A client wanted to retire an old Netscaler Gateway URL for their remote access system (used for legacy) with a new Netscaler Gateway URL (netscaler https to https redirection) As all users of the link were external and globally based, had saved shortcuts, IE favourites etc so to 1) continue un-interrupted service and 2) reduce […]
We recently had to move the Citrix Edgesight SSRS report server for a client for their Citrix Edgesight services. Worth noting the following caveats when moving the SSRS report server location from edgesight All Custom reports are deleted All existing report subscriptions are deleted The standard edgesight reports will be uploaded to the new server […]
We have a number of functional expectations to test prior to Upgrading to Citrix Receiver 4.2. It is imperative that things as simple as ‘desktop shortcuts’, appropriate start menu integration and XenApp session sharing work to keep the end users happy and prevent the “same ole service calls being logged again”. Examples: A 100% dynamic client start […]
Problem: Citrix Receiver 4.2 BSOD (and 4.1) During the installation of the new Citrix Receiver 4.2 (and 4.1), laptops, desktops and VMs were all blue screening at about 70% through the installation process. STOP: 0x000000CA And on restart we received Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4 Locale ID: 2057 Additional information […]
So how does Apple Vs Android when running Citrix as a desktop replacement if we utilise them (android or apple devices) as replacements to our traditional desktop or laptop device? After recently getting access to the fantastic Citrix X1 mouse (thank you Citrix!) I decided to quickly put together the pros and cons of Android […]
The Citrix X1 Mouse prototype hardware solution is fantastic, it is easy to use, quick to pair and is fast enough to be used in most scenarios. (Long commutes to and from the office?) I personally believe this has the greatest benefit for the regular long distance commute but also has potential to also benefit companies […]
In Short … HELL YES, see this PDF from Citrix with the large list of the improvements in XenServer 6.5 The new console is sleek and quick and a hell of an improvement over the previous with a number of bug fixes (notably for vGPU / VDI settings). It has a couple of new views (similar […]
Situation: We had a number of production VMs running a Citrix desktop workload on Citrix Xenapp 6.5 via Citrix PVS 7.1 (SP3) with cache to RAM with overflow to hard drive, set at 2048Mb. VMware Hypervisor 5.5 and Appv 5 SP2 with HRP4 running in full infrastructure mode (no Microsoft SCCM) and 30GB of packages running […]
Here is a non exhaustive list of things recently discovered during a PoC of Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 with Nvidia GPU Passthrough from XenServer 6.2 SP1 (i.e Citrix HDX 3D Pro) for the Oil and Gas Industry The alternative (rather long) heading for this article should probably be “how to deliver 3d graphic intensive Oil and […]
Ive seen this error a number of times: Misconfiguration of storefront server itself The server has just rebooted and IIS is still starting up A firewall preventing the storefront server(s) getting back to the SNIP of the Netscaler(s) and now today… Today I added a new Delivery controller in Storefront 2.5 so I could publish […]