MS System Center und Citrix XenServer / XenApp Integration Bill DeForeest Senior Director Products Citrix Labs, Citrix Markus Erlacher Technical Specialist Datacenter, Microsoft Christian Ferber Systems Engineer Server Virtualization, Citrix
Citrix and Microsoft: Better together
• Official partnership spans more than 20 years
• 215K joint customers
• 700 V-Alliance partners in 67 countries
• Over 1 million servers deployed
• At least 100 million seats licensed
Citrix and Microsoft - by the numbers
• Today • Leverage Windows Server to deliver hosted applications
• Manage XenApp images and published applications from System Center
• Host XenDesktop deployments on Hyper-V with System Center
• Manage NetScaler load balancing via System Center
• Joint reference architectures: HP, Cisco, Dell, Wipro, CSC….
• Tomorrow • Maximize value of RemoteFX with HDX
• Manage XenServer from System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Manage XenDesktop images via System Center Configuration Manager
Citrix and Microsoft – delivering customer value
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Service Management
Service Templates
Application Deployment
Custom Command Execution
Image Based Servicing
Services
Infrastructure
Enhancements
HA VMM Server
Upgrade
Custom properties
Powershell
Deployment
SCVMM 2012 Investment Areas Fabric
Hyper-V Bare Metal Provisioning
Hyper-V,
VMware, Citrix XenServer
Network Management
Storage Management
Update Management
Dynamic Optimization
Power Management
Cluster Management
Fabric Management
Cloud
Cloud Management
Application Owner Usage
Capacity and Capability
Delegation and Quota
DEMO
SCVMM 2012
Federation to Public Clouds Using “Concero”
VMM – IaaS Private Clouds
Azure – PaaS Public Cloud
Concero 1.0
“Concero”
Fabric
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
Customer
Windows Azure
Microsoft
Serv
ices
VMM 2012
Concero 1.0
Windows Azure Platform
Appliance
“Concero”
Fabric
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
Customer
Windows Azure
Microsoft
Serv
ices
Windows Azure Platform
Appliance
Partner
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM 2012
Hyper-V, VMware, Xen
VMM Future
VMM 2012
DEMO
System Center “Concero”
XenServer Integration into SCVMM 2012
• XenServer is "Enterprise Production Ready"
• XenServer powers the world's #2 Cloud at Rackspace
• Most XenDesktop customers now run XenServer
• "Everything you need at a fraction of the cost"
XenServer Facts
• Management of XenServer environments
• Supports all XenServer features
• Extendable by plug-ins
• No managment of heterogeneous infrastructures
XenCenter Management
Hypervisor Management
XenServer Hyper-V VMware
Hypervisor-specific
Functions
Heterogeneous
Management
XenCenter Hyper-V
Mgr. SCVMM Virtual Center
Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager
• XenServer supports supplemental packs as functional enhancement
• Primary used for hardware monitoring agents today
• Installation with XenServer setup or subsequently
• Supplemental Pack for SCVMM
SCVMM Supplemental Pack
Supplemental Supplemental Supplemental
SCVMM
Integration Supplemental
DEMO
XenServer in SCVMM 2012
• XenServer supports SCVMM library (clone VMs, template handling,...)
• Based on XenServer Transfer VM technology • Hidden object
• Small Linux VM automically installed by XenServer setup
• 8MB disk space
• 64MB RAM
• Also used for OVF import / export
Leveraging SCVMM Library
Network
Transfer VM: Design
SR
Disk to
export
XenServer
VM to
export
Transfer
VM
iSCSI
XenCenter
SCVMM
Export /
import VM
VM Clone into Library using SCVMM
• Download System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 beta http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/gg678609.aspx
• Download XenServer Integration Suite http://www.citrix.com/xenserver/microsoft-beta
How to start?
XenApp with SystemCenter Configuration Manager
• Configuration Manager • Gold standard for desktop management
• More than 50% market share
• Tuned for domain-joined Windows desktops
• XenApp • Dominant market position in application publishing
• Excels in remote access/low bandwidth scenarios
• Includes image deployment tools
• Lacks robust image update infrastructure and policy engine
• What if the two worked together….????
2008 - Setting the scene
Configuration Manager + XenApp: Better together
• Microsoft: reach new devices
• Citrix: leverage SCCM features
• Citrix: extend XA to app managers
XenApp 6 Connector for Configuration Manager 2007 R2
2010 - Released to MyCitrix
App install
App publication
Define: create XenApp Program in SCCM console
Advertise: target farm servers in SCCM console
Publish: from XenApp farm via SCCM console
• XenApp 6.5 & SCCM 2007 R2 • Expand support to WSUS and App-V
• Release scheduled for 2011
• XenApp 7.x & SCCM 2012 • Convergence of user policy
• New deployment type
• Direct policy mapping for application suites (Office)
• Enhanced idle policy management via farm-side intelligence
Future directions
• Coming in 2012 – software inventory • New Configuration Manager 2012 policy enables conditional deployment
• Joint solution for VM identity
• XenDesktop update exposes metadata on VM type
• See Microsoft Management Summit Day 2 keynote
• Peeking at the future…
What about XenDesktop?
XenDesktop with System Center
OS images/updates
Application installers
VM
Library
Manage users and
associated VMs
Import VMs
Manage VMs in Library
SCVMM
API
Select base VMs
XenDesktop with System Center
VM
Library
Invoke SCVMM
API
Melissa’s
Desktop
System Center Configuration Manager 2012
System Center Configuration Manager
Unify Infrastructure Empower Users Simplify Administration
Empower people to be
productive from anywhere on
whatever device they choose
Reduce costs by unifying IT
management infrastructure
Improve IT effectiveness and
efficiency
• Device freedom
• Optimized, personalized
application experience
• Application self-service
• Mobile, physical, and
virtual management
• Security & compliance
• Service management
integration
• Comprehensive client
management capabilities
• Improved administrator
effectiveness
• Reduced infrastructure
complexity
Managing Virtual Desktop Environments
DEMO System Center Configuration Manager 2012
Personalized Application Experience
System Center Configuration
Manager 2012 examines:
User identity
Application dependencies
Device type
Network bandwidth
Administrative Intent
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