Category: Citrix

Citrix, Desktop, Windows Technologies

Increase the number of vCPUs/Cores for Windows Desktop VM in XenDesktop

Scenario: You want to setup a XenDesktop environment hosting VMs with Windows Desktop OS for running graphical rich/intense applications. You are running XenServer and Windows 7.  You want to equip the Windows 7 VMs with 4 or more vCPUs to support the high end graphical loads. Issue: By default Windows desktop operating systems supports only two sockets for processors.  That means, in physical you can only have a maximum of two CPUs and this is applicable for virtual environments as well.  To overcome this limit in physical systems, you can opt for processors with multiple cores inside.  In virtual environments, […]

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Citrix, Desktop, Virtualization

Troubleshooting XenDesktop Session connectivity error | The connection to "" failed with status (1030).

Error: —————————Desktop Viewer—————————The connection to “Windows7” failed with status (1030).—————————OK—————————   Environemnt: HTTPS web site serving external users. With Public cert from GoDaddy. NetScalar 10.1 Dedicated StoreFront server with HTML5 WebSockets support XenDesktop 7.6 XenServer 6.2 Provisioning Method: Machine Creation Services Windows 7 SP1 x64 bit Desktop VM Windows Activation using KMS Non-Persistent Static VMS   Troubleshooting: Whenever, user clicks on launch it results in 1030 error User attempts to reconnect to a already disconnected session For the same user it works fine from other system that is in different network It works for users from HTML5 or Receiver 14.1

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Citrix

Troubleshooting XenDesktop | Desktop Viewer Hangs on Connecting…

Scenario: When you launch a XenDesktop session, it hangs on “Connecting…” status forever.  This occurs only to a particular user whiles other users are able to get the XenDesktop sessions from same delivery group. Environment: Using XenDesktop 7.5 User Receiver version 4.1.0.56461 Using MCS XenServer 6.2 for VMs Hypervisor in a Pool with HA enabled iSCSI storage for VM locations Using Windows 7 SP1 desktop image VDA 7.5.0.4523 Static and Non-persistent desktop type   Troubleshooting: When you logon to Desktop Delivery Controller, you notice that VM assigned for the reported user is showing up as Powered Off and “Unregistered” as […]

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