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Top 20 Citrix Interview Questions & Answers

1) Explain what is Citrix?

It is an application deployment system. With Citrix, one can access the customized application
and can also delivered to remote systems. It also allows file transfer from home computer to
office computer and e-mail accessing.

2) List out the Major Citrix components?

Major Citrix components are

XenApp: It allows to host applications on central servers and enables users to interact
with them remotely and deliver it to the user's devices for local executions
XenDesktop: It is the practice of hosting a desktop operating system with a virtual
machine running on a remote server
XenServer: It enables you to combine multiple Xen-enabled servers into a powerful
resource pool using industry standard shared storage architecture and leveraging
resource clustering technology created by XenSource
Provisioning Server: It reduces the number of systems that they manage, even as the
computers number continues to grow.
Netscaler: It is used to provide level 4 load balancing

3) List out the services provided by Citrix?

Service provided by Citrix includes

Citrix virtual memory optimization service

Encryption service
Citrix XTE service
Independent Management architecture
Citrix SMA service

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COM (Common Object Model) services

4) Explain what is Data Store?

Data store is a database which consists of all the configuration information needed by the Citrix
farm. Changes can be made at any time to the Meta Frame Server. The changes are persisted
in the data store. It will data store following information like

Server configuration
User configuration
Print Environment
Published Application

5) List out the ports associated with Citrix services?

Default port is A: 1494

Default listening port for Citrix XML service: 80
For ICA: 1494
UDP port used for client broadcasting: 1604
IMA port: 2512 and 2513
CMC and SSL port: 443
Server to SQL port: 1433
Session Reliability: 2598
Port Number for licensing: 27000

6) Mention what is the query command in Citrix?

Query command in Citrix includes

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qfarm
querydc
queryds
queryhr

7) Mention what is web interface or Nfuse?

Citrix web interface software provides web access to Java, Unix and Windows applications
which are hosted via Citrix application server software. Citrix offers server side control of hosted
applications, while Citrix web interface makes applications accessible through a web browser
interface.

8) Explain what is Citrix XML broker?

Citrix XML broker behaves as an intermediary between the web interface and farm. It receives
the credentials of the user from the web interface. It retrieves the applications that have user
permission to access. It is done by independent management architecture and returns to the
web interface. XML broker detects the server in the farm, once the user is authenticated. It
returns the address of the service rendering server to the web interface. It functions between
IMA service and web interface.

9) Explain what is the step to clear XenServer cache?

To clear XenServer cache you have to use command Dnscmd Server Name/clearcache.

10) Mention what are the default tests available in Health Monitoring & Recovery Tool?

The tests in XenApp Health Monitoring and Recovery Tool are

Citrix IMA service test

Logon Monitor test
Terminal Service test
XML Service Test

11) Explain what is LHC in Citrix?

The IMA service executing on each Presentation Server downloads the information it requires
from the central data store into a local MDB database known as the Local Host Cache or LHC.

12) List out the load evaluators that are supported in Citrix?

Load evaluators that are supported in Citrix includes

Memory Utilization
CPU Utilization
IP Range

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Page Swap
Page Fault
Context Switches
Disk Data I/O
Scheduling
Server Application Load
User Application Load

13) Mention what is the limit of refresh time for Local Host Cache in Citrix?

The refresh time set for Local Host Cache is 30 minutes, it can be created when IMA is stopped.

14) Explain how you can view the LHC information?

The LHC information is found in the file imalhc.mdb, and this file is available in c:\program
files\citrix\independent management architecture\directory.

15) Explain what is Citrix Reciever?

Citrix receiver is a collection of suite of products that enables client devices to connect to
various desktop virtualization services offered by Citrix. Citrix receiver can link with client
devices to XenDesktop applications, XenApp and desktops via the HDX protocol.

16) Explain what is Citrix Access Gateway?

CAG or Citrix Access Gateway is a universal secured socket layer virtual private network
appliances. It got features like IPSec and SSL VPN. It also enables instant access to the users
and secure access to the company. Any information resource can be retrieved by using CAG
with secure, single point access, always on features. It supports various types of applications
including IP telephony. Any application which is hosted on Citrix Presentation Server can be
used in a secured manner.

17) Explain how you can remove dead server from the Citrix Management Console?

To remove dead server from the Citrix Management Console you have to run

DSVERIFY SERVERS/CLEAN/FORCE for optimizing the Data Store

DSVerify can be executed on any of the servers in the farm
MetaFrame feature release 3 has a command line tool known as DSCHECK
Use the following command DSVerify command line tool DSCHECK/CHECK
or right click on the ‘server in the farm’ and select option ‘remove from the Farm’

18) Explain what is the purpose of Zones?

Data collector stores information about Zones, User’s Session and Published Application.

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A Farm consists of a subset referred as Zones

It consists of various server members
One of the server members is referred as Zone Data Collector
In traffic controlling, Zones are useful
Using ZDCs communication is established among zones

19) Explain the use of shadowing in Citrix?

In Citrix, shadowing resembles for one user to join remotely to another user. One user can use
the session of another user remotely.

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