PowerShell: XenApp Server Performance


I wrote a simple PowerShell script to monitor the real time performance (CPU usage, Memory usage and Disk queue length) of the XenApp farm servers. To make it work, you need to: 1) Download and install the XenApp Powershell SDK. 2) Ensure the 'Citrix XenApp Commands Remoting' service is running on the data collector server. … Continue reading PowerShell: XenApp Server Performance

Recreate Citrix LHC


We received a user report complaining that one of the published applications can not be opened. Login into the Citrix console, I noticed there are couple alerts regarding that single server which hosts the published application. Health Monitoring and Recovery test failed. Server lost connection to farm data store. I checked the networks, everything looks … Continue reading Recreate Citrix LHC

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 5 Notes


Module 11: Configuring Self-Service Applications Citrix Receiver- For Windows applications, users can only receive self-service applications when the self-service plugin is also deployed.   Citrix Merchandising Server- Citrix receiver updater keeps the version updated since the first deployment   Citrix Plug-ins- Citrix receiver/ self-service plugin/ offline plugin/ App-V client/ secure access plugin/ profile management plugin/ … Continue reading Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 5 Notes

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 4 Notes


Module 8: Configuring Policies Group Policy Integration- Group policy integration does not require changes to the Active Directory schema- GPMG is generally recommended. Benefits: backup, restore, migrate, view the resultant, perform modeling… AGPM- IMA-based group policies- Group policy extension- Group policy architecture. GPO Citrix policy (ADM/X, GPF/X) is stored in sysvol folder, IMA-based citrix policy … Continue reading Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 4 Notes

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 3 Notes


Module 7: Streaming Applications Application Streaming- Benefits: centralized management/ isolated environment/ optimal utilization of computing resource/ …- Components: CTX streaming profiler/ Citrix receiver with offline plug-in/ Application hub or web server- Application Streaming communication process:1) A user clicks a published streaming application icon. The start request is relayed to the web interface2) The web interface … Continue reading Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration Training Day 3 Notes