[THIN] Re: Citrix upgrade from 4.5 to XenApp
- From: Toby <toby.percival@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:55:38 +0000
From what has been said in the replies, is there in fact, a reason to
upgrade to XenApp 5.0 at all? There is no requirement to upgrade your OS to
Windows Server 2008.
Kind regards,
Toby
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Graeme Carstairs <loonytoonz@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> So is there a benefit to going to Windows 2008 Server for the XenApp
> servers.
> And if so can that be an inplace upgrade?
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> Sorry never done an OS upgrade on a Citrix server before, only the Citrix
> itself.
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> Thanks all for your info.
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> Graeme
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> To upgrade PS 4.5 to XenApp 5 is pretty simple. Just following this
>> simple step:
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>> 1) Wait for it…Wait for it… Wait for it… Congratulations! Your now
>> running XenApp 5!
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>> 2) Update WI, ICA Client, Isolation Client as needed
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>> 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.
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>> Joe
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>> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>> Behalf Of *Graeme Carstairs
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:12 AM
>> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [THIN] Citrix upgrade from 4.5 to XenApp
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>> Hi,
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>> We currently have a Citrix PS 4.5 and as part of our Citrix advantage
>> subscriptions want to upgrade to XenApp,.
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>> Is there any gotchas that anyone is aware of for this upgrade.
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>> I understand it can be done as put disk into $.5 Server and run Setup.
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>> TIA for your help
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>> Graeme
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>> --
>> Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world
>> and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the
>> world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home.
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> Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world
> and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the
> world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home.
>
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