A Global Channel Exchange

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A Global Channel Exchange

• May 17, 1999

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Novell and Citrix Integration Readiness

• Roy Lopez, Senior SE, rlopez_at_novell.com
• Bruce Huber, Senior SE, bruceh_at_citrix.com
• Arlo Paranhos, SE, arlop_at_citrix.com

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Agenda

• I. It Works!
• II. Citrix Synergy with NDS and ZENworks
• III. How to...
• a. The Basics
• b. Domainless Load Balancing (no PN)
• c. PN w/ NDS for NT
• d. ZENworks for Enterprise Application
  Distribution
• IV. Q A

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I. Novell/Citrix Integration Progress

• Citrix moved code out of GINA into WinLogon.exe
• All Novell NT Clients Since Oct 98 are
  Multi-user Aware
• TSE SP4 includes additional apis
• Upcoming Update (B9CSP1.exe) to the Novell Client
  will allow selective access to Terminal Logon
  Path and Terminal Profile Path variables
• Next version of NWAdmin/Console1 will include TSE
  profile path and home dir gui as well as config
  button info

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I. What Is democity.novell.com?
Publicly Accessible Citrix Server
Farm Demonstrate Directory- enabled Solutions
Built by Novell and partners Web-based training
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I. Whats behind Democity?
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II. Citrix Synergy with NDS and ZENworks
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II. ZENworks Capabilities

• Application Management
• Software Metering
• Desktop policies and profiles
• Printer driver mgmt.
• Location Profiles
• Remote control
• Helpdesk interface
• Y2k Testing

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II. Benefits of Integration

• Admins gain access to NWAdmin and now have a
  single solution to administer desktops and
  thin-clients
• Users get same look and feel on fat and
  thin-clients
• When used with NetWare 5, no IPX is needed
• Novells ZENworks and NDS for NT further decrease
  the costs of administering the networks with
  thin-client servers

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II. ZENworks Features in WinFrame Integration

• Application management
• Novell Application Launcher (NAL) 2.7 or higher
  is recommended
• Software Metering
• Desktop maintenance
• Remote control of terminal server
• Help request system
• Desktop managementWorkstation Manager 1.0
• Dynamic local user
• Path to Microsoft policy and profile
• Automatic client update

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II. ZENworks features WTS/MetaFrame Integration

• Application management
• All of the WinFrame features
• Desktop maintenance
• All of the WinFrame features
• Desktop management - Workstation Manager 1.1
• All the 1.0 features plus...
• Microsoft policy and profile management in NDS
• Printer and printer driver management
• Client configuration
• Desktop preferences
• Login restrictions
• Hardware inventory

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III. How to...

• a. The Basics
• b. Domainless Load Balancing
• (no PN)
• c. PN w/ NDS for NT
• d. ZENworks for Enterprise
• Application Distribution

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IIIa. Novell Client Integration

• MetaFrame
• Requires Novell Client v4.5 for Windows NT or
  later
• Best Case
• TSE SP4
• Novell NT Client 4.6 SP1
• At Least one NetWare 5 server
• NDS for NT 2.01 (on separate NT DC)
• ZENworks 2.0 (1.1 w/update)
• WinFrame
• For WinFrame v1.7, apply Hot Fix SE17B058
• Hot Fix integrated into WinFrame v1.8
• Requires Novell NT Client v4.11b
• Apply SE17B093 (NW5)

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IIIb. Server Farms without Domains

• How do I Load Balance Citrix without deploying NT
  domains?
• Install Novell Client v4.5 for Windows NT or
  higher
• Create a ZENworks user policy package and enabled
  dynamic local user
• Publish application through thin-client server
  utilities
• Modify registry
• Place the server name in the LocalGroupList
  instead of the domain name
• Null the GroupList
• Export registry hive from initial server for
  published application then import hive to each
  server in the load-balanced farm
• Thats all there is to it

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IIIb. Deploying Citrix Server Farms without NT
Domains

• By default the GroupList registry key contains
  the name of the NT domain

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IIIb. Deploying Citrix Server Farms without NT
Domains

• Simply null the GroupList key and input the
  server name\Users in the LocalGroupList registry
  key on each server in the server farm

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IIIb. Deploying Citrix Server Farms without NT
Domains
Under the application that has been published
enter the name of each server in the server farm
under the ServerList registry key.
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IIIb. Deploying Citrix Server Farms without NT
Domains
Create a registry key for each server in the
server farm with the InitialProgram and Work
Directory values.
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IIIb. How Does Dynamic Local User Function?

• Within NDS administrators create a ZENworks
  policy that grants users access to specific NT
  workstations and servers
• As users authenticate to NDS the DLU policy is
  read to identify the workstations and access
  level that has been granted to the user through
  NDS
• ZENworks dynamically creates the user an account
  on the NT workstation or Server

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IIIb. How To Setup Dynamic Local User Policy?
NT user account is created using NDS credentials
Through NDS you can define NT group member-ships
and create custom groups
User account can be volatile or non-volatile
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IIIc. Integrating PN using NDS for NT

• With NDS for NT v2
• Not supported on multi-user NT
• Recommended configuration is to configure the
  thin-client servers as member servers, not
  PDC/BDC
• Only IPX Support
• With NDS for NT v2.01
• Installing MetaFrame and Windows Terminal Server
  on the same server as NDS for NT will be
  supported
• Pure IP Supported

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IIIc. NDS for NT Components

• Single DLL goes on each NT PDC, BDC
• directs domain info to NDS database instead of
  Domain database
• reduced hardware costs because of NDS fault
  tolerance
• NT Domain Object Snap-ins reflect domains as
  objects in NWAdmin
• NT Client for NDS communications

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IIIc.NT Server Domain architecture
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IIIc. NDS for NT redirection
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IIIc. Publish Apps to NDS User Accounts

• NDS for NT redirects the PAM samsrv.dll call to
  the NDS name space

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Case Study Brunswick Outdoor Recreation Group

• Previous Client Environment
• No Novell services/technologies deployed
• Majority Windows 95 desktops
• No centralized configuration
• Drive mappings and printer connections all done
  locally on workstation (persistent mappings
  performed at logon)
• Microsoft Windows networking-based
• Windows NT Server
• Windows NT SNA Server
• Windows NT Print Servers

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Todays Customer Environment

• MetaFrame servers deploying server farm doing
  load balancing without NT domains
• Microsoft Windows Terminal Server (application
  servers)
• Citrix MetaFrame and load-balancing software
  (clustering of application servers)
• NetWare, Novell Directory Services, and ZENworks
• User profile and policy management, dynamic local
  user creation, desktop preferences, printer
  definitions, and creation
• Published Novell Application Launcher
• End user presented with NAL windows onlynot
  entire desktop
• End user TCP/IP accessno IPX/SPX

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Frequently Asked Questions

• How do I manage the different users contexts
  with the thin-client products?
• Contextless login is the best solution
• Can only be used with MetaFrame and WTS since it
  requires the Novell Client v4.5 for Windows NT
  and NetWare 5
• Location profiles
• Can only be used with MetaFrame and WTS since it
  requires the Novell Client v4.5 for Windows NT
• In the intraNetWare Client v4.11b for Windows NT
  (WinFrame solution) the context/username pair is
  stored per server once the user has successfully
  authenticated to the network

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Frequently Asked Questions (cont.)

• Why are the WinFrame/MetaFrame profile path and
  home directory settings not read when the Novell
  Client for Windows NT is installed?
• Novell in working with both Microsoft and Citrix
  have jointly resolve this issue
• Does the thin-client solution integrate with NDS
  for NT? Yes
• It is recommended from Novell, Microsoft, and
  Citrix that the thin-client servers not be
  configured as PDCs or BDCs
• Required for Program Neighborhood

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Current Novell Technical Information Docs (TIDs)

• 2945422 Current Novell Client Versions
• 2943151 Novell Client w/MS Terminal Server
  Summary
• 2943813 NDS4NT and a BDC with MetaFrame
• 2943961 Citrix MetaFrame and Context Issues
• 2950353 First Login cant Launch NAL on MetaFrame
• 2950750 Citrix Patch required to login to NW5
  Servers
• 2947624 4.11b Client-WinFrame cant login
  remotely (SE17B074)
• 2946246 Novell Server Locking up with Citrix
• 2950815 Previously logged in User
• For more information visit www.novell.com/product
  s/nds/zenworks/thinclient.html
• www.democity.com
• support.novell.com
• www.citrix.com/support
• www.novell.com/passport

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Continuing WorldWide Through August 99