Citrix CVA-500-2I Architecting a Citrix Virtualization Solution Training  

Upon completion of this course, learners are able to:

• Describe the phases of the Citrix Consulting Methodology and distinguish between Assessment and Design projects.
• Determine the type of information to be collected about the existing desktop infrastructure and supporting processes.
• Describe how applications can be delivered within a Citrix virtualization infrastructure.
• Identify the server performance metrics that determine whether a server is a good virtualization candidate.
• Identify areas of the network architecture that should be included in an infrastructure assessment.
• Identify which factors to check when assessing security and the user authentication process.
• Gather data about testing, control and support processes, as well as user issues, backup and recovery plans in an environment.
• Define the purpose of the conceptual architecture diagram, documentation and validation process.
• Evaluate and recommend delivery methods for application types.
• Recognize tuning and optimizations that can improve the performance of the operating system and server.
• Describe the design considerations for the Desktop Delivery Controller and Citrix XenDesktop farms.
• Identify options for providing Provisioning Services bootstrap redundancy and available network optimizations for Provisioning Services.
• Determine the optimal shared storage design to provide high availability for vDisks and the optimal vDisk type to implement in an environment.
• Determine the appropriate network design for a XenServer implementation in an environment.
• Determine how to configure an Access Gateway implementation for an environment.
• Describe general ICA protocol optimization techniques.
• Evaluate design considerations for integrating Branch Repeater into an Access Gateway design.
• Recognize how risk can impact a virtualization solution.