Category: XenApp 5.0

Using Citrix Stress Printers

In this document we will see how to use Citrix Stress Printers to test a Citrix environment with multiple printers. We will use a Citrix tool called Stress Printers, with this utility we will be able to simulate the load that a server experiences when creating printers on user logon. We will be able to configure how many printers we want it to create for us (simulating a user logon), the time we want it to wait before deleting them (simulating a user logoff) and how many times we want it to repeat this process. This is a process that should be carried out on Citrix Presentation Server or Citrix XenApp.

How to clone a Citrix Presentation Server or XenApp server

This procedure explains in detail how to clone a Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 or Citrix Presentation Server 4.5. The idea is if we already have a server in the farm installed and with the applications installed, to avoid this, having to reinstall them all and Citrix PS back on it. It will depend on whether the DB is Access or SQL, but to do so we would modify the script that we will discuss below, It works for both databases. Let's start with the explanation.

Publish apps to Citrix XenApp

Once all of the above is configured, we are now going to publish the applications that we want clients to connect to, logically we must first install them on the Presentation Server, In my example, we'll make it easier for customers to access Microsoft Office applications 2007, First then, I will install the Office 2007 so I don't order the CD and I'll update it, Now we're going to publish the apps that I'm interested in users accessing.

Citrix Application Streaming on XenApp

This is the main feature of the version 4.5 from Citrix, Application Streaming, This document explains how to use it. Application Streaming is nothing more than being able to use a Citrix application as if it were installed on our computer but without being, not just execute it (That's publishing an app as normal) otherwise, it would be distributed on the PCs and they could use it without connectivity to the Citrix server. The following steps need to be taken:

Hide Local Drives on Citrix Servers

This procedure explains how to hide the local drives of a Citrix server so that users when working against published applications cannot store anything on the server's disks. It is simply a matter of editing a policy template that we will then apply through a policy to the users we are interested in not seeing the server units. This policy can NOT be applied only to the server, rather, it is a user policy, so it must be applied to a user OU. Typically, the Citrix server has letters assigned to it other than C and D, the normal thing would be M, N… and so on respectively, then, We will run into a problem when applying the policy because our disk drives do not come. This document explains how to customize this policy with our disk drives

Configurations to be made on an additional server

These configurations must always be done whenever we have more than one server in the community. It is simply about configuring a load balancing to manage the applications and performance on the servers, so that one server is not filled with users while another is available, we can create different load patterns to balance users. In my example, I will create a load balancing for a maximum of ten users per server. Then, when adding the second server to the community, I will have to configure the published applications to run on different servers, that is, If Word is published on one server 1, it will also need to be published on the other server 2 so that users can connect to either server interchangeably.. And in the end, we will configure a mobile profile for all users connecting to the Metaframe servers.. Imagine that they personalize a published application. (Word.) Yes […]

Fix Citrix Default Printers Problem

Sometimes, Citrix modifies users' default printer, They may have a printer set as the default and certain users may change it to the default printer on the servers. Previous steps: Logically, we have had to configure the Citrix policies in which it is indicated that the default printer is the client and not the server. Have the client printer drivers installed on the Citrix server in case the drivers provided by the user are not compatible. We have to take into account that the user with the problem must be logged into a Citrix server, we will log in to that Citrix server as an Administrator and we will perform the following tasks: