Getting Started with XenServer video

http://tinyurl.com/4vy68zg

To map network drives from command line

Share a folder on file server or any server and open notepad and type

Net use x: \\server1\sales

Net use y: \\server1\HR

And save this file as .bat

the sales and HR folder should be created upfront and then be shared.

So how can you apply this to users.You just need to go to GPMC create a GPO and edit the user settings -- windows settings--scripts and add the batch file create into this scripts. Point to remember : the .bat file should be saved in LOGON folder on SYSVOL folder.

when a user logs on to the computer he or she will receive the respective drives shared and they can save data. the main advantage is that they will never loss there data as the info is saved centrally on another server and they can access this from any client machine they log into.

LDAP ATTRIBUTES

To view IP settings in a text file

Normally we all check the IP configurations by going to CMD and IPCONFIG /ALL.

Now to save this into a text file.

c:\>ipconfig \all > c:\config.txt
c:\>ipconfig \all > d:\config.txt

Active Directory backup

Backup AD:

Registry

COM+ class registration database

System boot files

Files protected by windows file protection

Certificate services database

IIS metabase

AD components and SYSVOL folder (on a DC)

Define Multi homed server?

Server with 2 or more NIC cards.

To view the DHCP server in a domain and which are authorized

Open command prompt:

netsh dhcp show server

How to view the cached look ups in DNS 2003?

Open the DNS console ---click on view --- select advanced.

Once we select advanced, we will find another entry as cached look ups

How the DNS request process works?

When a DNS client sends a request to a DNS server, the DNS server checks to see if it is authoritative for the zone (domain) in the request or the request has been cached and if so, returns the response

Recursion:

When a DNS server is not authoritative for the specified zone it begins the recursion process.

When the local DNS server cannot server the client DNS request, it sends the request to ROOT server on top, ex: .COM, the root retrieves number .COM domains. From that we chose xyz.com and are forwarded to recursion server.

           Once the recursion process is finished, the xyz.com info is cached in local DNS server.

XenApp editions

Types of XenApp Editions:

Advanced : Basic edition, positioning applications, getting those application out to users etc

Enterprise : Adds some more functionality to xenapp.

Planitum : Adds password manager, edge site for monitoring citrix servers, password manager provides Single Sign-On solution. Provides access gateway, replacing secured gateway ..Access gateway being a hardware device, and secured gateway being a software device.

You can download the Citrix XenApp Comparative Feature Matrix from the link below:

http://www.ziddu.com/download/13514175/Citrix_XenApp_Comparative_Feature_Matrix.pdf.html

Types of virtualization

1. Operating system virtualization: the virtualizationof a guest OS ON thin hyper visor that manages access to hardware resources
2. Application virtualization: deploying applications without reliance on an installation directly to an OS
3. Storage virtualization: The presentation of logical storage structure that resides on one or more physical storage devices.