Monthly Archives: January 2015

Citrix Summit 2015 Highlights

1: Citrix Summit – Las Vegas – 2015 Off to a Good Start! – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/02/12/0citrix-summit-las-vegas-2015-off-to-a-good-start/.
2: Summit Kicks Off the New Year with Innovation and Training – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/02/03/summit-kicks-off-the-new-year-with-innovation-and-training/.
3: Citrix Specialists Stand Out from the Generalist Crowd – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/02/09/citrix-specialists-stand-out-from-the-generalist-crowd/.
4: Citrix Workspace Cloud – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/14/citrix-workspace-cloud-revolutionizing-workspace-delivery-in-2015/ and also check out – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/14/summit-2015-a-look-at-citrix-workspace-cloud/.
5: Ten Benefits XenMobile 10 Offers To Channel Partners – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/13/ten-benefits-xenmobile-10-offers-to-channel-partners/.

Citrix XenServer 6.5

The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to setup, configure and test XenServer 6.5 with XAD 7.6 including HDX 3D Pro with a supported server from either the Citrix or nVidia HCL prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. The views, opinions and concepts expressed are those by the author of this entry only and do not necessary conform to industry descriptions or best practises.

Shortened Names
XENAPP – xa
XENDESKTOP – xd
XENAPP/XENDESKTOP – xad
VIRTUAL DELIVERY AGENT – vda
VIRTUAL GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT – vgpu
GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT – vgpu
STOREFRONT SERVICES – sfs
VIRTUAL MACHINE – vm
HIGH DEFINITION EXPERIENCE – hdx
XENSERVER – xs

What’s New
1: Dom0 is now x64
2: vGPU scalability from 64 to 96 vGPU’s sessions per host with the correctly supported HCL server h/w which can support up to 3x nVidia GRID cards.
3: In-memory read-caching enables XS to take advantage of storing a golden image build in the hosts RAM which means guest VM’s boot 3x faster hello faster XAD 7.6 workloads and use cases.
4: Storage improvements include LiVE LUN expansion, tapdisk3 support, device mapper multi-path (updated).
5: Workload Balancing (WLB) is back take a look at – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/29/workload-balancing-wlb-xendesktop-and-xenapp-use-cases/ and http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/22/citrix-xenserver-workload-balancing-wlb-why-xendesktop-and-xenapp-customers-really-should-take-note/.
6: For a complete overview checkout – http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/13/xenserver-v6-5-whats-new-and-why-you-should-check-it-out/, http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/13/xenserver-6-5/.
7: Don’t forget to read through the release notes which is available at – http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/38334-102-714582/XenServer-6.5.0-releasenotes.pdf.

Pre-requites & System Requirements
Coming soon…

Installation & Configuration
Coming soon…