James Denne, Citrix, has published a nice article about error “The provisioning task is already running on the catalog” that you can receive when you add a small number of machines to a XenDesktop catalog. What is a Provisioning Task? When an administrator decides to use Machine Creation Services to create virtual desktops, Desktop Studio will create a ”provisioning task” which is
Citrix has made available in a new white paper from Citrix Consulting which details the new HDX features & optimizations available in XenDesktop 5.5. To validate the recommendations for the new HDX features, a WAN emulator was used to simulate different scenarios, varying from a high latency DSL connection to a trans-pacific branch office. The main goal of XenDesktop 5.5
Citrix has published a new version of HDX Monitor 2.0 on the web site (http://hdx.citrix.com). The following are the highlights of this update: Event logs for WinXP VDAs are now accessible. CDM drives can now be viewed remotely with firewall enabled on VDAs/XA-Server. A good number of miscellaneous bug fixes. Direct Download Link: http://hdx.citrix.com/hdx-monitor/tech-preview
Throughout 2011, Citrix Support has published TOP 10 articles. Now, we are reaching the end of the year so here the 2011 TOP of the TOP 10! Top 10 Whitepapers 2011 Article Number Article Title CTX110351 User Profile Best Practices for MetaFrame Presentation Server CTX101997 Citrix Secure Gateway Secure Ticket Authority Frequently Asked Questions CTX120760 XenDesktop – Design Handbook CTX124087
Citrix has released the new Receiver for Android 3.0 . This represents the first of a number of significant Receiver updates coming in the next four weeks by Citrix. Following the release of the Android distribution you can expect rolling updates to Receiver for Windows and iOS, along with formal 1.0 releases for Citrix Receiver for PlayBook and Chromebook by the end
Citrix Support published Top 10 Technical articles for November 2011. Find below the Citrix Knowledge Center Top 10 for November 2011. Top 10 Technical Articles Article Number Article Title CTX129229 Recommended Citrix and Microsoft Hotfixes for XenApp 6 and Windows Server 2008 R2 CTX238200 Troubleshooting Client Drive Mapping CTX368624 Troubleshooting Citrix Pass-through Authentication (Single Sign-On) CTX101644 Seamless Configuration Settings CTX711855 Common SSL
Citrix published an optimization guide for Windows 2008 R2 with Citrix XenApp 6 or 6.5 . The new guide (which can be downloaded here) is split into two sections. Section 1 – Windows 2008 R2 Configurations: This chapter focuses on optimizations that are applied at the server level. The chapter has been split into general optimizations for XenApp servers and optimizations
Citrix has published an useful article about obtaining an ICA file in Web Interface 5.4 using Firefox. During the troubleshooting of Web Interface 5.4 issues you may find a need to save an ICA file for review within a text editor. The following article details the steps necessary to save an ICA file via FireFox (version 8 used for this
Microsoft published a new KB article for App-V. This one talks about an issue where App-V database jobs fail if you have the wrong DB selected I the SQL Server Jobs configuration: ===== Symptoms The App-V Management Server installation creates database jobs in the SQL jobs section. When one of the database jobs is executed, the job fails with the error
Citrix Support published Top 10 Technical articles for October 2011. Find below the Citrix Knowledge Center Top 10 for October 2011. Top 10 Technical Articles Article Number Article Title CTX106192 Access Gateway Software Updates CTX101644 Seamless Configuration Settings CTX368624 Troubleshooting Citrix Pass-through Authentication (Single Sign-On) CTX129229 Recommended Citrix and Microsoft Hotfixes for XenApp 6 and Windows Server 2008 R2 CTX238200 Troubleshooting Client
