Configure VMware vCenter Integration

Update: vCenter Server 8

In this post, we’ll create a connection is used by Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop to create virtual machines and manage them.

vCenter server Certificate installation on Delivery Controllers

Open browser on the XenDesktop Controller server and open vCenter. Click on Certificate and go to details

Step 1: Click Copy to File…

Step 2: Click Next.

Step 3: Select either DER encoded binary X.509 or Base-64 encoded X.509 and click Next.

Step 4: Click Browse Locate a folder to save the certificate file into. Click Save.

Step 5: Click Next.

Step 6: Click Finish.

Step 7: Double click the certificate, and Click Install Certificate…

Step 8: Select Local Machine and click in Next

Step 9: Click on Browse and select trusted people, click Next

Host Connection for vCenter Server

Step 11: Launch Citrix Studio and click Add Connection and Resources

Step 12: Select VMware vSphere from the list and input the information of vCenter Server.

Step 13: Click on browse and select the vCenter cluster created for hosting VDI.

Step 14: Select the datastore for OS, Personal vDisk and temporary files.

Step 15: Select the network, input the name of the resource and click on Next.

Step 16: Click on Finish.

The vCenter Server should now appear in the Citrix Studio console.

Hope this post is useful. Check out the other parts.

Guide parts:

Part 1: Installation and Configuration of Citrix Virtual Apps e Desktops 1903 on vSphere 6.7

Part 2: Installation and Configuration of Delivery Controller

Part 3: To change the base URL of the StoreFront

Part 4: Configure VMware vCenter Integration

Part 5: Installation and configuration Server VDI