[Client Autocreate Printer Issue and then Desktop Session Freezes]

I'm on 1912 also and last week updated the Win10 VDI catalog with the latest MS Patches which seem to have broken the Citrix UPD.  Printers might appear in Device Manager but would show 'Driver not available'.  Rolled the catalog back which corrected the problem.  I'll need to do some more digging next week to try and figure out why this happened.

[CVAD 1912 Multi-Session Kiosk Desktops]

Yes, and I have set the policy appropriately:

 

BrowserName                : PassportVDI $S34-61
ColorDepth                 : 
Description                : Passport Windows 10 1809 Desktops
DesktopGroupUid            : 34
Enabled                    : True
ExcludedUserFilterEnabled  : False
ExcludedUsers              : {}
IconUid                    : 
IncludedUserFilterEnabled  : True
IncludedUsers              : {domain\Passport Users}
LeasingBehavior            : Allowed
MaxPerEntitlementInstances : 0
MetadataMap                : {}
Name                       : PassportVDI
PublishedName              : PassportVDI
RestrictToTag              : 
SecureIcaRequired          : 
SessionReconnection        : SameEndpointOnly
UUID                       : dbfca12f-a474-49e6-b3b6-82ef0d385e36
Uid                        : 61

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-BrokerEntitlementPolicyRule -Name 'Passport-RDSH'

BrowserName                : Passport-RDSH $S33-59
ColorDepth                 : 
Description                : Passport Kiosk Desktops
DesktopGroupUid            : 33
Enabled                    : True
ExcludedUserFilterEnabled  : False
ExcludedUsers              : {}
IconUid                    : 
IncludedUserFilterEnabled  : True
IncludedUsers              : {domain\Passport Users}
LeasingBehavior            : Allowed
MaxPerEntitlementInstances : 0
MetadataMap                : {}
Name                       : Passport-RDSH
PublishedName              : Passport-RDSH
RestrictToTag              : 
SecureIcaRequired          : 
SessionReconnection        : SameEndpointOnly
UUID                       : f21b9338-b89c-498f-a2e0-a58c3acb7ee4
Uid                        : 59

 

Here are the settings for the old Win7 DG that's working correctly.  The only difference is the Leasing Behavior, I've tried both with no apparent difference.

 

BrowserName                : Passport $S10-18
ColorDepth                 : 
Description                : 
DesktopGroupUid            : 10
Enabled                    : True
ExcludedUserFilterEnabled  : False
ExcludedUsers              : {}
IconUid                    : 
IncludedUserFilterEnabled  : True
IncludedUsers              : {S-1-5-21-1218970493-1797260997-794563710-8855, domain\bskalla, 
                             S-1-5-21-1218970493-1797260997-794563710-1008, domain\bskallaadm...}
LeasingBehavior            : Disallowed
MaxPerEntitlementInstances : 0
MetadataMap                : {}
Name                       : Passport
PublishedName              : Passport
RestrictToTag              : 
SecureIcaRequired          : 
SessionReconnection        : SameEndpointOnly
UUID                       : 1b727201-6dce-4939-b70a-32ae6219946a
Uid                        : 18

[CVAD 1912 Multi-Session Kiosk Desktops]

I work in a manufacturing plant where for some employee training, they have about 50 VDI running Windows 7,  All of these machines are accessed via HP Thin Clients that automatically login and launch the desktop.  All sessions share the same UserName and password.  Needing to get these machines off of Win7, I opted to deploy a couple of Win2019 servers to deliver these Desktops rather than a bunch of VDI.  I created an optimized image and successfully tested on a single thin client.  Once I enable the delivery group for everyone, the thin clients launch the Desktop and I can move the mouse pointer around but am unable to click on icons or use the keyboard.  Director shows only one active session.  I've enabled the registry setting to allow Multiple users under the same UserName in Windows.  The GPO 'Restrict Remote Desktop Services users to a Single Remote Desktop Services Session' has been disabled.

 

Any suggestions on making this work?

[downloaded but can't use]

Citrix is a software/Hardware vendor.  You need to provide some detail into what product you downloaded and some detail into exactly what you're trying to do.

[How to put an external hard drive in a VM?]

More details are needed.  What is your hypervisor?  Do you have USB passthru enabled on the Hypervisor?  Are there any GPOs applied that prevent externally mounted storage?

[Citrix Issues With Windows 10 and Remoting into RDP for Work.]

Since you're running multiple monitors, on your home PC, go to Display Settings/Scale and Layout.  Ensure that the DPI Scaling percentage is the same value for both monitors.

[Can Citrix supports 'Microsoft PowerBi' on Xendesktop VDI desktops(Windows10)]

I haven't tried this, but no reason why it shouldn't.  Should be simple enough for you to test.

[Session sharing on multiple clients]

I believe that taking over the session from the first client is expected behavior.  In a scenario where UserA launches a session on Computer1 then roams to Computer2 and launches a session, the previous session will roam with him.

[the remote ssl peer sent a handshake failure alert on mac catalina]

Ensure that you are running the latest version of the Workspace app.  If it still fails, it's likely that there is a certificate issue.  If you're using the Workspace app to launch applications, you may find that using Chrome or Safari will actually work.  For the Workspace app to function properly, you'll need to import your organization's CA chain into the MacOS keychain

[Some Machines don't start after scheduled Reboot - XenApp 7.15 CU5]

Check to ensure you have enough storage space available.

[Issue using Citrix with Multiple Monitors of Different Size and Resolution]

I'm assuming you're you're using Windows?  In Display settings, select each monitor and set the 'Display Scaling' setting to the same value for each monitor.  Has nothing to do with Resolution.

[slow app response on published desktop]

By Latency, I should have stated 'Network Latency'.  Director will show you a couple of Network latency values for the session.  You would need to watch that for a period of several minutes while the user is reporting the problem as the value can change dramatically.  

[XenApp 1912 LTSR and Windows Server 2019 Standard (Hyper-V services installed on vmware virtual machine by default)]

In my experience, this causes no problems.

[Issue using Citrix with Multiple Monitors of Different Size and Resolution]

Try setting all monitors to the same DPI Scaling percrentage.

[slow app response on published desktop]

What does Director show in terms of Latency?

What specifically is 'slow'  Application Launch or navigation within the application?

[7.15 LTSR not seeing current user sessions/ idle time update or session status in Director]

Director only updates it's view every few seconds (I don't recall the exact value, maybe 30 seconds). In addition, Director will only reflect what the VDA is reporting back to the Monitor DB so if the VDA last reported a Disconnected session, that is what Director will show.  There may be scenarios where the User Session within Citrix has indeed Disconnected but at the OS level, the session is still active due to some running process holding the session in an Active state.

[Citrix Workspace App Intermittent Freezing (Various Versions)]

A frozen session, typically followed by session disconnect is almost always network packet drops.  You can check the Netscaler logs to see if you're exceeding your licensed rate limit, but assuming all clients are coming through the same Netscaler I'd suspect the problem is not with that.  

[slow app response on published desktop]

This could be any number of things.  How many users are on the server in question, Have you configured the Anti-Virus settings as recommend by Citrix, are you looking at Disk IOPs? 

 

[How fast can you resume a VM?]

When you've 'Paused' a running VM, you're also saving the contents of that VM's memory in order to allow the machine to come back up in the same state as it was paused.  This results in a longer boot time. This is not the case with a fresh boot.

[XenServer 7.5 not booting after successful installation on HPE Proliant DL380 Gen 10 hardware.]

I've installed XenServer on about 50 of the DL380 G10 servers with no problem.  As Tobias suggested, it appears you have the server configured to boot from the Network.  You need to go into the BIOS settings and set the correct Boot device/order.

[7.15 LTSR not seeing current user sessions/ idle time update or session status in Director]

Have you checked the status of the Monitor Database? 

 

From your Delivery Controller run Get-MonitorDatastore and see what the results say.

[Citrix Session drop unexpectedly from netscaler]

Are the users getting any error message when the disconnect occurs, if not are they getting a 'frozen' screen for a few minutes and then the connection closes?

[XA6.5 Will it work to rename a SQL server name to a SQL instance name?]

After updating the DSN file on the XenApp servers, you stop the IMAservice and run the 'dsmaint config' command to configure the credentials used for the new database.

 

In the DSN file, the Server entry would be ServerName/DBName.  You might take one server and use the ODBC wizard to create a new DB connection and then copy the DSN file that is created over to the other servers.

 

Here is a snippet from the PowerShell script I created to do this (substitute  DOMAIN and user name as is appropriate for your environment) I pass the $DBUser and $DBPass variables into the command.   My complete script  queries the farm for a list of servers (You could use get-content to use a text file instead), copies the DSN from a file share, stops the IMA Service, executes the command below and then restarts the IMAservice.

$DsmaintResult = Invoke-Command {&"C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\system32\Citrix\Ima\dsmaint.exe" config /user:DOMAIN\ctx65db /pwd: /dsn:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture\mf20.dsn"} -Computername $Server -ArgumentList $DBUser, $DBPass

 

[Mandatory Profile from existing Roaming Profile]

You would need to create a GPO that filters the Mandatory profile settings to only that specific user.  You might also need to change the profile type. Assuming you have more than a single Citrix server, you need to determine where the profile will be stored, the location of the profile will be defined in your GPO.  Search Microsoft's documentation on special handling required for Mandatory profiles for the specific details.

 

Windows treats some aspects of Mandatory profiles in much the same way as a Temp profile, since the profile is Read only, any software that attempts to install/repair within the context of that user will fail.

[Login with Workspace App]

Do you have the account properties properly defined?   When initially installing Workspace on an 'unmanaged'  computer, you are prompted to create an account which implies that you can provide your email address to Auto-Configure the account.  Your employer has to configured this feature for it to work properly.  Instead of an email address, if you enter the 'External' URL to your Citrix environment, you should then be prompted for your domain credentials. 

 

There is also the possibility that your credentials were cached incorrectly, Right Click on Workspace in the Notification area and select 'Advanced Preferences.  Select 'Delete Passwords'.

 

Assuming you're running Windows.