Follow the steps in this workflow to set up Apps on Demand, an App Volumes feature, in the Citrix environment. This workflow constitutes of installing and configuring App Volumes components and setting up the application properties in Citrix Studio to deliver on-demand applications to end users.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have the following:
- Prepare the golden image.
- Optimize the Microsoft Windows RDSH Server golden image.
For more information about optimization, here are some of the resources: https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/manually-creating-optimized-windows-images-vmware-horizon-vms, https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX224676/citrix-optimizer-tool, and https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/solution-brief/best-practices-for-optimizing-your-citrix-environment.pdf.
- Ensure that VMware Tools are installed.
- Install VMware App Volumes agent and Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) in the golden image.
- Optimize the Microsoft Windows RDSH Server golden image.
- Prepare the golden image for delivery through a non-persistent image delivery mechanism such as Citrix PVS (Provisioning Services) or Citrix MCS (Machine Creation Services).
- Ensure at least one Citrix RDSH server is online to verify that the applications are published correctly and deliver the published applications.