May 15, 2013

Migration to XenApp 6.5 using XenApp Migration Center

Marek Dresler, Lead C&P support engineer

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Marek Dresler

• Lead Tech Support Engineer

• Nearly 7 years with Citrix

• SME in Printing and ICA Performance

• One of the Citrix Support Ninjas

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Agenda

• Why migrate to XenApp 6.5 ?

• What to migrate to XenApp 6.5 ?

• How to migrate to XenApp 6.5 ?

• Demo

• Q&A

Let’s get started

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“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”

William Edwards Deming

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Typical migration challenges and solutions• 16 bit applications• 32 bit applications that do not run well on 64 bit O/S• Web-based apps that do not work with recent versions of Internet Explorer• Print drivers that do not have a 64 bit version available• Older Citrix clients in use that do not support the latest features and functionality• User profiles

• Automate application compatibility testing with AppDNA software – see what will deploy

• Obtain latest app version from its vendor/developer where available• Use the apps with XenDesktop / VMHosted Apps• Keep legacy apps in legacy farm - last resort• Use Citrix universal printing solution - UPD/UPS• Roll-out new Citrix clients• Use a profile migration/management solution or create default profile

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• Continued product support - CPS 4.5 / XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2003 (including R2) is no longer supported as it has already reached its End-of-Maintenance (EOM) and End-of-Life (EOL) phases 

Alternatively, Customers still have the option of purchasing the Extended Support (ES) agreement

Benefits of migrating to XenApp 6.5

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• Features and enhancements that deliver better user experience and simplified administration

o Multi-stream ICA

o Flash Redirection V2

o Printing optimizations and Universal Print Server

o Session Pre-Launch, Session Linger and Fast Reconnect

o Improved audio device support

o Windows 7 look-and-feel of hosted shared desktop

o Controller and session-host only modes

o Policy templates

o Server logon control and drain modes

o Load evaluators for worker groups

o Improved event logging and diagnostics

o PowerShell command remoting

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Source systems supported for migration

• XenApp Migration Center facilitates migration from the following XenApp versions:

ᵒ XenApp 5.0 on Windows Server 2003 with minimum HRP5

ᵒ XenApp 5.0 on Windows Server 2008

ᵒ XenApp 6.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2

ᵒ XenApp 6.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2

• Mixed mode or direct in-place upgrade to XenApp 6.5 not supported

• CPS 4.0 and 4.5 farms must first be transitioned to XenApp 5.0 - CTX117913

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Objects that can and cannot be migratedMigrated Not Migrated

Applications Application and server folders Load evaluators Policies Server configuration Farm configuration Administrator accounts Health Monitoring and Recovery Tests Worker Groups (XenApp 6.x only) Load Balancing Policies (XenApp 6.x only) Pre-launched applications (XenApp 6.5 only) Session Printers (paths not validated)  

  Zones Printer management - drivers, driver mappings,

and driver replication settings Configuration Logging settings Health Monitoring and Recovery executables Server registry settings Deprecated settings such as Application

Isolation Environments

 

Note: The Zone Preference and Failover policy within XenApp 5 is converted to a Load Balancing policy in XenApp 6.5

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XenApp Migration Center offers GUI and PowerShell/command-line interface

• Direct Migration• Performed from the target XenApp 6.5 server in Controller mode • Network connection required between source and destination farm• GUI - transfers All supported objects and settings from source to destination

farm in One step • PowerShell migration cmdlets - provide granular control over the migration

process

Migration options: direct vs. indirect

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Direct transfer using XenApp Migration Center

1. Designate a server in the source farm and ensure Network COM+ access is enabled

2. Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to a minimum of AllSigned

3. Access the XenApp Migration Center from the XenApp 6.5 server

4. Enter the name or IP address of the server in the source farm

5. Configure at least one Worker Group mapping

6. Analyze and perform the migration process

7. Follow post-migration steps

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Direct transfer using PowerShell Cmdlets

1. Designate a server in the source farm and ensure Network COM+ access is enabled

2. Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to a minimum of AllSigned

3. Launch a PowerShell session with the Citrix Migration Modules loaded

4. Type Set-XAMigrationOption –remoteservername <server name> –passthru and press

Enter

5. Run Add-XAServerMapping <server name> <worker group name> to map source

servers to Worker Groups (optional)

6. Configure additional options via the cmdlets as necessary

7. Run Start-XAMigration to begin the migration process

8. Perform post-migration steps

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• Indirect Migration• No direct network path exists between source and destination farm• XenApp Migration Modules need to be installed from the XenApp 6.5 media on

the source server running earlier XenApp version

\Administration\Delivery Services Console\setup\Citrix.XenApp.Migration.Install_x64.msi

\Administration\Delivery Services Console\setup\Citrix.XenApp.Migration.Install_x86.msi

• Only PowerShell migration cmdlets can be used• Settings exported to XML files from the source farm and later imported into the

new XenApp 6.5 farm

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Indirect transfer using PowerShell Cmdlets

Export from source farm Import to new XenApp 6.5 farm

1. Ensure that .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, MSI 3.0, and PowerShell 2.0 are installed on the source server

2. Install the XenApp Migration Modules on the source server

3. Set the PowerShell Execution Policy to a minimum of AllSigned

4. Within PowerShell, execute:

a. Import-Module citrix.xenapp.migration b. Start-XAMigration -ExportOnly

5. Copy the files from AppData\Local\Citrix\Citrix.XenApp.Migration\Data to the same folder on the XenApp 6.5 server

1. Launch a PowerShell session with the Citrix Migration Modules loaded

2. Run Add-XAServerMapping <server name> <worker group name> to map source servers to Worker Groups (optional)

3. Configure additional options via the cmdlets as necessary

4. Run Start-XAMigration to begin the migration process

5. Perform post-migration steps

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Pre and post migration stepsPre Post

Determining if all or only part of the existing farm objects are to be migrated

Updating configured FTAs

Running DSCheck commands on the source system with appropriate switches to validate records and ensure consistency - CTX124406

o dscheck /Full SERVERS o dscheck /Full APPS o dscheck /Full FOLDERS o dscheck /Full GROUPSo dscheck /Full PRINTERS

 

  Attaching load evaluators to servers using Worker

Groups Associating application folders with published

applications Associating servers or OUs with Worker Groups Assigning server objects to folders Assigning zones Setting up Configuration Logging Adding drivers and configuring printer settings Copying Health Monitoring and Recovery test

executables Verifying migrated settings before rolling out to

production.

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Useful Links

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130888 - Technical Guide for Upgrading / Migrating to XenApp 6.5

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX117913 - Technical Guide for Upgrading / Migrating to XenApp 5.0

• http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp65-w2k8/ps-migrate-xa6-wrapper.html - XenApp Migration Center

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX124406 - DSCHECK - XenApp Data Store Checker Tool Commands

• http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/4806 - Synergy 2012 XenApp Migration session recording

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Citrix AppDNA Resourceswww.citrix.com/appdna

• Trial download (30 days,10 apps)

• Case studies, datasheets, white papers

• ROI calculator

• Blogs

• Videos: demos & whiteboard

• Product documentation (edocs)

• @appdna

Contact appdna@citrix.com

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Citrix Tech Talk Webinar – 23 May 3pm BST

Tech Talk: Accelerate Application Migration and Save up to 90 % of Your Time

This webinar will include• step by step live demos that take you through the

application migration process• latest features in AppDNA 6.2• best practices for application compatibility• how to increase efficiency and save on time, cost

and resources

Register https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/384271337

SpeakerTom Hutchings, Citrix,AppDNA Specialist Systems Engineer

Demo

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Q&A Hosts

Cris LauSr. Product ManagerDesktop and Apps Group

Joshua TraversSr. Sales Engineer AppDNA

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