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2008 environment.
Class goals :
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
Explain the benefits and considerations for VM storage, including local host disk, iSCSI SAN, Fibre Channel SAN and NFS SAN.
Explain how network considerations, including network topology, utilization requirements and the number of interfaces, affect a virtualization host server.
Configure network connectivity and storage for the XenServer host
Configure a resource pool for optimal performance
Identify information in the project documentation that is required for project decision-making purposes
Create an order of execution plan that reflects the tasks required to implement the virtual solution and organizational goals
Identify the available Provisioning Services server optimizations
Install, configure and test a Provisioning Services configuration
Configure XenApp for optimal performance in a virtualized environment
Prepare, install and configure a provisioned XenApp server within a Citrix virtualization solution
Identify the components that comprise a XenDesktop virtual solution
Provision a XenDesktop pool in a virtual solution
Identify the uses and differences of EdgeSight for Load Testing, EdgeSight for Endpoints and EdgeSight for XenApp.
Configure an EdgeSight alert to trigger a Workflow Studio workflow
Identify common workflows that can be automated using Workflow Studio
Perform a XenApp server upgrade using the vDisk update process
Content of Engineering a Citrix Virtualization Solution
Host Server Concepts
Key Virtualization Terms
Hardware Configuration
Memory Considerations
CPU Considerations
Network Considerations
Virtual Machine Management
Virtual Machine Migration
Identifying Media Storage Considerations
Differentiating Between Local Storage and SAN
Determining RAM Scalability
Determining CPU Scalability
Determining Network Interface Strategies
Determining HA Priority Levels
Identifying Storage Overcommitment Risks
XenServer Integration
ISO Storage
Pre-Installation Considerations
Troubleshooting
Configuring XenServer Networking
Configuring XenServer Storage
Creating a Resource Pool
Testing High Availability
Project Planning and Implementation Strategies
Project Roles
Project Documentation
Implementation Planning
Implementation Case Studies
Identifying Gaps in Documentation
Interpreting Project Documentation and Identifying Goals
Provisioning Services Integration
Network Support of Streaming
Provisioning Services Optimizations
Streaming Other Workloads
Troubleshooting
Installing and Configuring Provisioning Services Server
Creating and Configuring the vDisk
Testing the Configuration
Adding Additional Server to Farm
Configuring Load Balancing and HA for Provisioning Services
XenApp Integration
Application Delivery
XenApp Configurations
Provisioning Services with XenApp
XenApp Migration
Troubleshooting
Installing XenApp
Provisioning XenApp Servers
Configuring XenApp Servers
XenDesktop Integration
Virtual Desktop Components
Desktop Groups
XenDesktop Management
NetScaler VPX
Troubleshooting
Installing the Desktop Delivery Controller
Installing the Additional Desktop Delivery Controllers
Configuring the XenDesktop Farm
Creating a Virtual Desktop VM
Provisioning the XenDesktop Pool
Configuring the Desktop Group
Testing the Desktop Pool
Configuring NetScaler VPX
Virtualized Environment Monitoring
EdgeSight
EdgeSight for Load Testing
Installing EdgeSight for Load Testing
Installing EdgeSight Server
Configuring the EdgeSight Server
Installing EdgeSight Agent Database Server
Installing EdgeSight Agent on XenDesktop Desktops
Configuring EdgeSight
Testing the Monitoring Environment
Virtualized Environment Maintenance
Workflow Studio Overview
Workflow Automation
Sample Maintenance Workflows
XenApp and XenDesktop Server Backup
Configuring a XenServer Metadata Backup Schedule
Performing a XenServer Hotfix Update
Performing a XenApp Application Update
Upgrading a Provisioned XenApp Server
Configuring Lab Manager
Configuring Citrix Receiver for Citrix Dazzle
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CXA-201-2I Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 (also known as CXA-201-2I, CXA2012I, CXA-2012I, CXA-2012, CXA2012) provides the foundation necessary to effectively deploy and administer Citrix XenApp and its components, including Web Interface, Application Streaming, Load Manager, Installation Manager, and Secure Gateway.
Class goals :
Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to demonstrate the following objectives:
Install Citrix XenApp
Install and distribute Citrix XenApp Plugins for Windows software
Create and customize Web Interface sites
Publish applications, server desktops and content
Configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services sites
Create and assign load evaluators
Configure printers and printer policies and manage print drivers and printer bandwidth
Create and configure XenApp administrator accounts and their permissions
Configure display and SpeedScreen settings
Configure SecureICA encryption, SSL Relay and Secure Gateway
Install and distribute applications, service packs and hotfixes using Installation Manager
Identify the key features of Citrix XenApp Platinum Edition additional components
Content of Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008
This CXA-100-1I Providing Help Desk Support for Citrix XenApp course (also known as CXA1001I, CXA-1001I, CXA-1001, CXA1001) introduces help desk professionals to XenApp and prepares them to troubleshoot common issues. Students will learn to identify whether more complex issues are related to the XenApp product, the network or directory services.
Class goals :
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
Describe the Citrix troubleshooting methodology
Identify the features, components, services and communications of Citrix XenApp 5.0
Describe the different management consoles
Describe Citrix administrator account privileges
Describe the components of the various published resource types, including streaming
Understand the core architecture and communications used by the Citrix XenApp Plugin for Hosted Apps
Understand the XenApp logon process and possible delays
Recognize how Active Directory policies can affect a XenApp implementation
In this course, students will learn the skills necessary to configure and administer Citrix XenServer 5.6, Citrix XenCenter, and Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6. Through hands-on labs, students will gain experience configuring a XenServer virtualization server; creating XenServer resource pools and connecting to remote storage; using XenMotion and automatic virtual machine placement; and creating, assigning and administering virtual disks.
Class goals :
Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to demonstrate the following objectives:
This course provides the foundation to manage, configure and monitor advanced features and components of Citrix NetScaler 9.0 Platinum Edition. Interactive discussion and hands-on labs guide learners through advanced administration tasks such as troubleshooting, configuring application security with the Citrix Application Firewall feature, tuning the NetScaler for high traffic, configuring Authentication Authorization and Accounting for system management, and configuring Advanced Policies using service callouts.
Class goals :
Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to:
Identify common web attacks and vulnerabilities
Write PERL compatible regular expressions
Configure Citrix Application Firewall 9.0 to protect web applications
Troubleshoot Citrix Application Firewall 9.0
Install and configure Citrix EdgeSight for NetScaler to monitor web application performance
Install, configure, and use Citrix Command Center to manage NetScaler devices
Configure and use additional advanced features of NetScaler 9.0 including NetScaler Web Logging, HTTP Callout, and AAA authentication for web applications
Content of Advanced Administration for Citrix NetScaler 9.0 Platinum Edition
Application Attacks (Application Attack Description; Goals of Application Attacks; Most Common Types of Web Application Attacks; The Application Firewall Solution; Business Problems)
The Benefits of Application Firewall (Application Layer Protection; Positive Security Model; Negative Security Model; Deep Stream Inspection; Adaptive Learning Engine; Web Application Vulnerabilities; Security Audits and Application Firewalls)
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Importance of PCI; Common Coding Vulnerabilities; PCI-DSS Report; Packet Processing and Inspection; Request Process; Response Process; Deployment Considerations)
Profiles and Policies (Profiles; Policies)
Profiles and Policies
Profiles (Profile Types; Default Profiles; Creating a Profile in the Configuration Utility; Creating a Profile in the Command-Line Interface; Action Settings; Sessionization and Security Checks; Profile Settings; Error Page; HTML Comment Stripping; XML Error Object; Other Profile Settings)
Policies (Policy Creation; Policy Binding; Policy State; Policy Priorities; Creating a Policy in the Configuration Utility; Creating Policies in the Command-Line Interface; Binding and Prioritizing a Policy in the Configuration Utility; Binding Policies in the Command-Line Interface)
Engine Settings
Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions
Forms of Regular Expressions
Using Regular Expressions
Metacharacters and Literal Characters
Metacharacters
Escapes
Quantifiers
Backreferencing
Lookaheads
Regular Expression Scope
Attacks and Protections
Security Checks (Profile Types; Common Security Checks; HTML Security Checks; XML Security Checks; Request-Side and Response-Side Checks)
HTTPS Web Applications
Buffer Overflow Exploits (Goals of a Buffer Overflow Attack; Consequences of a Buffer Overflow Attack)
Buffer Overflow Protection (Default Maximum Values; Modifying Buffer Overflow Settings)
Deny URL Protection (The Deny URL List; Adding a Deny URL in the Command-Line Interface; Deleting a Deny URL in the Command-Line Interface)
SQL Injection (How SQL Injection Works)
HTML SQL Injection Protection (SQL Keywords and Special Characters; Modifying SQL Injection Action Settings; XML SQL Injection Security Check; Cross-Site Scripting; Attacking the Trust Relationship; How Cross-Site Scripting Attacks Work; Results of a Cross-Site Scripting Attack; Preventing Cross-Site Scripting Attacks; HTML Cross-Site Scripting Protection; Cross-Site Scripting Action Settings; Transform Cross-Site Scripts; Check Complete URLs for Cross-Site Scripting; Additional Action Settings; Relaxations; Modifying Cross-Site Scripting Action Settings; Adding a Cross-Site Scripting Relaxation Using the Command-Line Interface; Deleting a Cross-Site Scripting Relaxation Using the Command-Line Interface; XML Cross-Site Scripting Security Check)
Command Injection (Command Injection Examples)
Field Format Protection (Field Types and Field Formats; Predefined Field Types; Custom Field Types; Field Format Configuration; Default Field Format; Confidential Fields; Adding a Custom Field Type; Setting a Default Field Type; Modifying Field Format Settings; Adding a Confidential Field; Modifying a Confidential Field)
Cookie Tampering and Poisoning (Types of Cookies; How Cookies Are Added; Web Server Sessions)
Cookie Consistency Protection (Sessionization and Cookies; Relaxations; Adding a Cookie Consistency Relaxation in the Command-Line Interface; Deleting a Cookie Relaxation in the Command-Line Interface)
Form/Hidden Field Manipulation (Example of Hidden Field Manipulation)
Form Field Consistency Protection (Field Consistencies; User Sessions; Adding a Form Field Consistency Relaxation Using the Command-Line Interface; Deleting a Form Field Consistency Relaxation Using the Command-Line Interface)
Forceful Browsing (Forceful Browsing Protection)
Start URLs (The Start URL List; Sessionization and Start URLs; Modify Start URL Check; Adding a Start URL in the Command-Line Interface; Deleting a Start URL in the Command-Line Interface)
Backdoors and Misconfigurations
URL Closure (Enforcing URL Closure in the Configuration Utility; Enforcing URL Closure in the Command-Line Interface)
Identity Theft Attacks (Types of Identity Theft Attacks; Application Firewall Protection Against Identity Theft)
HTTP Connection Management and NetScaler HTTP Behavior (Client Keep-Alive; Connection IP Address Control; Maximum Requests and Maximum Connections; Connection Idle Settings; Trackable Connections)
TCP Buffering (Down-State Flush and Access Down Connection Settings; TCP Optimization; Advertised Window Size; Window Scaling; Selective Acknowledgement)
Surge Queue
Surge Protection (Request and Response Rates; Throttle Rate; Disabling Surge Protection in the Configuration Utility; Disabling Surge Protection for a Service in the Configuration Utility; Setting Thresholds in the Configuration Utility)
Priority Queuing (Enabling Priority Queuing in the Configuration Utility; Creating a Priority Queuing Policy in the Configuration Utility; Binding Priority Queuing Policies in the Configuration Utility; Weighted Queuing)
HTTP Denial-of-Service Protection (Enabling HTTP DoS Protection in the Configuration Utility; Adding a HTTP DoS Policy in the Configuration Utility; Challenged JavaScript Responses; Client Detection Tuning and JavaScript Challenge Response Rate; HTTP DoS Protection Deployment Guidelines; Attack Characteristics)
IP Rate Limiting (Rate Control by Subnet Example; IP Rate Limiting Best Practices)
Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing
Users, Groups and Command Policies (Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing; Systems and AAA Users Groups; Local Accounts; External Authentication)
External Authentication for System Users (Authentication Actions and Policies; Configuring Local Authentication; Configuring External Authentication with Explicit Accounts; Configuring External Authentication with Group Extraction; Creating an External Authentication Policy; Creating local groups in the Command-Line Interface; Binding Groups in the Command-Line Interface; Creating an LDAP Authentication Action in the Command-Line Interface; Creating an Authentication Policy in the Command-Line Interface; Binding the Policy in the Command Line Interface; Authentication Troubleshooting; External Authentication Common Issues)
AAA for Traffic Management (Enabling AAA for Traffic Management; AAA for Application Traffic; Basic AAA Setup for Application Traffic; Workflow for AAA Traffic Management)
Configuration (Creating an Authentication Virtual Server; Creating an Authentication Virtual Server in the Command-Line Interface; Binding an SSL Certificate in the Command-Line Interface; Binding a Virtual Server to an Authentication Policy in the Command-Line Interface; Configuring a Virtual Server to use an Authentication Virtual Server in the Command-Line Interface; Configuring Authorization Policies for Traffic Management; Setting the Default Traffic Management Authentication Action to Deny in the Command-Line Interface; Creating an Authorization Policy to Allow Access
Audit Logging (Audit Logging Troubleshooting)
HTTP Service Callouts
HTTP Callouts
Configuring HTTP Callouts (Configuring HTTP Callouts in the Configuration Utility; Configuring HTTP Callouts in the Command-Line Interface; Callout Examples; HTTP Callout Response Parsing)
HTTP Callout Use Cases (Scenario 1: Filter Clients Based on an IP Address Blacklist; Scenario 2: Fetch and Update Content; HTTP Callout Auditing)
EdgeSight for NetScaler Server Components (Component Installation Scenarios)
EdgeSight for NetScaler Installation Considerations (Installing EdgeSight for Netscaler; SQL Server; SQL Reporting Services; EdgeSight for NetScaler Components; Installing EdgeSight Database Components; Installing EdgeSight Report Console and Data Collector Components; EdgeSight Post-Installation Wizard; Upgrading EdgeSight for NetScaler)
Reporting Services Initial Configuration (NetScaler Configuration Overview; Configuring HTML Injection; Editing the prebody.js script; Configuration Example in the Command-Line Interface; Add NetScaler System to EdgeSight for NetScaler Data Collector; Topology Data Collectors with SSL)
EdgeSight Charts and Reports
EdgeSight Troubleshooting (Troubleshooting OS Components; Troubleshooting HTML Injection; Troubleshooting Injection Request; Troubleshooting Unknown Device; Troubleshooting from the NetScaler Command-Line Interface)
Command Center
Command Center Introduction (Command Center NetScaler Features; NetScaler and WANScaler Support)
Command Center Clients (Connecting to Command Center)
Server Requirements (Disk Space Requirements; MySQL Considerations; MicrosoftSQL Server 2005 Considerations)
Port Setting Requirements (Command Center Installation; Linux Considerations; Installation; Capacity Planning; Backup; Installation Modes; Installation Considerations)
Command Center Functionality (Command Center Home Page; Discovery; Fault Management; Configuration Management; Change Management; Centralized Certificate Management; Performance Monitoring)
Command Center Administration (Security Administration; Administration Operations; Administration Configuration; Server Details)
Command Center Troubleshooting (Microsoft SQL Database Issues; Discovery Issues; Performance Data Issues; Linux Command-Line Interface Access Issues; Reporting Issues)
NetScaler Web Logging
NetScaler Web Logging Introduction (Architecture Overview; Communication Process)
NetScaler System Configuration (Enabling Web Logging in the Configuration Utility; Enabling Web Logging in the Command-Line Interface; Configuring the Buffer Size in the Configuration Utility; Configuring the Buffer Size in the Command-Line Interface)
NSWL Client Installation (Logging System Components; Installing the NSWL Client on Windows; NSWL Options; Windows Service Registry Key)
NSWL Client Configuration (NetScaler IP Addresses; Log Filters; Defining Log Properties; Running NSWL; Verifying the Configuration)
Troubleshooting Web Logging (NSWL Troubleshooting; NetScaler Troubleshooting; Buffer Overflow)
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