Postitives about Citrix:
Client support – I’d be more surprised if you can find a platform XenDesktop isn’t supported on. XenApp/XenDesktop uses the Citrix ICA protocol and therefore the Citrix Receiver. There’s client’s for Blackberry, Windows 8, iOS, Linux and Android just to name a few. Integration with XenApp – A VDI solutions is not just about virtualizing the desktop but also about providing access to applications. XenDesktop shares a lot of common backend infrastructure and features with XenApp.
With the recent increase in demand for XenServer as the primary virtualization technology for the datacenter, I frequently hear from XenServer Admins and Citrix Cloud Admins that they love the number of features included in the different editions of the XenServer product. The request often turns to “Where can I get more training on the advanced features?” This prompted me to compile a simple “How To…” post providing links to videos and training resources for the XenServer product line.
How many users do you have? Are any of them currently using XenApp? Will you virtualise your servers? What do your users do? What applications do they use What do the applications do? Where are the users based? Where is the application infrastructure and data located? What printing do they do? How do users work remotely? Is high availability a key requirement? Will you consider user virtualisation and application virtualisation? Web Interface is going EOL in the not too distant future Have you considered XenDesktop 7?
One of Ben Franklin’s well-known sayings is “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” What’s perhaps less well-known is that he was referring to the need for configuration auditing of business IT systems. OK, maybe not; he was very forward-thinking, but that could be a stretch. Nonetheless, the meaning in Franklin’s words applies to modern IT infrastructures surprisingly well.
Configuration auditing encompasses a range of both preventive and proactive measures that can keep your network and applications functioning as intended, and should be an important element in your overall security strategy.
This article describes how-to setup client deployment directly from the Web Interface (5.4.0). When the Web Interface is installed directly from the XenApp installation, there is no question/part where the clients are installed from the DVD.
First we copy the clients from the folder: “Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins” on the installation source to the following location: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Web Interface\5.4.0\Clients”
Receiver Files Paste Receiver Files Then navigate to: “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\XenApp\conf” and open (with notepad) WebInterface.
Summary:
This article describes the process of updating a Free XenServer license at renewal time. The procedure leverages XenCenter and assumes an internet connection from the XenCenter console to the activation server.
Background:
Starting in April 2009, Citrix began offering a free edition of XenServer with an annual renewal requirement. As with the initial free license, renewing a Free XenServer license requires activation of the affected XenServer hosts.
In return for providing the Free XenServer product to customers, Citrix asks for annual re-activation for two reasons:
Upgrading a Standalone NetScaler Before upgrading the system software, make sure that you have the required licenses. You have the option to use the configuration utility or the command line interface. Citrix recommends to perform the upgrade by using the command line interface.
In the following procedure, and represent the release version you are upgrading to, and represents the build number that you are upgrading to. See the table below for specific values.
XenServer 6.1 Storage XenMotion - Storage XenMotion extends the existing XenMotion capability of moving running VMs from one host to another to now include the case where (a) VMs are not located on storage shared between the hosts and (b) hosts are not in the same resource pool. Live VDI Migration - Live VDI Migration allows system administrators to relocate a VM’s Virtual Disk Image (VDI) without shutting down the VM.
This topic lists the supported systems for the Delivery Controller, Citrix Studio, Citrix Director, and Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs), at the time XenDesktop 7 released.
System requirements for other features and components, such as StoreFront, host systems, HDX, receivers and plug-ins, Desktop Lock, and Provisioning Services are described in their respective documentation.
Unless otherwise noted, the installer deploys component prerequisites automatically. This includes .NET 3.5 SP1, which is required when installing components on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.
I have downloaded and started to install XenDesktop 7, the first thing that I noted that Citrix Studio was extremely slow to start. I shrugged it off as first time launch but after subsequent reboots I notice the issue still persisted. I have seen this issue lots in past and its mostly because of no internet access which is needed to check the signed dll with trusted CA. To workaround the issue we can disable this check as per below:
