If you are looking to configure COM or LPT redirection in XenDesktop 7.x, you might be at a loss when you find the policies aren’t where you’d expect them. Fortunately, the functionality still exists, however its days are numbered. Citrix has officially deprecated the feature and now requires that you […]
Check out the Citrix Downloads section to grab NetScaler 10.5 and XenApp 6.5 HRP04. NetScaler 10.5 has a number of enhancements, including the elimination of java from the GUI, making the UI incredibly responsive and allowing easier administration as java security settings no longer block various portions of the UI. […]
Yesterday afternoon we were struck by a bug that left us unable to enumerate applications, effectively resulting in a near 100% system-down condition. We’ve been working with Citrix on an intermittent inability to log in with little visible error other than ‘All the Citrix XML Services configured for farm Farm1 […]
My 6 year old Son excitedly told me today at lunch time that today was, in fact, Bring Your Child to Work Day. Last year he found out too late and didn’t get to come, so this year he was quite excited to join me for my afternoon. After informing my […]
In late February and early March we experienced “All the Citrix XML Services configured for farm failed to respond to this XML Service transaction.” As virtual desktops have grown increasingly important in our organization, this failure was critical to resolve quickly. Unfortunately, the first time it happened, reboots of the delivery […]
We use XenDesktop 7 and Atlantis ILIO Diskless for our VDI environment. ILIO functions as a storage device. The ILIO VM should occasionally be rebooted per the documentation, or the datastore can fill over time. The script below is what we use to reboot our VMs daily, and the ILIO […]
Update 5/16/2017: Thanks to tabularasa for some improvements to this, fixing some missing slashes among other things! In years past, logon scripts were the bane of many logon experiences due to their synchronous nature. Beginning with Windows 7, logon scripts can be processed asynchronously. We glossed over this fact: “Nice […]
Store link or scan the QR code. The Citrix Receiver for Windows 8/RT is 1.4 is now available. The major feature, in my opinion, is Netscaler 10.1 support. Finally we’ll be able to deploy Insight Center to complete the picture with Edgesight for Director. There is, however, a major design flaw […]
Citrix Director is great for showing you trends for logon performance, but you can’t yet “drill down” to determine which user specifically had the long log on duration. Luckily enough, the SQL database does have this information. The query below will show you all logons from the current day and sort […]
My previous post outlined some of the challenges we faced during our first few weeks on XenDesktop 7 with Atlantis ILIO backing it. We still have challenges to work out (such as how to deliver multiple, simultaneous sessions that do NOT roam from workstation to workstation) but the environment itself […]
