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  • Summary Report for Citrix XenApp Farms

    While speaking at the vCommunity events in the Northeast USA put on by Robert Morris and the fine folks at Advantec Global Services, Inc (http://www.advantec.us/), several script users asked if I could add a Summary Page at the end of the documentation script.

    They said their managers often asked for data on how many administrators, published resources, policies, etc were used in a particular XenApp farm.  That was easy to do so I added it while waiting to speak in Philadelphia.  Some input from Mr. App-V Tim Mangan on the report layout and it was done.  I am also making this Summary Page available as a separate script.

    This script has no options and no parameters.  It simply runs and creates a one-page report.

    Here is a sample run from my lab XenApp 5 for Server 2008:

    PS C:\webster> .\xa5_summaryreport.ps1
    10/28/2013 16:44:36: Getting Farm data
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Verify farm version
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Farm OS is 2008
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Setting up Word
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Create Word comObject.  Ignore the next message.
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Running Microsoft Word 2010
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Create empty word doc
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Disable grammar and spell checking
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Return focus to main document
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Move to the end of the current document
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Processing Administrators
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:    Retrieving Administrators
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing administrator CITRIX_BUILTIN*CITRIX_ADMINISTRATORS*
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing administrator XA52008\administrator
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing administrator XA52008\carlwebster
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Finished Processing Administrators
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Processing Applications
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:    Retrieving Applications
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing application Notepad
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing application Paint
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Finished Processing Applications
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Processing Servers
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:    Retrieving Servers
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:            Processing server XA52008
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Finished Processing Servers
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Processing Zones
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:    Setting summary variables
    10/28/2013 16:44:37:    Retrieving Zone Information
    10/28/2013 16:44:37: Finished Processing Zones
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Processing Load Evaluators
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:    Retrieving Load Evaluators
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Finished Processing Load Evaluators
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Processing Policies
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:    Retrieving Policies
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:    Processing policy Everything including the kitchen sink
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Finished Processing Policies
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Processing Print Drivers
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:    Retrieving Print Drivers
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver Citrix Universal Printer
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver Citrix XPS Universal Printer
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver HP Color LaserJet 4500 PCL 5
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver HP Color LaserJet 4500 PS
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver HP LaserJet Series II
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver Microsoft XPS Document Writer
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:            Processing driver Terminal Services Easy Print
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Finished Processing Print Drivers
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Processing Printer Driver Mappings
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:    Retrieving Print Driver Mappings
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: There are no Printer Driver Mappings created
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Finished Processing Printer Driver Mappings
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38:
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Create Summary Report
    10/28/2013 16:44:38: Add administrator summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:39: Add application summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:40: Add server summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:40: Add zone summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:41: Add load evaluator summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:41: Add policy summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:41: Add print driver summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:42: Add print driver mapping summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:42: Add configuration logging summary info
    10/28/2013 16:44:43:    Finished Create Summary Page
    10/28/2013 16:44:43:
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: Finishing up Word document
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: Save and Close document and Shutdown Word
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: Closing Word
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: System Cleanup
    10/28/2013 16:44:43:
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: Script has completed
    10/28/2013 16:44:43:
    10/28/2013 16:44:43: C:\webster\Summary Report for XA52008.docx is ready for use
    10/28/2013 16:44:43:
    PS C:\webster>

    You can always find the most current script by going to https://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/

    I hope you find this script useful.

    Thanks

    Webster







    About Carl Webster

    Webster is a Sr. Solutions Architect for Choice Solutions, LLC and specializes in Citrix, Active Directory and Technical Documentation. Webster has been working with Citrix products for many years starting with Multi-User OS/2 in 1990.

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    4 Responses to “Summary Report for Citrix XenApp Farms”

    1. Foxman Says:

      Carl,

      Great work!

      How can i run the script on a remote server? We have a management server without Word on it.
      Can you help me?

      Cheers,

      Foxman

    2. Vaqar Hasan Says:

      Thanks

    3. Prince Says:

      Thanks Carl!