How to Bring a XenApp Server Back Into Load Balancing After it Has Been Removed by Citrix Health Monitoring and Recovery

Summary This article describes how to bring a XenApp Server back into load balancing after it has been removed by Citrix Health Monitoring and Recovery. Background The Health Monitoring and Recovery is a feature that can run tests on vital components of a XenApp server and a server farm. When an error is detected an administrator can choose specific recovery actions to respond. One of these actions is to remove the server from load balancing. XenApp 5: XenApp 6: It is not possible to enable load balancing for this server again using the Delivery Services Console. Procedure If a server […]

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Fix: XenApp 6 “Access is Denied” Error While Application Launch

XenApp 6 you may encounter error "Access is Denied" for few specific users while launching the application. Symptoms: Error occurs for only few users for all published applications The same applications run for many other users without any issues There are no access differences for reported users w.r.t XenApp 6 or Windows rights and permissions Cause: Such an issue can happen for specific user accounts when they are part of large number (say 500+) of Active Directory groups. Due to which the Windows user rights enumeration fails since the default Kerboros MaxToken Size (12,000 bytes) can’t accommodate the details to […]

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XenApp 6 Load Balancing Diagnostic Tool: LBDiag

LBDiag is a utility for diagnosing load balancing in XenApp 6. LBDiag simulates the load balancing process for a user launching a specific application and provides a detailed report of the XenApp load balancing process. This simulation includes calculating load balancing policies, worker groups, server and application load evaluators, application installation, and multiple NIC support. Prerequisites LBDiag is only supported on XenApp 6. It must be run by a full Citrix administrator on a XenApp 6 server. Installing LBDiag To install LBDiag, copy the LBDiag.exe executable file to the desired location. How to Use LBDiag For command line options, run: […]

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