Deploying Citrix Presentation Server 4.5/XenApps using SQL Server 2005 Farm Database Part 1

Have not posted for a while but I am back, this will be part 1 of a series of instructional videos you can use to deploy Citrix Presentation Server. As usual let us go through some of the details we will be needing to setup Citrix Presentation Server which is using a remote farm database such as SQL Server 2005.

If you are not familiar with MS Terminal Services then it is about time you get familiarize with this feature of Windows Server 2003. At the time of this writing as we know Citrix Presentation Server is now known as XenApps and supports installations on Windows Server 2008 systems. The concepts and procedures on this training video will be likely similar to the new version.

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For the infrastructure, your Citrix setup would need a Licensing Server, a Web Interface Server (if you would like you clients to be able to access applications via Web Browser), your Citrix Presentation Server and the farm Database Server.

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Since Citrix rides on top of Terminal Services, we should have our Terminal Services Licensing Server as well.

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I would not discuss Terminal Services and Terminal Services Licensing here, but part 2 will show you how to install prerequisites for your Citrix Presentation Server and that will include enabling Terminal Services on Windows 2003. Part1 of this video will now cover setting up Citrix Licensing Server. The part where you need to register at http://www.mycitrix.com/ and obtain the .lic file is not shown here, but what you need to note is that when you register your Citrix license server, you should make sure that you specify your server host name exactly as the case sensitive host name of the machine. You can go the cmd prompt and type "hostname" and copy paste the resulting name on the mycitrix site to ensure you obtain the correct .lic file in the process. After which you can view Part 1 of the training video shown below. Do note that we are installing the Citrix License Management Console on a separate server from our Presentation Server in this video series.