HP Session Allocation Manager (HP SAM) v.3.1 Administrator's Guide

1Introduction
HP Remote Client Solutions are designed to support a variety of users’ needs, from the most basic
computing tasks to more demanding professional and technical applications, while giving IT greater
control over technology resources, simplifying desktop management, increasing agility and, in many
cases, reducing total cost of ownership.
Underlying HP Remote Client Solutions is a unified infrastructure that enables client deployment,
session allocation, balancing of computing resources, and supports the business needs of a diverse
set of users though the use of a common set of tools.
The HP Session Allocation Manager (HP SAM) system is the control point in managing an HP
Remote Client Solutions deployment. HP SAM manages the assignment of connections from an end-
user's client access device to desktop sessions running on computing resources in a centralized
location (typically, a data center). HP SAM makes these desktop sessions available to users as they
are needed.
For more information about HP Remote Client Solutions, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/rcs.
What's New in This Release
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New Operating System Support
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HP SAM 3.1 adds support on the access device and the resource for Windows 7 32-bit and
64-bit (Professional and Enterprise Editions).
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HP SAM 3.1 adds support for domain controllers running Windows 2008 R2 Server.
NOTE: The HP SAM Web server software is not supported on a server running Windows
2008 R2 Server. This operating system is not available as a 32-bit edition and the HP SAM
Web server software cannot run on a 64-bit OS.
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Session Timers for Linux
HP SAM Session Timers for Linux have been added to provide functionality to administrators on
Linux resources similar to what previously existed only for Windows resources. It features the
ability to disconnect or log off users after a set amount of time when logged in, logged in but
inactive, or in a disconnected state. It can also be set to factor in CPU usage with configurable
thresholds.
The Session Timers for Linux are included in the SAM download package as a file in the RPM
format. After copying the RPM file to the Linux-based resource, it can be installed with the
following command: rpm -ivh <hpst file>.rpm (for example, rpm -ivh hpst-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm).
The various session timer types (described below) and their options are set within the
configuration file (/etc/hpstd.conf) on each resource. Use the command /opt/hpst/sbin/hpstd –
reload after changing settings in the configuration file for those settings to take effect. The Active
and Active But Idle timers will disconnect the user when the timer is triggered. The Disconnect
Session timers will log the user off of the resource when triggered. All timers operate only when
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