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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp?? 7.6

by Konstantin Cvetanov

November 2015

Beginner

316 pages

6h 58m

English

Packt Publishing

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What this book covers

ErrataPiracyQuestions
Understanding virtualizationApplication virtualization
Design transformation in 7.xNew features in XenApp® 7.6Application delivery models in XenApp® 7.6
Project planning
GoalsUsersConcurrency rateActive Directory considerationsUser locationDevices and peripheralsNetworksStorageProfilesCitrix® Profile ManagementFolder RedirectionCore applicationsPrinting
The host hardwareThe VM infrastructureHost AHost BHost CResource allocationMicrosoft licensingCitrix® licensing
Control layerXenApp® Delivery ControllerCitrix® StudioCitrix® DirectorCitrix® License ServerSQL ServerSQL Server mirroringSQL Server clustered instancesAlwaysOn Availability GroupsDatabase permissionsDatabase collationCitrix Provisioning Services™
Citrix® StoreFront™NetScaler VPX™Citrix Receiver™
Server OS VDA
Host requirementsDomain infrastructure requirements
Creating a VM in XenCenter®
Site setupRemote PC accessScale your deployment – existing site
Hypervisor supportXenApp® Service AccountSecuring the host connection with SSL
Machine catalogsDelivery GroupsPoliciesLoggingConfiguration
Installing Citrix StoreFront™
SSL certificatesSetting up the StoreFront™ siteConfiguring authentication methodsJoining a second ary server to the StoreFront™ deployment
Installing the NetScaler Gateway VPX™
Licensing your NetScaler® applianceBasic modes and settingsConfiguring High AvailabilityConfiguring the LDAP authenticationAdding a Subnet IPManaging SSL certificatesConfiguring session policies and profilesCreating a virtual server
Configuring Citrix NetScaler® for load balancingNetwork requirementsVerifying settings and licensingObtaining SSL certificatesAdding StoreFront™ servers in NetScaler®Creating Service GroupsConfiguring a load balancing VIPTesting NetScaler® load balancing
Explaining Machine Creation Services
Designing your master image VMConfiguring your master image for Citrix XenApp®Installing the Citrix® VDA on the master VM
Adding, updating, and deleting VMs with MCSWhat is the maintenance mode, anyway?
Getting started with PVSSingle image managementThe power of read-onlyScalabilityInfrastructure needsLicensingMCS versus PVSDesigning the PVS environmentWrite caching in PVSBuilding the PVS infrastructureInstalling Citrix® PVSConfiguring Citrix® PVSConfiguring the PVS target device softwareRunning the XenDesktop® setup wizard in PVS
Application delivery – hosted appsCreating Delivery GroupsUpdating hosted applications – MCSUpdating hosted applications – PVSAccessing hosted applications via NetScaler Gateway™Accessing hosted applications via StoreFront™App-V integration
RDS licensing
So, why UPM profiles?Configuring profile management in a XenApp® environmentProfile Streaming
How do you get started with Citrix® policies?
Disabling Administrative ToolsHiding XenApp® system drivesFolder RedirectionThe potential drawbacks of Folder Redirection
Upgrading the VDA via MCSUpgrading the Citrix® Agents via PVSThere must be another way…XenApp® permissions and delegated administration
Printing in the Windows worldWhat happens in the background?Windows Printing challenges
The fundamentalsPrinter provisioningLocal printers versus network printersThe Citrix® Print Management serviceCitrix® Printing policiesAutocreationUPS and UPDSo, how do we deploy UPS, anyway?
Troubleshooting methodologyNotes and templatesResearchCitrix® Knowledge BaseCitrix® discussion boardsCommunity websites
Provisioning Services™Case 1 – RetriesCase 2 – BNIStack errorsCase 3 – Target device boot failureXenApp® and XenDesktop®Case 1 – 1030 error when launching the appCase 2 – RDS license errorsCase 3 – Citrix® Studio showing incorrect VM states
Environment must-do'sFunctional and performance testingDatabase backupsNetScaler® configuration backupTesting HANetScaler® HAStoreFront™ HADelivery Controller HA
Going virtual for the first timeVirtual-to-virtual migrationUpgrading to the latest versionExpansion of existing systems

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Introducing Citrix XenApp^®

XenApp 7.6 (formerly known as Presentation Server, MetaFrame, and WinFrame) is an application virtualization software built to deliver a secure and highly-customizable set of applications and desktops to end users regardless of their location or endpoint device type. XenApp's Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) is installed on an RDS-enabled Windows Server OS, while the XenApp environment (also known as a farm or site) is managed by a Delivery Controller installed on a separate non-RDS Windows server. The applications can be installed on the XenApp VDA server, and a client software called Citrix Receiver needs to be deployed on the user's endpoint device to enable application launching. We will explore the XenApp architecture ...