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23

Jul

Citrix, FMA, Linux, The FMA internals collection, Virtualization, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

@XDtipster – Linux VDA setup on CentOS 6.6 Pt.3

Welcome to the third and final part of my Linux VDA on CentOS 6.6 Blog series… (Nearly there!!!) If you have just stumbled across this post and would like to go back and review what has come before just click on these links: Part 1 – Installing and preparing the Linux OS and Part 2 – Installing and configuring the…
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22

Jul

Citrix, FMA, Linux, The FMA internals collection, Virtualization, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

@XDtipster – Linux VDA setup on CentOS 6.6 Pt.2

Now that we have our Linux OS installed and prepared as per part 1 of this guide. It’s time to move onto part 2 and install and configure the Linux VDA for registration with a Site Controller… Once again, I hope you enjoy the read and please sound off in the comments if you have any questions or…
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21

Jul

Citrix, FMA, Linux, The FMA internals collection, Virtualization, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

@XDtipster – Linux VDA setup on CentOS 6.6 Pt.1

With the Linux VDA set to drop very shortly as part of the XenApp & XenDesktop 7.6 FP2 release. It seems like a good time to share the high level, yet detailed, set-up process I followed when successfully carrying out internal testing. Taken from various sources including the tech preview RHEL install guide, my colleague Lee…
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15

Dec

Desktop virtualization, Microsoft related, The FMA internals collection, XenDesktop 7

Bas van Kaam

XenDesktop 7.x internals continued… The Server VDA in more detail.

Although the new FMA based Server VDA has been built from the ground up it still has a lot of similarities when compared to the ‘old’ ICA protocol stack deployed with XenApp 6.5 and earlier versions. However, unlike XenApp, the VDA (Virtual Delivery Agent) directly communicates with the Delivery Controller, it does this through the…
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24

Nov

Desktop virtualization, NetScaler, StoreFront, The FMA internals collection, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

The ultimate Citrix XenDesktop 7.x internals cheat sheet!

Ever wondered what happens after a user fills in his or her username and password? What the difference is between internal and external user authentication, resource enumeration and the accompanying launch process? Or what about Web-Interface and StoreFront, do they both have the same authentication mechanism? What are the differences between the server and desktop…
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6

Oct

Architecture, Desktop virtualization, The FMA internals collection, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

Connection Leasing vs. Local Host Cache. Conclusion? CL doesn’t stand a chance!

When Citrix re-released their XenApp and XenDesktop products not that long ago, things changed. XenApp’s Independent Management Architecture, IMA, was no more and got replaced by XenDesktop’s Flexcast Management Architecture, or FMA. With it some of the functionality and features loved and used by many disappeared as well. Features like Sessions Lingering, Anonymous Users, Pre-Launch…
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20

Aug

Application virtualization, Cloud computing, Mobility, StoreFront, The FMA internals collection, XenApp, XenDesktop

Bas van Kaam

Presenting Citrix XenApp 7.6 & Citrix XenDesktop 7.6… What’s new?!

Hi everybody, as you might have heard by now Citrix announced XenApp and XenDesktop version 7.6 build on top of the their new and improved Flexcast Management Architecture. I took the liberty to summarize some, if not all, of the newly announced features and enhancements that both products will bring to the table, sparing you…
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19

Aug

Desktop virtualization, Microsoft related, The FMA internals collection, XenDesktop 7

Bas van Kaam

How to: Rebooting your XenDesktop 7.x application servers.

Sounds easy enough right? Rebooting your XenDesktop Site’s application servers. When your Site isn’t that big and you don’t have a few hundred machines running or you have to deal with 24/7 shifts and so on, it can be fairly straightforward. I don’t want to spend to much time on why we would want, or…
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26

Jun

Microsoft related, PowerShell, The FMA internals collection, XenApp, XenDesktop 7

Bas van Kaam

Configuring Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Desktop publishing and Limited Visibility!

With the merge of XenApp into XenDesktop’s Flex Management Architecture (FMA) a lot changed, for most XenApp admins it meant they had to rethink their designs and as a result it was back to the drawing board. Take application, or resource, publishing for example, we now have to deal Delivery Groups and Machine Catalogs, nothing…
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26

Feb

Data Center, Microsoft related, The FMA internals collection, XenDesktop 7

Bas van Kaam

Planning your next XenDesktop deployment? Have a look at Citrix Project Accelerator

Have you ever used the Citrix project Accelerator? No? You should! At least have a look and see what you make of it, so did I. Currently there are over 12.500 projects (active and closed) known by Project Accelerator, I’ll get to the how and why in a minute. According to the release notes it…
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