Posts

Showing posts from 2013

NTFS permissions for Citrix Roaming Profiles on share folder hosting profiles

Set these permissions on the root of a profile share to enable it for roaming profile storage. When Windows creates a new roaming profile it acts on behalf of the user, it “impersonates” that user. Therefore we must make sure that on the one hand each user may create new folders while on the other hand ensuring that each user may access only his own profile folder. These permissions apply both to traditional Windows roaming profiles as well as to the user store where Citrix Profile Management keeps its profiles. NTFS permissions: Administrators: full control SYSTEM: full control Authenticated users: list folder/read data & create folders/append data, this folder only Creator/Owner: full control, subfolders and files only Everyone: change Administrators: full control Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders in Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System \ User Profiles Disabling this check speeds up logons slight

Delete issued citrix user/device license using command line

Step 1: to get the list of License run the command by going to the folder of  LS C:\Program Files\Citrix\Licensing\LS>udadmin.exe -list Step 2: run the below commands to release the licenses to delete device licenses for /f "tokens=1,2" %i in ('udadmin -list ^| find /i "_ud"') do @udadmin -f %j -device %i -delete To delete user licenses for /f "tokens=1,2" %i in ('udadmin -list ^| find /i "_ud"') do @udadmin -f %j -user %i -delete

How to Design storage for Citrix

In order to properly design the storage , we must first able to calculate the expected Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) requirements. The IOPS calculations must take the following into account: Parameter Description Values Disk Speed The speed that the disk spins has a direct impact on how fast the disk can read the correct sector. 15,000 RPM: 150 Random IOPS 10,000 RPM: 110 Random IOPS 5,400 RPM: 50 Random IOPS Read/Write IOPS are broken down into reads and writes. Certain processes are read intensive while others require more writes. The ratio between reads and writes impacts of the overall IOPS. It has been shown that most desktop implementations result in the follow read/write ratios: Reads: 20% Writes: 80% | RAID Level The RAID configuration impacts how many actual write IOPS are available due to the different types of redundancy in place. The write penalty reduces the overall IOPS for each disk spindle. RAID 0: No RAID Penalty RAID 1: Penalty of 2

Citrix XenApp Data Collector Process

When you create a server farm and whenever a new server joins a zone, a server is elected as the data collector for that zone. If the data collector for the zone becomes unavailable, a new data collector is elected for the zone based on a simple ranking of servers in the zone. Important: A primary domain controller or backup domain controller must not become the data collector for a zone. This situation may arise if XenApp is installed on Windows domain controllers. Citrix does not recommend such installations. To set the data collector election preference of a server Depending on the version of XenApp you have installed: From the Start menu, open All Programs > Citrix > Administration Tools and choose XenApp Advanced Configuration . From the ICA toolbar, open the Presentation Server Console. Select the farm. On the Actions menu, click Properties . Select Zones . In the list of zones and their servers, locate the server, select it, and click

Citrix Interview Questions

1) What is the session reliability service in Windows services? A) Citrix XTE Server is the Windows service for session reliability 2) What is Configuration logging? A) Administrative Configuration Logging is the new feature in XenApp 5.0 and it can be configured in farm-wide properties. We can store all the administrative changes in the farm. We can see the log from the Report Center. We can clear log from the farm properties. We can configure to have credential to clear the log 3) What is "Citrix Startup License" in Citrix presentation server license management console? A) The Startup license does not affect the license count. It is used to allow Citrix products to communicate with the license server using a continuous open connection. Every five minutes the license server and the products send a heartbeat message to each other to verify that they are mutually communicating 4) How to restore the data source to the new server? A) To restore the data store to a