Which of the following is NOT a supported database high availability feature for on-premises deployments of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?

• A. Always On Availability Groups
• B. Automatic Storage Management
• C. Mirroring
• D. Clustered Instances

Answer: (B)

High availability for the Citrix database in on‑prem deployments relies on the database platform’s own failover capabilities. In practice, you’dTypically use SQL Server features such as Always On Availability Groups, Database Mirroring, or Failover Cluster Instances to protect the Citrix database and keep user sessions available during node or disk failures. These options are designed to keep the database reachable and synchronized across multiple servers, which is essential for Citrix to maintain configuration data, delivery groups, and session information.

Automatic Storage Management, however, is not a SQL Server database high‑availability mechanism. It’s a storage‑level approach more commonly associated with Oracle environments and certain storage architectures, not a SQL Server clustering or replication method. Because it doesn’t provide the required database failover and data protection for SQL Server, it isn’t considered a supported database high‑availability feature for on‑prem Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployments.

So the option that isn’t suitable for ensuring database availability in this context is Automatic Storage Management.