A: This box may appear, after a restart, or upon first launching Citrix Receiver. Simply close and ignore this pop-up. Be sure to check the box that reads 'Do not show this window A: Be sure to check that Citrix Receiver is already installed on the computer.
If not, the installation files are available from here. If you have verified Receiver is installed, this link may help. I am currently putting together my Method of Procedure in order to get approval from Change Management.
I just wanted to make sure that my understanding of the Target Device and VDA upgrade was correct, which is this:. Promote and xcopy the image to remaining PVS storage and reboot App servers to pull that new updated image? Are these R2 servers that were converted from 6.
I was not the person who initially built these images but I know they are R2 now and pretty sure they were built as that.
They were not converted from 6. Not sure about choosing the XenApp name instead of XenDesktop but that makes sense since we only utilize the App functionality.
Citrix 7. When you run the metainstaller on a new machine, it asks if you want to name it XenApp, or XenDesktop. Does pvs upgrade involve just the VDA or we have to reinstall target device again, which could lead to reverse imaging.
The only concern I have is that our citrix site databases are hosted in SQL clustered servers. I have been trying to find information on upgrading the database in this configuration but have come up short. Do you have any first hand experience with upgrades in clustered environments? Do you have any recommendations specific to clusters or is the documented process good for every configuration?
Just make sure you have sysadmin permissions to the owning node and it can upgrade automatically. Or, generate scripts and send them to your DBA to run. Is it supposed to upgrade automatically during site update and perhaps PVS gets updated automatically when PVS is updated?
Can you use Smart Migrate to upgrade XenApp 7. Thanks for your work! I have one question concerning a in-place upgrade. However 2 other servers are Windows R2 servers. After that we want to remove these Windows R2 servers from the store and want to upgrade 2. Thanks for your reply! But in that case it would be better to install 7. After that replace those server in the load balancer, right?
Has anyone found a way to use Smart Migrate or XenApp 6. When upgrading to 7. All my XenApp servers are running on an older version of the VDA and because of this I need to reverse image, update and then recapture my master images. Can I still upgrade the delivery controllers to 7. Or do I need to do that before? I do need to reverse image the master images anyways, which I will do, but just wanted to verify.
Carl we have a number of sites that are on XA 7. Go for it. You can certainly upgrade VDAs without upgrading Controllers. Carl, I have recently updated from 7. The vda and target installation software on each vda is showing 7. What I am missing? Everybody should upgrade to 7. But once 7. Director upgrade is shown as a prerequisite before Delivery Controller upgrade, but you recommend to upgrade it after. To in-place upgrade the Director servers: Ensure the Delivery Controllers are already upgraded.
I agree, that there is no point in upgrading Director if you are not going to upgrade Delivery Controllers, but if you are — not upgraded Director can potentially break itself, I might be wrong.
But usually you do both in the same maintenance window. Are you aware of any references to official Citrix documentation with feature comparison matrix for CR vs. LTSR for each supported version? Thank you in advance. Thank you for the very detailed and helpful article regarding upgrade paths and procedures.
I have a question regarding a statement you have made regarding Citrix XenApp component supportability. You mentioned that:. Can you please provide a reference to Citrix official documentation which confirms the above?
Thanks Carl, I use 7. Do you really think App Layering can replace Pvd? Is a user can install an app to a layer or is it just because theoritycally you can package all apps? The use case for PvD is really let the end user installing their own apps, developers e.
Unidesk has a User Layer feature that is similar to PvD. When I install VDA 7. I am sure there was a great deal of time that went into this. Thank u for all of this. There are three classifications for on-premises releases: LTSR Long Term Service Release — these releases get 5 years of mainstream support from the release date, plus up to 5 more years of paid extended support CR Current Release — 6 months support from the release date.
Updated quarterly. This classification provides exceptions to the requirement that all components must be LTSR versions. To patch a Current Release, upgrade to the newest Current Release. Current Releases are end-of-maintenance after 6 months, and end-of-life after 18 months. Be prepared to upgrade to a newer Current Release every 6 months.
Workspace app too. This article will refer to LTSR 7. If you are on 7. Cumulative Updates do not include new features. Current Release 7. Receiver 4. Or will you wait until the next LTSR, probably released sometime in ? Another option is to remain on LTSR with latest cumulative update until you see a Current Release with new features that are desirable enough to upgrade to.
Or, deploy Current Release in a separate environment. Some app vendors require you to remain on LTSR. Instead, always upgrade Citrix Licensing to the latest Current Release version. Instead, always upgrade App Layering to the latest Current Release version. Examples of non-supported versions: XenDesktop 7. Once 18 months have elapsed, Citrix will not support it at all.
Some components can be combined onto the same machine. Some components are completely standalone with no dependency on other components.
Some components communicate with other components, and thus are dependent on those other components. This enables multi-farm capabilities for the following components that are dependent on StoreFront: Federated Authentication Service can be used by multiple StoreFront servers. The profiles are usually tied to a VDA operating system version. Citrix Licensing Server should always be the newest version.
Citrix Studio should be the same version as the Delivery Controllers it is managing. Virtual Delivery Agents can be any version, including older or newer than the Delivery Controllers. See Director Feature compatibility matrix for details. Component Upgrade Process In-place upgrades — 7. It is not necessary to install the base LTSR version first. For Current Releases, you can upgrade directly to the latest Current Release. Requires temporary sysadmin permission on SQL Server. Not all components have databases.
In-place upgrade the agents. Rebuilding of master images might be preferred, assuming you have time to automate it. If you need these older operating system versions, then install VDA 7. VDA 7. Windows R2 Start Menu is the same as Windows 8. Profile version — Newer OS means newer profile version.
Older profile versions do not work on newer operating system versions. This means that an OS upgrade results in new profiles for every user. Write a script to copy profile settings from the old profiles to the new profiles. See CTX Upgrade Windows 10 Version — In-place upgrade of Windows 10 versions is not recommended. For example, upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 10 broke several features.
Rebuild is cleaner. Considerations for upgrading the operating system version on component servers : Do not in-place upgrade the operating system version.
Instead, build new VMs, and join them to the existing infrastructure. New OS version requires newer component versions. That means you might have to in-place upgrade your existing component servers before you can add new component servers running a newer operating system version. For example: Existing Delivery Controllers are version 7.
You desire to migrate to new Windows Delivery Controllers. Only Delivery Controller 7. Upgrade the existing Delivery Controllers to 7. In-place upgrade the existing component servers to a version that supports the new OS. Check the System Requirements documentation for each component to verify OS version compatibility. Build new machine s with desired OS version. On the new machines, install the same component version as the existing component servers.
The new machines must be the same component version as the existing machines. Migrate load balancer, VDAs, Targets, etc. See below for detailed instructions for each component. Decommission old servers. Upgrade Guidelines Test farms — Test Citrix infrastructure upgrades in separate test environments separate test farms : Due to forwards and backwards compatibility, VDA upgrades can usually be tested in production.
Upgrade procedures for High Availability components e. The Test environment should look like production, which means HA too. Read the release notes, especially the known issues. Have a rollback plan, including the databases. Check Subscription Advantage SA date on the installed licenses. In-place upgrade preparation : Make sure other admins are logged off before starting the upgrades.
Close all consoles and PowerShell. Snapshot the machines. Current Release upgrades are cumulative. You can skip intermediary versions. Before upgrading anything else, upgrade the Citrix Licensing Server. Install updated license files with non-expired Subscription Advantage dates. VDAs and Delivery Controllers can be different versions. If Zones , upgrade all Delivery Controllers in all zones at the same time. Director 7.
For Session Recording , the Session Recording server s must be upgraded before you upgrade the Session Recording agent. After upgrading, configure new functionality. Install the latest Current Release License Server. For 7. For XenApp 6. Prepare : run Smart Check, logoff other admins, close consoles. In-place upgrade one or half of the Delivery Controllers.
Upgrade the database when prompted. In-place upgrade the remaining Delivery Controllers. Run Smart Check again. Temporary sysadmin permissions can now be removed. To upgrade the operating system version of the Delivery Controllers: In-place upgrade the existing Delivery Controllers to a version that supports the new operating system version. For Windows Server , upgrade Delivery Controller to version 7.
For Windows Server , upgrade Delivery Controller to version or newer. Build one or more new virtual machines with the new operating system version. Install Delivery Controller software with the same version as the other Delivery Controllers. AutoDiscoveryAddresses to point to the new Delivery Controllers. Remove the older Controllers as Secure Ticket Authorities. Decommission the old Delivery Controllers.
From 4. Just click the link to start the upgrade. When the images are published , the drivers will be updated automatically by the ELM. Ensure the installed licenses have a non-expired Subscription Advantage date.
In-place upgrade the first WEM Server. Consider removing it from load balancing before performing the upgrade. In-place upgrade the remaining WEM Servers. Consider removing them from load balancing before performing the upgrade.
In-place upgrade the WEM Console on all non-server machines where it is installed. In-place upgrade the WEM Agents. If you are upgrading from WEM 4. Decommission the old WEM servers. In-place upgrade the first Session Recording server to one of the following. Client drive mapping allows drive letters on the Citrix Virtual Apps or Citrix Virtual Desktops server to be redirected to directories that exist on the local user device. For example, drive H in a Citrix user session can be mapped to a directory on the local user device running the Workspace app.
Client drive mapping can make any directory mounted on the local user device, including a CD-ROM, DVD, or a USB memory stick, available to the user during a session, provided the local user has permission to access it. When a server is configured to allow client drive mapping, users can access their locally stored files, work with them during their session, and then save them again either on a local drive or on a drive on the server. Citrix Workspace app supports client device mapping for connections to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops servers.
Client device mapping enables a remote application running on the server to access devices attached to the local user device. The applications and system resources appear to the user at the user device as if they are running locally. Ensure that client device mapping is supported on the server before using these features. If you require either or both of these features, disable SELinux before configuring them on the server. When Citrix Workspace app connects to Citrix Virtual Apps or Citrix Virtual Desktops, client drive mappings are reestablished unless client device mapping is disabled.
You can use policies to give you more control over how client device mapping is applied. For more information, see the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops documentation. By default, enabling static client drive mapping also enables dynamic client drive mapping. The file access setting is not persistent across sessions when using workspace for web. It defaults to the Ask me each time option. You can use the wfclient. Use the GUI to set a file access level as shown in the preceding screen capture.
In an app session, you can set a file access level by launching the File access dialog from Citrix Connection Center. The access level flag is not supported in the wfclient. Citrix Workspace app supports printing to network printers and printers that are attached locally to user devices.
By default, unless you create policies to change it, Citrix Virtual Apps lets users:. These settings, however, might not be the optimum in all environments. For example, the default setting that allows users to print to all printers accessible from the user device is the easiest to administer initially.
But the default setting might create slower logon times in some environments. In this situation, you might want to limit the list of printers configured on the user device.
Where printer1, printer2, and so on, are the names of the chosen printers. Separate printer name entries by a colon :. The printing system on the user device must be able to handle the print format generated by the application. So, usually no local configuration is required for users to print to network printers or printers that are attached locally to user devices.
From Citrix Workspace app, start a server connection and log on to a computer running Citrix Virtual Apps. Use the wizard to add a network printer from the Client Network, Client domain. Previously, the default value of the VdcamVersion4Support attribute in the module. With this release, the default is set to False. This enhancement aims to minimize the audio issues that occur when the attribute is set to True.
Go to the clientaudio section and add the following entry:. The default audio device is typically the default ALSA device configured for your system. Use the following procedure to specify a different device:. The location of this information is not standard across all Linux operating systems.
Citrix recommends consulting your operating system documentation for more details about locating this information. Client audio mapping enables applications running on the Citrix Virtual Apps server or Citrix Virtual Desktops to play sounds through a sound device installed on the user device. You can set audio quality on a per-connection basis on the server and users can set it on the user device. If the user device and server audio quality settings are different, the lower setting is used.
Client audio mapping can cause excessive load on servers and the network. The higher the audio quality, the more bandwidth is required to transfer the audio data.
Higher-quality audio also uses more server CPU to process. You configure client audio mapping using policies. UDP audio can improve the quality of phone calls made over the Internet. However, if you are using a very low-bandwidth connection, consider the following to preserve performance:.
USB support enables users to interact with a wide range of USB devices when connected to a virtual desktop. Users can plug USB devices into their computers and the devices are redirected to their virtual desktop. USB devices available for remoting include flash drives, smartphones, PDAs, printers, scanners, MP3 players, security devices, and tablets. Citrix Virtual Apps does not support USB redirection of mass storage devices and requires special configuration to support audio devices.
See Citrix Virtual Apps 7. But usually the standard audio or webcam redirection are more suitable. Remoting this NIC would not be appropriate. To update the default list of USB devices available for remoting, edit the usb. For more information, see the Update the list of USB devices available for remoting section. When a user plugs in a USB device, it is checked against the USB policy, and, if allowed, redirected to the virtual desktop. If the device is denied by the default policy, it is available only to the local desktop.
For desktops accessed through desktop appliance mode, when a user plugs in a USB device, that device is automatically redirected to the virtual desktop. The virtual desktop is responsible for controlling the USB device and displaying it in the user interface. The session window must have focus when the user plugs in the USB device for redirection to occur, unless desktop appliance mode is in use.
If a user disconnects from a virtual desktop when a USB mass storage device is still plugged in to the local desktop, that device is not redirected to the virtual desktop when the user reconnects. To ensure that the mass storage device is redirected to the virtual desktop, the user must remove and reinsert the device after reconnecting. If you insert a mass storage device into a Linux workstation that has been configured to deny remote support for USB mass storage devices, the device will not be accepted by the Workspace app software.
And a separate Linux file browser might open. Therefore, Citrix recommends that you pre-configure user devices with the Browse removable media when inserted setting cleared by default. And on the Storage tab, under Removable Storage , clear the Browse removable media when inserted check box. If the Client USB device redirection server policy is turned on, mass storage devices are always directed as USB devices even if client drive mapping is turned on.
These devices are similar to HIDs, but generally provide real-time input or feedback and include force feedback joysticks, motion platforms, and force feedback exoskeletons. Includes digital cameras and scanners. Cameras might also appear as mass storage devices. And it might be possible to configure a camera to use either class, through the setup menus provided by the camera itself.
If a camera appears as a mass storage device, client drive mapping is used, and USB support is not required. In general most printers are included in this class, although some use vendor-specific protocols class ff.
Multi-function printers might have an internal hub or be composite devices. In both cases, the printing element generally uses the Printers class and the scanning or fax element uses another class; for example, Still Imaging. There is a wide variety of devices having internal storage which also presents a mass storage interface; these include media players, digital cameras, and mobile phones.
Known subclasses include:. Mass storage devices can often be accessed through client drive mapping, and so USB support is not required. Important: Some viruses are known to propagate actively using all types of mass storage. Consider carefully whether there is a business requirement to permit the use of mass storage devices, either through client drive mapping, or USB support.
To reduce this risk, the server might be configured to prevent files being run through client drive mapping. Content security devices enforce content protection, typically for licensing or digital rights management. This class includes dongles. These devices include personal healthcare devices such as blood pressure sensors, heart rate monitors, pedometers, pill monitors, and spirometers.
Many devices use vendor-specific protocols or protocols not standardized by the USB consortium, and these devices usually appear as vendor-specific class ff. The default USB policy does not allow these devices, because one of them might be providing the connection to the virtual desktop itself. Includes a wide variety of both input and output devices. Typical Human Interface Devices HIDs are keyboards, mice, pointing devices, graphic tablets, sensors, game controllers, buttons, and control functions.
This is because most keyboards and mice are handled appropriately without USB support. And it is normally necessary to use these devices locally as well remotely when connecting to a virtual desktop. USB Hubs allow extra devices to be connected to the local computer. It is not necessary to access these devices remotely.
Smart card readers include contactless and contact smart card readers, and also USB tokens with an embedded smart card equivalent chip. The video class covers devices that are used to manipulate video or video-related material, such as webcams, digital camcorders, analog video converters, some television tuners, and some digital cameras that support video streaming.
Includes a wide variety of wireless controllers, such as ultra wide band controllers and Bluetooth. Some of these devices might be providing critical network access, or connecting critical peripherals such as Bluetooth keyboards or mice. The default USB policy does not allow these devices. However, there might be particular devices it is appropriate to provide access to using USB support. You can update the range of USB devices available for remoting to desktops. To update the range, edit the list of default rules in the usb.
You update the list by adding new policy rules to allow or deny USB devices not included in the default range. Rules created by an administrator in this way control which devices are offered to the server. The rules on the server control which of these devices to be accepted. Policy rules in the usb.
The following example shows a section of the usb. For these rules to be implemented, the same set of rules must exist on the server. Using desktop appliance mode, you can change how a virtual desktop handles previously attached USB devices. In some circumstances, however, you might require users to connect webcams using USB support. Webcam redirection works for bit and bit applications. For example, Skype, GoToMeeting. Use a bit browser or bit browser to verify webcam redirection online.
For example, www. Webcam usage is exclusive to applications. The version of GStreamer plug-in must be consistent with the version of the GStreamer framework. For example, if you install the Gstreamer1.
The Citrix Workspace app package includes a helper application, xcapture. This application assists with the exchange of graphical data between the server clipboard and non-ICCCM-compliant X Windows applications on the X desktop.
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