Citrix XenApp 6.5 Installation and configuration step by step

 Open XenApp 6.5 setup folder >select Auto-run press enter

Click on Install XenApp Server


Click on Add server Roles





Click on Platinum Edition>

Accept license agreement > next

Select common Roles
License Server
XenApp
Web Interface

Click Next

Click on XML Service IIS Integration

Click Next


Click Next> Install

Click on Install


Click Finish>
Note -:your system will reboot and after reboot setup will auto resume.

Click on Resume installation


Note-: Once the setup will complete you will see below screen















Click on Web interface configuration

















Right click on XenApp Website>Click on Create Site






























Enter Farm Name
Click on Add and enter your server Name here

















Select Authentication type that you want to apply for your XenApp users.
















Select Allow any domain>next
















Select full screen appearance

































Click on Finish button


License Server configuration

Start>citrix>Management Consoles>License Administration Console





















Click on Administrator
User ID-: enter user Name
Password-: enter password





















Click on Vendor Daemon 

Click on Import License

Click on Browse and and define the license file(.lic) path.

















Click >Ok

How to configure License server Name










Enter License server Name this name should be your computer Host Name













Click on Test connection>close>next








Enter login credentials>ok

















Select Allow shadowing of user session if you want
















Enter Zone Name if you want to or leave it default Zone>
XML Service>             you can change port number if you want
Receiver >                   Assign receiver path for access Applications or Desktop.
Remote Desktop user>Assign access to user who can access or not.













Click Apply
























Click on Finish and let the server reboot if server does't reboot.

Click on Reboot>

How to configure AppCenter  on XenApp server for map application

Start>citrix>Management Consoles> Cirtix AppCenter>



























Click >Next








Select XenApp









Click on Add Local Computer

Click on Add>Select server Name here form the list








Once Discovery will complete a successfully Discovery completed message will display on the screen


How to publish Application on XenApp server

Open Citrix AppCenter>










R.C on Application>Publish Application






















In Display Name type the Application Name











Select installed Application>Next









Click on Browse>Next










Click on Add>Select Server>Select server Name









Click Add>Ok




















Click Add  and select server Name.












Click users
Select Allow anonymous users(If you want to give access to every one)
Select Allow only configured users(If you want to assign access to user separately)


Click on Select Users from list





















Click on change Icon if you want.











Now Click on finished









Now finally Notepad has been published on Citrix XenApp.

How to Open this published application if you are on server side

Now open IIS >XenApp








Click on Browse








Now Click on Notepad














Enter User Name
Enter Password



                                                                                  


Manually upgrade ESXI host

ESXi hosts can be updated  manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile command

Before up-gradation we can take ESXI host backup

First install VMware PowerCli

Connect your ESXI or vCenter with powercli

Connect-VIServer IP “VC or ESXI IP”

Create one folder in destination drive.

D:\Backup


Set-VMHost -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -State 'Maintenance'

How to restore VMware configuration

Before restore the ESXI configuration place your ESXI host into maintenance mode

Set-VMHost -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -State 'Maintenance'


Download patch from below link-:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search

Place downloaded file into local Datastore on ESXI host

Migrate all VMs to running ESXI host

Place ESXI host into maintenance mode using below command

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

Command need to Run to update new patch level.

esxcli software vib update –d /vmfs/volumes/5d1af13d-5309ef01-05a3-000c29ac6ffb/ESXi650-201710001.zip

Reboot the ESXI host

Now remove from maintenance mode

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit
















Create Microsoft Cluster in ESXI using RDM disk

 To create MS cluster in ESXI host below should be minimum requirements-: 

1 . There should be two virtual Machines

2. At least 1 shared disk should be attached between both virtual machines

3. There should be 2 NICs 1 for production and another for heartbeat

4. RDM disk should attached for share disk

5. Should have Domain environment 

6. User ID should have enough privilege to create cluster 

7. Two free IP for production environment and two free IP for heartbeat (Heartbeat IP should be from different subnet)

Here I am covering only ESXI configuration part for cluster creation.


I have provisioned 2 VMS PRD1 and DEV1 for shared RDM and MS cluster

Initial HW configuration PRD1

Initial HW configuration DEV1

Select PRD1 VM -> Right click -> Go to Edit

Click on add device -> Select RDM Disk -> 

Select LUN number shared by Storage team.

Initial configuration of new attached RDM

Change sharing option from unspecified to multi-Writer and Save

Validate configuration

Now note

Disk file-:  [Shared_data] PRD1/PRD1_2.vmdk

Virtual Device Node-:  SCSI controller 0 SCSI 0:3

Now go passive node DEV1-> Right click-> Edit

Select existing Hard Disk

Browse Datastore

Now select the existing storage where RDM disk file is existing and select .VMDK file

Now change Sharing mode from unspecified to Multi-writer

Now power ON both node one by one.

Login to the server-> Open computer management-> Disk management-> Select new attached disk and initialize

Right click and create new volume -> Give Name

Login to another server DEV1 and go to computer management -> Disk management -> Right click on new detected disk and initialize


Now you will see same RDM disk is visible in both nodes PRD1 and DEV1


Now you need attach two NICs in both VMs and install Microsoft Cluster Manager role and continue with configuration....






















 


















ESXI configuration backup -:

First install VMware PowerCli

Connect your ESXI or vCenter with powercli

Connect-VIServer IP “VC or ESXI IP”

Create one folder in destination drive.


Set-VMHost -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -State 'Maintenance'


How to restore VMware configuration

Before restore the ESXI configuration place your ESXI host into maintenance mode

Set-VMHost -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -State 'Maintenance'

Run below command to restore configuration..

Set-VMHostFirmware -VMHost 192.168.1.13 -Restore -SourcePath D:\Backup\ configBundle-192.168.1.13.tgz

 

Once you will enter above command and press enter it will ask for user ID and password like below.

Set-VMHostFirmware -VMHost 192.168.1.13 -Restore -SourcePath D:\Backup\ configBundle-192.168.1.13.tgz -HostUser root -HostPassword 123qwe=

 

vicfg-cfgbackup --server=192.168.1.13 --username=root -s ESXi_test1_backup.tgz









ESXI host connect with Vcenter server step by step 6.0

Hi Friends,

Here I am going to share some steps that will be required during ESXI host add in Vcenter 6.0.

I have one Vcenter server with pre-installed application

IP Address:-  192.168.10.20
HostName :-  1-vsp.adds.com

Two ESXI host pre-installed ESXI on both node

IP Address:-  192.168.10.10
IP Address:-  192.168.10.11

One Domain server with server 2012 R2:-

IP Address:- 192.168.10.12
Host Name:- adds.com

One Client with Server 2012 R2:-

IP Address:-  192.168.10.13
Host Name:- Clent1.adds.com

On client machine you need to first install Vcenter client setup file using setup file.

1. Once the setup will install one shortcut key will appear on the desktop
2. Double click and open it and enter Vcenter server host IP, User ID and password as below and click on login.

3. When you will click on login next page will be as below.


4. Click on Host and cluster.

5. Select Vcenter server Name and Right click and select new Data canter














6. Now click on Add host

7. Enter ESXI Host IP ESXI User ID and password as below



9. Click Yes button
10. Click next button here Virtual machine is showing because I have already created in ESXI host


11. Enter license key or select evaluation version

12. Click on Enable Lockdown Mode if you want your ESXI to lock.


13. Click twice next and finish
 

14. You can see the recent task here ESXI is getting attach with ESXI host.
15. ESXI status showing disconnected because process is on going
16. Now configuration has completed 100 %

17. Now ESXI host connection is showing connected after 100 % task completion





18. Above are the VM list i.e Cloned VM, Test VM and Win 7


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