Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops Administration Flashcards

Which databases does a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment use?

Answer: Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging

The Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging databases can be hosted together or kept separate.

Configuration Logging is set to mandatory and its database goes offline. What happens?

Answer: Administrative configuration changes are blocked

Mandatory logging stops configuration changes when they cannot be logged, so no change goes unrecorded.

Which built-in delegated administration role can view Delivery Groups and manage sessions and machines in Director, but cannot change Site configuration?

Answer: Help Desk Administrator

Help Desk Administrators manage user sessions and machines through Director but cannot change the Site's configuration.

In a multi-zone Site, how does an administrator make a user's sessions launch from a specific zone?

Answer: Set a user home zone (preferred zone)

Zone preference lets administrators set a user home zone or an application home so launches go to a specific zone.

In Citrix App Layering, which layer contains hypervisor-specific tools and the Citrix VDA?

Answer: Platform layer

The Platform layer holds hypervisor tools, provisioning software, and the VDA, so the same layers can be used on different platforms.

An administrator wants to predict which Citrix policies a user would get from a specific endpoint before deploying them. Which tool fits?

Answer: Citrix Group Policy Modeling Wizard

The Modeling Wizard simulates policy application for hypothetical users and machines, while Results shows what was actually applied.

For a Delivery Group of pooled single-session desktops, which feature turns machines on and off based on schedules and load?

Answer: Autoscale

Autoscale controls machine power states by schedule, capacity buffer, and load to balance cost against availability.