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:
The debate still rages on, Hosted Shared or Hosted Virtual desktops. This is probably one of the most common question I hear. So which is it? Hosted Shared or Hosted Virtual?
Guess what? The answer, for once, isn’t “It Depends”. The answer is “Yes”, you will mostly likely need them both. For those of you who aren’t sure what the difference is, it is pretty straightforward:
Hosted Shared Desktops: A published desktop on XenApp.
Below mentioned is a real time scenario with Questions and Answers:
We have Presentation Server 4.5 on 2 servers. Everything is on our Server1. Server2 is currently just used as another Citrx server in the same Farm for deploying Citrix applications. We need to take Server1 down for maintnance. I need to move everthing to Server2 including the database. Both servers have Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition installed. The Citrix database is on Server1 in its Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition database.
How to Move a Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine Data Store From One Server to Another
Summary
This article describes how to move a Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) data store from one server to another.
Background
The steps involved in moving an MSDE data store from one server to another is similar to those used for an Access database.
A step-by-step process is detailed below.
Server 1 is the old server
Here is a document which explains configuration limits in xenserver 6.2.0.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/o1qij4t8g117pnr/XenServer_6_2_0_Configuration_Limits.pdf
Below document is the Administrator Guide.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9vdddftm98t287d/Citrix_XenServer_6.2.0_Administrator's_Guide.pdf
