More power applications Migration with support for Hyper-V into Citrix AppDNA
Compatibility Testing applications on non-MSI applications, commercial or homegrown, poses no problem for the software compatibility of Citrix AppDNA applications as it integrates VDI technology to capture these applications. Now Citrix AppDNA support the hypervisor has been extended with support for Microsoft Hyper-V (2012 Hyper-V, Hyper-V 08 R2, Windows 8 Client Hyper-V), help customers leverage investments in their existing VDI technology to automate the capture of non-MSI applications for import and analysis AppDNA for the compatibility analysis, and capacity often forgotten (or unknown) of extending Citrix AppDNA to automate and streamline the process.
If you are wondering what you can automate your environment, here are some of the tasks that customers commonly automate using AppDNA:
- Auto-clicker (AppDNA Install function capture that automatically clicks through the steps of a manual installation whenever possible, accepting the default options)
- MSI package
- App-V sequencing
- cloud services
- file Sharing (eg Citrix ShareFile and Citrix StoreFront) [1945004essais] automated stroke
- everything that can be automated by customizing the implementation profile and scripts Path Forward available AppDNA
the examples I mentioned should help get your own juices flowing automation that could be put to use in your own environment.
When working on a migration from Windows XP, upgrade XenApp 4.5 and work on major projects of large-scale XenDesktop, support the hypervisor AppDNA will not only streamline your processes, but simplifies your workflow. You get to save time, reduce costs, and allow your resources to focus on their most critical tasks that require a human touch.
Hyper-V joins the existing AppDNA support for Citrix XenServer 5 or 6, Microsoft Virtual Server 05 SP1 (discontinued by Microsoft), VMware vSphere 5.1, VMware Workstation 7.1, 8.0 or 9.0, VMware Server 2.0 (no longer supported by VMware).
You may be wondering, why Hyper-V compared to other VDI options available in Citrix AppDNA? Well, it depends on what you have to leverage your environment and the importance of processing power.
reminder, hypervisors are used alongside Citrix AppDNA install Capture feature (available in both Standard and Enterprise editions) import window applications where one or MSI file APPV, SFT is not available . These applications are not limited to commercial applications, but include custom applications developed in-house, and existing applications that have no source media. AppDNA Install capture installs the application (either through an installation executable, a script, or by manually copying the files and registry keys) within a virtual machine and creates an MSI file that is then imported into AppDNA software. If you have the necessary software to create automatic output, you can extend the AppDNA capabilities Install Capture to create usable App-V sequences and MSI packages used for production (and all you want to automate), at the import AppDNA process. You can see the process through Citrix AppDNA to start the import process and to call the selected virtual machine.
Furthermore, the path Citrix AppDNA Forward feature uses hypervisors like Hyper-V to expand AppDNA capabilities. AppDNA Forward Path uses scripts to model business decisions and automate the solution. The decision of the company that gets modeled can be customized to meet customer needs. Let me give you a simple business decision to migrate to Windows 7, which can be modeled in AppDNA Forward way.
In this logic, the AppDNA Forward path report is customized to produce a result that can have a script of the task associated with it that will automate the solution proposed by AppDNA Install the capture using a virtual machine running on Hyper-V required operating system and applications necessary to produce the output for the desired result.
Although VDI option you choose to integrate with Citrix AppDNA is more likely to come to what is already in place in your environment, the most important factor would go down to the processing power and the amount of RAM you can have both host and VM configuration to obtain timely of the fastest execution. This is particularly important when considering several factors:
- Number of import applications for which MSI, SFT, or APPV file are not available
- Size of applications being captured import
- How you want to take advantage of automation available via APPDNA extensions
I put all the data to show the difference between the most powerful VDI options supported by Citrix AppDNA.
For more information on Hyper-V and how it can be put to use by XenDesktop 7, see the Citrix blog Eight reasons to run 7 XenDesktop on Hyper-V 2012 by Ed Duncan.
If you plan to integrate Hyper-V Server 2012, Hyper-V Server 08 R2, and / or Windows 8 Hyper-V client, here are some things to point out before beginning:
- the AppDNA Install capture feature requires a virtual machine for its exclusive use
- you need a Hyper-V user account that provides administrative authorizations
- operating system guest must be configured to allow remote desktop connections
- in some configurations, the virtual machine needs the Hyper-V Integration services to install (it is supported on Windows XP SP2 and later)
- When using Windows 8 Hyper-V client, AppDNA client must be installed on the same machine as the Hyper-V client.
For information on configuring a virtual machine Hyper-V for use with AppDNA install the capture and AppDNA Forward path and configuration of the Hyper-V VM for use with Citrix AppDNA please follow the instructions closely as shown in the Citrix Support documentation:
Setting up a virtual machine to install Hyper-V capture
Creation of the VM configuration Hyper-V
now, and will begin to explore the infinite possibilities of AppDNA that go beyond compatibility tests to improve all processes and productivity.
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