WHOO… Time for another GUI Tool… 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 […]
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 […]
With the concept of LTSR, somewhere citrix admins might end up choosing either current release or LTSR versions for their citrix environments. So first of all lets see what is LTSR and CR and decide which one to choose? Current Release: With Current Release latest and greatest updates are available from citrix on the citrix […]
An effective design of user profiles can make a significant difference in the performance and manageability of a XenApp environment. Many of the issues commonly seen in large or complex XenApp environments (including slow logon, loss of user settings, profile corruption, and excessive administrative effort) are often the result of sub-optimal user profile designs. A […]
Product Name changes: Citrix WorkspaceCitrix Workspace will become one unified, contextual, secure offering. Citrix Workspace offers a user-centric experience where everything you need to work is in one unified app, with access and performance made simple based on user context and IT-designed conditions. Citrix Workspace is composed of the following components depending on your edition […]
One of the issues I came across recently is, users complained that their VDIs are either not responding on Monday i.e., they just spins for ever or desktop viewer shows up with a gray screen. They have to call helpdesk to reset their VDI. Then they can login and use it till friday. On Monday […]
Steps to resolve certificate issue in Macbook: (1) Log in to a Windows installation and use Internet Explorer to browse to the Citrix connection URL. This will force your Windows system to evaluate the SSL certificate chain used by the site and install any missing intermediate certificates into the Windows certificate store. (2) Open Internet […]
Issue “The desktop ‘xxxxxx’ is temporarily unavailable due to planned maintenance” error for a xendesktop VDI. Registration state shows registered, but for user it always shows the error. Solution Login to the desktop as Administrator. Restart the Citrix Personal vDisk Service. In Studio, check if Registration State is registered and PVD State is not failed. […]
Issue: Citrix VDI specs: Windows 10, 1607 version. User’s end point specs: Dell windows 10 1709 version. Start webex meeting in citrix VDI – works fine. But when webex video is started, it crashes the citrix HDX engine stopped working. Event viewer entry: Faulting application name: WFICA32.EXE, version: 14.9.4000.9, time stamp: 0x5b7a823f Faulting module name: […]
Tools that I came across in my day to day troubleshooting: Autoruns – shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and when you start various built-in Windows applications like Internet Explorer, Explorer and media players. CDFControl – CDFControl utility is an event tracing controller or consumer for capturing CDF trace messages […]