Here is a quick tip for any one who is building a test xenserver or a new environment and do not have a fileserver to host your ISO repository. If your XenServer have a local storage formatted in EXT3, you can use this space to create a local ISO SR where you can place your ISO files that your VM can use. The first step is ...

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Are you getting a windows login prompt when you launch a published app? If you key in your credential then the application starts normally? At my customer environments I have seen this a few times and if you search around in Google you will find some posts of forums discussion about this and possible resolution. If you are configuring SSO/passthrough to the Web Interface this usually ...

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If you have tried installing XenApp 6.5 before and you may have experienced that after clicking on the Server Role Manager it took like forever for the GUI console to show up. This could be because your XenApp server does not have Internet access and the server is trying to check for the application publisher's certificate revocation. To get rid of this issue, go to ...

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It's been 9 months since I last posted and have been really very busy with customer projects. I'm going to start a new blogging entry by talking about the ConnectionLog SQL table from the XenDesktop 5 datastore. Currently I'm supporting a customer on-site and assisting them to troubleshoot some users connection issue. By looking at the chb_State.ConnectionLog table in the SQL database, I can check ...

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When building golden images for XenDesktop, most of the time if you are installing the full Online Plugin (or Receiver Enterprise) on the image you would want to assign the XenApp url as a computer configuration so that it becomes the default URL for all users logging in to the desktops of this image. This can be done easily using the commandline for the installation: C:\CitrixOnlinePluginFull.exe SERVER_LOCATION=http://xxxx/pna/config.xml Or ...

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I have been studying on ICA virtual channel customization recently and testing out the examples in the SDK for Windows on my XenApp 6 testbed. Not sure if anyone think the same way, but I find that the SDK programmer guide is very poorly written. After deploying the Ping examples on the XenApp server and client, I have a hard time getting it to work. ...

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If you just like to test out and evaluate XenServer but do not have hardware to install it on, an easy way is to  just install it as a VirtualBox VM. Granted there will be no hardware virtualization support so you will not be able to build any real VMs in XenServer, but you will still be able to use XenCenter and get a feel ...

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Citrix PVS comes with the mcli.exe which allow users to write Windows batch file to automate some PVS operations. For those (like me) who prefer to use PowerShell can use the MCLIPSSnapin. This snapin provides several cmdlets that does the same thing as mcli.exe. The snapin comes with the Provisioning Services Console. To use the snapin, you have to first register it (requires .Net framework). If ...

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Citrix is announcing a free monthly technical newsletter for XenDesktop customers. The newsletter will include technical articles, videos, blogs, hot topics, hotfixes, tools, training, and other resources, designed to help our customers. If you are interested, feel free to subscribe to it on the follow URL: http://www.citrixinformation.com/citrixservices/thexendesktopexperience/\\

When using the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, have you ever encounter a problem with the Setup Wizard not allowing you to choose an existing desktop group, even though you already have created a group in the DDC? One of the possible reason why it does not show your desktop group could be because of the address you keyed in for the hosting infrastructure does ...

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