Issue: When users try to open the application, they get a black rectangle screen instead of the whole application. Cause: The issue could be because of the monitor(s) that users attached to their laptop (or desktop). Ask users to remove all the external monitors and test launch the application on their laptop screen alone. Solution:…
A GSLB configuration consists of a group of GSLB entities on each appliance in the configuration. These entities include the following: GSLB Sites GSLB Services GSLB Virtual Servers Load Balancing or Content Switching Virtual Servers ADNS Services DNS VIPs GSLB Sites A typical GSLB setup consists of data centers, each of which has various network…
By default client drives, usb drives, com ports, printers etc redirection from user’s devices to citrix applications is allowed. On Windows machines, printer redirection works. They can see their local printers in citrix application sessions. But in macbook it doesnt work by default. Follow below process to make it work in macbook. Solution: Create a…
ICA Only: If you don’t have enough Citrix Gateway Universal licenses installed for all of your Gateway users, then we can use ICA Only option. This option disables SmartAccess and VPN features but does not require any additional licenses. Note: most Citrix ADC Editions come with built-in Gateway Universal Licenses. If we dont need smartaccess,…
Storefront Aggregation A core functionality of StoreFront is the ability to aggregate and de-duplicate “common” application and desktop resources from multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) Sites. This functionality is commonly referred to as multi-site aggregation. Duplicate applications and desktops are identified based on matching Application Display Name and Application Category properties. This functionality has been available in…
NetScaler SmartControl: SmartControl allows administrators to define granular policies to configure and enforce user environment attributes for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Citrix Gateway. SmartControl allows administrators to manage these policies from a single location, rather than at each instance of these server types. SmartControl is implemented through ICA policies on Citrix Gateway. Each…
Photo by Thomas Jensen on Unsplash Connection multiplexing is a method of reusing connections to avoid the overhead on the server that comes with establishing new connections for each request. Connection multiplexing support in Citrix ADC ensures that server connections are efficiently reused, which results in dramatically reduced SSL/TLS load on back-end servers. Q: What is the connection…
NTFS Stream: First, change to a directory on an NTFS drive from within a command prompt. Next, type ‘echo hello > test:stream’. You’ve just created a stream named ‘stream’ that is associated with the file ‘test’. Note that when you look at the size of the test it is reported as 0, and the file…
What is GSLB? Citrix ADC appliances configured for GSLB provide disaster recovery and ensure continuous availability of applications by protecting against points of failure in a WAN. GSLB balances the load across data centers by directing client requests to the closest or best-performing data center, or to surviving data centers if there is an outage….
NetScaler NSIP shows a white page on the browser while using a custom theme: Note: Below steps work only when using a custom theme. /var/netscaler/gui/admin_ui – folder will have files and folders required to load the GUI admin portal when you connect to NSIP via the browser. When you upgrade your firmware to the next…