Citrix supports the MetaFrame XP and MetaFrame Presentation Server products running on guest instances of Microsoft Windows Servers hosted by VMware ESX and GSX Servers as well as Microsoft’s Virtual Server 2005 under the terms listed below.
For the purposes of this article the term “virtual server” means a guest instance of a Windows Server operating system running on virtualization server software provided by VMware or Microsoft.
Summary
“Virtual servers” provide mainframe-class virtual machines on Intel Architecture servers, and is ideally suited for consolidating and partitioning systems in high-performance environments.
Software Requirements
• VMware ESX Server v.2 or greater
• VMware GSX Server v 2 or greater
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
• Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003
• Citrix MetaFrame XP Feature Release 2 or greater software with Hotfix XE102W014 or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 or greater
Terms of Support
• Citrix will make a best effort attempt to resolve issues with MetaFrame Presentation Server running on VMware or Microsoft virtual server environments.
• For non-configuration issues with Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server software running on virtual servers, Citrix will make an effort to create a hotfix if the exact same issue can be reproduced on physical hardware in addition to a virtual machine.
More Information
Reference and Capacity Planning with Citrix Presentation Server
Improving Scalability for Citrix Presentation Server
