The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to setup, configure and test XenMobile Device Manager 8.7 prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. The views, opinions and concepts expressed are those by the author of this entry only and do not necessary conform to industry descriptions or best practises.
Shortened Names
XENMOBILE DEVICE MANAGER – xdm
CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST – csr
APPLE PUSH NOTIFICATION SERVICE – apns
FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME – fqdn
GoToMeeting – gtm
GoToAssist – gta
VOLUME PURCHASE PROGRAM – vpp
APNS CSR Submission to Citrix
1: The APNS submission process has been updated in XenMobile 8.7 please find the updated submission process at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-connect-submit-csr-citrix-signing-tsk.html.
2: To learn how-to generate and create a APNS certificate navigate to – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-config-requesting-apns-con.html.
Installing XDM 8.7 (DRAFT & MAY CONTAIN ERROR(S))
1: Review the system requirements at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-deploy-device-manager-sys-reqs-con.html also and decide what type(s) of OSes and or devices that you would like to support within your organisation e.g iOS (iPhone), Android (Samsung) or Windows (Surface). The current supported device list is available at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-understand-device-platforms.html.
2: Once your have reviewed the system requirements complete the ports – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-deploy-component-port-reqs-n-con.htmland pre-requisites – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-prepare-xenmobile-checklist-con.html. Start with the XDM installation and decide what components to install take a look at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-install-select-components-con.htmlthen proceed to begin with the XDM installation – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-deploy-device-manager-install-steps-tsk.html.
3: Post the XDM installation you can setup and configure your (s)LDAP / AD binding by following this eDocs article at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-deploy-authentication-device-mgr-con.html. NOTE: Remember post successful configuring the binding remember to select it and click “ENABLE” then click Save to close the options window and to save the configuration.
4: Configure your XDM by following the eDocs articles located under – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-manage-server-admin-wrapper-con.html.
5: If you are going to setup and configure a XDM cluster I would suggest reading through the XDM cluster piece I have written below and also read through – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-manage-ha-wrapper-con.html prior to installing your XDM 8.7 cluster.
6: You can now also watch this video below re how-to install the XDM from http://www.citrix.com/tv:
Creating a XDM Cluster & Load Balancing
1: I would suggest reading through How-to setup and configure a XDM cluster – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-manage-ha-wrapper-con.html thereafter prior to you setting up and configuring a XDM cluster prepare by creating a script that can handle and manage the process of preparing e,g backing up the original files and then committing the required files to the secondary, third XDM servers. I created a prepare and a commit script to easily achieve creating my own XDM cluster when setting a PoC or a training lab for a XenMobile PoC workshop. The first time you use or test your scripts you will need to manually create your modified files to enable XDM clustering. I would also suggest checking eDocs between different XenMobile versions if anything has changed in the cfg files for the XDM re Clustering.
2: You should have two script files the 1st script is used to copy the files from the primary XDM server to a dest folder. The 2nd script is used to commit the files from the primary XDM server to the secondary XDM at the point prior to configuring the database connection (You must complete the database connection exactly the same as the primary XDM server) during the XDM installation on the secondary XDM server you will only need to enter in a password during the CA stage and many steps thereafter will be different as well as you have already copied over cfgs files.
3: Please differ to the eDoc’s link above for full details and instructions.
4: Learn how-to load balancing your XDM cluster check – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-manage-ha-wrapper-con.html or watch this video re how-to configure load-balancing from http://www.citrix.com/tv:
Configuring an External Certificate Authority by Using an SSL *.p12. *.pfx Certificate
1: Modify the follow server.xml, pki.xml files accordingly as mentioned in eDocs – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-manage-securityid-configcert-ssl-tsk.html. Alternatively you can also follow this CTX article entitled “How to Configure an External SSL Certificate for Device Manager” at – http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136952.
2: I would suggest review the above documentation and create a script that can create a folder for your external SSL cert, backup and then replace the server.xml and pki.xml files and finally restart the XDM services in order for the External SSL cert to be bound to the https FQDN of the XDM.
XenMobile Device Manager SSL Offload using Netscaler Configuration Step by Step
http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/03/20/xenmobile-device-manager-ssl-offload-netscler-configuration-step-by-step/.
Shared Devices
1: If you are looking to enable and allow the Shared Devices feature of XenMobile take a look at – http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-connect-shared-devices.html. It’s only supported with the XDM.
Enable & Configure Shared Devices for the XDM
1: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenmobile-87/xmob-dm-connect-shared-devices.html.
