Today at Citrix Synergy Citrix announced the Remote PC feature of XenDesktop. This adds another delivery method to the FlexCast model. A lot of people’s reaction have been how is this different from what we have already been doing and that this is not a new feature. This is not a new concept, but addresses … Continue reading »
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Apply Citrix Receiver Theme to NetScaler/Access Gateway 10
Citrix has recently released the NetScaler/Access Gateway 10 update. One of the new features of the NetScaler/Access Gateway 10 update is a new theme that gives the look and feel of the Citrix Receiver. There were no easily found documentation on how to enable the Citrix Receiver theme. In this blog post I am going … Continue reading »
Provisioning Services 6 Black Screen Issue
Citrix Provisioning Services 6 has an issue with target devices getting a black screen or the target devices stop responding on reboot. This issue is caused by a DHCP lease issue with Provisioning Services 6. See Citrix Knowledge Center article CTX132133 – PVS 6.0 Targets Might Boot to a Black Screen and Stop Responding for … Continue reading »
HDX Flash Redirection Issue with Internet Explorer on XenDesktop 5.5
I have recently come across an issue with HDX Flash Redirection in a few customers environments. The issue would cause Internet Explorer to completely lockup in an HDX/ICA connection to the desktop. In this blog post, I am going to go over what I have seen around this issue and the possible workarounds and fixes. Continue reading »
Upgrading to XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2
With the recent release of XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2, you have two ways to upgrade depending on which version of XenServer you are upgrading from. In this blog post I am going to go over upgrading from XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 and XenServer 5.5/5.6. Continue reading »
With the new XenDesktop CCU License options will XenApp only be sold with XenDesktop?
With Citrix’s recent XenDesktop trade up program announcement and adding concurrent user licenses for XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum, will XenApp licenses no longer be sold in the future? Will we soon see the end of XenApp being sold as separate product and only sold with XenDesktop licenses? In this blog post I am going to go over why I think … Continue reading »
Using XenDesktop 5 with VMware
Last year I blogged about using VMware with XenDesktop. That article was focused on XenDesktop 4 and VMware integration. With the recent release of XenDesktop 5, it’s time for an updated article. In this blog post I am going to go over using XenDesktop 5 with VMware.
Using XenClient to Update Provisioning Services vDisk Images
In December of 2009 I wrote about Upgrading Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers. In that blog post I wrote about using the Reverse Imaging, Hyper-V Direct VHD boot, and XenServer Direct VHD boot options for updating Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers. With … Continue reading »
Access Gateway Enterprise with AAA Groups and the Citrix Receiver
I recently enabled VPN in Access Gateway Enterprise for another way to get into my corporate environment since myself and a handful of engineers support the environment. We already had the Citrix Receiver setup and working through Access Gateway. Once I began testing my access (before rolling out to others) after enabling VPN by testing the … Continue reading »
Converting VMDK to VHD for use with XenClient
I was recently working with Doug Brown (@douglasabrown, DABCC) and Shane Kleinert (@shanekleinert, CitrixIRC) on converting a VMware VMDK to VHD for use with XenClient. Using XenConvert to convert the VMDK to VHD completed without errors but when following Citrix Knowledgebase Article CTX127075 – Attempting to use a Virtual Hard Disk on XenClient 1.0 Created Using … Continue reading »
