1. Can you please explain what are the effective uses of Citrix?

- Users can gain access to remote systems by configuring dial up settings.

- Users can backup data on the remote drive from their workstations.

- Microsoft Outlook accessibility is faster for dialup users

- Cloud computing is made effective using Citrix

- Allows maintaining virtualization to manage virtual data centers and maintain virtual work styles.

2. Please tell us what is the need of Data Store?

- Data Store is a database which contains all the configuration information required by the Citrix Farm.

- Changes can be made at any time to the Meta Frame Server.

- These changes are persisted in the Data Store.

- Data store will store the following information:

1. Server Configuration.
2. User Configuration.
3. Print Environment.
4. Published Application

3. Do you know how does Citrix work?

- To work with Citrix, install the Terminal Services of OS.

- Citrix allows multiple users to execute multiple applications on its server.

- At the time of running the applications, the screen shots are sent to the client system.

- The keyboard inputs and mouse movements are sent to the Citrix Server.

- Then the accessibility to the applications is done by client.

- Citrix will back up the applications' data, if required by the client.

4. Can you please explain what are the ports associated with Citrix services?

- Default ICA port is A: 1494.

- Default listening port for Citrix XML Service is 80.

- ICA : 1494.

- UDP port used for client broadcasting is 1604.

- IMA port numbers are 2512, 2513.

- CMC, SSL port number is 443.

- Server to SQL port is 1433.

- Port for Session Reliability is 2598.

- Port number for licensing is 27000.

5. Can you explain what is Local Host Cache (LHC) and what is the purpose of LHC?

- The LHC is a name given to the MS Access database which is created on every local MPS server.

- It stores the partitions of the Data Store to keep the server function, when an outrage occurs.

- When the data store goes offline, the server will continue functioning normally

- The LHC database enables the data store functionality up to 48 hours.

- LHC will ensure the data accessibility that is pertinent locally, even though the database is not available.

6. Do you know what is Citrix?

- Citrix is an application deployment system.

- Applications are delivered to remote systems.

- Using Citrix, one can access the customized applications.

- Citrix allows users to share documents among users.

- Emails can be accessed using citrix.

- Citrix allows file transfer from home computer to office computer.

7. Tell us what is the purpose of Zones?

- Data collector persist information about user's session, Zones and published applications.

- A farm has subset known as Zone.

- Zone has various server members.

- One of the server members is Zone Data Collector.

- Communications is established among Zones using ZDCs.

- Zones are useful in traffic controlling.

8. Please tell us what are the services provided by Citrix?

The services that are provided by Citrix are:

- Citrix Virtual Memory Optimization Service.

- Encryption Service.

- Citrix XTE Service.

- Independent Management Architecture.

- Citrix SMA Service (Switch Monitoring and Accessories).

- Secure Gateway Service.

- Diagnostic Facility Common Object Model (COM) Service.

9. Tell me what is the use of Independent Management Architecture?

- IMA has a data store, a database to store MetaFrame XP configuration information.

- IMA has a protocol, to transfer the changing data between MetaFrame XP servers including server load and current user connections.

- IMA verifies the connections between Citrix Presentation Server and Citrix Management Console.

- Its architecture is separated from Windows Management Architecture.

- IMA is linked with Meta Frame Common Object Model (MF-COM) services.

- These links enables to remove individual servers from Citrix Management Console.

10. How to remove a dead server from the Citrix Management Console?

- Execute the DSVERIFY SERVERS /CLEAN /FORCE for optimizing the Data Store.

- DSVerify can run on any of the server in the farm.

- MetaFrame feature release 3 has a command line tool known as DSCHECK.

- Use the following command using DSVerify command line tool:
--- DSCHECK / CHECK

- Or right click on the ‘server in the farm' and click ‘Remove Server from Farm'.

- Use this option when the servers no longer operational.

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