Citrix Architecture & Components Flashcards
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Which three SQL Server databases does a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site use?
Answer: Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging
A site stores its configuration in the Site database, historical session data in the Monitoring database, and change records in the Configuration Logging database.
Which Delivery Controller service handles the brokering of user sessions to VDAs?
Answer: Citrix Broker Service
The Broker Service tracks registered VDAs and assigns users to available resources.
By default, which port does a VDA use to register with a Delivery Controller?
Answer: TCP 80
VDA registration and controller-to-VDA communication uses TCP 80 with Kerberos-authenticated WCF traffic, not raw HTTP.
Which component lets help desk staff monitor sessions and troubleshoot user issues in real time?
Answer: Citrix Director
Director is a web-based console for monitoring and troubleshooting, and it pulls its data from the Monitor Service.
An administrator needs one place to group machines of the same type, such as multi-session OS machines built from one master image. Which object should they create?
Answer: Machine Catalog
A Machine Catalog is a collection of machines of the same type and provisioning method.
What happens when the Citrix License Server becomes unreachable from the site?
Answer: The site enters a 30-day grace period and keeps accepting connections
Delivery Controllers allow a 30-day grace period so that connections continue while the license server is restored.
Which Citrix component sends the ICA file that the endpoint uses to launch a session?
Answer: StoreFront
StoreFront asks the Delivery Controller for launch details and returns an ICA file to Citrix Workspace app.