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Mark Ewert, Lead Technologist, VMwareFrank Anderson, EUC Solutions Architect, VMwareDewey Gripshover, Program Manager VDI Tech, GE

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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



Manager web portal

• Replace Citrix Receiver

with Horizon Client

Migrate XenAppto Horizon

• Implement new Horizon

RDS Hosts with installed

applications

• Replace XenApp Web



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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https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2017/01/05/xendesktop-and-xenapp-interoperability-with-vmware-nsx

Components ComparisonVMware Horizon, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop



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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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https://labs.vmware.com/flings/horizon_migration_tool

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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https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vmware-os-optimization-tool

https://www.loginvsi.com/blog/520-the-ultimate-windows-10-tuning-template-for-any-vdi-environment

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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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