Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood
XenApp/XenDesktop
- Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.0 – Norskale – available to XA/XD Ent/Plat with SWM – works on 6.5 and newer – Policy Mgmt, CPU/Memory/IO Mgmt, Faster logins
- Citrix VDA Cleanup Utility is available again
- Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and VMware Horizon Value Add to Windows RDS-VDI Feature Comparison – Citrix 24-page Whitepaper
- Microsoft .NET 4.6.2 – Citrix Known Issues – breaks StoreFront 3.x on 2008 R2
- Citrix Blog Posts:
- XenDesktop – “soft” vs “hard” VDA registration – Citrix Discussions
- Citrix KB article:
- Can’t add Citirx Controller to AlwaysOn with named instances – fixed in 7.11
StoreFront / Receiver
- Citrix KB articles:
NetScaler
- Download NetScaler Gateway 11.1 Build 49.16 F – Universal license changes, AppFlow with HA, lots of fixes
- Download NetScaler MAS Release 11.1 Build 49.16 F – Director support, manual licensing
- Migrating from NetScaler Insight Center to NetScaler MAS – install MAS 11.1 build 49 on top of Insight Center – Citrix Docs
- Integrating NetScaler MAS 11.1 build 49 with Director 7.11 – Citrix Docs
- NetScaler MAS 11.1 build 49 vServer Licensing – assign licenses to vServers; no longer random – Citrix Docs
- NetScaler Automation Using NetScaler MAS in Cisco ACI’s Hybrid Mode – Citrix Docs
- Have a NetScaler? You now have a TON more CAG Universal licenses!! (Std=500, Ent=1000, Plat=Unlimited!) in 11.1-49 – Citrix Jake Ruski
- Citrix KB articles:
- Mac OSX users unable to connect through Receiver after upgrading to NetScaler 11.1 – fixed in 11.1-49.x build
- NetScaler SSL VPN plugin : Intermittent traffic drops – Upgrade NetScaler to 11.1-49
- Apps launched via NetScaler Gateway are disconnected when Storefront times out – fixed in 11.0 build 68
- How to use the new “capsslkeys” (Capture Master Keys) option when capturing nstrace on Netscaler
- NetScaler looping broadcast packets destined to VPN Intranet IP (IIP) range – ACL to drop packets
- MEM_SSLVPN memory leak despite no Gateway config on NetScaler – SSO using KCD, fixed in 11.0-69.x and 11.1-49.x
- High InUse Memory on Netscaler due to AES-GCM ciphers on 11.1 build – fixed in build 49
- TCP Profile on NetScaler Content Switch causes TCP Profile on Load Balancing VServers to be ignored
- How to install a certificate on NetScaler using NetScaler MAS
- EPA scan to check a generic antivirus and a generic firewall in Netscaler
- NetScaler Insight not reporting user information correctly – if on XenDesktop 7.8, upgrade to 7.9
- How to Configure NetScaler as DHCP Relay Helper with VLAN filter
XenServer
- How to measure storage performance on XenServer at various layers in the datapath – Citrix KB article
- Unable To Perform Rolling Pool Upgrade on XenServer 7 for static Ips – A bug in the Rolling pool upgrade plugin – Citrix KB article
XenMobile
- What’s new in XenMobile 10.4 – Citrix Docs
VMware
- VMware OS Optimization Tool – updated Sept 30 with Login VSI Template – VMware Fling
- VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 3.0 – new Sept 29
- Prevent communication from VMware Horizon FLEX 1.9 VM to host system or to other VMs on the host – VMware KB article
Microsoft
- Customize Windows 10’s Default user profile to speed up first logon – James Rankin
- RDS on Windows Server 2016 – documentation updates – Freek Berson
- Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016 – planning poster! – Freek Berson
- September 2016 servicing release for Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack – App-V 5.1 Patch Sept 22 – Microsoft KB article
Other
- New Nutanix XenDesktop MCS Plugin for AHV supporting Citrix XenDesktop 7.11 can now be downloaded from the Nutanix support portal – Citrix Manbinder Singh
- GPUProfiler 1.03 released – Minor bug-fix for Multi GPU workstations.