Virtual Delivery Agent VDA 7. Carl Stalhood. Navigation Recently Updated. Hardware. If v. Sphere 6, dont use hardware version 1. NVIDIA GRID. VMware 2. Video playback performance issue with hardware version 1. VMs in 2. D mode. For virtual desktops, give the virtual machine 2 v. CPU and 2 GB of RAMFor Windows 2. R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 4 v. CPU and 1. 2 2. 4 GB of RAMFor Windows 2. R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 8 v. CPU, and 2. 4 4. GB of RAMRemove the floppy drive. Remove any serial or LPT ports. If v. Sphere. To reduce disk space, reserve memory. Memory reservations reduce or eliminate the virtual machine. The NIC should be VMXNET3. If this VDA will boot from Provisioning Services. Give the VDA extra RAM for caching. Do not enable Memory Hot Plug. For v. Sphere, the NIC must be VMXNET3. For v. Sphere, configure the CD ROM to boot from IDE instead of SATA. SATA comes with VM hardware version 1. SATA wont work with Pv. S. Install the latest version of drivers e. VMware Tools. If Windows 7 on v. Sphere, dont install the VMware SVGA driver. For more details, see CTX2. Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' title='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' />Intermittent Connection FailuresBlack Screen Issues When Connecting from Multi Monitor Client Machines to Windows 7 VDA with VDA 7. SphereESXi. If v. Sphere, disable NIC Hotplug. Users could use the systray icon to Eject the Ethernet Controller. Obviously this is bad. Pics/t01220011220dls01_03.gif' alt='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' title='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' />To disable this functionality, power off the virtual machine. Once powered off, right click the virtual machine and click Edit. Settings. On the VM Options tab, expand Advanced and then click Edit Configuration. Click Add. Row. On the left, enter devices. On the right, enter false. Then click OK a couple times to close the windows. The VM can then be powered on. Windows Preparation. If RDSH, disable IE Enhanced Security Config. Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' title='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' />Optionally, go to Action Center Windows 8. R2 or Security and Maintenance Windows 1. User Account Control and enable Smart. Screen. Run Windows Update. If Windows Firewall is enabled. Enable File Sharing so you can access the VDA remotely using SMBEnable COM Network Access and the three Remote Event Log rules so you can remotely manage the VDA. Add your Citrix Administrators group to the local Administrators group on the VDA. The Remote Desktop Services Prompt for Password policy prevents Single Sign on to the Virtual Delivery Agent. Check registry key HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTTerminal Services. If f. Prompt. For. Summer School Programs Antioch Ca here. Password 1 then you need to fix group policy. The following GPO setting will prevent Single Sign on from working. Computer Configuration Policies Administrative templates Windows Components Remotes Desktop Services Remote desktop Session Host Security Always prompt for password upon connection. Or set the registry value HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWARECitrixPortica. Auto. Logon DWORD 0x. Remote%20Desktop%20Manager_screenshot.jpg' alt='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' title='Microsoft Rdp 6.0 Windows 7' />Terminal Services est un composant de Microsoft Windows dans les versions clientes et serveur qui permet un utilisateur daccder des applications et des. Windows Embedded CE 6. Yamazaki является шестой версией операционной системы Windows Embedded. Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003. For Windows 7 VDAs that will use Personal v. Disk, install Microsoft hotfix 2. A computer stops responding because of a deadlock situation in the Mountmgr. This hotfix solved a Personal v. Disk Image update issue detailed at Citrix Discussions. If this VDA is Windows Server 2. R2, request and install the Windows hotfixes recommended by Citrix CTX1. Scroll down to see the list of recommended Microsoft hotfixes for Windows Server 2. R2. Ignore the Xen. App 6. x portions of the article. Also see http www. To remove the built in apps in Windows 1. Robin Hobo How to remove built in apps in Windows 1. Enterprise. For Remote Assistance in Citrix Director, configure the GPO setting Computer Configuration Policies Administrative Templates System Remote Assistance Offer Remote Assistance. See Jason Samuel How to setup Citrix Director Shadowing with Remote Assistance using Group Policy for more details. If you intend to use Citrixs SCOM Management Packs for Xen. AppXen. Desktop, make sure Win. RM is enabled on the VDA by running winrm quickconfig. Install Virtual Delivery Agent 7. For virtual desktops, make sure you are logged into the console. The VDA wont install if you are connected using RDP. Make sure 8. 3 file name generation is not disabled. If so, see CTX1. 31. User Cannot Launch Application in Seamless Mode to fix the App. InitDLLs registry keys. Make sure. NET Framework 4. CLI Install Command Line Install Options are detailed at Install using the command line at Citrix Docs. The Citrix Telemetry Service seems to cause problems. You can use the Command Line Installer to exclude Telemetry Service as detailed at VDA upgrade cmdlet at Citrix Discussions. Xen. Desktop. VDASetup. EnableHDXPORTS enableframehawkport EnableREALTIMETRANSPORT optimize controllers xdc. Exclude Citrix Telemetry ServiceGUI Install Go to the downloaded Xen. Desktop 7. 9 Xen. Desktop Platinum, Xen. Desktop Enterprise, Xen. App Platinum, or Xen. App Enterprise. Auto. Select. exe. Alternatively, you can download the standalone VDA package and run that instead. Click Start next to either Xen. App or Xen. Desktop. The only difference is the product name displayed in the installation wizard. Click Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Desktop OS or Windows Server OS depending on which type of VDA you are building. In the Environment page, select Create a Master Image and click Next. For virtual desktops, in the HDX 3. D Pro page, click Next. In the Core Components page, if you dont need Citrix Receiver installed on your VDA then uncheck the box. Click Next. In the Delivery Controller page, select Do it manually. Enter the FQDN of each Controller. Click Test connection. And then make sure you click Add. Click Next when done. In the Features page, click Next. If this is a virtual desktop, you can leave Personal v. Disk unchecked now and enable it later. In the Firewall page, click Next. In the Summary page, click Install. For RDSH, click Close when you are prompted to restart. After the machine reboots twice, login and installation will continue. Note NT SERVICECitrix. Telemetry. Service needs permission to login as a service. In the Call Home page, click Connect, enter your My. Citrix credentials, and then click Next. In the Finish page, click Finish to restart the machine again. If 8. 3 file name generation is disabled, see CTX1. User Cannot Launch Application in Seamless Mode to fix the App. InitDLLs registry keys. Citrix Group Policy Logon Delay Workaround. Citrix Discussions Xenapp 7. Wait for local session manager I have a Xenapp 7. Windows 2. 01. 2 R2. When logging in through Citrix I got message Wait for local session manager for 2. When logging in to the server with RDS, I do not have to wait for this. Add the following 2 registry keys to your 7. VDA server then try connecting to it using ICA to see if the issue still occurs Add reg keys in HKLMSOFTWARECitrixGroup. PolicyDword Cache. Gpo. Expire. In. Hours Value 5 2. Hours start with value of 5Dword Gpo. Cache. Enabled Value 1. Restart the machine after adding these registry keys and attempt an ICA connection at least twice to see if that helps the Login delay. Controller Registration Port. Some environments will not accept the default port 8. Virtual Delivery Agent registration. To change the port, do the following on the Virtual Delivery Agent Open Programs and Features. Find Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent and click Change. Click Customize Virtual Delivery Agent Settings. Edit the Delivery Controllers and click Next. On the Configure Delivery Controller page, change the port number and click Next. In the Summary page, click Reconfigure.