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Mark Ewert, Lead Technologist, VMwareFrank Anderson, EUC Solutions Architect, VMwareDewey Gripshover, Program Manager VDI Tech, GE
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Solve your Citrix Problems with VMware Technologies
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• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development.
• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product.
• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind.
• Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.
• Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined.
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Agenda
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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 General Electric’s Migration from Citrix XenApp to VMware Horizon
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 7.15
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
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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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Citrix XenApp and Horizon: Four Options to Move Forward
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• 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
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• 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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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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GE’s Migration from Citrix to HorizonIntroducing Dewey Gripshover, Program Manager VDI Tech at General Electric
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GE Citrix Migration to Horizon View
• Dedicated desktops Stateless (JMP)
• Numerous desktop images 3 images• Standard: 2 cores x 4 GB RAM
• Engineering: 6 cores x 16 GB RAM
• Advanced: 12 cores x 36 GB RAM
• Deploy AppVolumes based on Use Case• Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
• Avionics Requirements (ALM Suite)
• Manufacturing (CAMS)
• UEM for User Profiles and App Settings• Printer redirection
• Limited access based on IP range and Time
• vRealize for VM & Application Monitoring
• vSphere 6.2
• Horizon 7.1 Enterprise
• App Volumes 2.12
• UEM 9.2
• vRealize 6 for Horizon
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Stateless Linked Clones
• Approx. $4k annual
maintenance
GE VMware Solution
• 31 Citrix Servers (private
vlan)
• Mix Windows Server 2003
& Server 2008 R2
• XenApp 4.5
• Legacy Windows 16-bit
applications incompatible
with Windows 7
• 5,000 users globally in
Supply Chain, Avionics and
Manufacturing
• Over $1m annually to
maintain
Legacy Citrix Environment
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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 and Virtual Desktops
• Makes a big difference in scalability and usability
• VMware Windows OS Optimization Tool
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Best Practices and Things to Consider: VMware Identity Manager
• VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) / Workspace One
– 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 CONNECTIVITY
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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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Tools to Help Simplify the Migration
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VMware Horizon Migration Tool
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Horizon Migration Tool – Features
• The Horizon Migration Tool has the following features:
• For XenDesktop migrations:
– Environment checking
– Pool creation
– Pool migration
– Entitlement migration
– Migration status tracking
– Configuration validation
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• 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)
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• 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
LoginVSI Template for Windows 10 +44% VSIMAX!
https://www.loginvsi.com/blog/520-the-ultimate-windows-10-tuning-template-for-any-vdi-environment
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Solve Your Citrix Problems with VMware Technologies Today!
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Integrate Migrate Replace Enhance
Driving Factors
Windows 2003 End of Life
XA and XD End of Support
Citrix and XenApp “Fatigue”
Solutions for both
XenApp and XenDesktop
Integrate / Enhance XenApp
Migrate / Replace XenApp
Migrate / Enhance XenDesktop
Professional Services
Migration Assessments
Plan and Design Services
Infrastructure Upgrades
Implementation Services
Tools to Help
Assessment Tools
Migration Tool
Optimization Tool
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Questions and Answers
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