[Updated 28-Aug-2021] It is essential to have a backup of all critical data, servers, and Virtual Machines, whether in a lab or production environment. Before making significant changes to the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), it is vital to make a backup first. This article covers backing up the VCSA using NFS. I use my Synology 1817 […]

[Updated 8-Nov-2021] Before creating a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), we need to create a Datacenter. Verify you are connected and logged in to the vCenter console. Click Menu and click VMs and Templates, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Right-click the vCenter VM and click New Datacenter…, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 Enter a N […]

[Updated 27-Aug-2021] Now that the host has local storage for a Virtual Machine (VM), we can install the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). I downloaded the VCSA 7.0 U2 ISO, mounted it, and extracted all the files to a VCSA70U2 folder to make the installation more manageable, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 I am installing the VCSA from […]

[Updated 27-Aug-2021] Now that the host has a static IP address, you can begin more of the host’s configuration. You do the minimal configuration for now. Just enough to allow the installation of the vCenter Server Appliance in the following article. To continue, start an Internet browser and browse to your host’s IP addr […]

[Updated 8-Nov-2021] Now that the ESXi 7.0 host installation is complete, it is time for the initial host configuration. In this article, you complete the following steps: Give the Host a Static IPv4 address Configure DNS Give the Host a unique hostname Enable SSH Enable VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI) support f […]

[Updated 27-Aug-2021] Installing VMware ESXi 7.0 is easy as there are not many installation options. It is almost a “Next, Next, Install, Finish, Reboot” process. The first thing is to download the latest ESXi 7.0 ISO from VMware. After I downloaded the ISO, I used Rufus to create a bootable 32GB thumb drive from my lapto […]

[Updated 27-Aug-2021] In the “Introduction” article, I made the following statements: I decided to go with Network File System (NFS) instead of Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) for storage. Gregory Thompson was the first to tell me to use NFS instead of iSCSI. If you Google “VMware NFS iSCSI” […]

[Updated 8-Nov-2021] On September 9, 2019, I published the Building Webster’s Lab V1 article series that used vSphere/vCenter 6.7 U3 and XenServer 8.0. This is a follow-up series on building the lab with vSphere/vCenter 7.0 and XenServer 8.2. I want to rebuild the lab as I’m not too fond of upgrades. Building new allows f […]

I believe I have documented everything I can find or figure out how to find using the Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Version 18.0 PowerShell implementation. The 2.10 update is 99% cosmetic changes to have the wording and capitalization in the script’s output match what is in the RAS Management Console. Note: The V1 […]

Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) Version 18 is an amazing product. It has an abundance of capabilities, features, options, and numerous enhancements from V17.  One of the nice things about the Parallels RAS product team is that they not only listen to their community, but they actually hear and understand what the community […]

v4.10 April 5, 2021 Added a number of fields to hardware output: Computer OS Power plan Receive Side Scaling Added App Protection info Added error and warning event log entries for the past 48 hours (configurable) to software output. Corrected display issue when logo filenames exceeded the width of the page. Please email me dire […]

While working on the update to the Parallels RAS V2 script for RAS V18, I was able to find and fix numerous issues in the V2 script. I backported five of the fixes relevant to RAS V17 to the V1 script. Version 1.01 19-Apr-2021 Added the missing License section for published RDSH applications to Text and HTML output Changed all Writ […]

Version 1.13 14-Apr-2021 Added Computer policy Profile Management\Enable profile streaming for folders Workspace Environment Management\Citrix Cloud Connectors Added User policy ICA\Multimedia\Browser Content Redirection Server Fetch Proxy Auth Changed $Application.IconFromClient to $Application.IconFromClient.ToString() Chang […]

While working on an update to the Citrix Cloud documentation script, with the help of sample reports from fellow CTP Arnaud Pain, I was able to find and fix numerous issues in the script. I backported the fixes relevant to on-premises CVAD to this script. Version 3.26 13-Apr-2021 Changed $Application.IconFromClient to $Application. […]

While working on an update to the Citrix Cloud documentation script, with the help of sample reports from fellow CTP Arnaud Pain, I was able to find and fix numerous issues in the script. I backported the fixes relevant to on-premises CVAD to this script. Version 2.42 12-Apr-2021 Added CVAD 2106/7.30 to version list Changed how the […]

Version 1.48 2-Apr-2021 Added CVAD 2103/7.29 to version list Added CVAD 2106/7.30 to version list Thanks to M. Foster for finding the following bugs: Update functions OutputConfigLogPreferences and OutputDatastores to handle configuration strings that contain “Data Source” instead of “Server” Update Function […]

Recently, a friend asked me to help look at some issues in his customer’s Active Directory (AD). The customer’s AD consisted of a root domain and three Tree domains. I ran my AD documentation script and found there were many issues when running that script in a multiple domain forest. To fix these issues, I created a sim […]

Computer Multi-session Settings: Added: Workspace Environment Management\Citrix Cloud Connectors – Blank Renamed: Enable multi-session write-back for FSLogix Profile Container to Enable multi-session write-back for profile containers Added: Profile Management\Enable profile streaming for folders – Disabled Added ICA/Rend […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2103. I am sure I may have missed something, so if I did, please let me know. You can always find the most current Excel file by going to https://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

In the last two weeks, I have seen several customers where Active Directory (AD) replication is reporting normal, but Group Policy is acting “odd”. Here is what I found. If you are still using FRS (Flaky Replication System) instead of DFSR (Darn Fine Replication System), you should migrate from FRS to DFSR. To determine […]