Best practice for managing a Windows 7 deployment with both 32-bit and 64-bit?

What is the best practice for creating and organizing deployment shares in MDT for a Windows 7 deployment that has mostly 32-bit computers, but a few 64-bit computers as well? Is it better to create a single deployment share for Windows 7 and include both
versions, or is it better to create two separate deployment shares? And what about 32-bit and 64-bit versions of applications?
I'm currently leaning towards creating two separate deployment shares, just so that I don't have to keep typing (x86) and (x64) for every application I import, as well as making it easier when choosing applications in the Lite Touch installation. But I know
each deployment share has the option to create both an x86 and x64 boot image, so that's why I am confused.

Supporting two task sequences is way easier than supporting two shares. Two shares means two boot media, or maintaining a method of directing the user to one or the other. Everything needs to be imported or configured twice. Not to mention doubling storage
space. MDT is designed to have multiple task sequences, why wouldn't you use them?
Supporting multiple task sequences can be a pain, but not bad once you get a system. Supporting app installs intelligently is a large part of that. We have one folder per app install, with a wrapper vbscript that handles OS detection. If there are separate
binaries, they are placed in x86 and x64 subfolders. Everything runs from one folder via the same command, "cscript install.vbs". So, import once, assign once, and forget it. Its the same install package we use for Altiris, and we'll be using a Powershell
version of it when we fully migrate to SCCM.
Others handle x86 and x64 apps separately, and use the MDT app details to select what platform the app is meant for. I've done that, but we have a template for the vbscript wrapper and its a standard process, I believe its easier. YMMV.
Once you get your apps into MDT, create bundles. Core build bundle, core deploy bundle, Laptop deploy bundle, etcetera. Now you don't have to assign twenty apps to both task sequences, just one bundle. When you replace one app in the bundle, all TS'es are
updated automatically. Its kind of the same mentality as active directory. Users, groups and resources = apps, bundles and task sequences.
If you have separate build and deploy shares in your lab, great. If not, separate your apps into build and deploy folders in your lab MDT share. Use a selection profile to upload only your deploy side to production. In fact I separate everything (except
drivers) into Build and deploy folders on my lab server. Don't mix build and deploy, and don't mix Lab/QA and production. I also keep a "Retired" folder. When I replace an app, TS, OS, etcetera, I move it to the retired folder and append "RETIRED - " to the
front of it so I can instantly spot it if it happens to show up somewhere it shouldn't.
To me, the biggest "weakness" of MDT is its flexibility. There's literally a dozen different ways to do everything, and there's no fences to keep you on the path. If you don't create some sort of organization for yourself, its very easy to get lost as things
get complicated. Tossing everything into one giant bucket will have you pulling your hair out.

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Under the DNS management > Forward Lookup Zones > _msdcs.mydomain.local > properties > General > Type should all servers be set to
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To that end, I see a lot of talk here about how to implement parts and pieces of this, but no guidance from Cisco, no labs and no best practices or other documentation. If I am wrong, please correct me.
I am currently stumbling through and validating these configurations myself, Once complete, I will post detailed recommendations. However, it would have been nice to have a lab to follow instead of having to learn from each mistake.
Some of the challanges include;
1. Where should the UC-540 be placed: As the gateway for QOS or behind a validated UC-5x0 router/security appliance combination
2. Should the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server handle DCHP (as Microsoft's documentation says it must), or must the UC-540 handle DHCP to prevent loss of features? What about a DHCP relay scheme?
3. Which device should handle DNS?
My documentation (and I recommend that any Cisco Lab/Best Practice guidence include it as well) will assume the following real-world scenario, the same which applies to a majority of my SMB clients;
1. A UC-540 device utilizing SIP for the cost savings
2. High Speed Internet with 5 static routable IP addresses
3. An existing Microsoft Small Business Server 2003/8
4. An additional Line of Business Application or Terminal Server that utilizes the same ports (i.e. TCP 80/443/3389) as the UC-540 and the SBS, but on seperate routable IP's (Making up crazy non-standard port redirections is not an option).
5. A employee who teleworks from various places that provide a seat and a network jack, which is not under our control (i.e. a employees home, a clients' office, or a telework center). This teleworker should use the built in VPN feature within the SPA or 7925G phones because we will not have administrative access to any third party's VPN/firewall.
Your thoughs appreciated.

Progress Report;
The following changes have been made to the router in support of the previously detailed scenario. Everything appears to be working as intended.
DHCP is still on the UC540 for now. DNS is being performed by the SBS 2008.
Interestingly, the CCA still works. The NAT module even shows all the private mapped IP's, but no the corresponding public IP's. I wouldnt recommend trying to make any changes via the CCA in the NAT module.
To review, this configuration assumes the following;
1. The UC540 has a public IP address of 4.2.2.2
2. A Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 using an internal IP of 192.168.10.10 has an external IP of 4.2.2.3.
3. A third line of business application server with www, https and RDP that has an internal IP of 192.168.10.11 and an external IP of 4.2.2.4
First, backup your current configuration via the CCA,
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ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 25 4.2.2.3 25 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 80 4.2.2.3 80 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 443 4.2.2.3 443 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 987 4.2.2.3 987 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 1723 4.2.2.3 1723 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.10 3389 4.2.2.3 3389 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.11 80 4.2.2.4 80 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.11 443 4.2.2.4 443 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.10.11 3389 4.2.2.4 3389 extendable
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First, copy what you have existing as I have done below (in bold), and paste them into a notepad.
Then, im told the best practice is to delete the entire existing list first, finally adding the new rules back, along with the addition of rules for your SBS an LOB server (mine in bold) as follows;
int fas 0/0
no ip access-group 104 in
no access-list 104
access-list 104 remark auto generated by SDM firewall configuration##NO_ACES_24##
access-list 104 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3 eq 25 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3 eq 80 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3 eq 443 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3 eq 987 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3 eq 1723 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.3.35 eq 3389 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.4 eq 80 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.4 eq 443 log
access-list 104 permit tcp any host 4.2.2.4 eq 3389 log
access-list 104 permit udp host 116.170.98.142 eq 5060 any
access-list 104 permit udp host 116.170.98.143 any eq 5060
access-list 104 deny   ip 10.1.10.0 0.0.0.3 any
access-list 104 deny   ip 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 104 permit udp host 116.170.98.142 eq domain any
access-list 104 permit udp host 116.170.98.143 eq domain any
access-list 104 permit icmp any host 4.2.2.2 echo-reply
access-list 104 permit icmp any host 4.2.2.2 time-exceeded
access-list 104 permit icmp any host 4.2.2.2 unreachable
access-list 104 permit udp host 192.168.10.1 eq 5060 any
access-list 104 permit udp host 192.168.10.1 any eq 5060
access-list 104 permit udp any any range 16384 32767
access-list 104 deny   ip 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip 127.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip host 255.255.255.255 any
access-list 104 deny   ip host 0.0.0.0 any
access-list 104 deny   ip any any log
int fas 0/0
ip access-group 104 in
Lastly, save to memory
wr mem
One final note - if you need to use the Microsoft Windows VPN client from a workstation behind the UC540 to connect to a VPN server outside your network, and you were getting Error 721 and/or Error 800...you will need to use the following commands to add to ACL 104;
(config)#ip access-list extended 104
(config-ext-nacl)#7 permit gre any any
Im hoping there may be a better way to allowing VPN clients on the LAN with a much more specific and limited rule. I will update this post with that info when and if I discover one.
Thanks to Vijay in Cisco Tac for the guidence.

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Features and concerns:
Users connect to the pool from intranet only.
There are four sites, each with a somewhat different local infrastructure. Many users are connecting to the RDS pool via thin clients, although some locations have workstations in place.
Total user count that needs to be supported is ~400, but it is not evenly distributed - some sites have more than others.
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The current solution involves using 3rd party apps, registry hacks, GPOs and a mashup of other things and is generally considered to be a poor fit for the environment. A significant rework is expected and acceptable. Thinking outside the box is fine!
I would relish any advice on the best solutions for deployment! Thank you!

Hi Ben,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Please check below blogs and document which helps to understand some basic requirement and to setup the new environment with proper guided manner.
1. Remote Desktop Services Deployment Guide
(Doc)
2. Step by Step Windows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services –
Part 1, 2,3 & 4
3.Deploying a 2012 / 2012R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farm
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

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Hi
I've been working in our sandpit client figuring out all portal personalisation and backend/frontend customisation for ESS (with some great help from SDN). However I'm not clear on what best practice is when doing this for 'real'.
I've read in places that objects to be personalised should be copied first. Elsewhere I've read about the creating of a new portal desktop for changes to the default framework page etc
What I'm not clear on is the strategy for how you manage and control all the personalisation changes. For example, if you copy an iview and personalise where do you copy it to? Do you create "Z" versions of all the folders of the standard content or something else?
Do you copy everything at the lowest possible object level and copy or highest?
Implications of applying support or enhancement packs?
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Can anyone help?
Regards
Phil
Edited by: Phil Martin on Feb 15, 2010 6:47 PM

Hi Phil,
To keep things organized I would create an new folder (so don't use the desktop one). The new folder should sit under Portal Content. In that folder create a folder for ESS, then inside that one for iViews (e.g. COMPANY_XYZ >>> ESS >>> iViews) then copy via delta link the iViews you want from the standard SAP folders.
Then you will have to create another folder for your own roles (e.g. ESS >>> Roles). Inside this folder create a new role and add your iViews (again via delta link). Or you could just copy one of the standard SAP roles into this folder and not bother with copying the iViews. What you do depends on how many changes you intend to make, sometimes if the changes are only small it is easier to copy the entire SAP role (via delta link) and make your changes.
You should end up with something link this in your PCD:
Portal Content
     COMPANY_XYZ
          ESS
               iViews
                    iView1
                    iView2 etc..
               Roles
                    Role1
                    Role2 etc...
Then don't forget to assign your new roles to your users or groups.
Hope that makes sense.
BRgds,
Simon
Edited by: Simon Kemp on Feb 16, 2010 3:56 PM

Best practice for a distributed BI4 deployment?

Hello Experts,
Need suggestion on the following?
We plan to deploy the BI4 software across 6 Servers (1 node on each server)
We plan to dedicate 2 servers for the Management/Intelligent tier and 4 servers for the processing Tier (Webi, crystal and dashboards)
WebApp and Database will be hosted on separate servers and will not be part of the above 6 servers.
1 Option:
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In this approach CMS will be created on all 6 nodes however since our requirement is to have CMS on only 2 nodes (stopping it on the remaining 4 servers after install), is this a suggested approach? Since CMS poll each other a lot, we feel this might not be the best approach? Is there a possibility that there might be a negative impact on the overall platform if such an approach is considered?
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Look forward to your recommendations!
Cheers,
Vikram

Hello,
maybe you want to check out the SAP BI Pattern Book?!
SAP Business Intelligence Platform Pattern Books - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki
Regards
-Seb.

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I've just started a job as a RAC dba administrator for some big 24*7 systems, I've never worked with clusterware and RAC.
2 Space problems
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Welcome advice and commands that could be used to safely clean these up and put a robust mechanism in place for logfile management in RAC and CLusterware systems.
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hi;
consider a simple session scope managed bean with 1 attribute which is calculated dynamically.
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Option 2 would be necessary if the bean data depends on some request parameters.
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Otherwise Option 3 seems the reasonable approach.
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Any "best practices" for managing a 1.3TB iPhoto library?

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(I have backups, so no worries there.)
I just know with Lion and iPhoto 9 being a bit old my upgrade day is coming and I'm not sure what my path is.

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launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
select the options identified in the screenshot.
Click to view full size
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OT

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