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Nick Jeffries, Senior Solutions Architect, VMwareSebastian Brand, Lead Systems Engineer, VMware
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Solve your Citrix Problems with VMware Technologies
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Agenda
1 Citrix XenApp to Horizon: Four Simple Options to Move Forward
2 Citrix XenDesktop: Migrate to the Next Generation of Virtual Desktops
3 XenApp / XenDesktop and Horizon Component Comparison
4 Migration Assessments: Look Before You Leap!
5 Migration Best Practices and Things to Consider
6 Tools to Help Simplify the Migration
7 Questions and Answers
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If customers are not
on Citrix XenApp or
XenDesktop 7.14
they are facing a
difficult upgrade.
Now is the time to
consider a better
option.
Customers Need to Consider
Making a Move Now
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
support ended on July 14, 2015
• XenApp 5.x End of Life
• XenApp 4.5 End of Extended Support
• Citrix XenDesktop 5.x End of Life
VMware Horizon 6
introduced support
for published
applications and
desktop sessions
with RDSH.(Microsoft Remote Desktop
Session Host services)
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Horizon RDSH: RDS Hosted Apps Innovation
Hosted Apps and RDS Desktops
PrintingScanning and
Imaging Devices
SmartCard
USB Storage Devices
HTML5 and Chromebook
Clients
Client Drive Redirection
Windows Media Redirection
File Type Association
Skype for Business / Lync 2013 for RDS
Desktops
3D Apps and Desktops with NVIDIA GRID
URL Content Redirection
RTAV
USB Redirection
Application Layering
User Environment Management
Load Balancing
RDSH Image Management
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Autodesk AutoCad 2016 and Revit 2016 supported and certified with VMware Horizon
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Citrix XenApp and Horizon: Four Options to Move Forward
• One Web portal for
Horizon virtual
desktops, SaaS
applications, and
XenApps
• Replace Citrix Web
Interface or StoreFront
with VMware Identity
Manager Web portal
• Maintain existing
XenApp RDS Hosts and
Citrix Receiver client
IntegrateXenApp with Horizon
• App Volumes: Real-time
application delivery with
lifecycle management
• User Environment
Manager (UEM)
• ThinApp application
virtualization
• Horizon virtual Desktops
• Virtual SAN, NSX
• vSphere
Enhance XenApp with
Horizon and vSphere
• Convert healthy XenApp
RDS Hosts with
installed applications to
Horizon
• Replace XenApp Web
Interface or StoreFront
with VMware Identity
Manager web portal
• Replace Citrix Receiver
with Horizon Client
Migrate XenAppto Horizon
• Implement new Horizon
RDS Hosts with installed
applications
• Replace XenApp Web
Interface or StoreFront
with VMware Identity
Manager Web portal
• Replace Citrix Receiver
with Horizon Client
Replace XenApp
with Horizon
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XenDesktop: Migrate to the Next Generation of Virtual Desktops
• Dedicated desktops Disposable
• Persistent desktops Generic
• Numerous desktop images Single
• Personalize generic desktops in real time
• Migrate applications to App Volumes
• Migrate user profile and app settings to UEM
• PVS, MCS, Composer Optional!
• Useful for storage optimization only
• Desktops deleted and redeployed on logout
• Deploy updates by replacing image
• NO RECOMPOSE
• App Volumes: Real-time,
personalized application
delivery
• User Environment Manager
• ThinApp application
virtualization
• VSAN, and NSX
• PVS / MCS: optional or
replace with Instant Clones
• vSphere
Enhance XenDesktop
with Horizon and vSphere
• App Volumes: Real-time,
personalized application
delivery
• User Environment Manager
• Replace Citrix Delivery
Controllers with Horizon
• Decommission PVS / MCS
• Migrate Web Interface and
StoreFront to VMware
Identity Manager
Migrate XenDesktopto VMware Horizon
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Enhance Citrix with App Volumes, UEM & ThinApp
• App Volumes
– Real time application delivery to Citrix virtual desktops and XenApp Servers
– Enables next generation generic & disposable virtual desktops
– Single image management for XenApp and XenDesktop
– Writable Volumes: support User Installed Apps (XenDesktop only)
• User Environment Manager
– Enables next generation generic & disposable virtual desktops
– Dynamic, context-based profile management and application configuration
– Personalized application settings follow user
• ThinApp
– Application isolation eliminates conflicts between applications
– Reduces XenApp Server sprawl
– ThinApps can be deployed by App Volumes or natively streamed from file share
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VMware NSX for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop• NSX is an excellent solution for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
– Advanced virtual networking
– Micro-segmentation
– Enables secure, multi-tenant deployment of XenApp with Citrix Netscaler
• Endorsed by Citrix in recent blog:
– https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2017/01/05/xendesktop-and-xenapp-interoperability-with-vmware-nsx
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Components ComparisonVMware Horizon, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
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Citrix and VMware Components Comparison
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Citrix and VMware Components Comparison
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Citrix and VMware Components Comparison
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Citrix and VMware Components Comparison
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Migration Assessment:Look Before You Leap!
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Major Assessment Topics
• Business requirements
• XenApp / XenDesktop infrastructure
• Microsoft RDSH / Terminal Services
• Published applications and desktop sessions
• Virtual desktops and applications (XenDesktop)
• Users and user requirements
• Client devices
• Supporting systems
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Best Practices and Things to ConsiderCitrix Migration
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Best Practices and Things to Consider
• Choosing the best migration approach
– Is the simple way always the better way?
– Gradual vs. one-time migrations
• Garbage out, Garbage in
– Moving problems from Citrix into Horizon
• Scalability and testing
– Conduct pilot (live)
– Consider simulated scalability testing
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: XenApp Migration
• Use Identity Manager Web portal to facilitate the migration
– Provides “front end” to make XenApp migrations seamless to users
– First integrate Identity Manager with XenApp then Migrate to Horizon
• Common to have multiple XenApp environments
– Typically aggregated with StoreFront, Web Interface, and/or NetScaler
– Identity Manager supports multiple farms
• Should XenApp farms match Horizon RDS farms?
– Application silos and load-managed server groups
– Putting “all the apps” on every server – is this the right thing to do?
– Consolidate multiple XenApp versions on fewer Horizon RDS farms
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: XenApp Migration
• Citrix NetScaler
– NetScaler now supports load balancing Horizon using PCoIP!
– Support for Blast Extreme coming soon (per Citrix)
• Don’t forget Horizon maximums
– Large environments using desktops and applications may exceed pod limits
• Optimize the RDSH servers
- Makes a difference – implement RDS optimization best practices
- VMware Windows OS Optimization Tool
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: App Volumes for RDS
• VMware App Volumes for XenApp and Horizon Hosted Applications
– Install App Volumes agent on each RDSH server / server image
– Assign App Stacks to computers (not users)
– No support for writable volumes or user-installed apps
– Use VHD in-guest mounting for non-vSphere-based RDSH servers
• Alternate hypervisors or physical servers
– Use App Volumes to deploy ThinAppsif application isolation is needed
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: App Volumes for VDI
• VMware App Volumes for XenDesktop and View in Horizon
– Install App Volumes agent in each virtual desktop and desktop image / template
– Assign AppStacks to users (not computers)
– Writable volume support for user-installed apps
– Use VHD in-guest mounting for non-vSphere-based hypervisors
– Use App Volumes to deploy ThinApps if application isolation is needed
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: VMware Identity Manager
• VMware Identity Manager (formerly Workspace Portal)
– Supports XenApp 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x and XenDesktop 7.x
– The Integration Broker syncs applications and user entitlements
– Supports single sign-on (SSO)
– Integration Broker supports Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 / 2012 R2
– Integration broker requires IIS 7.0 (2008 R2) or IIS 8.0 (2012) (NOT for Web portal)
– SSL certificates needed on all components (Identity Manager, IB, and Citrix Farm)
– XenApp servers and XenDesktop Delivery Controller require Citrix PowerShell Remoting
– Deploy separate Integration Brokers for sync and SSO for large farms
– IDENTITY MANAGER DOES NOT PROXY OR TUNNEL CITRIX CONNECTIVITYFully supports Citrix NetScaler for Tunneling or ICA/HDX Proxy
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: vSphere for Remote Desktop Services
• VMware vSphere for RDSH servers
– No memory or CPU oversubscription (consider memory reservations)
– 1 vCPU to each physical core and enable hyper-threading (Intel)
– Disable BIOS-level CPU power saving
– vCPUs: Less is more – Four (4) vCPU is typically the “sweet spot”
– Do NOT exceed cores per physical CPU per RDSH server
– Scale out with more servers
– Disable DRS for RDSH servers and Horizon Connection/Security Servers
– Review and analyze memory demands for each application
– Dedicate ESXi hosts for RDSH
– Host Connection Servers and other support infrastructure inManagement Block and virtual desktops in separate Desktop Block
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: Storage and Network
• Storage for Virtualized RDSH servers
– Not as IO-intensive as virtual desktops
– HOWEVER: Still plan for login storms and optimal performance
– Conduct assessment to determine IOPS footprint and validatewith pilot
• Network infrastructure
– Multiple application and desktop sessions from client requiresmore bandwidth than a single connection to a virtual desktop
– Be sure to assess network performance, especially the WAN
– Tune and optimize Blast Extreme and PCoIP
– Optimize the virtual desktops and RDSH servers
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: End-to-End Monitoring
• vRealize Operations for Horizon and Published Apps
– One console for monitoring applications, desktop and infrastructure resources
– Supports Horizon, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
– Identify which applications and processes are consuming most resources, causing increased latency and poor end-user experience
– Assessment, health analysis and remediation recommendations on systems performanceand health
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Visibility into end-user sessions leads to faster
problem resolution for helpdesk and better
overall end user experience
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Tools to Help Simplify the Migration
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VMware Horizon Migration Tool
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Horizon Migration Tool – Features
• Horizon Migration Tool, which migrates published applications and virtual desktops from XenApp & XenDesktop to Horizon 7 or Horizon Cloud, has the following features:
• For XenDesktop migrations:
– Environment checking
– Pool creation
– Pool migration
– Entitlement migration
– Migration status tracking
– Configuration validation
• For XenApp migrations:
– Environment checking
– Farm and Pool creation
– App pools & desktop pools migration
– Entitlement migration
– Horizon agent readiness checking of RDSHs
– App availability checking on RDSHs
– Compatibility checking
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Horizon Migration Tool – Supportability
• Supported XenApp & XenDesktop versions:
– XenApp & XenDesktop 7.6 and later (FMA)
– XenApp 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5 (IMA)
• Supported XenApp types:
– Server desktop
– Application (server installed)
• Supported XenDesktop types
– Manual Pool
– Automated Pool (only MCS random pool)
• Supported Horizon versions:
– Horizon 7.0 and later
– Horizon Cloud (16.11.0 and 17.1.0 releases)
– XenDesktop 7.6 and later migrations only
• Get it here:
https://labs.vmware.com/flings/horizon_migration_tool
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VMware Operating System Optimization Tool
• Automates optimizing virtual desktops and Microsoft RDSH servers for VDI
• Based on Microsoft and VMware operating system best practices
• Tunes Windows and disables unnecessary services and features
• Templates for Windows 7 10 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 / 2012 R2
• Templates can be customized
• Supports local and remote systems
Get it here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vmware-os-optimization-tool
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