Carl Webster

September 30, 2011

Documenting a Citrix XenApp 6 Farm with Microsoft PowerShell

A customer site I was at recently needed their new XenApp 6 farm documented. I remembered reading about Citrix having some PowerShell “stuff” for XenApp 6 so I started searching. I came across a short article by Michael Bogobowicz Send Farm Server & Application Inventory By Email — XA6 PS Script located at http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148703582. That [...]

September 28, 2011

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Finding Mismatched Citrix XenApp 5 Servers Using Microsoft PowerShell

Have you ever worked with a customer that had multiple Citrix license servers and product editions? I worked with a client recently that had upgraded their Citrix XenApp product licenses from Enterprise to Platinum and had moved to a new Citrix license server. Their problem was that they, over the years, had an unknown number [...]

September 27, 2011

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A Look Inside Webster’s Lab

Updated October 6, 2011 Every now and then, people ask me about the lab environment I use to write my articles, answer questions on Experts Exchange and study for Citrix certification exams. This article will show you what is in my lab. I believe everyone should have a lab even if it consists of free [...]

August 15, 2011

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Connection timed out (0x4c126035) Connecting to vDisk on Citrix Provisioning Services Server

In Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP1, when setting a new device to boot from vDisk using XenServer 5.6 SP2, the following error was received (Figure 1): Could not boot from filename “ardpb32.bin”: Connection timed out (0x4c126035) Performing a search via an Internet search engine returned various solutions for older versions of XenServer and also recommendations [...]

August 12, 2011

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Learning to Install Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0

Portable Document Format (PDF) files are a popular way to transfer documents between computer users. A PDF file retains formatting for the file being transferred. There are over 600 free viewers available on http://www.download.com which allow the viewing of PDF files. In this article, you will learn: how to sign up to distribute the free [...]

August 12, 2011

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How do I change the Client Drive Remapping Letter from V to another Letter?

During the design phase of a XenApp server installation, a common question is whether to remap the server’s drive letters. If a server has one hard drive partition and one CD-ROM drive the driver letters assigned by Windows are C and D respectively. The Accidental Citrix Admin may find his users confused when they go [...]

August 8, 2011

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A Connection Could Not Be Established With The Specified Database when Setting Up Citrix XenApp Configuration Logging

When executing the “Configure Database” wizard for a XenApp farm, the following error is given (Figure 1): A connection could not be established with the specified database Unknown error occurred: error code 0x8200003e

August 4, 2011

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Learning the Basics of Citrix Provisioning Services and XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 – Behind The Scenes

WHEW!!! I honestly never thought I would get the PVS and XenApp article completed. I swear, if you put ten Citrix Consultants in a room you will get, at a minimum, 50 different viewpoints on how PVS should be installed, configured and maintained. This three-part series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) started out to [...]

August 4, 2011

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Welcome

Hello, faithful readers. After writing for dabcc.com for 2.5 years, I have returned to my roots at CarlWebster.com, home of the Accidental Citrix Admin. I truly enjoyed writing for DABCC. It was a blast. But a new party has begun at CarlWebster.com (and Joe Shonk is paying for the drinks <grin>). So stay tuned to [...]

August 4, 2011

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Learning the Basics of Citrix Provisioning Services and XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 Part 3 of 3

Prepare the Master Image for Updating In Part 2, you learned how to: Create a master image, Create a vDisk in PVS for the master image, Install Target Device software, Use XenAppPrep, Download XenConvert, Optimize a master image, Use XenConvert, and Test streaming a new image. In this Part 3, you will learn how to: [...]

August 4, 2011

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Learning the Basics of Citrix Provisioning Services and XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 Part 2 of 3

Creating the Master Image In Part 1, you learned how to: Prepare to install PVS, Install PVS 5.6 SP1, and Perform basic configuration of PVS 5.6 SP1. In this Part, you will learn how to: Create a master image, Create a vDisk in PVS for the master image, Install Target Device software, Use XenAppPrep, Download [...]