[THIN] Re: Citrix upgrade from 4.5 to XenApp

For 2008, there are all kinds of benefits.  Granted, most of these new features and benefits are provided by the Microsoft and not  Citrix.   XenApp 5 is required for Windows 2008 and it is really is the only reason to upgrade to XenApp 5.

 

XenApp 5 for Windows 2003 is nothing more than XenApp 4.5 with Rollup 2.

 

As far as an in place upgrade to Windows 2008,  I would not suggest it nor would I support it at any of my customers.   The best thing to do is to perform a fresh installation.

 

Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Graeme Carstairs
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:52 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix upgrade from 4.5 to XenApp

 

So is there a benefit to going to Windows 2008 Server for the XenApp servers.

 

And if so can that be an inplace upgrade?

 

Sorry never done an OS upgrade on a Citrix server before, only the Citrix itself.

 

 

Thanks all for your info.

 

Graeme

 

 

 

 

 

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@gmail.com> wrote:

To upgrade PS 4.5 to XenApp 5 is pretty simple.  Just following this simple step:

 

1)      Wait for it…Wait for it… Wait for it… Congratulations! Your now running XenApp 5!

2)      Update WI, ICA Client, Isolation Client as needed

 

 Citrix is getting to be lazy as they hardly put any effort into effort into XenApp 5 for Windows 2003.  The only thing that is new is an updated version of Isolation.  You could say WI is updated but a .0.1 release as WI 5 was already released with XenDesktop.  They also didn't bother to repackage and rebrand the install.  So really, XA 5 should have been a 4.6 released.

 

Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Graeme Carstairs
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:12 AM

To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Citrix upgrade from 4.5 to XenApp

 

Hi,

 

We currently have a Citrix PS 4.5 and as part of our Citrix advantage subscriptions want to upgrade to XenApp,.

 

 

Is there any gotchas that anyone is aware of for this upgrade.

 

I understand it can be done as put disk into $.5 Server and run Setup.

 

TIA for your help

 

Graeme

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