Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Nutanix virtualization environments

Follow this guidance when using Nutanix Acropolis to provide virtual machines in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment. The setup process includes the following tasks:

  • Install and register the Nutanix plug-in in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment.
  • Create a connection to the Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor.
  • Create a machine catalog that uses a snapshot of a master image you created on the Nutanix hypervisor.

For more information, see the Nutanix Acropolis MCS plug-in Installation Guide, available at the Nutanix Support Portal.

Install and register the Nutanix plug-in

Complete the following procedure to install and register the Nutanix plug-in on all your Delivery Controllers. Use Citrix Studio to create a connection to Nutanix. Then, create a machine catalog that uses a snapshot of a master image you created in the Nutanix environment.

Tip:

We recommend that you stop and then restart the Citrix Host Service, the Citrix Broker Service, and the Machine Creation Services when you install or update the Nutanix plug-in.

For information about installing the Nutanix plug-in, see the Nutanix Documentation site.

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