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Mastering XenApp

By : Sunny Jha
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Mastering XenApp

By: Sunny Jha

Overview of this book

Citrix® XenApp® is one of the leading pieces of Application delivery software that delivers Windows compatible apps to users on any device, anywhere. Citrix® XenApp® also gives administrators the ability to manage and control the freedom of mobility by increasing the security and saving costs at the same time. This book will provide you with all the knowledge required to successfully deploy and master a complete Citrix® hosted application. First, it will cover essential concepts of the architecture of XenApp®. You will then learn how to set up Hypervisor and how to set up Infrastructure components. Next you will learn how to Set up Citrix® Components, XenApp® resources, PVS, and Netscaler. We will further look at how to prepare the environment for Rollout. Additionally, you will learn how to configure the Citrix® components such as Citrix® Director. Moreover, you’ll learn about shared desktop for delivery to end users and the application of policies for effective and secure delivery. Finally, you will learn how to implement provisioning services for a Citrix® XenApp® 7.6 environment.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering XenApp
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting up SQL server 2012


In this section, I will walk you through the steps of setting up the SQL server for our Citrix XenApp 7.6 site. The role of SQL server is to host the database, which will contain all the static configuration of Citrix XenApp 7.6. When we say static configuration, it means it will store the information such as configuration, policy created inside the Citrix studio, user preferences, and utilization reports.

Let's start the installation. I already have the server ready for the installation, which is Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 with 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM installed on it. Follow these steps:

  1. Mount the SQL server 2012 ISO to the server for installation. You can download your copy from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066.

  2. Browse the mounted ISO and look for the setup file and run it as an administrator:

  3. It will bring up SQL Server Installation Center. From the Planning section, chose System Configuration Checker to make sure your server is passing all...