[THIN] Re: Xenapp 4.5 and 6.X in same farm?

  • From: Pat Coughlin <strangedog@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:03:57 -0500

You need a 6.5 and a 4.5 farm and join them in the web interface.  The
database schemas are incompatible between versions.  After people had
many issues with mixed 4.0 and 4.5 farms Citrix did the smart thing
and made mixed farms impossible.

Pat Coughlin
Citrix Goon

On 1/16/12, Landin, Mark <Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> That second point is the reverse of what I intend, however ... my intent is
> to create a 6.5 farm, then join a 4.5 server to it.
>
> **********************************
> Mark Landin
> IT Support Analyst IV
>
> Information Technology Department
> T.D. Williamson, Inc.
> 6120 S. Yale Avenue I Suite 1700 I Tulsa, OK I 74136-4235
> Phone: 918.447.5110 I Fax: 918.445.3811
> mark.landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark.landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Webster
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:12 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Xenapp 4.5 and 6.X in same farm?
>
> Will not work.  Don't even try it.  Had one customer try it and it corrupted
> their farm data store and they had no backup!
>
> It is well documented in the XenApp 6.x eDocs to not do this.
>
> http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp65-w2k8/ps-system-requirements-w2k8-xa65.html
>
> Important:
> *         Do not install XenApp on a domain controller. Citrix does not
> support installing XenApp on a domain controller.
> *         Do not join servers running this XenApp version to a deployment
> with servers running previous XenApp versions (including early release and
> Technical Preview versions).
> *         You must use the AppCenter from the 6.5 media to manage the XenApp
> 6.5 farm. Citrix does not support using a console from a previous XenApp
> release to manage XenApp 6.5 farms. (However, you can use the AppCenter from
> the XenApp 6.5 media to manage a XenApp 6.0 farm.)
>
>
> Carl Webster
> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
> http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/>
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Landin, Mark
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:07 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Xenapp 4.5 and 6.X in same farm?
>
> Can a 32-bit Citrix XenApp 4.5 server exist in a XenApp 6.0 or 6.5 farm, or
> is that forbidden?
>
> **********************************
> Mark Landin
> IT Support Analyst IV
>
> Information Technology Department
> T.D. Williamson, Inc.
> 6120 S. Yale Avenue I Suite 1700 I Tulsa, OK I 74136-4235
> Phone: 918.447.5110 I Fax: 918.445.3811
> mark.landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark.landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I
> www.tdwilliamson.com<http://www.tdwilliamson.com/>
>
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