Specifications
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4. Change httpsWithRedirect to httpAndHttps.
5. Save the proxy.xml file, and reboot the vCenter.
Installing the Citrix XenDesktop delivery Controller
We installed the Citrix XenDesktop and XenDesktop licensing server on the XD-DDC VM. After installation, we
added licenses for 200 XenDesktop Platinum users.
1. Log into the server named XD-DDC.
2. Insert the media for Citrix XenDesktop 5.5.
3. Click Install XenDesktop.
4. Click I accept the terms and condition, and click Next.
5. Select all components to install, install SQL Express, and click Next.
6. Allow firewall ports to be open if necessary, and click Next.
7. Click Install.
8. Leave the checkbox next to Configure XenDesktop after closing checked, and click Close.
9. In the root of the Citrix Desktop Studio tool, click Desktop deployment.
10. Type XD-site for site name, use the default database option, and click Next.
11. Select Citrix XenDesktop Platinum, and click Add the appropriate license file for XenDesktop.
12. For host type, select VMware virtualization and fill out the following fields:
a. Enter the host address as http://vcenter.vdi.com/sdk
b. Enter the username as administrator
c. Enter the administrator password
d. Enter the connection name as vCenter
e. Select Manually create virtual machines.
13. Click Finish to create the site.
14. Open the Citrix Desktop Studio.
15. Select BrowserDesktop StudioConfigurationHosts, and click Add Host.
16. In Add Host Wizard, ensure vCenter is selected, and click Next.
17. For cluster, select vDT-host, for storage, select LUN4-7, for guest network, select VDI-Net, and click Next.
18. Name the Host vDT-host and click Finish.
Setting up a VM to host Provisioning Services
1. Connect to the infra server via the vSphere client.
2. Log into infra with the VMware vSphere client.
3. In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and browse to the ESXi host.
4. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
5. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
6. Choose Custom, and click Next.
7. Assign the name XD-PVS to the virtual machine, and click Next.
8. Select infra for the host, and click Next.
9. Select LUN1 for the storage, and click Next.
10. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
11. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit), and click Next.
12. For CPUs, select one virtual processor socket, and 2 cores per virtual socket, and click Next.
13. Choose 4 GB RAM, and click Next.
14. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMXNET3, connect to the VDI-NET portgroup, and click Next.
15. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
16. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
17. Make the OS virtual disk size 40 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the data1,
and click Next.