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Enhancing a Citrix XenApp Implementation with VMware View and ThinApp

VMware View Enhances XenApp

VMware View’s virtual desktop infrastructure enhances Citrix XenApp in various ways:

•Isolatesusers

•Reducescapitalexpensesandoperationalcosts

•Leveragesthepowerandeaseofmanagementof vSphere/ESX/ESXi

Isolates usersByaddingVMwareViewtoyourenvironment,youprovide userswiththeirowndesktops,includingtheirownoperatingsystemandapplications.Usersdonotconflictwitheachother.XenAppprovidesuserswithasharedoperatingsystemandsharedapplications,andthiscancreateconflictofresourcesbetweenusers.

Reduces capital expenses and operational costsVirtualdesktopenvironmentstakelessefforttomanageanduselessexpensivehardwarethanstandardcomputing.CompanieshaverealizedtremendoussavingsbyconvertingtheirmoreexpensivePChardwaretosmaller,lessexpensivethinclients.Administratorshavealsobenefitedbysavingtimeandgainingcontrolthroughacentralizedmanagementplatform.Usersstillenjoytheflexibilityandmobilityofanywhereaccesstotheirdesktop.

Leverages the power and ease of management of vSphere/ESX/ESXiIfyoualreadyhaveVMwareESX/vSphere,youarefamiliarwiththeeaseofmanagementandindustry-leadingcapabilitiesthatvSphereprovides.VMwareViewandvSpherearetightlyintegratedandtogetherprovideuniquecapabilitiessuchasfullyvirtualized3DgraphicsandstoragecostsavingsfromViewStorageAcceleratorthatarenotavailablewithothervirtualdesktopsolutions.Plustheunderlyinginfrastructureisfamiliar. IfyouhaveusedVMwarevSpheretovirtualizeyourXenAppServers,youcanuseyourvSphereexpertisetorunViewvirtualdesktopsonthesamefamiliarinfrastructure.

IfyouareaddingavirtualdesktopsolutiontoyourXenAppenvironment,VMwareViewhasthefollowingadvantagesoverothersolutionsonthemarket:

•ViewdirectlyleveragesthepowerofvSphere

•Viewiseasiertodeployandmanage

•Viewhaslowertotalcostofownership

VMwareViewistheleadingvirtualdesktopsolutionprovidinggreaterflexibility,exceptionaluserexperienceandlowertotalcostofownership.

Would you like to increase the value of your Citrix XenApp implementationandspeedyourjourneytothecloud?Areyouconsideringenhancingyourproductivitytoolswithvirtualdesktopsandvirtualapplications?VMwareView™andVMwareThinApp™canhelpyou.

ImplementingVMwareViewandVMwareThinApparethefirststepstowardembracingthenext-generationtechnologiestoaccessyourdata,yourdesktops,andyourapplicationsfromthecloud.Viewprovidesthevirtualdesktop infrastructure while ThinApp provides the applicationvirtualizationtechnology—togethertheywillhelpyoutomodernizeyourworkenvironment.

Ifyouarereadyforadesktopvirtualizationsolution,andyouwanttokeepyourXenAppimplementation,VMwareViewreadilyincorporatesXenAppintoitsinfrastructure.Inaddition,ifyouarealreadyfamiliarwithVMwarevSphereforservervirtualization,managingvSphereastheinfrastructurebehindVMwareViewwillbeeasyforyou.

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Figure 1: The Combined Solution of View, XenApp, and ThinApp

Enhancing a Citrix XenApp Implementation with VMware View and ThinApp

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VMware ThinApp Enhances XenApp

VMwareViewPremierpackagecomeswithThinApp,theleadingapplicationvirtualizationplatform.Thispowerfulcombinationisacriticalenablerforyourjourneytothecloud.PresentingThinAppvirtualapplicationsthroughCitrixXenAppprovidesthefollowingbenefits:

Requires only a single application instanceWithThinAppinaXenAppimplementation,youneedonlyonecopyofthevirtualizedapplicationstoredonaThinAppfileshare.WithotherapplicationspresentedwithXenApp,youmustinstallthesameapplicationoneachoftheXenAppServersinyourserverfarm,andeachofthesenativeinstallationsmustbeindividuallymaintained.

Eliminates application conflictToavoidapplicationconflicts,CitrixisolatesapplicationsfromeachotherviaXenAppsilos,whichrequiresadditionalhardware.ThinAppisolatesapplicationswithsoftware,nothardware.ThinAppvirtualapplicationsarealreadyisolatedfromeachotherandthereforecanbeplacedonthesameXenAppServer.

Enables quick recoveryIfaXenAppServerfails,youhavetoreinstalltheentireXenAppserver.However,ifyouhavestoredyourvirtualapplicationsseparatelyonaThinAppfileshare,youhaveonlythebaselineXenAppservertoreinstall,andyoudonothavetoreinstalltheapplications.

Simplifies and speeds updatesWithastandardCitrixXenAppsetup,youmustupdateeachnativelyinstalledapplicationoneachXenAppServer,andyouneedtotakeeachserverofflinetoupdatetheapplications.IfyouuseThinApptovirtualizeapplications,youupdateonlythesingleapplicationonthefileshare,andThinAppapplicationscanbeupdatedautomaticallywhileinuse.

Virtualizes IE6 and enables migration to WindowsThinAppallowsyoutovirtualizeMicrosoftInternetExplorer6(IE6),andyoucanpackageIE6alongwithalegacyapplicationthatdependsuponIE6oranolderversionofJava.UserscanrunvirtualIE6alongsidealaterversionofnativeIEonthesamedesktop.ThemigrationtoWindows7ortolaterWindowsversionsbecomeseasierifyouhavetheoptionofcarryingforwardanyIE6-dependentlegacyapplications.

Integrating VMware View and VMware ThinApp with Citrix XenApp Is Easy

VMwareViewvirtualdesktopsgiveyourusersisolateduseof theoperatingsystemandapplications,justaswithaphysicaldesktop,butwithlesscost.PlacingshortcutsonViewdesktopstoXenApp-presentedThinAppvirtualapplicationsgivesusersthebestofallthreesolutions.

CitrixXenAppcanpublishThinAppapplications,andVMwareViewdesktopscandisplayCitrixXenAppapplications,asinthefollowingfigure.

Figure 2: XenApp Applications, Including a ThinApp Package, on a View Virtual Desktop

ThinAppsimplifiesaXenAppenvironment.PlacingonecopyofaThinAppvirtualizedapplicationonafileshareismuchsimplerthaninstallingmultiplecopiesofXenAppapplicationsonmultipleserversinserverfarms.IfyoustreampackagesfromtheThinAppfilesharetotheXenAppServerviaaLAN,andthenpresentapplicationsfromtheXenAppServerovertheWANorInternettoendusers,youcantakeadvantageofthecombinedThinApp-XenAppsolution.

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Figure 3: ThinApp Virtual Applications Streamed to a XenApp Server, Then Remotely Displayed to Endpoints

Whetheryouareconsideringthecostandsimplicityadvantagesofavirtualdesktopinfrastructureortheeaseofmanagementandenablementgainedfromapplicationvirtualization,VMwarehasasolutiontomatchyourneeds.VMwareViewPremiercomeswithbothThinAppandvSphere,theleadingservervirtualizationplatformforVDI,providingallthevirtualization youneedinoneconvenientpackage,atonegreatprice. AllcomponentsintegratedirectlywithXenAppandaddtremendousvaluetoanyXenAppenvironmentwhiletakingyouclosertoyourjourneytothecloud.