Test Environment for Citrix

steinooo · 25 Apr 2012 at 11:51

Hi all,

I'm curious if any of you who run Citrix environments in your enterprises have a test environment which mirrors it, and how that is comprised? I'm particularly wondering about how this works in a virtualised environment.

I guess there are a few options for getting a test Citrix server to the same level as live, you have a backup/restore using client software, or maybe a clone of the live VM, then renamed to a test name then powered on, or maybe there are some clever VM tools to accomplish this.

So - how does your Citrix test environment work folks!?

ubern00b · 25 Apr 2012 at 13:03

Provisioning Services. That is all.

clade · 26 Apr 2012 at 18:56

I have a clone of my complete network on my vsphere server with a seperate virtual network going out to a adsl line.

Not great but we have a simple enviorment so its not hard to restore another backup or clone the vm.

steinooo · 26 Apr 2012 at 20:53

clade said:
I have a clone of my complete network on my vsphere server with a seperate virtual network going out to a adsl line.

Not great but we have a simple enviorment so its not hard to restore another backup or clone the vm.

That's interesting, are they on the same host?

I don't have the luxury of doing what you're doing as I don't have vSphere acess to my environment (outsourced datacentre)

You have a nice option there, easy to test anything!

clade · 27 Apr 2012 at 09:02

yes on the same host but with reduced resources and seperated virtual networks.

Vmworkstation is a good alternative if you local computer is up to it. Its that good it can even virtualise vsphere server.

Once your done with the VM you can set them to push out to the remote vsphere server.

anything I don't mind · 27 Apr 2012 at 09:33

The one site where we were upgrading applications on citrix, we built a citrix server in a VM that used the same scripts and group policy so worked along side it, but was not connected to the cag (not added to the citrix farm) so couldn't test it in that way. Just for testing application compatibility and scripting.