The use of Citrix Access
environments changes requirements in the area of
Lifecycle Management. On the one hand, the
Citrix-based approach makes conventional
requirements irrelevant. On the other hand, it
involves new and special requirements. enteo v6
incorporates technologies for Citrix Access
environments that solve these challenges and create
additional benefits, with enteo V6 being an integral
part of the Citrix ecosystem.
24x7 Availability and Identical Release Statuses
A server farm’s servers
are subject to a process of constant change
affecting three levels: the operating system, the
Citrix Access platform, and applications provided by
the server. Each intervention has direct
consequences for server availability and the
integrity of the entire server farm.
enteo v6 provides special functions for controlling
maintenance work for these servers, including the
definition of maintenance windows, maintenance
groups, etc. The entire maintenance process is
automatic, so IT administrators need not concern
themselves with individual servers, but can instead
focus on the server farm as a whole.
The enteo v6 policies automatically provide for
identical release statuses for all servers in a
farm. These continually updated and secured
environments enable load balancing among the
servers. Here as well, connecting automation and
policies significantly increases efficiency.
Server farm availability is secured, meaning no
downtimes result for the users. enteo v6 enables the
24x7 operation of Citrix Access environments,
without requiring night shifts for maintenance work.
Dynamic Installation and Expansion of Server Farms
The strategic deployment
of Citrix Access platforms demands dynamic solutions
for installing and expanding a server farm. Manual
installation of new servers is not only slow and
laborious, but also entails considerable risks. It
cannot be known for sure that the new server has a
truly identical installation and will slot into the
server farm seamlessly.
enteo v6 provides complete automation of the entire
installation process. It performs all steps, from
operating system and Access platform up to and
including applications, automatically and
identically for all servers. It even automatically
publishes the applications and adds the server to
the existing server farm. Thanks to this high level
of automation, installing and expanding a server
farm becomes a simple process. The same mechanism
can even be used for disaster recovery purposes.
This makes enteo v6 an important building block in
strategic use of Citrix Access platforms.
