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AppDNA Tech Tip – Importing apps when there is no installer

June 19, 2013

Citrix has recently introduced me to an advanced component of AppDNA that allows the import of apps when a real installer is unavailable. This component is called the AppDNA MSI Generator. The MSI Generator should only be used in the follow two scenarios: Applications that are known to be just flat files/folders with no real […]

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AppDNA is now included with XenDesktop 7 Platinum, or is it just a tease?

June 19, 2013

I was excited by the recent announcement during the Citrix Synergy 2013 keynote that an AppDNA license will be included with the upcoming release of XenDesktop 7 Platinum edition. Yes! Now one of my favourite tools, so needed in this space, gets to shine alongside the flagship products. This sparked so much excitement and conversation […]

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Citrix Community Featured Web Page

December 16, 2009

I was stoked to find out that my web site has been listed on the Citrix Featured Community Sites Web Page 🙂 How cool is that?

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The Bees Knees script for installing VMware Tools

December 3, 2008

Updated 19th October 2010… This is what I call the “bees knees” of scripts for deploying VMware Tools. It will detect if it’s being installed on a Terminal/Citrix Server, and remove the appropriate components that may impede performance, etc.

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Scripting updates to the GPT.ini for the Local Group Policy

August 26, 2008

Updated on 27th October 2010. I came across a challenge whilst working on a big XenApp deployment in a Novell environment. I needed to make changes to the Local Group Policy Object on all Terminal / Citrix servers. This was specifically required for implementation of a logoff script, as logoff scripts are not supported via […]

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Running Logoff Scripts in Novell Environments

August 6, 2008

Updated 28th October 2010. Due to a lot of requests and feedback, this script in now included as part of the script posted under Scripting updates to the GPT.ini for the Local Group Policy. Cheers, Jeremy.

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Citrix Load Evaluators

July 9, 2008

It has always been my opinion that the CPU Utilisation and Page Swaps rules are highly variable, and therefore do not often represent the real load of a server. CPU Utilisation can often be too erratic to provide consistent load balancing. Now days you have the CPU Optimisation feature, or a 3rd Party management app […]

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Processor Scheduling

May 13, 2008

Multi-tasking Operating Systems just give the illusion that they’re doing things in parallel. In reality, the CPUs rapidly skip from task to task using various algorithms and heuristics, making one think the processes truly are running simultaneously. The choice of scheduling algorithm can be immensely important.

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Antivirus Strategy for Citrix Servers

January 1, 2008

Although most antivirus products work 100% without needing any modification and tuning, there are architectural and business decisions to be made about how it should be configured, with a focus on performance; the most important part of a Terminal/Citrix Server deployment.

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