XenMobile Server

XenMobile Deployment

There’s a lot to consider when you are planning a XenMobile deployment:

  • Which devices to choose?
  • How to manage the devices?
  • How to make sure that your network remains secure while still providing a great user experience?
  • What hardware do you need and how do you troubleshoot it?

The articles in this section aim to help answer such questions. Included are use cases and recommendations on topics that cover your deployment concerns.

Keep in mind that a guideline or recommendation might not apply to all environments or use cases. Make sure that you set up a test environment before going live with a XenMobile deployment.

The articles in this section cover these areas:

  • Assess: Common use cases and questions to consider when planning your deployment.
  • Design & Configure: Recommendations for designing and configuring your environment
  • Operate & Monitor: Making sure the smooth operation of your running environment.

Assess

As with any deployment, assessing your needs is the top priority. What is your primary need for XenMobile? Do you need to manage every device in your environment or just the apps? Maybe you need to manage both. How secure do you need your XenMobile environment to be? Let’s look at common use cases and questions for you to consider when planning your deployment.

Design and configure

Once you finish assessing your deployment needs, you can determine the design and configuration of your environment. A few things that you need to plan:

  • Choosing the hardware for your server
  • Setting up policies for apps and devices
  • Getting users enrolled

This section includes use cases and recommendations for each of these scenarios and more.

Operate and monitor

After your XenMobile environment is up and running, you’ll want to monitor it to ensure smooth operation. The monitoring section discusses the following:

  • Where you can find the various logs and messages XenMobile and its components generate
  • How to read those logs

This section also includes various common troubleshooting steps that you can follow to reduce customer support feedback time.

XenMobile Deployment