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.