Application and Desktop Virtualization
In a current customer project my job is to redesign and migrate an existing Citrix ADC environment. The responsible network administrator told me that they are having issues with the HA failover functionality since a long time. The symptoms have been looking like this: HA Failover is initiated on NS#1 NS#2 becomes the active node... Continue Reading →
In this blog post I will show you the migration process for your on-premise ShareFile Storage Zone controller including the move of the file share to a new server. There will a downtime of the ShareFile service during the migration of the files to the new share. The downtime will depend on the size of... Continue Reading →
General Deployment Methods Building a NetScaler SD-WAN Lab Network Diagram Overview Lab Infrastructure Preparations Create the virtual networks Install VyOS Routers Configure VyOS Routers Install & Configure the WAN Emulators Network Test Create the Datacenter and Branch Client Import the NetScaler SD-WAN VPX (Datacenter) Configure Management IP Address Licensing General Settings (NTP, TimeOut) Create... Continue Reading →
If you having issues that the Browser Content Redirection is not getting offloaded to your endpoint make sure that you have enabled the following settings in Internet Explorer (VDA). 1.) Internet Options > Advanced --> "Enable third-party browser extensions" (Browsing) 2.) Internet Options > Advanced --> "Disable Enhanced Protected Mode" (Security) After you have applied... Continue Reading →
In my last project for an international customer some of the users reported that the keyboard layout was switching occasionally. In the morning the user started his published desktop and the keyboard layout was being set to French (FRA) as desired. After some hours the input language suddenly was changing to German (DE) or English... Continue Reading →
While setting up a Proof of Concept with Windows 10 VDIs the startmenu suddenly became unresponsive. I wasnt able access the startmenu and action center anymore. First I was thinking maybe its a problem of Citrix Profile Managment but this was not the issue. After unlinking all of the GPOs and putting them together step... Continue Reading →
This week I wanted to test the the Workspace Environment Management Suite which is included in the XenApp/XenDesktop Enterprise edition. I don't want to write an article about how to install the software. For a detailed installation guide you can refer to Carl Stalhoods website. Install parameters when using PVS (silent): Setup.exe /S /v"/qn /norestart AgentCacheAlternateLocation=\"D:\WEMCache\"... Continue Reading →
Today I got a call from my customer that a specific user couldn't login over the NetScaler Gateway. After entering the username and password the user was left with the message "Invalid credentials. Please try again". After starting a CLI session, looking into the authentication process with the commands: shell cd /tmp cat aaad.debug I... Continue Reading →
My first blog posting I want to start with a great piece of software called "Citrix Desktop Lock". Im sure one or two heard about the plugin. What is Citrix Desktop Lock? Citrix Desktop Lock will convert your Windows FatClient/ThinClient into a Kiosk Appliance. After the user has entered his domain credentials he won't see... Continue Reading →
