1Y0-400 Designing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions Resource Guide Part 2
Section 3: Analyzing the current environment
3.01
Task Description: Analyze the data captured and identify infrastructure barriers to success in the current environment (e.g. hardware limitations, storage limitations, bandwidth constraints).
Testing Aspect: What
Monitor deployments on the Dashboard
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-deployment-wrapper.html
Image
https://citrixxperience.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/unavailable-capacity-count.jpg
Diagnose user logon issues
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-help-logon-user.html
3.02
Task Description: Analyze the user experience in the current environment, including the policies and profiles in effect
Testing Aspect: What (are settings … what do the strategies need to be)
Determine which policies apply to a connection
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-policies-rsop-rho.html
How automatic configuration works
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-upm-auto-config.html
3.03
Task Description: Analyze the current authentication process for local and remote users
Testing Aspect: What is in place? Is it appropriate for the current and future needs of the business?
Receiver - Client Feature Matrix
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX104182
Plan pass-through authentication with smart cards
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-smart-cards-passthrough.html
3.04
Task Description: Analyze the desktop, application, and remote access needs of users in the environment
Testing Aspect: What
Remote PC Access
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-remotepc-plan.html
Choose an application and desktop delivery method
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html
Section 4: Designing an Integrated Virtualization Solution
4.01
Task Description: Understand user experience virtualization (remote session infrastructure); including recommending/creating location of home folder and profile servers and folder redirection
Testing Aspect: How (to set up user experience virtualization in infrastructure)
Profile Management - General
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/339432-citrix-upm-folder-redirection/
Mobile? Static?
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/user-profile-manager-5-x/upm-plan-decide-5.html
Persistent? Provisioned? Dedicated? Shared?
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/user-profile-manager-5-x/upm-plan-decide-4a.html
4.02
Task Description: Recommend licensing
Testing Aspect: What (type of licenses and what is the difference between universal and other licensing)
XenDesktop 7 Features and Entitlements
http://www.citrix.com/go/products/xendesktop/feature-matrix
4.03
Task Description: Recommend the configuration and sizing of the new environment, including resource pool configuration and sizing, number of servers and number of storage LUNs to use, amount of bandwidth, number of networks and NIC bonds, etc.
Testing Aspect: What (about sizing)
How to Configure dom0 Memory in XenServer
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134951
HA Requirements
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xencenter-62/xs-xc-pools-ha-requirements.html
Configure HA
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xencenter-62/xs-xc-pools-ha-enable.html
4.04
Task Description: Design virtual desktop solution (Determine number and type of desktops)
Testing Aspect: What
Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331
4.05
Task Description: Design the virtual application solution (Determine vm hosted vs server hosted, and determine the number of servers/desktops to meet the workload)
Testing Aspect: How
Choose an application and desktop delivery method
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html
4.06
Task Description: Determine the FlexCast models
Testing Aspect: What (to configure/implement)
Personal vDisks
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html
Enhance the user experience for mobile devices
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-deliver-enhanced-mobile.html
4.07
Task Description: Design the provisioning infrastructure, including storage and network requirements
Testing Aspect: What (products/features to use/configure)
Desktop and application delivery
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-delivery-group-overview.html
Choose an application and desktop delivery method
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html
Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331
4.08
Task Description: Design the image management process for Server OS-hosted desktops and apps (XA) and Desktop OS-hosted desktops and apps (XD)
Testing Aspect: How
Personal vDisks
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html
4.09
Task Description: Design the monitoring solution (identify the tools to use, and the components to monitor)
Testing Aspect: How (to configure)
Monitor deployments on the Dashboard
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-deployment-wrapper.html
Monitor Personal vDisks
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-monitor-personal-vdisks.html
4.10
Task Description: Design Citrix policies around methods of access, user connectivity, user performance
Testing Aspect: How
Configure Flash Redirection
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/hd-flash-wrapper-ad.html
Configure Flash Redirection on the server
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/hd-flash-configure-server-ad.html
Desktop UI policy settings
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/ps-console-policies-rules-effects-v2.html
4.11
Task Description: Design a storefront with high availability and multiple store types or controller types
Testing Aspect: How (to do it with AG)
Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook 7.x
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331
4.12
Task Description: Determine the database requirements
Testing Aspect: What
Supported Databases for Citrix Products
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX114501
4.13
Task Description: Determine the storage and IOPS requirements
Testing Aspect: What
Choose an application and desktop delivery method
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-apps-compare-delivery-methods.html
Personal vDisks
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-about-personal-vdisks.html
Security planning
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-7/cds-security-planning.html