Images by Susanne F, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay, and my own customization. I have used a few hosting websites like Hpage, wordpress.com, etc.. for a long time. But I wanted to host my website on something free and fast. I thought of using GitHub pages, but converting my WordPress site to Github pages was a very big…
Somewhere down the line, Citrix Admins need to upgrade their Citrix Site from one version to another, Example, from XenDesktop 71.5 LTSR to CVAD 1912 LTSR. For Citrix site upgrade, we have to mount the product ISO in Citrix server and run the setup file. But What about VDIs? Based on your company’s VDA usage,…
It is really exciting to share something that we know to all the people in the community. I recently started youtube video series on how to install and configure complete virtual apps and desktops (XenDesktop) site. Go through below videos and check them out: Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenDesktop) Basic Definitions: Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenDesktop)…
As part of citrix VDI life cycle, citrix admins would be tasked to update master images and update machine catalogs based on the same. For PVS update process is completely different. For MCS dynamic VDIs, we already have a GUI option in studio to update machine catalog with updated snapshot. But for MCS static VDIs,…
One of the issues where users might end up in bad mornings is at loading their VDI. If their UPM profile is huge, it takes long time for them to login. In case if we end up a user with long logon time issues, we will first have a look at user’s citrix UPM profile….
As part of day to day tasks, one of the major activity for citrix admins is to maintain free VDIs in xendesktop delivery groups. If we dont have registered free VDI machines, and when new users try to connect to VDI, they would get errors like “Cannot start VM”. So, we have to make sure…
I have pi-hole setup. Recently, I have updated iphone OS to 14.0.1. From the moment iphone is updated to OS version 14, internet stopped working on iphone. Toggled private address option under wifi, but no use. I have changed dns to public dns and everything worked as normal. Solution: I had to edit /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf file….
You need to choose a user attribute to store user’s alternate email in user properties while configuring netscaler SSPR. Issue: You’ve chosen a user attribute which is not in use, and configured netscaler SSPR. User, when logging in for the first time to netscaler gateway url, got questions to fill and enter alternate email id…
Export and Import Citrix ADC (Netscaler) portal theme: If you have a lot of Netscaler devices to manage, creating themes on all those Netscalers will be difficult. You can use the below process to create a theme on one Netscaler and copy it to other Netscalers. If you have too many Netscalers, connecting to Netscalers…
Reverse Proxy: A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of web servers and forwards client (e.g. web browser) requests to those web servers. Reverse proxies are typically implemented to help increase security, performance, and reliability. A reverse proxy server is an intermediate connection point positioned at a network’s edge. It receives initial HTTP connection…
What is the difference between running and saved configuration on NetScaler? A: A running configuration refers to the configuration currently running on a NetScaler system. The running configuration on a NetScaler can be seen by issuing the show ns runningconfig command in the Command Line. A saved configuration shows the commands that have been issued through the NetScaler…
Configure Netscaler High Availability: Configuring NetScaler in high availability mode allows your users to access their apps and desktops in case primary NetScaler fails for some reason. High availability checks for primary NetScaler availability. In case if it is not able to contact the primary NetScaler it immediately starts failover process and secondary NetScaler becomes…
Issue: vcenter certificate replaced. From thereon, Citrix studio cant connect to vcenter. Power control options grayed out in director and studio doesn’t show power options at all. Troubleshooting: Hypervisor tests on the vcenter server url in studio->hosting tab, show that studio cant connect to vcenter because of certificate issue. Solution: Goto your vcenter url: https://vcenter.domain.com…
Issue: Citrix VDA is not registered. Troubleshooting: Checked Citrix services on the VDI. Citrix ICA service wasnt started. Throws error, “windows could not start the citrix ica service on local computer 1067” and fails to start. Solutions: On the VDI, check if authenticated users group is added to local administrators group. If you find it,…
Those who are on IOS 14 OS might have seen below prompt when opening apps. VNC Viewer is an example shown here. In IOS 14 we see similar prompt for almost all apps. If you do not allow access for these apps to your local network, they wont work. In case if you have disabled…