Data Management Flashcards

Which three SQL databases are created by default when building a new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site?

Answer: Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging

Studio creates the Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging databases during Site setup.

Which database stores the historical session and performance data displayed in Citrix Director?

Answer: Monitoring database

Director reads trend and historical data from the Monitoring database.

An administrator needs to see who changed a Delivery Group's settings last week. Where is this information recorded?

Answer: Configuration Logging database

Configuration Logging captures administrative changes made in Studio or PowerShell, including who made them.

What does Local Host Cache (LHC) keep on each Delivery Controller to maintain brokering during a Site database outage?

Answer: A local SQL Server Express LocalDB copy of Site configuration data

LHC synchronizes Site data into a LocalDB instance on each Controller so connection brokering continues if the Site database is unreachable.

Which SQL Server high availability option is supported for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site databases?

Answer: SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups

Citrix supports AlwaysOn availability groups, database mirroring, and failover clustering for Site database HA.

In Citrix Profile Management, what is the purpose of the user store?

Answer: It is the central network location where users' profiles are saved between sessions

The user store is the central file share where Profile Management saves and retrieves user profile data.

Which Profile Management feature fetches profile files from the user store only when they are actually accessed, speeding up logons?

Answer: Profile streaming

Profile streaming pulls files on demand rather than copying the entire profile at logon.