What is Farm in Citrix?

What is Farm in Citrix?

A farm represents the top level of a Citrix Provisioning infrastructure. Farms provide a method of representing, defining, and managing logical groups of provisioning components into sites. All sites within a farm share that farm’s Microsoft SQL database.

What is Citrix architecture?

Citrix uses a proprietary architecture called Independent Management Architecture (IMA). Until XenApp 6.5, this architecture was used in all Citrix products. However, the newer versions of Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) use a different architecture called FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA).

What is PVS Citrix?

Citrix Provisioning Services (Citrix PVS) is a software-streaming technology that delivers patches, updates, and other configuration information to multiple virtual desktop endpoints through a shared desktop image.

What is IMA and FMA?

Architecture. The Independent Management Architecture (IMA) used by XenApp 6.5 and earlier versions is a mesh architecture. The Flexcast Management Architecture (FMA) used by XA/XD 7. x on the other hand consolidates all brokering functionalities to the Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC).

What are zones in Citrix?

A zone is equivalent to a resource location. When you create a resource location and install a Cloud Connector, a zone is automatically created for you. Each zone can have a different set of resources, based on your unique needs and environment.

How do I make a Citrix environment?

Use the following sequence to deploy Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.

1. Prepare.
2. Install core components.
3. Create a site.
4. Install one or more Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs)
5. Install optional components.
6. Create a machine catalog.
7. Create a delivery group.
8. Create an application group (optional)

What are the components of Citrix?

The core components are the Citrix Delivery Controller, Citrix Studio, Citrix Director, and Citrix License Server.

What is MCS and PVS?

MCS takes a snapshot of a virtual machine, copies it to a storage location and clones are made that read this copy. PVS is network-based while MCS is a hypervisor-based but they both ultimately end up with virtual machines for users to establish sessions onto. Needing to upgrade VMware, XenServer and HyperV tools.

What is the difference between VDI and Citrix?

VDI stands for virtual desktop infrastructure. A VDI desktop is a desktop running on a server in the datacenter that a user can access from virtually any device. To use VDI with Citrix, you need to purchase Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop (formerly Citrix XenDesktop).

What is VDA in Citrix?

Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) is installed on each machine that delivers applications and/or desktops to users in your Citrix-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). With Citrix VDA, machines can register with the Citrix Delivery Controller, making their resources accessible to your users.