Qualities / criteria's for a Successful Migration • • • • •
Don’t touch my production environment Make it transparent to my users Enable me to migrate in stages Allow me to rollback quickly if issues arise Give me feedback on what has been migrated
Before upgrade Supported Hypervisors Citrix XenServer • 6.1 • 6.02 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 & Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 • Hyper-V Server 2012 & Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 • SMB 3.0 Storage VMware vSphere with vCenter • 5.1 Update 1 • 5.0 Update 2 • 4.1 Update 3 • No Support for vCenter Linked Mode
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Why Upgrade / Migrate
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Combined Infrastructure – FMA Architecture Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8 Support System Center 2012 SP1 Support Machine Creation Services for Windows Server OS HDX Seamless Local App Access App-V 5 Integration Remote PC Integration Profile Management in Citrix Policies Universal Printer Server Integration Simplified license control – Connection to Mycitrix Portal
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Image Management Provisioning Services (PVS) • Physical & Virtual Workloads • Desktop & Server • Hyper-V Auto NIC Failover – Legacy to Synthetic Machine Creation Services (MCS) • Virtual Workloads • Desktop & Server Existing Images • Physical & Virtual Workloads • Managed by ESD Tool – System Center 2012
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XenDesktop Changes Desktop Dropped from Components Names • Desktop Delivery Controller = Delivery Controller • Desktop Studio = Studio • Desktop Director = Director Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 Storage Support • Enable CredSSP from Delivery Controllers to Hyper-V Hosts StoreFront Services Replaces Web Interface • Desktop Appliance Sites • Database As A Service More Granular Delegated Administration • Roles and Scopes Configuration Logging and Monitoring Data Stored in Site Database by Default • Change Under Site Configuration in Studio KMS Support for Machine Creation Services Depreciated Support for Windows XP & Vista • Remote PC Not Supported on Windows Vista • 5.6 FP1 VDA
XenApp Changes • IMA Replaced by FMA
– Single Architecture for XenApp & XenDesktop – Farm Concept Replaced by Site(s) • No More Zones • No More Zone Data Collectors • No More Local Host Cache
– SQL Server Databases Only – Application Publishing Workflow
• Machine Creation Services for Windows Server OS • Remote Assistance for Shadowing • StoreFront Services Replaces Web Interface – Access Gateway Replaces Secure Gateway
• Single Sign-on – Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Only
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Demo
Tips for XenApp Admins • • • •
Sites are New Farms Delivery Controller is New Zone Data Collector Delivery Groups are New Worker Groups (XenApp 6.x) Controller/Worker Model (XenApp 6.5) – Delivery Controller = Controller – Windows Server OS Catalog Machines = Workers
Studio is New App Center/Delivery Services Console Director is New EdgeSight/Monitoring Policies Apply to OUs or Site Database Shadowing is Remote Assistance in Director
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Upgrade XenDesktop 4.x • Pre FMA Architecture (Based on Presentation Server 4.5 IMA) • Migration Tool – Export Data to XML File (XDExport) • Build XenDesktop 7 Site (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012) – Windows Server 2012 Recommended • Modify XML File Before Import (If Needed) • Migration Tool – Import XML File (PowerShell ImportXDSettings.ps1) • Not Migrated - Administrators, Licensing, Desktop Group Folders, & Registry Keys
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Upgrade XenDesktop 5.x • FMA Architecture (Introduced in XenDesktop 5) • Quick Deploy Removed • Remote PC Integrated into Delivery Controllers
– No Separate Install for Service – PowerShell Script for Automatic Configuration No Longer Needed
Upgrade to XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 VDA – 5.0 SP1 and Higher Controller – 5.0 and Higher Director – 1.0 and Higher
• Personal vDisk and Receiver Upgraded by Installer • Provisioning Services Agent Not Upgraded by Installer • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Not Upgraded by Installer (Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1)
• Server OS Catalogs – Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – Windows Server 2012
• Application & Desktop Delivery Groups
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Upgrade XenApp 5 • Migrate from XenApp 5 to XenDesktop 7 – Skip XenApp 6.x – Infrastructure Windows Server 2012 – Windows Server OS Catalogs – Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – Parallel Migration – StoreFront Services for Unified Access
• 64bit Application Compatibility Testing – AppDNA – Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – Windows Server 2012 – App-V 5
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Upgrade XenApp 6.x • Upgrade to XenApp 6.5 FP2
– XenApp 6.5 Lifecycle Extended – XenDesktop 7 Features in XenApp 6.5 FP2
• Build XenDesktop 7 Site for Testing
– Infrastructure Windows Server 2012 – Windows Server OS Catalogs – Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – Parallel Migration – StoreFront Services for Unified Access
• Application Compatibility Testing - AppDNA – Windows Server 2012 – App-V 5
Key Takeaways • • • • • • •
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IMA is Dead – FMA takes over WebInterface is Dead – Storefront is the way to go Support for Windows 8 / Windows 2012 Enables scalability & cloud HDX improvements Seamless Local Apps XenDesktop App edition (XenApp) GPU sharing