Entries by Former PepperCrew

Noordkaap challenge dag 1 & 2

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Noordkaap Challenge 2013 Hier een oversea berichtje van onze reis naar de Noordkaap. Op dit moment zitten we op de ferry van Stockholm naar Helsinki. Gisteren begon het avontuur naar de Noordkaap. Het start schot is gegeven door Giel Beelen en live uitgezonden op radio 3FM. Ook Victoria Koblenko… Former PepperCrewWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte […]

Microsoft App-V 5.0 SP1 Sequencer error while saving package

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For a customer we’re creating a Windows 7 environment, using App-V 5.0 SP1 for application virtualization. We installed an English Windows with a Dutch MUI pack. All client types are installed unattended, including the App-V sequencer. We experienced a problem with the App-V sequencer which was caused by the MUI language pack. Problem After the […]

Citrix: Import NetScaler (10.1 Build 120.13) on Hyper-V Server 2012R2 / 8.1

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I tried importing a Citrix NetScaler Virtual Appliance on a Windows 8.1 machine and received the error “Hyper-V did not find virtual machines to import from location”. Importing the same appliance on Windows Server 2012 did work. The cause of this error is that the virtual machine is exported from a Windows Server 2008R2 server […]

Tiles not showing on Start Page Windows 2012 using RES Workspace 2012 SR3.

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Problem: Some users can see their applications as tiles on the start page in Windows 2012 Server, some can’t. But the applications are visible in the start menu and desktop. Solution (Workaround): Every time the desktop was refreshed or rebuild by RES Workspace it should recreate or adjust the file: appsFolder.itemdata-ms Former PepperCrewWas once an […]

Explaining the Advanced Host Details

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In the Desktop Studio there is an option to change Advanced Host Details. It is found under: Configuration –> Hosts –> Host Name –> Change Details –> Advanced. It looks like this: Former PepperCrewWas once an enthusiastic PepperByte employee but is now working elsewhere. His blogs are still valuable to us and we hope to […]

How-to Register a VDA to a XenDesktop Controller?

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There are a lot of questions about how-to register the VDA to the desired DDC or DDC’s. Citrix has its own Policies. And those policies are configurable in the Active Directory and in the Desktop Studio. Which is leading? And what are those settings? Must I use Active Directory Discovery (FarmGUID) or Registry Discovery (ListOfDDCs)? […]

Citrix: Export to network drive really slow

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For one of our customers I was asked to troubleshoot an application that exports data to several file types, including Microsoft Excel’s XLS file type. Environment The client runs Citrix XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2003 (x86). All user homedrives are mapped to the H-drive. Problem The application lets you perform queries on your Oracle […]

Errors VMware export system logs (Workaround)

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Errors VMware export system logs (Workaround) Errors I’ve run into: -Cannot create a diagnostic bundle -Missing – Log bundle has not been generated -vm-support: Tar: write error: Broke pipe, The tar did not successfully complete! For vmware support i needed to create an export of a esxi host, so I tried to export the system […]

Good old DSA.MSC on Windows Server 2012

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If you want to do your regular Active Directory stuff on a Server 2012 member server you must first install that specific Feature. It’s more or less the same as on Server 2008 R2 but I will sum up both ways you can install it. 1. To install Active Directory Tools on a member server […]