XenApp registry editing “RadeRunSwitches”

If you have trouble with streaming application, you can use the RadeRun Switches.

For example:

If an application needs an component that isn’t their at pre-streaming you can use the option.

-e

Go to:

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\Rade

Add an REG_SZ with the name RadeRunSwitches

The value you can use:

List of RadeRun Switches that can be placed in the registry:

-c clear the execution cache before the application opens
-C clear the execution cache and per-user cache before the application opens
-d clear the execution cache after the application terminates
-D clear the execution cache and per-user cache after the application terminates
-x execute a command prompt for every launched application (This is useful for debugging.)
-e pre-streams all files for the application to the client. (This pre-streams all application files instead of just the files that are needed at execution time. This is used when all components of an application are needed before the application can start).

Note: Adding the -e switch uses a larger amount of space on the client hard drive because all applications that the user has access to are pre-streamed and not just a particular application.ed applications

Citrix XenApp Comparative Feature Matrix

You can find the matrix of XenApp 5 below: 

http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix-XenApp-Comparative-Matrix%28Aug08%29.pdf

Troubleshooting MAC Addresses within ESX and Citrix Provisioning Server

Problem explained

If virtual machines are moved or reregistered within an ESX VMotion environment the MAC Address can change of the virtual AMD network card.

For virtual systems that uses PXE Boot in combination with Citrix Provisioning Server, Mac addresses are fatal.  If they’re changed the system won’t boot the VDisks.

Solution

Sometimes it can be necessary to configure a static MAC address in a VM. A typical issue during P2V is an application that has its licensing based on the MAC address.

VMware has defined that VirtualCenter does not use the following range: 00:50:56:00:00:00 to 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF where 00:50:56 is the OUI.

 

The steps:

Power off & remove the server from the Virtual Center inventory. This is a necessary step, because VC will overwrite your settings during Power On!

Edit the .vmx file with for example WinSCP

Browse to the .vmx file and choose Edit (Right mouse click)

Locate the following generated MAC address:
Ethernet0.addressType =
and
Ethernet0.generatedAddress =

Change the value for ethernet0.addressType from “vpx” to “static”

Change ethernet0.GeneratedAddress to ethernet0.Address

Change the current MAC to a MAC address in the following range:
00:50:56:00:00:00-00:50:56:3F:FF:FF

In VirtualCenter, select an ESX host and go to storage

Browse the data store & locate your VM

Right-click on the .vmx file, and select Add to inventory

Power On the server. Issue the command ipconfig /all and locate the VMware NIC. Your manually assigned MAC address should be there.

 

Delivering a Highly Available Citrix Provisioning Server Using Storage Technologies

 

How to configure the Citrix Provisioning Server 4.5 in HA mode.

http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/17051-102-18575/CTX115460_final.pdf

Logon & Logoff optimizing

Here you can find the of the optimizing of the Logon and Logoff procedure.

http://www.thomaskoetzing.de/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=135

MUI’s and Flex Profile

http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Migrating-User-Settings-Flex-Profile-Kit.html

 

If you’re using MUI’s you have to edit the Mandatory Profile.

Edit the mandatory profile path

My Computer\HKEY_USERS\TSMan\Control Panel\Desktop

Add the following 2 lines

 

•  MUILanguagePending REG_SZ 00000409
• MultiLanguageID REG_SZ 00000409

Edit the mui.ini in the flex framwork dir

[Header]
Version  = 11.0
Product  = Microsoft Office 11.0

[IncludeRegistryTrees]
HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop

PNA & MRU List

 

 When u’r using the MRU (Most Recently Used) programs within XP/2003/2008 and start different streamed applications it will overwrite the streamed appliation you started before.

I think this is because the program “c:\program files\citrix\ica client\pnagent.exe” is always the same, but the argument changes.

Screenshot:

Installation of Citrix Streaming Client 1.1 may hang in a Virtualized Environment

Under certain circumstances, the installation of Citrix Streaming Client 1.1 may hang when installing in a virtualized environment.

This hang only occurs on virtualized platforms. An equivalent installation on a physical hardware device (non virtualized) works successfully.

So, for example ESX 3.5 with an running vdisk (provisioning server)

http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx116006

 

 

VMware ESX 3.5 Template Deployment Bug

When booting a template machine the following error appears.

VMware BootRun Service won’t start

http://vmware.dropcode.net/vmware/vmware-esx-35-template-deployment-bug-2758/

 

Solution

Remove the following registry key

 My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bootrun

After installing Presentation Server 4.5 Rollup Hotfix 02 an error may be seen. VMwareUser.exe – Application Error

VMwareUser.exe Application Error: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc06d007e). Event ID 26

Hotfix PSE450R02W2K3007 – For Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 for Windows Server 2003

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116967