Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Assessment, Design and Advanced Configurations — Question 25

Scenario: A Citrix Architect needs to manage the disaster recovery (DR) process for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. The environment currently consists of an active data center typically accessed by users, and a DR data center used in the event that a disaster impacts the primary data center. Each data center hosts a separate Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site. The overall environment has been designed to actively replicate user data and application data from the primary data center to the DR data center using Microsoft Distributed File System Replication (DFSR). Management has made it a priority to minimize the loss of data when failing over between data centers.
The primary data center suffers an outage that affects multiple components. As a result, management decides to fail over to the DR data center. The architect has blocked access to the primary data center to prevent new attempts to connect to its Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site.
Which two actions must the architect perform to meet company priorities before enabling access to the DR data center? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Drain existing sessions from the primary data center.
• B. Complete data replication from the primary data center to the DR data center.
• C. Replicate the Site's SQL database backups to the DR data center.
• D. Evaluate the condition of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment in the primary data center.
• E. Transport backup data repositories to the DR data center.

Correct answer: A, B

Explanation

Option A is correct because draining existing sessions ensures users are not left connected to a failed site, while option B is crucial as it guarantees that all necessary data is replicated before switching to the DR site. Options C, D, and E are not required actions to meet the priority of minimizing data loss during the failover process.