XenDesktop 5 Virtual Machines Do Not Successfully Register with the Desktop Delivery Controller

XenDesktop 5 Virtual Machines do not successfully register with the Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC).

Using Nslookup with the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) and IP address to the Virtual Desktop Agent and Desktop Delivery Controller returns correctly.

The firewall or anti-virus software is not causing the issue.

Virtual Desktop Agent is installed with domain
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Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 – Citrix Known Issues

The Windows Security option is missing on an 32-bit Windows 7 SP1 Virtual Desktop under Start Menu and on 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 Virtual Desktop, the Windows Security option is visible but upon clicking, it is unresponsive.

Currently there is no workaround available for this issue.

More information can be found at: CTX129257

XenDesktop Policies applied Inconsistently or not applied at all

XenDesktop policies are applied inconsistently or over a period of time, the policies are not applied.

Cause

One potential cause for this issue is that a script or process removes the C:\Windows\Temp\CitrixCseCache folder, or changes the permissions properties of the folder. This result in not allowing write access to the folder. This folder stores
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SQL Express Error Message is Displayed when Connecting the Second DDC to the Farm

When connecting the second Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) to a XenDesktop 5 farm that is configured for a SQL Express data store, the following error message is displayed:

This error message is displayed even when both servers are on the same subnet. Additionally, these servers can communicate with each another and it is
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Installing XenDesktop 5 Service Pack 1

XenDesktop 5 Service Pack 1 contains a number of bug fixes and quality improvements. It adds support for Microsoft Server 2008R2 SP1, Microsoft Hyper-V 2008R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 platforms, as well as VMware vSphere 4.1 update 1. Service Pack 1 also delivers improvements to licensing, reporting and optimization built into Desktop Studio.


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XenDesktop 5 Masterclass video’s

This article contains the Citrix XenDesktop 5 masterclass from Citrix TV.

Part 1 covers the following content: The simplified Deployment and Administration of XenDesktop 5 The basic overview of the XenDesktop 5 Architecture Deployment Examples How to run a Proof Of Concept

The second of the XD5 Master Class series contains the following
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Error: Controller has not been configured as a member of a site

After installing XenDesktop 5.0, the following error message is displayed when starting Citrix Desktop Studio if the Controller is not configured as a member of the site:

You need to install the cryptographic hash SHA-1 for XenDesktop 5.0 to function.

You can resolve this issue by updating the following registry key to disable
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Citrix XenDesktop 5 facts

Recently I’ve attended a XenDesktop 5 Masterclass. Below some some remarkable changes compared to XenDesktop 4:

No IMA in Controller (so no IMA data store, Local host cache Dynamic store) No AD Configuration Wizard No Farm OU (by default) Terminal Services are not requirement Only support for SQL 2008 databases (no access, oracle or other) XenDesktop 5 is
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How to Use IntelliCache with XenDesktop

XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 includes new features that optimize the XenServer hypervisor for use in XenDesktop hosted-virtual machine deployments. IntelliCache is one feature of XenServer that caches temporary and non-persistent files for desktop workloads on the local disk of the host server.

By caching locally, a portion of runtime reads and writes of
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VDAs fail to register when using disjoint namespaces in XenDesktop 5

When implementing XenDesktop 5 within an environment that uses disjoint namespaces for DNS and Active Directory, VDAs will fail to register to the XenDesktop Controller. It will not be able to register itself to the XenDesktop Controller(s). Within XenDesktop Studio or Director the virtual desktop will be shown as unregistered.

Example:

Active Directory domain
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