Citrix XenApp 6.

5 Installation Guide
for Administrators
In Citrix, Xenapp 6.5 on September 23, 2011 by vmhq blogger
Tagged: Citrix, Xenapp, XenApp 6.5
Welcome to our XenApp 6.5 Installation Guide for Administrators
1.0 XENAPP 6.5 DEPLOYMENT
This post is a configuration guide for an administrator to assist in joining a 2008 R2
server to a XenApp 6.5 Citrix Farm.
1.1 FARM DESIGN OVERVIEW

1.2 BASE BUILD

1.2.1 Server Resource Specifications
Server 2008 R2 Standard x64
4 Gigs Memory
2 Processors
60 Gig HDD
1.2.2 SECURITY GROUP ASSIGNMENT

Manage access to your citrix servers using Group Policies. Use Security Groups for your
server objects. Once the server is joined to the domain add the server object to the
secuirty group in AD that reflects the environment it will service.
1.3 XENAPP PREREQUISITS
The XenApp Server Role
Manager deploys the following software (except as noted), if it is not already installed:

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (this is a prerequisite for the XenApp Server
Role Manager; it is deployed automatically when you choose to add the
XenApp server role from the Autorun menu)

Windows Server Remote Desktop Services role (if you do not have
this prerequisite installed, the Server Role Manager installs it and enables
the RDP client connection option; you will be asked to restart the server
and resume the installation when you log on again)

Windows Application Server role

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x64)

1.4 INSTALLING XENAPP

Run autorun.exe

Click Install XenApp Server

Click OK to install .Net 3.5 SP1

Click to Add Server Roles

Install Enterprise Edition

Accept the License Agreement

Select the XenApp Role and click Next

Remove Xenapp Management and Windows Desktop Experience Integration.

Click Next

Review the prerequisites and click next, and install

Reboot Server as requested

Log back in, the Xenapp Server Role Manager will open again. Click on Add or
remove server roles.

(Ignore the Reboot message That wont go away no matter how many times
you reboot )

Click on Add Server Roles and accept the License agreement

Add XenApp again and click Next

Remove Xenapp Management and Windows Desktop Experience Integration.

Click Next

Review the prerequisites and click next, and install. Install can take up too 30
mins.

Click Finish

4.4.2 CONFIGURING XENAPP SERVER

Open the Citrix Xenapp Server Role Manager

Under Server Configuration Tasks, click on Specify Licensing

On the License Configuration screen, enter (Name of your Citrix License

Server) as the License Server, or choose to Configure the license
server later using policy if you have specified the license server in your farm
policies. Click Next.

Choose XenApp as the model in the the Licensing Model Screen and click apply

You will return to the XenApp Server Role Manager screen

Click on Configure under the Server Configuration Tasks

Click Add this server to an existing server farm

Choose Existing Microsoft SQL Server database and click next

Enter the name of your Database Server and the database name. Choose SQL
Server authentication using a login ID and password to access the database.

Test the connection and click next

On the Configure Shadowing screen leave the default of allow and click next

Under Specify Advanced Server Settings, configure the following:

(BE AWARE THERE IS 4 SETTINGS TO CONFIGURE ON THIS PAGE BEFORE

CLICKING NEXT)

Data Collection
o

Enable Session-host mode if you want to limit the data collector to

specific servers

Use a custom Zone name or accept the default

XML Service

Use a custom XML Service TCP/IP Port : 8080 if you choose not to
integrate with IIS and you changed your XML service port

Receiver

Leave Blank (You can configure this lately should you need
to use it

Remote Desktop Users

Only select Add the Authenticated Users. Deselect

the default option. Click Next. Click Apply

And All Done!

Click Finish. Reboot the Server.