Hi All,
If we configure Reboot policies in Delivery Services Console, in most of the cases it might not work. All the registry settings would be fine and Citrix Modelling wizard would give positive results. But your Citrix XA servers wont reboot at the mentioned timings.Inorder to make your reboot policies work properly, you need to configure Microsoft GPO as stated follows:.
1. Ensure the “Reboot Behavior” policy is not configured in the Citrix Delivery Services Console.
Selecting the Access Method When you configure settings in Citrix XenApp or Citrix XenDesktop, you need to select the access method. These settings determine how users connect to a server farm. For more information, see the Web Interface documentation in the Technologies node in Citrix eDocs at http://edocs.citrix.com.
Direct. The XenApp online plug-ins connects to the real IP address of the target XenApp server. Use this method if users connect from the local area network (LAN) or if users has established a connection using the Access Gateway Plug-in.
Worker Groups are new in Citrix XenApp 6. They’re collections of XenApp servers that reside in the same farm and are managed as a single unit. Worker Groups let you collect servers into groups for publishing applications, load balancing, and policy filtering. They’re particularly useful for larger installations where many XenApp servers must be managed as a single unit.
A worker group is simply a collection of XenApp servers in the same farm.
Symptom:
Citrix Microsoft Management Console (MMC) based administrative consoles such as Access Management Console, Delivery Services Console take an extended time to start. Once running, the consoles operate normally.
Cause**:**
Citrix MMC based administrative consoles feature components that are written using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Citrix signs these .NET based components with an Authenticode signature as an added security mechanism.
In situations where a Citrix MMC based administrative console is run from a computer without internet access, Windows is unable to verify the Authenticode signature, and as a result this causes a delay during the startup of the console.
The Configuration Logging feature allows you to keep track of administrative changes made to your server farm environment. By generating the reports that this feature makes available, you can determine what changes were made to your server farm, when they were made, and which administrators made them. This is especially useful when multiple administrators are modifying the configuration of your server farm. It also facilitates the identification and, if necessary, reversion of administrative changes that may be causing problems for the server farm.
Prerequisites:
The following pre-requisites are required to install and operate Desktop Studio:
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0
Microsoft PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
This is not platform specific and can be installed using the XenDesktop media at Support\DotNet35SP1\dotnetfx35.exe or using Windows Update.
Microsoft Shared Management Objects 2008 R2
This can be installed using the XenDesktop media at:
Support\SharedManagementObjects\x**\
where x** is the platform (x86 or x64).
It is important to select the correct version for your operating system.
Where multiple administrators make modifications to a XenApp farm, Citrix recommends implementing Configuration Logging. By tracking the changes that each administrator has made to the system and correlating any subsequent issues reported, it is easy to identify any modifications that may need to be rolled back.
For example, if an administrator changes the properties of a published application at 10:00 and help desk associates escalate issues related to multiple sessions being launched by users, it would be simple to correlate that the modification impaired session sharing.
Image Compression Policy Settings The Image compression section contains settings that enable you to remove or alter compression. When client connections are limited in bandwidth, downloading images without compression can be slow.
Extra color compression This setting controls the degree of extra color compression used on images delivered over client connections thta are limited in bandwidth, improving responsiveness by reducing the quality of displayed images. When enabled Extra Color Compression is applied only when the client connection bandwidth is below the Extra Color Compression Threshold value.
Working with Load Evaluators These load evaluators are included in Load Manager:
Default. Load Manager attaches the Default load evaluator to each server after you add your license to the server farm. It contains two rules: Server User Load, which reports a full load when 100 users log on to the attached server; and Load Throttling, which specifies the impact that logging on has on load and limits the number of concurrent connection attempts the server is expected to handle.
Profile management ensures that the user’s personal settings are applied to the user’s virtual desktop and applications, regardless of the location and end point device.
Profile management is enabled through a profile optimization service that provides an easy, reliable way for managing these settings in Windows environments to ensure a consistent experience by maintaining a single profile that follows the user. It auto-consolidates and optimizes user profiles to minimize management and storage requirements and requires minimal administration, support and infrastructure, while providing users with improved logon and logout.
