23-Sep-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
To completely disable DEP in Windows Server 2003, perform the following with administrative credentials:
1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Tools > Folder Options > View
3. Uncheck Hide Protected operating system files (Recommended) and Hide extensions for known file types
4. Click apply > OK
5. Browse to C:\
6. Right click on boot.ini, select properties and ensure the “read-only†tab is unchecked and click OK
7. Edit boot.ini
8. Modify the  /noexecute=
For example, set  /noexecute=AlwaysOff to disasble DEP entirely
9. File > Save, close boot.ini file
10. Right click on boot.ini, select properties and ensure the “read-only†tab is checked and click OK
11. Reboot the computer
24-Jun-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This is the second time I have this issue, when clicking on a publish application on the Citrix WebInterface I get this weir message : ERROR: The MetaFrame servers reported that the alternate address cannot be found. I mean weird because I’m on a LAN and I don’t cross any subnet or different VLAN and there is no alernate address configured on these servers.
Error Message at the bottom of my WI :
 
It looks like the LHC (Local Host Cache) doesn’t contain valid informations. And the only way to be sure about that one is to simply recreate the Local Host Cache.
So login on the computer and do as follow :
01-Jun-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Green Computing, Presentation Server 4, Presentation Server 4.5, XenApp 5
Tags: Capacity, Citrix, Green Computing, Management, Power, Power and Capacity Management, video, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, XAPCM, XenApp
Here we go, Green Computing is coming ! Now Citrix give us the ability to switch off XenApp servers and switch it on only when the load on the power on server reach a limit. This is very very smart and I think this Power and Capacity Management for XenApp will be a success.
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You can watch bellow the video filmed during the Synergy 2009 in Las Vegas :
26-Feb-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This video shows how to install Citrix XenDesktop 3 on Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2. I was very surprise at first because I wasn’t able to install Citrix XenDesktop 3 on Microsoft Windows 2008 (?!) This product is less than one week old and Microsoft Windows 2008 is not supported yet.
In this video, I show how to install Microsoft SQL Express 2005 then Citrix XenDesktop 3. The next step will be as follow :
- How to install the Desktop Receiver.
- How to use Citrix XenDesktop 3 with Provisioning Server 5 and XenServer 5 or VMWare ESX.
- How to intergrate Portable Profile 2 with Citrix XenDesktop 3.
Clik on continue reading to wath the video.
21-Jan-2009
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This is a short guide to install with the basic requirements the Citrix Web Interface 5.0.1 on a Windows 2003 R2 / sp2. First you have to install IIS Components from the add/remove program in the control panel. If you don’t know what to install request more information I will post screenshot of component you need to choose. After we need to install Framework 3.5 SP1 from Microsoft. You need to install Microsoft Visual J# Net 2.
From here begin the installation of Citrix Web Interface, first we need to install Web Interface 5.0.1 Access Management Console Extension and then we can begin to deploy the Web Interface installer 5.0.1 and you can watch the installation of the two Citrix components in the video bellow :
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29-Nov-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
Category : Citrix, Edgesight 5, Microsoft, Windows 2003
Tags: -2147217900, 2005, 2008, Citrix, database, edgesight, error, nlb, sql server, vmware esx, Windows 2003, XenApp
During my experimental EdgeSight setup, I have to face different error, mostly because everything was not ready or not well configure on my side but it can happen.
I have install two Edgesight web server (Esx nlb) and two SQL Reporting Services server (Esx nlb too) with a database store on a SQL 2005 cluster.
I didn’t had the hand on the setup of the two nlb so things where a bit hard to understand since there is quiet a lot of issue and things to do to enable two VMWare ESX nlb communication. (I’m still working on it, any informations are welcome 
)
I will update this post everytime I will have an error, I hope it will help some of you.
- Error : Setup was unable to locate the requiered SQL Server Client Tools. The SQL Server Client Tools can usually be located on the SQL Server installation disk.
You just have to install client components of SQL Server 2005 (or 2008) and RTM first
23-Nov-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This short video was made to help begginner or people who want to know a bit more about this Citrix product. This is a very simple way to install Citrix Edegesight 5.01 on a Windows 2003 server.
What you need to set up before is IIS role install on the server and a SQL database. I have try with SQL Express 2005 Adv edition but it wasn’t possible to finish the installation. I’ll try to find out about this issue (-2147217900 error)
Edit 01 dec 2008:
SQL Express is not supported by Citrix but it works. EdgeSight 5.01 on a W2K8 Server with SQL2008 with Advanced Services work, you just have to give the correct ReportServer URL wich is for SQL Express: http://%servername%/ReportServer_SQLEXPRESS (Tip from Pierre)
Anyway, check this video, click on continue reading…
22-Nov-2008
Posted by : Stephane THIRION
This is a very short video to show basic installation of Citrix XenApp 5 (4.5) on Windows 2003, this is like ABC installation and you just need to prepare your serveur with terminal services in application mode and follow what’s in video :
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