Robert Madrian

Profile Management - General · December 5, 2018

After removing some Directories exclude it works now...

thanks

Profile Management - General · November 23, 2018

Hello,

In our Environment the Edge Settings (Favorites etc.) are not persist between user sessions - below are my UPM Settings

are there any specific UPM settings I have to set for persistent Edge Settings?

List of Files to exclude: 

  

!ctx_localappdata!\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat*
AppData\*.tmp
AppData\local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ChromeDWriteFontCache 

  

List of Directories to exclude: 

  

AppData\Local
AppData\local\Google
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
AppData\local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\AppV
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\CD Burning
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
AppData\Local\microsoft\windows\Temporary Internet Files
AppData\Local\Sun
AppData\Local\Windows Live
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\AppCache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\Icon Cache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\ResourceCache
AppData\Roaming\ICAClient\Cache
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\#SharedObject
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
Citrix
Downloads
Java
Local Settings
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\AppV
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OneNote
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\CD Burning
Local Settings\Application Data\Sun
Local Settings\Application Data\Windows Live
Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Music
My Pictures
My Videos
Pictures
Saved Games
Searches
Videos 

  

List of Directories to synchronize: 

  

AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Credentials 

  

List of Files to synchronize: 

  

AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\exception.sites
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\trusted.certs
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.qat
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.OfficeUI
AppData\Local\Citrix\PNAgent\Icon Cache\*.ico
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks 

  

Folders to Mirror: 

  

AppData\Local\TileDataLayer
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies

November 13, 2018

Hello,

Since we have Upgraded our Clients from Windows 7 XD 7.6.3000 to Windows 10 XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU3 the Interactive Session time is very slow and especial differs very much on different sessions (see Pictures) - it is between 25 and 57 sec but 25 sec is also Long...

all other values are OK and fast (GPO and Scripts)

How to find out what's really going on in the Interactive Session - how to find out what causes this slow ?

robert

Profile Management - General · November 9, 2018

3 hours ago, bri light said:

Add the following folders under Mirroring:

·       AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies

·       AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

·       AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache

Note : The “Process Internet Cookie files on logoff” policy needs to be enabled

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/profile-management/current-release/profile-management-1808.pdf

for history you may also need to change attributes :

%SystemRoot%\System32\attrib.exe +h +s +r %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\History

which Windows 10 Version do you use?

we use Windows 10 1803 and it seems there has something changed with 1803 and cookie handling in IE11...

Profile Management - General · November 9, 2018

I have added the Folder under Mirroring but still lost login information after the session (Browser and Windows Session) - it seems there are no Cookie persistent...

here is the list of my seetings:

Quote

List of Files to exclude:

!ctx_localappdata!\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat*
AppData\*.tmp
AppData\local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ChromeDWriteFontCache

List of Directories to exclude:

AppData\Local
AppData\local\Google
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
AppData\local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\AppV
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\CD Burning
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
AppData\Local\microsoft\windows\Temporary Internet Files
AppData\Local\Sun
AppData\Local\Windows Live
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\AppCache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\Icon Cache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\ResourceCache
AppData\Roaming\ICAClient\Cache
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\#SharedObject
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
Citrix
Downloads
Java
Local Settings
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\AppV
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OneNote
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\CD Burning
Local Settings\Application Data\Sun
Local Settings\Application Data\Windows Live
Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Music
My Pictures
My Videos
Pictures
Saved Games
Searches
Videos

List of Directories to synchronize:

AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Credentials

List of Files to synchronize:

AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\exception.sites
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\trusted.certs
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.qat
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.OfficeUI
AppData\Local\Citrix\PNAgent\Icon Cache\*.ico
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks

Folders to Mirror:

AppData\Local\TileDataLayer
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies

and for the history - what is this good for?

%SystemRoot%\System32\attrib.exe +h +s +r %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\History

Profile Management - General · November 6, 2018

Hello,

I use XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU3 + PVS 7.15 LTSR CU3 and have the Problem that with Internet Explorer 11 there is no history or cookies are available (AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache)
with Edge everthings works - I have read some posts (https://www.carlstalhood.com/citrix-profile-management/) and applied some settings but no luck...

it seems that IE11 on Windows 10 with UPM doesn't work as expected?

for any help I would be appreciated

robert

Profile Management - General · November 6, 2018

After remove the VDA with VDA Cleanup Tool and Re-Install it it seems that it works now...

Profile Management - General · November 6, 2018

Hallo Mathieu,

do you have had the same problem and solved it that way?

First I want to remove the VDA with VDA Cleanup Tool and Re-Install it - if the problem persist I will try your suggestion

robert

Profile Management - General · November 6, 2018

Hello,

I use Citrix UPM with XenDesktop 7.15 CU3 with PVS 7.15 and sometimes on different VM's I have the following error and as a result no profile is loaded from the profil store:

Quote

The "Application-Specific" permission settings do not give the "Local Start" permission for the user "NT AUTHORITY \ Network Service" (SID: S-1-5-20) under the address "LocalHost (using LRPC)" COM server application with the CLSID
{560B3BE3-E022-419C-8D82-D97843F35BF4}
and the APPID
{E55A04E7-7F63-474C-B111-798A15B917E5}
in the application container "Not available" (SID: Not available). Security privilege can be changed using the Component Services Administration Tool.

the CLSID {560B3BE3-E022-419C-8D82-D97843F35BF4} is for the UPM COM Server (see attached picture)

because of this error also the Profile Stream Service is not started...

this happens not on every maschine - it seems that it happens random

what can cause this - how to solve this?

robert

October 24, 2018

Hello,

I have a weird error if I use Director to show the maschine details:

Data can not be retrieved.
Data source does not respond or has reported an error. For more information, see the event logs of the Director server (see Citrix KB article CTX130320).

On the client I see the following errors in the event log (german Translation):

Name of the failed application: BrokerAgent.exe, version: 7.15.2000.227, timestamp: 0x5ac81b44
Name of the faulty module: System.Management.Instrumentation.ni.dll, Version: 4.7.3056.0, Timestamp: 0x5a8e5a11
Exception code: 0x80131623
Error offset: 0x000000000004476f
ID of the failed process: 0x3610
Start time of the failed application: 0x01d46ba4c1b6f019
Path of the failed application: C: \ Program Files \ Citrix \ Virtual Desktop Agent \ BrokerAgent.exe
Path of the failed module: C: \ Windows \ assembly \ NativeImages_v4.0.30319_64 \ System.Manaf08ebffb # \ 52405c520e3a4662c08a248a9e97a2c5 \ System.Management.Instrumentation.ni.dll
Report ID: cd41fd98-9488-4039-b042-f20131963ec8
Full name of the failed package:
Application ID that is relative to the failed package:

Application: BrokerAgent.exe
Framework version: v4.0.30319
Description: The application requested the termination of the process by System.Environment.FailFast (string message).
Message: Unexpected Provider Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: The object reference was not set to an object instance.
   at Citrix.UPM.Wmi.TryWithFixHelper.Do (Action action, Func`2 fixAction, Int32 maxAttempted)
   at Citrix.UPM.Wmi.Product.RefreshProductDetails ()
   at Citrix.UPM.Wmi.LazyRefresher.Refresh ()
   at Citrix.UPM.Wmi.Product.get_Version ()
Stack:
   at System.Environment.FailFast (System.String)
   at WmiNative.WbemProvider.WmiNative.IWbemServices.CreateInstanceEnumAsync (System.String, Int32, WmiNative.IWbemContext, WmiNative.IWbemObjectSink)

this happens only if I open look with the Director to the VM...

XenDesktop 7.15 CU2 + UPM 1808 + PVS 7.15

robert

October 12, 2018

OK - this Printer GPP Costs 10-15 seconds - how to script them?

is this a good practice to run this as an external Task?

October 12, 2018

Fact is that since UPM 1808 it worls, maybe there is a bug in the previous version which causes this Problems

about WEM and GPP - we have a lot of Printer GPP because we cannot use Network Printers we have to add TCP/IP Printers and this costs a lot of time - is there a possibility to move them to WEM?
( I think WEM doesn'T support adding TCP/IP Printers

robert

October 9, 2018

Hello,

It seems that I have solved that Problems - after upgrading to Citrix UPM 1808 it works now with the start menu - if I set "Delete Start Menu Shortcuts" all Errors in the WEM Agent logs are gone :-)

Now I can also set "Process Environment Settings" without a Problem - all works as expected _ seems there is a Problem with WEM 4.7 anf UPM 7.15...

robert

October 9, 2018

Hi James,

I have read all of your Posts in Detail and have done different configurations - Rediect Cache on D: (I use PVS and not) - on startup I stop/start the Norskale Service and Refresh the cache...

As in my last post it seem that there is also a Problem with localized windows version see: https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/398853-weird-start-menu-behavior

In the blog https://www.mycugc.org/blog/wem-advanced-guidance---part-3 I can read "I have instances where "hide common programs" kills the start menu in some environments and not others" - the biggest problem for me is that first there is no clear Documentation about all the seetings and there effects to Windows 7 or Windows 10 and it seems that there are many bugs inside- because it is not always sure what the settings does and on some reboots the Start Menu and the tiles are changed or empty!

robert

October 7, 2018

Do you mean the Folder redirection of the Startmenu - no, I have not set this...

(what do you mean with force it back local?)

For me the WEM application Settings are not working as it should - I have set "Delete Start Menu shortcuts" but sometimes the

OneDrive Icon is there and sometimes not (see Picture) - if the Icon is there (I have removed OneDrive from Software!!) and I click

refresh in WEM the Icon is gone...

My Problem now is that I dont realy understand some Settings (especially Start menu Settings and cleanup Settings) - I cannot find a detailed
description/help of WEM - do I miss something?

Now I have another weird behaviour - I use Startlayout in GPO to assign a Layout with tiles for new profiles - if I use it without WEM aktive it works as expected but if I activate WEM some tiles are moving to another place or are complete lost (see Picture) - for now WEM is complete unusefull for the GUI configuartion especially the Startmenu - what I'm missing? (I use XenDesktop 7.15 CU2 + PVS 7.15)

it Looks like the same Problem here: https://discussions.citrix.com/topic/389379-wem-hangs-at-processing-applications-each-time-a-user-logs-into-the-vda-for-the-first-time/ but there is no solution :-(

robert

October 6, 2018

Hello,

After logon the start menu is not populated with my defined apps in WEM and one app (Chrome) which is pinned to taskbar is there twice (see Picture)
after a refresh or start Chrome from the tasklist all are are there and the Chrome shortcut is only there one time...

here are the warnings/Errors from wem log:

Quote

VuemApplicationExecutor.DisableHotkeyIfAny()
This operation was returned because of timeout. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800705B4)

ObjectsCleanupController.TryCleanEmptyDirectories()
Access to the path "C: \Users\xdtest01\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" was denied.

MainController.CleanOrphanedStartMenuDirectories()
Some Orphaned Start Menu Shortcuts Directories may not have been cleaned correctly. Check Debug Log for more Informations

robert

March 2, 2017

That worked perfect - thank's

robert

February 10, 2017

Hi, do you mean I have to restart the Host and then I can Change the MTU in Xencenter?

on my testserver there is no VM and I changed to maintanance mode but still the MTU Setting is grayed out/Disabled...

February 9, 2017

this is weird that such a trivial Setting can only applied with rebuilding the interfaces!?!

robert

February 8, 2017

Hi Tobias,

do you had the time to look into it?

robert

February 6, 2017

I have tested this on a testserver but cannot change MTU on Storage Interface also in maintenance mode (see picture)

February 6, 2017

does it mean that if I bring the pool in maintenance mode that I can change the MTU in our Storage Interfaces (two NICs) - this is not the Managment Interface?

robert

February 6, 2017

Hello,

Is it really true that changing the MTU size to 9000 on the Storage Interfaces in a Pool is only possible by deleting and reconfiguring the Interfaces?

(in Xencenter this option is deaktivated)

we have two pools with 17 Servers (Xenserver 6.2) and many Interfaces in an running environment and I don't want to change this with deleting the Interfaces...

robert

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