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Introduction If you installing the Citrix VDA for Server or Workstation there is a TargetOSOptimizer included, this is the same as in the Citrix PVSTargetDevice Installer is included, but the path is different. VDA Optimization selection During the GUI Installer of the VDA you can select “Optimize Performance“… .. or with the Commadline for an […]

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Introduction After switching from Windows 10 1703 to 1809 with same VDA 1811 and UPM as well, the Google Chrome Bookmarks are not synched back to the UPM ProfileStore. In Addition this happens on Windows Server 2019 too. All other files around in the Default Folder are synched back, what the hell… After some research, […]

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8 Weeks ago, I’m installed a fresh new Site with 7.15 CU2, after updating the Citrix Site CU3, the monitoring system inform us about the following issue. With CU2 everything works well and the ServiceStatus shows “OK”. Rolling back the DB and the Controller now and open up a Citrix Case SR 78506137. If you […]

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Since XenApp / XenDesktop 7.7 you can configure zones for geographic deployment around the globe, put your Delivery Controller in the Zones and so on, But Zone preferencing is more powerfull than that only. Remember to XenApp 6.5 you con configure prefered Loadbalancing to switch your users to other servers with the same published application […]

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While uploading the ISO from local machine, single registered cluster is randomly identified for each specified image, and the image is uploaded to it. The image becomes active on that selected PRISM Elements (PE) and become inactive on other PEs registered to PRISM Central (PC).   When a cluster needs to create a VM from […]

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To start easily with BIS-F , I will share here a minimal configuration for the first Setup. At a later time, it’s possible to share different configurations as well. Installation: Donwload the BIS-F Shared configuration below and, extract the ZIP file and copy both XML Files to the BIS-F Installation folder.   V1.0: Can be […]

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On my latest customer, we are finalized the Server 2016 Migration (XenApp 7.15 LTSR) just in time, end of June 2018. Now we are on the schedule to de-provisioning the old XenApp 6.5 Environment and starting to remove the Farm from the old Webinterface/StoreFront and remove it from the Citrix Director Servers in the IIS […]

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  The long awaiting BETA with some bugfixes is now available. The biggest HotFix is for Citrix AppLayering, now it detect the RunMode and the BIS-F own Diskmode.. with this 2 combinations, BIS-F is able to  detect App- and Platform Layer different if needed. Read here, how it works. The new Documentation fo this release can be found […]

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On my latest customer, sometimes we run in an hanging Citrix XenApp Server 2016 (Citrix 7.15 LTSR CU1) issue, with the following side effects: can’t open TaskManager can’t open CMD can’t restart any service can’t logon with RDP powershell can be start if you open up powershell with get-process | out-gridview you can see system […]

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With the upcoming Minor Update 6.1.0 build 01.101 we are fixing some issues, the finalize package will be published in the next 2-3 weeks on https://bit.ly/Login_BISF. NEW: BIS-F Source Code, List of Issues is available now on GitHub https://www.github.com/EUCweb/BIS-F       Bugfix 29: AppLayering does not detect the right layer Bugfix 32: Fslogix – When in the […]

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