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XenApp 6 and 6.5 Documentation Scripts Updated October 9, 2011
October 9, 2011
Fellow CTP Wilco van Bragt, e-mailed me and told me that in my XenApp 6.5 script the Health Monitoring & Recovery (HMR) policy setting was not formatted properly. It took a little while to figure out how to work with the XML data returned by that policy setting. This also needed to be fixed in the XenApp 6 documentation script.
Here is what the policy setting looked like before:
Computer settings: Server Settings\Health Monitoring and Recovery\Health monitoring - Value: Enabled Server Settings\Health Monitoring and Recovery\Health monitoring tests - Value: <HMRTests xmlns: xsi='http://www.w3.o rg/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' version='0'><Tests><Test name='Citrix IMA Serv ice test' file='Citrix\IMATest.exe' description='This test queries the service to ensure that it is running by enumerat ing the applications available on the server.' interval='60' threshold='5' allowRunningCustomHmrTests='true' timeout='6 0' recoveryAction='AlertOnly' /><Test name='Logon Monitor Test' file='Citrix\LogonMonitor.dll' arguments='/SessionTime: 5 /SessionThreshold:50 /SampleInterval:600' description='Logon/logoff cycles are monitored to determine whether there i s a problem with session initialization or possibly an application failure. If there are a lot of short cycles within a short time period, a problem is assumed to exist.' interval='1' threshold='5' allowRunningCustomHmrTests='true' timeo ut='1' recoveryAction='AlertOnly' /><Test name='XML Service test' file='Citrix\RequestTicket.exe' description='This tes t requests a ticket from the XML service running on the server and prints the ticket.' interval='60' threshold='5' allo wRunningCustomHmrTests='true' timeout='60' recoveryAction='RemoveServerFromLoadBalancing' /><Test name='Terminal Servic es test' file='Citrix\CheckTermSrv.exe' description='This test enumerates the list of sessions running on the server an d the session user information, such as user name.' interval='60' threshold='5' allowRunningCustomHmrTests='true' timeo ut='30' recoveryAction='AlertOnly' /></Tests></HMRTests>
Here is what it looks like now:
Server Settings\Health Monitoring and Recovery\Health monitoring - Value: Enabled Server Settings\Health Monitoring and Recovery\Health monitoring tests - Value: Name: Citrix IMA Service test File Location: Citrix\IMATest.exe Description: This test queries the service to ensure that it is running by enumerating the applications available on the server. Interval (seconds): 60 Time-out (seconds): 60 Threshold: 5 Recovery action: AlertOnly Name: Logon Monitor Test File Location: Citrix\LogonMonitor.dll Arguments: /SessionTime:5 /SessionThreshold:50 /SampleInterval:600 Description: Logon/logoff cycles are monitored to determine whether there is a problem with session initialization or possibly an application failure. If there are a lot of short cycles within a short time period, a problem is assumed to exist. Interval (seconds): 1 Time-out (seconds): 1 Threshold: 5 Recovery action: AlertOnly Name: XML Service test File Location: Citrix\RequestTicket.exe Description: This test requests a ticket from the XML service running on the server and prints the ticket. Interval (seconds): 60 Time-out (seconds): 60 Threshold: 5 Recovery action: RemoveServerFromLoadBalancing Name: Terminal Services test File Location: Citrix\CheckTermSrv.exe Description: This test enumerates the list of sessions running on the server and the session user information, such as user name. Interval (seconds): 60 Time-out (seconds): 30 Threshold: 5 Recovery action: AlertOnly
Looks a little better now. Here is the relevant PowerShell code:
If($Setting.HealthMonitoringTests.State -ne "NotConfigured") { line 3 "Server Settings\Health Monitoring and Recovery\Health monitoring tests - Value: " # remove the spaces in the [ x m l ] you see below in front of $XML # the code format utility I am using uses that for its own use [x m l]$XML = $Setting.HealthMonitoringTests.Value ForEach($Test in $xml.hmrtests.tests.test) { line 4 "Name: " $test.name line 4 "File Location: " $test.file If($test.arguments) { line 4 "Arguments: " $test.arguments } line 4 "Description: " $test.description line 4 "Interval (seconds): " $test.interval line 4 "Time-out (seconds): " $test.timeout line 4 "Threshold: " $test.threshold line 4 "Recovery action: " $test.recoveryAction line 0 "" } }
NOTE: This script is continually updated. You can always find the most current version by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/
One Response to “XenApp 6 and 6.5 Documentation Scripts Updated October 9, 2011”
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October 19, 2012 at 2:06 am
hi Carl Webster
I’m running a Citrix XenApp5 with windows 2008 Serverfarm with around 50 servers in it,
after about 2 weeks my users start getting a logon delay of 2 to 30 minutes.And after getting my publish desktop its open Credentials dailog box
i m follow up with microsoft team as well as CITRIX for TMs but they are not proper solutuion to me
please help me out for the trouble