Configuring Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 HDX Adobe Flash Redirection
HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection allows Adobe Flash animations, videos and applications to be redirected directly and played on a VDI user’s local device such as a thin or thick client rather than...
View ArticleThe “Increase Datastore Capacity” window does not display any LUNs when...
I’ve noticed that many of my clients have been asking me about an issue they experience when attempting to expand a datastore in their vSphere 5.x environment (also in version 4.x) over the past few...
View ArticleSetting up VMware Horizon View to use SQL Server Express for the Events Database
ProblemYou are attempting to to set up VMware Horizon View’s Events logging to a SQL Server Express database but could not View to connect to the SQL server: As soon as the OK button is pressed, the...
View ArticleFiltering out Active Directory domains for VMware Horizon View
I was recently asked by a client who’s environment consists of 3 forest trusts to other domains and would like to filter them out from their VMware Horizon View infrastructure. The following screenshot...
View ArticleUnable to modify Owners of a Security Group in Exchange Server 2013’s...
ProblemYou’re logged into the Exchange Server 2013 ECP and noticed that a newly created distribution group created with an existing Security group does not have any Owners assigned to it as displayed...
View ArticleConfiguring OpenGL Software Accelerator for Citrix XenApp 6.5
I’ve noticed that a few of my colleagues and clients have asked me about how to improve the performance of applications such as Google Earth on Citrix XenApp 6.5 servers last year which lead me to...
View ArticleApple Mac Safari unable to open Exchange Server 2010 Outlook Web App with...
ProblemYou’ve received complaints from Mac users that they then attempt to launch Exchange Server 2010’s Outlook Web App, the following prompt is displayed:The website “webmail.someDomain.bm” requires...
View ArticleRemotely reconfiguring WinRM (Windows Remote Management)
I received a call a few weeks ago from a client indicating that the Activity portion of a Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktop was not reporting back with any data from within Desktop Director as shown in...
View ArticleUnable to add mailbox database copy to Exchange 2010 mailbox server in...
ProblemYou have an existing DAG cluster at a datacenter and have deployed another mailbox server at another DR datacenter to add to the DAG cluster. The configuration of the new mailbox database is in...
View ArticleLaunching Citrix XenDesktop 7.x StoreFront Receiver Web website throws the...
ProblemYou attempt to access the Citrix XenDesktop 7.x StoreFront Receiver Web website directly but receive the following error:Cannot complete your requestLog OnSolutionOne of the reasons why you...
View ArticleLaunching a Citrix XenDesktop 7.x application through a Netscaler VPX 1000...
ProblemYou’ve completed configuring your NetScaler VPX appliance to publish a Citrix XenDesktop 7.x environment with StoreFront 2.x and successfully log into the portal:However, you notice that you...
View ArticleUsing dr-ip-customizer.exe to bulk customize protected virtual machines in...
I’ve noticed that I’ve received quite a few calls over the past year from clients asking me about how to properly use the dr-ip-customizer.exe executable on an SRM server to export an example CSV file,...
View ArticleAttempting to configure a NetScaler VPX appliance in Internet Explorer throws...
I apologize for not writing any posts or responding to messages for a while as I’ve taken 2 months off beginning of May 1st, 2014 to do a bit of traveling and attempt to be fully detached from work....
View ArticleLogging into XenDesktop 7.x via NetScaler throws the error: “Cannot complete...
ProblemYou attempt to log into a XenDesktop 7.x environment through a NetScaler performing ICA Proxy but notice the following:SolutionWhile there are various reasons why you would receive this error,...
View ArticleConfiguring a NetScaler VPX appliance to publish load balanced XenDesktop 7.x...
I’ve received a few messages over the past few months to ask whether I’ve written a blog post to update two of my previous posts:Configuring for ICA Proxy with Citrix NetScaler VPX (1000) 10 and XenApp...
View ArticleMigrating a mailbox from Exchange 2007/2010 to Exchange 2013 fails with:...
ProblemYou are attempting to migrate Exchange 2007 or 2010 mailboxes to a new Exchange 2013 environment but notice a few mailboxes have failed with the following error message:Data migrated: Migration...
View ArticleUnable to connect Android mobile phone to Exchange Server 2013 via ActiveSync
ProblemYou’ve completed a new Exchange Server 2013 migration and began testing mobile devices such as Android and iPhone but noticed that while you are able to go through the setup, no mail is...
View ArticleEmails to distribution groups do not get delivered while migrating from...
I ran into a rather tough issue that got me stumped for a few hours and thought it’s worth blogging. The problem is that all of a the distribution groups in an environment I’m migrating from Exchange...
View ArticleCitrix XenApp 7.5 Site Setup fails when creating a new database
Ran into an interesting issue the other day that was easy to fix but noticed that the error message could be misleading so I thought it would be a good idea to write a blog post in case other encounter...
View ArticleAttempting to pull and image from a Wyse thin client fails with: “Copy image...
Problem You have the current thin client model:Brand: WyseModel No: Zx0Part No: 909682-01LYou would like to pull the image after staging the thin client so you proceed to download the Wyse USB Firmware...
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