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App-V 5.0 SP1 Client with Citrix XenApp 6.5

There is very limited information you can find on configuring the App-V 5.0 client with XenApp 6.5, most existing blogs and guides are based on App-V 4.x and these do longer apply with App-V 5.0. I decided to write this blog about how to configure  App-V with XenApp 6.5  and hopefully save many a lot time in searching for answers on Google on how to get this to work.

 First, make sure you have the SP1 version of App-V 5.0 and that you have the correct client, there is a separate App-V client for Remote Desktop Services and that is the one you will need to use with XenApp 6.5

 1. Install the App-V client for Remote Desktop Services (basic next->next finish setup) Optionally you can enable using the Shared Content Store during the installation of the App-V client by using “appv_client_setup.exe /SHAREDCONTENTSTOREMODE=1 /q ” This can also be configured after the installation.

 2. Connect the App-v client to your App-V 5.0 SP1 publishing server

 Start PowerShell with “run as administrator”

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Import the app v client module

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Connect to the publishing server with the command “Add-AppvPublishingServer  -Name  displayname -URL http://publishingservername:port“

So if I would have a Publishing server named “appv5test” with the publishing server configured on port 8081 then the command would be:

“Add-AppvpublishingServer -Name Appv5test -URL http://apv5test:8081

 Note: if you have multiple App-V publishing servers with a loadbalanced address then use the loadbalanced servername and port.

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Configure the App-V client for using Shared Content Store.  (App-V packages will not be cached locally but will remain on the share where the .appv packages are stored).

 You can find more information on the shared content store here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualvibes/archive/2012/10/24/introducing-shared-content-store-in-app-v-5-0-goodbye-shared-read-only-cache.aspx

Command to enable the content store: Set-AppvClientConfiguration -SharedContentStoreMode 1

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You can check if all configuration settings are correct with the following command: Get-AppvClientConfiguration

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3. Publish Applications in XenApp 6.5

Make sure you have imported one or more application in the App-V 5.0 environment in the App-V Management console and that you have published them

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In XenApp 6.5 AppCenter publish a new application.

In this example, I am going to Publish UltraEdit.

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Publish the app as a local installed Application

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Next, we are going to publish the local cached App-V (with shared content sharing only emtpy pointer files will be locally available)

The command line should be entered as “c:\programdata\app-v\long GUID\ long GUID\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesX86\appname\appname.exe”

So in this example for Ultra Edit this would be “C:\ProgramData\App-V\0FA1D473-27B4-445C-8DDB-A55CBCA9F2C1\4FD5EBBE-4A1F-4209-941B-F2D3477CA2B9\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesX86\IDM

Computer Solutions\UltraEdit\uedit32.exe”

The working directory will be the same folder as where the application executable is started:

C:\ProgramData\App-V\0FA1D473-27B4-445C-8DDB-A55CBCA9F2C1\4FD5EBBE-4A1F-4209-941B-F2D3477CA2B9\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesX86\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit\

The rest of the publishing settings do not require any specific App-V 5 settings you can finish these with your regular default. Select at least one XenApp host server to offer the app tt test if the applications work.

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4. Use the published application.

In this example, I am running Storefront to deliver the published application. Logon to the Storefront portal and start the application.

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Ad the application (Ultra Edit in this example) will start.

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