Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration Essential Guide Deploy and manage XenServer in your enterprise to create, integrate, manage, and automate a virtual datacenter quickly and easily Daniele Tosatto professional expertise distilled P U B L I S H I N G BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration Essential Guide Copyright © 2012 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: June 2012 Production Reference: 1180612 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-84968-616-7 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Mark Holland (MJH767@bham.ac.uk) Credits Author Daniele Tosatto Reviewers Esther Barthel, M.Sc Project Coordinator Sai Gamare Proofreader Katherine Tarr Ferdinand Feenstra Juan Perez Todd Pigram Acquisition Editor Rashmi Phadnis Lead Technical Editor Dayan Hyames Technical Editors Indexer Rekha Nair Graphics Valentina D'silva Manu Joseph Production Coordinators Aparna Bhagat Prachali Bhiwandkar Joyslita D'Souza Veronica Fernandes Cover Work Aparna Bhagat About the Author Daniele Tosatto is a highly experienced Senior Systems Engineer based in Venice, Italy He is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and Citrix Certified Administrator and has been working in ICT since 2000 as a System Administrator In 2008 he started working for one of the Italian Citrix Platinum Partners He has delivered many IT projects based on Microsoft and Citrix technologies for enterprises located in Italy and Europe He is focused on Active Directory, server virtualization, application virtualization, and delivery and IT infrastructure management He maintains a blog at http://www.danieletosatto.com I'd like to thank my family, my girlfriend Valentina, and all the guys at Packt Publishing for the support and patience during the writing of my first book Xen Virtualization ISBN: 978-1-84719-248-6 Paperback: 148 pages A concise guide for professionals working with the Xen hypervisor to support multiple operating systems Installing and configuring Xen Managing and administering Xen servers and virtual machines Setting up networking, storage, and encryption Backup and migration Getting Started with Citrix XenApp ISBN: 978-1-84968-128-5 Paperback: 444 pages Design and implement Citrix farms based on XenApp Use Citrix management tools to publish applications and resources on client devices with this book and eBook Deploy and optimize XenApp on Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines and physical servers Understand new features included in XenApp and review Citrix farms terminology and concepts Please check www.PacktPub.com for information on our titles Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 ISBN: 978-1-84968-126-1 Paperback: 308 pages Virtualize your application infrastructure efficiently using Microsoft App-V Publish, deploy, and manage your virtual applications with App-V Understand how Microsoft App-V can fit into your company Guidelines for planning and designing an App-V environment Step-by-step explanations to plan and implement the virtualization of your application infrastructure Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide ISBN: 978-1-84968-448-4 Paperback: 474 pages Master Microsoft App-V by taking a deep dive into advanced topics and acquire all the necessary skills to optimize your application virtualization platform Understand advanced topics in App-V; identify some rarely known components and options available in the platform Acquire advanced guidelines on how to troubleshoot App-V installations, sequencing, and application deployments Virtualize server applications by using the upcoming platform Server App-V Please check www.PacktPub.com for information on our titles .. .Citrix XenServer 6. 0 Administration Essential Guide Deploy and manage XenServer in your enterprise to create, integrate, manage, and... professional expertise distilled P U B L I S H I N G BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Citrix XenServer 6. 0 Administration Essential Guide Copyright © 201 2 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may... Systems Engineer, and Citrix Certified Administrator and has been working in ICT since 200 0 as a System Administrator In 200 8 he started working for one of the Italian Citrix Platinum Partners