Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3'0: Enterprise Edition Administration

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Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
Enterprise Edition Administration

• Module 8
• Managing Server and Server Farm Settings

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Overview

• Topics covered in the module include
• Adding MetaFrame Administrator Accounts
• Configuring MetaFrame Administrator Privileges
• Using Folders to Manage Applications and Servers
• Specifying a License Server
• Configuring Data Collectors
• Creating and Configuring Zones
• Configuring Connection Limits
• Configuring ICA Keep-Alive
• Configuring ICA Settings
• Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server Farm
• Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server
  Configuring
• My View in the Access Suite Console
• Launching Management Consoles
• Viewing Server and Server Farm Related Information

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Managing MetaFrame Administrators

• MetaFrame Administrators with full administrative
  rights
• can
• Configure server and server farm settings
• Add and delete MetaFrame Administrator accounts
• Grant permissions to MetaFrame Administrator
  accounts
• Manage server and application folders

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Adding MetaFrame Administrator Accounts

• When a new MetaFrame Administrator account is
  added,
• the account can be granted one of the following
• privilege levels
• View Only
• Full Administration
• Custom

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Configuring MetaFrame Administrator Privileges
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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 8-1 Creating MetaFrame
  Administrator Accounts

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Using Folders to Manage Applications and Servers
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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 8-2 Creating an Application
  Folder with Custom Privileges

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Specifying a License Server
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Configuring Data Collectors

• When configuring the preference setting for a
  data
• collector, an administrator can apply one of
• the following settings
• Most Preferred
• Preferred
• Default Preference
• Not Preferred

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Creating and Configuring Zones
Server Farm
Server 3
Server 1
Zone A
Zone B
Server 4
Server 2
Data Collector
Data Collector
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Exercise

• Complete Exercise 8-3 Configuring Zones and Data
  Collectors

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Configuring Server and Server Farm Settings

• When configuring server and server farm settings,
  an
• administrator can configure the following
  settings at a server farm
• level and then apply the settings at the server
  level
• Connection Limits
• ICA Keep-Alive
• ICA Settings
• License Server
• Some MetaFrame Settings
• SNMP
• SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration
• SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration
• SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration

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Configuring Connection Limits
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Configuring ICA Keep-Alive
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Configuring ICA Settings
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Configuring MetaFrame Settings

• An administrator can use the MetaFrame
• settings at a server and server farm level to
  control
• How servers in the server farm communicate
• How servers respond to client broadcast messages

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Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server Farm
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Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server
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Management Console for MetaFrame Access Suite

• Within the Access Suite Console, an administrator
  can
• Create views for the Access Suite Console
• Launch other management consoles
• View information about servers and server farms
• View alerts, user, sessions, processes and
  application information

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Configuring My View in the Access Suite Console
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Launching Management Consoles
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Viewing Server and Server Farm Related Information

• Using the Access Suite Console, a MetaFrame
• Administrator can view
• Server information
• Server farm information
• Session information
• Alerts

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Review

• Topics covered in the module include
• Adding MetaFrame Administrator Accounts
• Configuring MetaFrame Administrator Privileges
• Using Folders to Manage Applications and Servers
• Specifying a License Server
• Configuring Data Collectors
• Creating and Configuring Zones
• Configuring Connection Limits
• Configuring ICA Keep-Alive
• Configuring ICA Settings
• Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server Farm
• Configuring MetaFrame Settings for a Server
  Configuring
• My View in the Access Suite Console
• Launching Management Consoles
• Viewing Server and Server Farm Related Information