Application Delivery Management

Maintenance jobs

You can create the following maintenance jobs using Citrix ADM. You can then schedule the maintenance jobs at a specific date and time.

  • Upgrade Citrix ADC instances

  • Upgrade Citrix SD WAN-WO instances

  • Upgrade Citrix ADC SDX instances

  • Configure HA pair of Citrix ADC instances

  • Convert HA pair of instances to 2-node Cluster

Schedule upgrading of Citrix ADC instances

  1. Navigate to Networks > Configuration Jobs > Maintenance Jobs. Click Create Job button.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Task page, select Upgrade Citrix ADC/Upgrade Citrix ADC HA and click Proceed.

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  3. On the Upgrade Citrix ADC Appliance(s) page, in the Instance Selection tab, add the Citrix ADC instances on which you want to run the upgrade process. Click Next to start the pre-upgrade validation on the selected instances.

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  4. On the Upgrade tab, from the Software Image list, select either Local (your local machine) or Appliance (the build file must be present on the Citrix ADM virtual appliance).

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  5. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of upgrading Citrix ADC instances. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  6. Select the + icon to Create the Email Distribution List.

  7. To upgrade Citrix ADC instance now, select Now from the Execution Mode list.

  8. To upgrade Citrix ADC instance at a later time, select Later from the Execution Mode list. You can then choose the Execution Date and the Start Time for upgrading the Citrix ADC instances.

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  9. On the Create Email Distribution List page, specify a name for the Email Distribution List. Add the SMTP mail server to use for sending email notifications to the Email Server. In the From box, add the Email address from which to send messages. In the To box, add Email address or addresses to which to send messages. You can also add an Email address or addresses to which to send message copies and copies without displaying these addresses in the messages or the copies. Click Create. After creating the email distribution list, click Finish to complete the configuring process.

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Schedule upgrading of Citrix SD-WAN WO instances

  1. In Citrix ADM, navigate to Networks > Configuration Jobs > Maintenance Jobs. Click Create Job button.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Job page, select Upgrade Citrix SD-WAN WO and click Proceed.

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  3. On the Upgrade Citrix SD-WAN WO page, in the Instance Selection tab, add a Task Name. From the Software Image list, select either Local (your local machine) or Appliance (the build file must be present on the Citrix MAS virtual appliance). Add the Citrix SD-WAN WO instances on which you want to run the upgrade process. Click Next.

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  4. To upgrade Citrix SD-WAN WO instance now, select Now from the Execution Mode list. Click Finish.

  5. To upgrade Citrix SD-WAN WO instance at a later time, select Later from theExecution Mode list. You can then choose the execution date and the start time for upgrading the Citrix SD-WAN WO instance.

  6. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of upgrading Citrix SD-WAN WO instance. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  7. Select the + icon to create the email distribution list.

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  8. On the Create Email Distribution List page, specify a name for the email distribution list. Add the SMTP mail server to use for sending email notifications to the email server. In the From box, add the Email address from which to send messages. In the To box, add email address or addresses to which to send messages. You can also add an email address or addresses to which to send message copies and copies without displaying these addresses in the messages or the copies. Click Create. After creating the email distribution list, click Finish to complete the configuring process.

Schedule upgrading of Citrix ADC SDX instances

  1. In Citrix ADM, navigate to Networks > Configuration Jobs > Maintenance Jobs. Click Create Job button.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Job page, select Upgrade Citrix ADC SDX and click Proceed.

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  3. On the Upgrade Citrix ADC SDX appliance(s) page, in the Instance Selection tab, add a Task Name. From the Software Image list, select either Local (your local machine) or Appliance (the build file must be present on the Citrix ADM virtual appliance). Add the Citrix ADC SDX instances on which you want to run the upgrade process. Click Next.

  4. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of upgrading Citrix ADC SDX instance. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  5. Select the + icon to create the email distribution list.

  6. To upgrade Citrix ADC SDX instance now, select Now from the Execution Mode list. Click Finish.

  7. To upgrade Citrix ADC SDX instance at a later time, select Later from the Execution Mode list. You can then choose the execution date and the start time for upgrading the Citrix ADC SDX instance.

  8. On the Create Email Distribution List page, specify a name for the email distribution list. Add the SMTP mail server to use for sending email notifications to the email server. In the From box, add the Email address from which to send messages. In the To box, add email address or addresses to which to send messages. You can also add an email address or addresses to which to send message copies and copies without displaying these addresses in the messages or the copies. Click Create. After creating the email distribution list, click Finish to complete the configuring process.

Schedule configuring HA pair of Citrix ADC Instances

  1. Navigate to Networks > Configuration Jobs > Maintenance Jobs. Click Create Job button.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Job page, select Configure HA Pair of Citrix ADC Instances and click Proceed.

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  3. On the Citrix ADC HA Pair page, in the Instance Selection tab, add a Task Name. Enter the primary IP address and the secondary address and Click Next.

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  4. On the Schedule Task tab, you can either choose to configure the Citrix ADC HA pair now or later.

  5. To configure the Citrix ADC HA pair now, select Now from the Execution Mode list. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of Citrix ADC HA pair. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  6. To configure the Citrix ADC HA pair at a later time, select Later from the Execution Mode list. You can then choose the eExecution date and the start time. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of Citrix ADC HA pair. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  7. Select the + icon to create the email distribution list.

  8. On the Create Email Distribution List page, specify a Name for the email distribution list. Add the SMTP mail server to use for sending email notifications to the email server. In the From box, add the email address from which to send messages. In the To box, add email address or addresses to which to send messages. You can also add an email address or addresses to which to send message copies and copies without displaying these addresses in the messages or the copies. Click Create. After creating the email distribution list, click Finish to complete the configuring process.

Schedule converting HA pair of instances to Cluster

  1. Navigate to Networks > Configuration Jobs > Maintenance Jobs. Click Create Job button.

  2. On the Create Maintenance Job page, select Convert HA Pair of Instances to 2 Node Cluster and click Proceed.

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  3. On the Migrate Citrix ADC HA to Cluster page, in the Instance Selection tab, add a Task Name. Specify the primary IP address, secondary address, primary node ID, secondary node ID, cluster IP address, cluster ID, and backplane. Click Next.

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  4. On the Schedule Task tab, you can either choose to migrate the Citrix ADC HA to Cluster now or later.

  5. To configure the Citrix ADC HA pair at a later time, select Later from the Execution Mode list. You can then choose the execution date and the start time. You can enable email notification to receive the execution report of Citrix ADC HA pair. Click the Receive Execution Report Through Email checkbox to enable the email notification.

  6. Select the + icon to create the email distribution list.

  7. On the Create Email Distribution List page, specify a name for the email distribution list. Add the SMTP mail server to use for sending email notifications to the email server. In the From box, add the email address from which to send messages. In the To box, add email address or addresses to which to send messages. You can also add an email address or addresses to which to send message copies and copies without displaying these addresses in the messages or the copies. Click Create. After creating the email distribution list, click Finish to complete the configuring process.

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