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A few weeks back I was asked to setup a demo Server for the Citrix Synergy event here in Sydney that was to be XenApp 5.0 64bit (Delaware – Release Review) on a Server 2008 64bit installed on a DL680 Blade Server with 32Gb of RAM. Now it would have been nice to have had some time to really put this unit under pressure and see what sort of load it could handle but unfortunately I didn’t get the time for that.

However, seeing as some of you might be thinking of doing something similar I thought it worth sharing my experiences, as hopefully this might at least save you some time? 

Please be aware that these issues were discovered installing the “Release Preview” ONLY and they should be resolved when the RTM code of XenApp 5.0 (Delaware) is released.

• Sun Java Runtime 1.5.0_11 (Update 11) does not appear to be recognized if x64 is installed? Wizard installation routine appears to be only checking for x86 install ONLY?
• The Wizard installation routine can be somewhat annoying because it would appear to scan for prerequisites at initialization (and then keeps quiet about it) but if things are missing it only informs you when you hit the snag some way through? This then requires you to cancel setup entirely and restart installation to get past “check/error” message…….
• I did not read through all the prerequisites (show me an Admin who would? ;-)) and yet it would appear to only mention .NET 3.0 is a prerequisite when .NET 3.5 is also required?
• When the installation of the management consoles started I kept getting an error:

  

  Eventually I just canceled this piece and let everything continue from here – I was unable to find the prerequisite component, and didn’t need Password Manager anyway…  (NOTE: this component was not in the Support Folder)

• I have found what I believe is correct file at:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=DE37BFE4-7A5A-4767-BBE1-267418E0F1E7&displaylang=en but now that I review this I think this is not correct……
• Installing Licensing Server on the x64 appears to “break“ WI, so this was removed and placed on a std. Server 2003 – see error below

  

• Installed .NET 3.0 via Roles Console before rebooting and trying to install .NET 3.5
• Funnily enough the system insists on adding .NET 3.0 through the Roles and yet you can start 3.5 via the executable….
• I had to revisit IIS about 4 times to add additional functionality and then restart installation again…  very annoying, but ultimately my own fault for not reading the install guide? Here are some examples of what you’ll need to remember to install?
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• And I did like the look of Server 2008’s IIS Manager – quite flash
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written by dcaddick