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Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Disable ScreenSaver GPO

Sometimes its the little tasks that can be the most complicated!

I needed to disable screensaver in Citrix and the GPO setting has been moved to the following location:

User Configuration\Administrative templates\Control panel\Personalization\Enable ScreenSaver

Set to Disabled

Links to the resources available for XenServer and Citrix Essentials.
XenServer Page
http://citrix.com/xenserver
Download XenServer 5.6 FP1 GA                                                                    http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688616.asp
MyCitrix (Licensing, Support and Partner Sales Kits)
www.citrix.com/mycitrix

Download XenServer (Partners can access NFR license via MyCitrix)

http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=2300356 - -

http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/demo.asp?ntref=util

Download Essentials for Hyper-V                                                                   http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1854353
Citrix XenServer Feature Matrix -                                                                  http://www.citrix.com/english/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentid=1680964
Citrix eDocs online Production Documentation -                                           http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/index.jsp
Free E-Learning Course - Introduction to Citrix Essentials for XenServer 5.5 - http://citrixtraining.com/courses/course_view.cfm/course_id:274
Citrix XenServer Literature -                                                                          http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/documents.asp?contentid=683148
Citrix Ready -
http://www.citrix.com/ready
Citrix Community -
http://community.citrix.com/
Citrix XenServer Central -                                                                               http://community.citrix.com/citrixready/xenserver
XenServer 5.6 FP1 Administrator Guide -                                                       http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0fp1/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#id2564366
Citrix Knowledge Center -
http://support.citrix.com/ and http://support.citrix.com/product/xens/
Citrix XenServer Featured Articles -                                                               http://support.citrix.com/product/xens/v5.6/
Citrix Licensing Basics -                                                                                  http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_2305120.asp
Citrix Forum -
http://forums.citrix.com/support
Citrix XenServer Master Classes (Free) -
www.citrix.com/xsmasterclass
Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1 Master Class (ANZ) -                                               https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/644832776
XenServer Project "Cowley" -                                                                         http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/events/event.asp?eventID=1855037
Citrix TV -
http://www.citrix.com/tv/
OpenSource iSCSI Targets for XenServer -                                                     http://www.nexenta.com/corp/products & http://www.osnexus.com/
Citrix XenServer Security Target -                                                                  http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/files/epfiles/crp255st.pdf
Citrix HCL -
http://hcl.vmd.citrix.com/
Citrix HCL Community Verified -                                                                    http://community.citrix.com/citrixready
Citrix HCL Self Certification Kits -                                                                   http://www.citrix.com/ready/hcl
Citrix YouTube Channel -                                                                                http://www.youtube.com/user/CitrixTV
Citrix Ask the Architect -                                                                                 http://community.citrix.com/p/ata#architects & AsktheArchitect@citrix.com
XenServer ROI Calculates -                                                                             https://roianalyst.alinean.com/citrix/xenserver/
Citrix Synergy 2010 -
http://www.citrixsynergy.com/
Citrix Security Bulletins -                                                                                http://support.citrix.com/securitybulletins/
Citrix IRC Channel -
http://join.citrixirc.com/
Twitter -
@Citrix, @xenserverarmy, @Citrix_Synergy, #citrixsynergy, #xenserver
Citrix on Facebook -                                                                                        http://www.facebook.com/citrix
Helpful Resources for XenServer -                                                                 http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688622.asp#top
Fault Tolerance using Marathon -                                                                  http://www.marathontechnologies.com/high_availability_xenserver.html& http://community.citrix.com/blogs/
Open vSwitch -
http://openvswitch.org/ & http://www.openflowswitch.org/
Citrix Product Sales Kit -                                                                                 http://community.citrix.com/kits/brand/sk-products
eCo System Partners -                                                                                    https://www.citrix.com/English/partners/partnertop.asp
• Fault Tolerance -                                                                                          http://www.marathontechnologies.com/high_availability_xenserver.html
• Backup - (PHD virtual, Quorumsoft , SEP, Commvault. Symantec) -             http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122191
• Security -
http://www2.catbird.com/
• Multitenant -
http://www.desktone.com/ & http://cloud.com/ & http://www.openstack.org/
• Virus Scanning -                                                                                           http://www.mcafee.com/us/campaigns/virtualized/
Citrix Product Lifecycle Phases -
http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/supportThird.asp?slID=5107&tlID=1861631
http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=1681139
XenServer Tech Specs -                                                                                   http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=1681139
Citrix XenServer Best Practices -
• http://community.citrix.com/display/xs/Best+Practices
• http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=4AA2-5115ENW.pdf
• http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=4AA2-8023ENW.pdf
• https://community.citrix.com/kits/#/kit/3125008
Latest News Articles -
The Co-operative Group -                                                                               http://www.citrix.com/English/aboutCitrix/caseStudies/caseStudy.asp?storyID=2304613
Server Right Sizing -                                                                                        http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/04/02/The+importance+of+knowing+your+environment
ACMA builds Xen-based private cloud -                                                         http://www.cio.com.au/article/367528/acma_builds_xen-based_private_cloud/
XenDesktop on Hyper-V SP1 with Citrix Essentials (40% More user Density) -http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=157322595

Suprise! We do talk with Storage Vendors

Surprise! We do talk with storage vendors

Nice blog from Simon Crosby on Desktop Virtualisation Infrastructures and appropriate management of disk writes, intellicache, etc.

http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2011/01/25/Surprise%21+We+do+talk+with+storage+vendors

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

XenDesktop 5 Database Sizing and Mirroring Best Practices

XenDesktop 5 Database Sizing and Mirroring Best Practices Guide Available!

Document ID: CTX127939 / Created On: 12-Jan-2011 / Updated On: 17-Jan-2011

http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx127939

2010's Top 20 eDocs Topics

posted on http://community.citrix.com/blogs/ by Beth Pollock

In the spirit of end of year Top 10 lists, we thought we'd provide a list of the 20 most-viewed eDocs topics between 1 January and 27 December 2010. The list is compiled based on unique pageviews. Landing pages for products or platforms are not counted. For this exercise, we are more interested in seeing which topics readers are going to for information that helps them accomplish a task, rather than gauging how popular certain products or platforms are.
Not surprisingly, system requirements and readmes are the most-read topics, along with installation instructions.

Rank	Title	Unique Pageviews
1	System Requirements for XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2	50,290
2	Readme for XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2	34,827
3	Evaluating XenDesktop (XenDesktop 4)	30,773
4	Readme for Citrix Receiver for Linux, Version 11.100	30,231
5	Designing a XenApp Deployment (XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2)	26,499
6	Readme for Citrix XenDesktop 4	25,740
7	Requirements for Delivery Controllers (XenDesktop 4)	25,714
8	Installing and Configuring XenApp (XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2)	24,932
9	Preparing to Install and Configure XenApp (XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2)	21,805
10	To extract, install, and remove the individual plug-in .msi files (Online Plug-in 11.2 for Windows)	19,619
11	System Requirements for iOS	19,343
12	Virtual Desktop Requirements (XenDesktop 4)	17,356
13	Data Store Database Requirements (XenDesktop 4)	17,169
14	How to Use Citrix eDocs	16,861
15	Installing XenApp Using the Wizard-Based Server Role Manager (XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2)	16,172
16	Readme for Citrix Licensing 11.6 for Windows	16,000
17	Hosting Infrastructures (XenDesktop 4)	15,829
18	Readme for Citrix Licensing 11.6.1 for Windows (Build 10007)	15,703
19	Readme for Citrix Online Plug-in for Macintosh 11.1	15,453
20	Configuring XenApp Using the Wizard-based Server Configuration Tool (XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2)	15,391

Are you surprised by any of these entries? Are there any topics missing that you would expect to be represented here? What's your personal top 5?

Top XenDesktop Technical Content 2010

Posted on http://community.citrix.com/blogs/ by David McGeough

Following on from my series of blogs in December last detailing the top 10 articles, whitepapers, hotfixes, presentations for 2010; due to popular demand see below the top 5 XenDesktop technical content for 2010.

Top 5 Technical Articles

Article Number	Article Title
CTX123240	XenDesktop 4 Licensing FAQ
CTX118976	How to Configure XenDesktop to Function Properly Without an Organizational Unit in Active Directory
CTX123418	Error: The system could not log you on. Ensure that you entered your details correctly and try again
CTX122417	Using XenDesktop with Multiple Active Directory Forests
CTX118248	Citrix Presentation Server Licenses have been Renamed to Citrix XenApp

Top 5 Whitepapers Articles

Article Number	Article Title
CTX124087	XenDesktop Modular Reference Architecture
CTX124799	User Profiles for XenApp and XenDesktop
CTX123684	Delivering 5000 Desktops with Citrix XenDesktop 4
CTX120760	XenDesktop - Design Handbook
CTX121478	Designing an Enterprise XenDesktop Solution

Top 5 Hotfixes

Article Number	Article Title
CTX124280	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86002 (Version 4.0.4534) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86
CTX126122	Delegated Administration and Configuration Logging Components - For XenDesktop 4 Service Pack 1
CTX124873	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86003 (Version 4.0.4546) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86
CTX126119	Hotfix XDE400PM004 (Version 4.0.4553) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Pool Management
CTX126132	Hotfix XDE400VDAWX86004 (Version 4.0.5013) - For Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 Virtual Desktop Agent x86

Top 5 Presentations

Article Number	Article Title
CTX123530	XenDesktop 4.0 Core Infrastructure and Features - GoToWebinar
CTX119102	TechEdge 2008 - Citrix XenDesktop Internals
CTX125180	Troubleshooting XenDesktop, Provisioning Services & XenServer Integration
CTX125177	TechEdge 2010 - Troubleshooting XenDesktop Deployments
CTX126981	XenApp and XenDesktop Authentication

Top 5 Forum Threads

Article Number	Article Title
LINK	Create catalog esx 4.1
LINK	XenDesktop, Windows 7 and ThinClients!
LINK	XD5 Windows 7 unable to re-connect
LINK	XD5 & Xendesktop PVS Setup Wizard tool - Unable to find hosting providers
LINK	Step by Step upgrade documentation needed.

Top 5 Videos

Video Link	Video Title
LINK	How To: Create a VM Template and Deploy using XenDesktop Wizard
LINK	How To: Configure USB Support on XenDesktop
LINK	How To: Enable Logging for the Desktop Delivery Controller and Virtual Desktop Agent
LINK	How To: Modify Initial Client Drive Mapping in XenDesktop Environment
LINK	How To: Configure ICA Packet Size in a XenDesktop Environment