Citrix Master Class - Live Upgrade from XenApp 6.5 to 7.6

21st January 2015

Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness

Patrick Irwin – EMEA Sales Readiness

Master Class

Upgrading to

XenApp 7.6

Important – Webinar Audio

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Start Time

19:00 CET 13:00 EST 10:00 PST

22nd January 2015

Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness

Patrick Irwin – EMEA Sales Readiness

Important – Webinar Audio

The audio for this webinar is available over VoIP. Just select the ‘Use Mic & Speakers’ option to listen to the webinar through your computers speakers.

To listen using your telephone select the ‘Use Telephone’ option. For local numbers click the ‘additional numbers’ link.

You will need to use the Access Code and Audio PIN.

Start Time

14:00 GMT 15:00 CET 9:00 EST

Master Class

Upgrading to

XenApp 7.6

Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen

© 2015 Citrix. Confidential.4



Why Upgrade?

Coexist

Rebuild

Migrate

Produce World - Customer Story

Guest Partner – Cisco UCS

Project Serenity

Competition!

Agenda


Do I have to upgrade?


NoXenApp 6.5 still relevant

Many XenApp 7.6 features will benefit XenApp 6.5


Require multi-zone deployment

No immediate OS change requirement

Unable to move to App-V for app streaming

New XenApp 7.6 features improve XenApp 6.5

XenApp 6.5

Why stay


XenApp 6.5 users immediately benefit from new features

New StoreFront support for

SmartCards and folders

Updated HTML 5 and

Chrome Receivers

Enhanced profile

management

Enhanced Lync supportHelp Desk support and

troubleshooting with Director Breakthrough storage

performance


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Windows2008R2

Windows2012R2

Windows 7

IOP

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Native Disk PVS (Disk Cache) PVS (RAM Cache)

Virtually eliminate

IOPS without

special hardware or

complex

configurations

Turbocharge your IOPS Blog

http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/04/18/turbo-charging-your-iops-with-the-new-pvs-cache-in-ram-with-disk-overflow-feature-part-one/


Windows Server FactsMoving from Windows Server 2003 is a priority as Extended support ends



Patrick – Sales Director



Summary of Options

Co-exist. Rebuild. Migrate.


Co-exist XenApp 6.5 and 7.6 into a single store

XenApp 6.5 FarmXenApp 7.6 Site

StoreFront

or

Web Interface


Rebuild ServersNew OS (6.5 to 7.6)

XenApp 6.5 Farm XenApp 7.6 Site

Worker Group

Worker Group

Catalog

StoreFront

Migrate

Windows 2008R2 Windows 2012R2


Citrix AppDNA: Accelerate Application Compatibility

Focused on• Windows desktop programs

• Web-based applications

Typical migration projects• Windows XP to Windows 7 or 8

• Windows 2008 to Windows 2012

• Web applications moving from IE6 to IE11

How it works:• Peeks inside application and target OS

• Reports “RAG” status of each application – Red, Amber, or Green

• Produces detailed lists of items that need to be fixed or tested


XenApp 6.5 Farm XenApp 7.6 Site

Migrate ServersSame OS (6.5 to 7.6)

Worker Group

Worker Group

Catalog

StoreFront

Migrate

In-place

upgrade


XenApp 7.5 Site

Once you are on 7.x - In-Place Upgrades

7.0, 7.1 & 7.5 to 7.6

StoreFront

XenApp 7.6 Site

Catalog

Catalog

In-Place Upgrades of Infrastructure and VDAs


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UCS Management

Reduced time to deploy new apps

Reallocate resources quickly and efficiently

Reduced infrastructure

Cohesive resource pools

Unified Fabric

Compute With NO Compromise

Blade and rack servers in a single

UCS managed domain

Physical and virtual workloads

Virtualized I/O Improved scalability and flexibility

Increased performance

Unified Computing Product InnovationInnovation to Improve Applications

•

XML APISTANDARD

APIs


Subject Matter Expert Define Policies

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UCS: Embedded AutomationIntegrated, Policy-Based Infrastructure Management

Policies Used to CreateService Profile Templates

Service Profile Templates Create Service Profiles

Associating Service Profiles with Hardware Configures

Servers Automatically

Uplink port configuration,

VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and

EtherChannels

Server port configuration

including LAN and SAN settings

Network interface card (NIC)

configuration: MAC address,

VLAN, and QoS settings;

host bus adapter HBA configuration:

worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,

and bandwidth constraints;

and firmware revisions

Unique user ID (UUID),

firmware revisions,

and RAID controller settings

Service profile assigned to server,

chassis slot, or pool

Uplink port configuration, VLAN,

VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels

Server port configuration including

LAN and SAN settings









firmware revisions,
















firmware revisions,
















firmware revisions,
















firmware revisions,




2 3 4

NetworkSME

ServerSME

StorageSME


Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)High Performance I/O at the virtual desktop level

Software Switch VM-FEX(Hypervisor Bypass)

High Performance IO for Blade Servers

Industry’s 1st 80 Gbps to the blade solution

Form Factor agnostic workload placement

High Performance IO for Virtual Machines

Virtualise high performance workloads

Throughput

Application

Performance

Latency

Up to 10% more throughput at 30% lower CPU

utilization compared to a software switch

Up to 40% lower end-to-end latency than a software

switch

Up to 15% more performance (Database workload)


Citrix PVS shines on Cisco UCS

Key

value

• A PVS based design for Citrix XenDesktop/Xenapp essentially needs a fast/low-latency network

• Cisco UCS provides not just 10G, low-latency cut-through architecture but give QOS guarantees

• Other server vendors have to have multiple switching points to achieve this level of service

• Our unique architecture delivers the best in class Compute/Network and storage for XenDesktop/XenApp Deployment


SMB and ROBOThe new UCS Mini

• Connect up 2 Chassis

• 2nd chassis is child

• Licensed 40G scalability port

• Total 20 Servers

• 16 Blades

• 4 Rack Servers


It is more than a DataCenter partnership ...

• Cisco Mobile Workspace (with Citrix’s XenMobile, App Storefront and Content Management)

• Cisco WAAS (WAN application acceleration service with HDX support)

• Collaboration (Unified Communications) / Jabber for Citrix Virtual Environments

• Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)

• Citrix Netscaler integrated into Nexus family of switches

• Support single number reach.

• GPU enabled workloads


Citrix and Cisco ... A long path together

• Validated Designs (CVDs)

• White Papers

• Best Practices

• References

• Awards

• Performance Records

http://www.cisco.com/go/citrix

For more info reach out to:Sérgio Sousa: [email protected]

Alan Wakeman: [email protected]

DaaS

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Additional Resources

Upgrade: http://www.citrix.com/xenapp/upgrade• This Master Class – Email follow up tomorrow: Recording, Install notes, PPT/PDF

• XenApp 7.6 Upgrade Planning Webinar (Q+A here)

• Customer Story – Pella’s upgrade to 7.x

Training: http://training.citrix.com• CXA-104-1W: Citrix XenApp 7.6 Overview

• CAD-100-1W: Introduction to Citrix AppDNA

Guides• XenApp Reviewers Guide: http://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/tech-info.html

• XenApp Blueprint: http://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/tech-info.html

• XenApp Design Guide: http://www.citrix.com/products/xendesktop/use-cases.html

• XenDesktop 7 Design Handbook: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331

• eDocs: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp-xendesktop-76/xad-xamigrate.html

http://www.citrix.com/xenapp/upgrade

http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/10/15/xenapp-7-6-upgrade-you-got-questions-i-got-answers/

http://training.citrix.com/

http://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/tech-info.html

http://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/tech-info.html

http://www.citrix.com/products/xendesktop/use-cases.html

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139331

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp-xendesktop-76/xad-xamigrate.html


http://upgradexenapp.citrix.com/

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