On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:35 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > My info is from 2008 R2, hopefully 2012 is similar > > Session Host (RDSH). > Installed role: Remote Desktop Services. This server is what you'd install > say, MS Office on and this is all you need to create an .RDP file to publish > an app that folks can use if the endpoints are all on-network on the same > domain.
We're not pushing RDP files, we will do it via TS Web Access. > License server is self-explanatory. Need it if you want to operate more than > 120 days Yeah, years ago I used to run a Win2003 Terminal Server, but that was allowing full desktops, not individual published apps. > RD Gateway and RD Web access in my environment are on the same server, but > different than RDSH > RD Broker is only needed if you have multiple RDSH. In my environment I put > RDS Licensing on this broker server Yeah, we'll probably have 3 RDSH, and probably 2 RD Web Access servers, for load balancing. > Does this help? It does, thanks. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment > > See, part of the problem is that all the documentation I am finding is about > setting up Remote Desktop Services not as a Role (apparently), but I need it > as a Role. When I inquired previously about this, James Hill told me: > >> The guide you have followed is for a VDI installation an hence it uses the >> second option in the Add Roles and Features Wizard. > > And every other guide I am finding starts the same way - to install with the > second option, but that's not what I want/need. And I am lost trying to > figure out where to go from here, to start configuring my server. I don't > want a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), apparently. But even all the web > sites that deal with setting up RemoteApp start off by installing RDS for VDI. > > I'm told that I can do this (use RDS but not as VDI, with the RDS host > running as a VM). But I can't seem to get started on it. > > What base concept am I missing here? > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: >> So we use a Citrix environment (it's really old runs on Win2003, is >> Presentation Manager v 4.58, has 2 front end web servers as load >> balancing, and 2 back end servers in the farm that are running a >> single application ). >> >> And what we will be doing is to replace all that with a Win2012 >> environment, running Remote Desktop Services in a similar >> configuration (front end web servers, back end farm). Now, all these >> Win2012 servers will be VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2 VMs (or that's what >> we want - all VMs). >> >> My task is a proof-of-concept environment - someone else will be >> involved in the actual migration. So what I need to do is publish a >> single app, in a similar fashion to my existing Citrix environment >> (via a front end web server) as a proof-of-concept that we can/should >> be able to do this as VMs. >> >> And I am having trouble understanding what I need to do to set this >> all up. I have a Win2012 server that I installed RDS onto (as a Role - >> I installed the Remote Desktop Connection Broker, Remote Desktop >> Session Host, and Remote Desktop Web Access - I haven't installed the >> Licensing Host yet) - . And I'm not sure where to go from here. I've >> seen lots of web sites that detail RDS, etc But they don't seem to be >> what I want - or, if they are, I'm Just Not Getting It. >> >> It has something to do with RemoteApp, near as I can figure. I'm >> completely unclear on how the front end web servers will enter into >> it, but one step at a time, I guess. Server Manager at the moment >> shows me Remote Desktop Services, and tells me a RDS deployment does >> not exist in the server pool. >> >> Right now I want to just set up a test app (even Notepad will do fine, >> as a test), and I want to see it work from a client's web browser >> (clients will be XP and Win 7). >> >> Can somebody point me at a beginner how to for this? Years back, I set >> up a Win2003 terminal server, but that was an entire desktop, not just >> specific published applications (which is what I need in this case). >> >> Thanks. I realize I will need to provide more info, please feel free to ask. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
