1. Why upgrade from Xenapp 6.5
End od Maintenance - Dec 2017
End of Life - June 2018
EOLExtended Support - Jan 2020
Common Upgrade Challenges
1. Picking a Version - Long Term Service Release vs Current Release.
2. Translating feature between IMA and FMA
Zones
LHC
Advanced Application Mgmt
Agenda -
Versioning - LTSR vs Current Release.
1. Citrix Cloud Releases. - Always the latest.
2. Current Releases - New Feature Releases
3. Long Term Service Releases - Predictable release Cycles...
Comparing Release Offerings.
1. Customer success services required.
2. Product Lifecycle timelines.
Lifecycle -Policy Updates - Current Release.
Long Term Service Release -
Product -
Xenapp Xendesktop - 7.15 LTSR -- 15 Aug 2022 --- 15- Aug - 2027
Xenapp Xendesktop - 7.6 LTSR -- 11 Jan 2021 --- 11- Jan - 2026
Key Lifecycle 7.15 LTSR Considerations.
1. Xenapp & Xendesktop 7.15LTSR supports Windows 2008 R2, 2012 R2, and Win 2016
2. LTSR VDAs can be mixed with a CR Site .
Feature Translation --
IMA:FMA:: LHC ??
Zones: What are they ?
A Zone in Xenapp 6.5 is a subset of a farm. that containts session hosts
and controllers.
A Zone in Xenapp 7.x is a subset of a Site, that contains VDAs and
optionally Delivery controllers, which communicate to a centralized
SQL database via a Low latency connection.
Two types of zones are available: Primary and Satellite.
Pre 7.7 VDAs do not honor Zone designations and will accept all requests.
POD Architecture is Not Dead.
Failure and update domains are still a factor.
Just because we have zones, does not mean we should deply single.
global sites.
Zones are another tool in the toolbox.
Local Host Cache: What is it?
In Xenapp 6.5 this was a cached copy of the farm datastore.
In Xenapp 7.x, this is a SQL LocalDB Database that exists.
LHC allows continues for continued user connections
Transition Planning -
Must Everything Go.. GO..
New environment builds
