You can migrate the following XenApp object types.
| Object Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Application | All applications are enumerated; however, for the corresponding worker group to be associated with the application, the application must be published to one of the servers specified in the server mapping file. Only users that can be resolved on the server in the new farm (account authorities that are trusted in the new farm) are migrated.When migrating from a XenApp 6.5 test/pilot farm, this includes pre-launched applications.
When migrating from a 32-bit XenApp 5 platform, the application path is not translated. |
| Folder | Includes application folders and server folders. Server folders are migrated so that server permissions can be copied; however, the server objects are not migrated. |
| Load evaluator | Load evaluators and their rules are migrated. Migrated load evaluators are attached to applications (where applicable), but they are not attached to servers. |
| Policy | Policies are migrated by creating an IMA (Independent Management Architecture) User GPO (Group Policy Object) with the same name as the policy. Server filters are migrated by using the Server Group (worker group) filter for the servers in the mapping file. For user filters, only the accounts that can be resolved on the target server in the new farm (account authorities that are trusted in the new farm) are migrated.When migrating from a XenApp 6.0 farm or a XenApp 6.5 test/pilot farm, this includes load balancing policies.
Citrix policies in the source farm that are configured in XenApp Management (Delivery Services Console or AppCenter) can be migrated. Citrix policies that are configured in Active Directory using the Group Policy Management Console are not migrated. |
| Server configuration | When migrating from XenApp 5, configuration settings for servers specified in the server mapping file are migrated by creating an IMA Machine GPO named “WorkerGroupname” where name is the name of the worker group specified in the server mapping file. This policy is filtered by worker group. Worker groups are created as necessary, but they are not associated with servers or OUs (Organizational Units).When migrating from a XenApp 6.0 farm or a XenApp 6.5 test/pilot farm, this includes worker groups. |
| Farm configuration | Farm configuration settings are migrated by creating an IMA Machine GPO named “Farm.” This policy is unfiltered. |
| Administrator | Only Citrix administrators whose accounts can be resolved on the server in the new farm are migrated (the corresponding account authorities are trusted in the new farm or they represent Citrix built-in accounts). |
Farm and server settings from the source farm are compared against the default values used when the new farm was created. The corresponding setting in the policy in the new farm is set to “Not Configured” if it matches the default value for the same setting in the new farm.
Health Monitoring and Recovery (HMR) test executables are not copied; however, HMR test configurations are migrated into policies in the new farm.
Session printers are migrated, but the printer path is not validated on the new farm.
For zones and load evaluators:
- When migrating from a XenApp 5 farm, zones and load evaluator attachments to servers are not migrated; however, the Zone Preference and Failover policy is converted to a load balancing policy that is filtered by worker groups. The conversion uses the server mappings specified for the migration.
- When migrating worker groups from a XenApp 6.0 farm, if all servers in a worker group are in the same zone, a group policy is created for the initial zone, and a filter by worker group is applied. If all servers are not in the same zone, an initial zone policy is not created, and a warning appears. Similarly, if all servers in a worker group have the same load evaluator, a policy is created.
- When migrating from a XenApp 6.5 test/pilot farm, it is assumed that the source farm has zone and load evaluator policies, so they are copied.
The following settings are not migrated:
- Printer management
- Configuration Logging settings
Only settings that reside in the IMA data store are migrated; settings that reside only in the server registry are not migrated.
The migration process ignores the following settings:
- Deprecated settings, such as AIE (Application Isolation Environment).
- Permissions that do not exist in the XenApp 6.5 release, whether they correspond to a deprecated feature or a configuration setting that is now supported as a policy.
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