App-v installation parameters

In the following example, AutoLoad triggers are enabled both at user login and when publishing refresh occurs:. If the client is configured with these values at first install, Autoload will not be triggered until the next time the user logs off and logs back on. ALL—If any AutoLoad trigger is enabled, all packages are automatically loaded, whether or not they have ever been launched.

Microsoft Application Virtualization Client components will be upgradable through Microsoft Update when updates are made available to the general public. The Microsoft Update Agent installed on Windows operating systems requires a user to explicitly opt-in to use the service. This opt-in is required only one time for all applications on the device.

If you have already opted into Microsoft Update, the Microsoft Application Virtualization components on the device will automatically take advantage of the service. For command-line installation, use of Microsoft Update is by default opt-out unless a previous application already enabled the device to be opted in due to the requirement for manually opting into Microsoft Update. Therefore, opting in must be explicit for command-line installations.

Indicates whether authorization is always required, whether or not an application is already in cache. TRUE—Application always must be authorized at startup.

For RTSP streamed applications, the user authorization token is sent to the server for authorization. For file-based applications, file ACLs dictate whether a user may access the application. If a connection to the server cannot be established, the client still allows the user to launch an application that has previously been loaded into cache. Specifies the size in megabytes of the client cache. The system checks for the available space at installation time, but the space is not reserved.

Specifies the publishing server type. The default server type is Application Virtualization Server. For example, you can use them to define extra application shortcuts and behaviors. Citrix App-V supports both types of dynamic configuration file.

File settings are applied when the application is launched:. When multiple user config files exist for a particular package, they are applied with the following priority:.

In single admin management, the Citrix App-V components only process dynamic configuration files which are found in the same folder as their App-V package. When applications in the package are launched, any changes to the corresponding dynamic configuration files are reapplied. If your dynamic configuration files are located in a different location to their packages, use a mapping file to map packages to their deployment configuration files.

You cannot apply changes to Dynamic Deployment Configuration when there are user sessions with an application in the package open. You can apply changes to Dynamic User Configuration files if other users but not the current user have the an application from the package open. In order to do this the VDA components need permission to browse the IIS directory structure to determine which file to use. Unlike UNC hosted packages, the VDA must first download the configuration files from the server to a temporary location on the host machine before they can be used in the publishing.

This is an optional feature and, if directory browsing is not enabled, the dynamic configuration files are ignored. When you use the App-V single admin method, creating isolation groups allow you to specify interdependent groups of applications that must run in the sandbox. This feature is similar, but not identical to, App-V connection groups. Instead of the mandatory and optional package terminology used by the App-V management server, Citrix uses automatic and explicit for package deployment options.

This allows you to create isolation groups containing a mix of automatically included applications that are available globally to all users. Plus, the group can contain a set of plug-ins and other applications that might have specific licensing constraints , which you can limit to a certain set of users identified through Delivery Groups without having to create more isolation groups.

You can create an isolation group containing app-a with an explicit deployment type and JRE 1. Then, add those App-V packages to one or more Delivery Groups.

When a user launches app-a, JRE 1. You can add an application to more than one App-V isolation group. However, when a user launches that application, the first isolation group to which that application was added is always used.

You cannot order or prioritize other isolation groups containing that application. Load balancing management and publishing servers using DNS Round-Robin is supported if you are using the dual admin management method. Load balancing the management server behind Netscaler, F5 or similar Virtual IP is not supported because of the way Studio needs to communicate with the Management Server via remote PowerShell.

For more information, see this Citrix blog article. Delivery group functional level is explained in Create delivery groups. For example:. The following table summarizes the sequence of setup tasks for using App-V in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops using single- and dual admin management methods. Optionally, change App-V publishing server settings. Citrix recommends using the SDK cmdlets on the Controller.

See the SDK documentation for details. If you previously used GPO policy settings to manage publishing server settings, the GPO settings override any App-V integration settings, including cmdlet settings.

This can result in App-V application launch failure. For either management method, create application packages using the App-V sequencer. See the Microsoft documentation for details. Regardless of whether packages are on the App-V server or on a network share, ensure the packages have appropriate security permissions to allow the Studio administrator to access them. Citrix recommends using the PowerShell cmdlets on the Controller to specify App-V server addresses if those servers use nondefault property values.

If you change App-V server addresses in Studio, some server connection properties you specify might be reset to default values. If this happens, reconfigure the nondefault values for any reset properties on the servers. Specify App-V management and publishing server addresses for the dual admin management method either during or after Site creation. You can do this during or after creating the Site. Later, if you want to remove all links to the App-V management and publishing servers and stop Studio from discovering App-V packages from those servers, select Remove Microsoft Server in the Actions pane.

This action is allowed only if no applications in packages on those servers are currently published in any Delivery Groups. If they are, you must remove those applications from the Delivery Groups before you can remove the App-V servers. This software retrieves virtual applications, publishes the applications on the client, and automatically sets up and manages virtual environments at runtime on Windows devices. The App-V client is available from Microsoft. Install a client on each machine containing a VDA, or on the master image that is used in a machine catalog to create VMs.

The Get-AppVStatus cmdlet retrieves the current enablement status. You can control this default behavior during VDA installation. A wizard launches. In the wizard, enable the option that installs and enables App-V publishing components. However, it does not remove its applications from Delivery Groups, and those applications can still be launched. The package remains in its physical network location. This effect differs from removing an App-V application from a Delivery Group.

Removing an isolation group does not remove the application packages. It removes only the grouping. The following procedure focuses on how to add App-V applications to Delivery Groups. Step 2: On the Applications page of the wizard, click the Add drop-down to display application sources.

Select App-V. The resulting display includes the application names plus their package names and package versions. Select the check boxes next to the applications or application shortcuts you want to add. Then click OK. The policy would need to be set to Not Configured to change the config setting.

If you publish multiple sequenced versions of the same browser app, only one version of the app is able to launch at a time per user on the VDA.

The same thing occurs even if Citrix components are not involved and the user starts the sequenced apps from desktop shortcuts which point to different paths. Whichever browser version a user launches first, determines the browser version which runs subsequently for them. When Firefox detects a second launch of itself, it prefers to create an instance of the already running process, rather than create a new process.

Other browsers may behave in the same way. Other browsers offer the same or similar facility. You must be using XenApp 7. You must also change the package in both versions of the app to get this bi-directional behavior. Check the local folder of the user for whom the application launch failed. You will also need a text editor such as Notepad. The development, release and timing of any features or functionality described in the Preview documentation remains at our sole discretion and are subject to change without notice or consultation.

The documentation is for informational purposes only and is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality and should not be relied upon in making Citrix product purchase decisions. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. View PDF. This content has been machine translated dynamically. Give feedback here. Thank you for the feedback. Translation failed! Figure 5: Selecting Installation Location. The next step is to define the setting for the Management database.

Firstly, you need to specify if you are using a specific custom instance or a default instance. Secondly, you can define a specific name for the App-V management database or use the default one AppVManagement. I have a default instance and will use the default database name. Figure 6: Configuring Management Server Database. If installed on the same machine the installation will select Use this local computer automatically.

The same steps will be shown for configuring the Reporting database. These are similar as the Management Server Database, so you can specify which instance you would like to use and choose a name for the actual database.

Figure 8: Create New Reporting Database. Again if you separate the database and the actual software component you need to specify the reporting server machine name and optional a username to connect with it.

After the database part we need to provide the settings for the management server configuration. We need to specify the group or user which will be the App-V Administrators. Secondly, you can change the website name, but more importantly you need to specify a port number for the management server. There is no default option available, so you are free to choose whatever you like. Logically, you need to choose a port number that is not in use in your organization, I will use port in this article.

Figure Management Server Configuration. The second component which is the Publishing Server needs to be configured as well.

First of all you need to provide the Management Service if you install the components on the same machine, this one is filled in automatically. Secondly, you need to specify the Website name and port the component will be communicating on. Again, you are free to specify a value; I have chosen to use Figure Publishing Server Configuration.

The Reporting Server requires a similar configuration. So, you can specify the Website name and port number for the service.