Beacons in Citrix StoreFront are being used to detect if the user is trying to access the store from a local or public network. When doing Virtual App and Desktops implementations I like to configure a single FQDN setup for the Citrix Gatway and the StoreFront URL (Example: https://citrix.company.com). With this URL the end users... Continue Reading →
Citrix WEM – Locked out of Management Console?
During a cleanup task in my lab environment I deleted an OU in Active Directory which contained a security group that has been assigned to the "Full Access" permission in Citrix Environment Management. When I tried connecting to the WEM infrastructure server I received the following error message: "You are not registered as a Workspace Environment... Continue Reading →
HDX – Fuzzy images with Thinwire+
- Guest Blog from my colleague Steffen Buck (@buck_steffen) With this blogpost I will tell you the story about fuzzy images within a Citrix XenApp environment. Julian and I worked together in a customer project. The customer has a bunch of branch offices with different bandwidths. In the headquarter and in the most branch offices,... Continue Reading →
Citrix Hypervisor – Unattended Installation with Hotfixes and NVIDIA GRID Driver
I wanted to write about automating a Citrix Hypervisor aka XenServer installation for a long time but never had the time to put all the information together. If you are looking for a guide how to silent install a XenServer with the latest updates and NVIDIA vGPU driver you came to the right place. This... Continue Reading →
NetScaler ADC – HA Failover issues with Cisco ACI
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 →
ShareFile – Howto migrate an on-premise Storage Zone
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 →
Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN 101 – Build a Lab Infrastructure
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 →
XenDesktop – Browser Content Redirection not working
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 →
XenApp – Keyboard Layout is switching occasionally in MUI environment
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 →