Virtual Delivery Agent VDA 7. Carl Stalhood. Navigation Recently Updated. Hardware. If v. Sphere 6, dont use hardware version 1. NVIDIA GRID. VMware 2. Video playback performance issue with hardware version 1. VMs in 2. D mode. For virtual desktops, give the virtual machine 2 v. CPU and 2 GB of RAMFor Windows 2. R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 4 v. CPU and 1. 2 2. 4 GB of RAMFor Windows 2. R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 8 v. CPU, and 2. 4 4. GB of RAMRemove the floppy drive. Remove any serial or LPT ports. If v. Sphere. To reduce disk space, reserve memory. Memory reservations reduce or eliminate the virtual machine. The NIC should be VMXNET3. If this VDA will boot from Provisioning Services. Give the VDA extra RAM for caching. Downloads for 32903030Windows Embedded WES Windows Embedded images that are larger than 3. GB cannot be extracted by the selfextracting executable. The Citrix Client List. Now how many Citrix clients are there You sure know of a 78 of them right. But did you know, Citrix programmed a whopping 37 already for. Do not enable Memory Hot Plug. For v. Sphere, the NIC must be VMXNET3. For v. Sphere, configure the CD ROM to boot from IDE instead of SATA. SATA comes with VM hardware version 1. SATA wont work with Pv. S. Install the latest version of drivers e. VMware Tools. If Windows 7 on v. Sphere, dont install the VMware SVGA driver. For more details, see CTX2. Intermittent Connection FailuresBlack Screen Issues When Connecting from Multi Monitor Client Machines to Windows 7 VDA with VDA 7. SphereESXi. If v. Sphere, disable NIC Hotplug. Users could use the systray icon to Eject the Ethernet Controller. Auto Tune Presets on this page. Obviously this is bad. To disable this functionality, power off the virtual machine. Once powered off, right click the virtual machine and click Edit. Settings. On the VM Options tab, expand Advanced and then click Edit Configuration. Click Add. Row. On the left, enter devices. On the right, enter false. Then click OK a couple times to close the windows. The VM can then be powered on. Windows Preparation. If RDSH, disable IE Enhanced Security Config. Optionally, go to Action Center Windows 8. R2 or Security and Maintenance Windows 1. User Account Control and enable Smart. Screen. Run Windows Update. If Windows Firewall is enabled. Enable File Sharing so you can access the VDA remotely using SMBEnable COM Network Access and the three Remote Event Log rules so you can remotely manage the VDA. Add your Citrix Administrators group to the local Administrators group on the VDA. The Remote Desktop Services Prompt for Password policy prevents Single Sign on to the Virtual Delivery Agent. Check registry key HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTTerminal Services. If f. Prompt. For. Password 1 then you need to fix group policy. The following GPO setting will prevent Single Sign on from working. Computer Configuration Policies Administrative templates Windows Components Remotes Desktop Services Remote desktop Session Host Security Always prompt for password upon connection. Or install VDA hotfix 4 and set the registry value HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWARECitrixPortica. Auto. Logon DWORD 0x. For Windows 7 VDAs that will use Personal v. Disk, install Microsoft hotfix 2. UsDZZII/VFDEiwYZelI/AAAAAAAADc8/FF0psFBktcs/image_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800' alt='Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' title='Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' />Citrix Systems, Inc. American multinational software company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service. Hello Experts, Im referring to a brand new installation of Citrix XenDesktop 7. VDI Deployment of Windows 8. VDI machines. The. Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' title='Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' />A computer stops responding because of a deadlock situation in the Mountmgr. This hotfix solved a Personal v. Disk Image update issue detailed at Citrix Discussions. If this VDA is Windows Server 2. R2, request and install the Windows hotfixes recommended by Citrix CTX1. Scroll down to see the list of recommended Microsoft hotfixes for Windows Server 2. R2. Ignore the Xen. App 6. x portions of the article. Also see http www. Update 20150428 Citrix provides the limited release hotfix ICATS760WX64009 that fixes this issue. More information below. During the research for my session about. For Windows 7 VDAs that will use Personal vDisk, install Microsoft hotfix 2614892 A computer stops responding because of a deadlock situation in the Mountmgr. To remove the built in apps in Windows 1. Robin Hobo How to remove built in apps in Windows 1. Enterprise. For Remote Assistance in Citrix Director, configure the GPO setting Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesSystemRemote AssistanceOffer Remote Assistance. See Jason Samuel How to setup Citrix Director Shadowing with Remote Assistance using Group Policy for more details. Install Virtual Delivery Agent 7. VDA 7. 6. 3. 00 is newer than whats on the base Xen. AppXen. Desktop 7. ISO. If you install 7. For virtual desktops, make sure you are logged into the console. The VDA wont install if you are connected using RDP. For Windows 1. 0, youll need Citrix Profile Management 5. Make sure 8. 3 file name generation is not disabled. If so, see CTX1. 31. User Cannot Launch Application in Seamless Mode to fix the App. InitDLLs registry keys. Make sure. NET Framework 4. Go to the downloaded Virtual Delivery Agent 7. Xen. Desktop Platinum, Xen. Desktop Enterprise, Xen. App Platinum, or Xen. App Enterprise and run VDAServer. Setup7. 6. 3. 00. VDAWorkstation. Setup7. VDA you are building. If UAC is enabled then you must right click the installer and click Run as administrator. Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' title='Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' />This document describes how to configure the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA as a proxy for the Citrix Reciever on mobile devices. This feature provides. Support site offering resources for Citrix Presentation Server, VDI, VMWare, Xen, Microsoft Terminal Services, SoftGrid and others. In the Environment page, select Create a Master Image and click Next. For virtual desktops, in the HDX 3. D Pro page, click Next. In the Core Components page, if you dont need Citrix Receiver installed on your VDA then uncheck the box. Click Next. In the Delivery Controller page, select Do it manually. Enter the FQDN of each Controller. Click Test connection. Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' title='Citrix Receiver 4.1 For Windows 7' />And then make sure you click Add. Click Next when done. In the Features page, click Next. If this is a virtual desktop, you can leave Personal v. Disk unchecked now and enable it later. In the Firewall page, click Next. In the Summary page, click Install. For RDSH, click Close when you are prompted to restart. After the machine reboots twice, login and installation will continue. After installation, click Finish to restart the machine again. If 8. 3 file name generation is disabled, see CTX1. User Cannot Launch Application in Seamless Mode to fix the App. InitDLLs registry keys. Virtual Delivery Agent 7. Hotfixes. Download Virtual Delivery Agent 7. There are Desktop. VDACore hotfixes and Server. VDACore hotfixes, depending on which type of VDA you are building. Install each hotfix by double clicking the. In the Welcome to the Citrix HDX TSWS Setup Wizard page, click Next. In the Ready to update page, click Update. In the Completed the Citrix HDX TSWS Setup Wizard page, click Finish. When prompted to restart, if you have multiple hotfixes to install, click Cancel. Continue installing hotfixes. Restart when done. Broker Agent 7. 6. Hotfix 1. Go to the downloaded Broker Agent 7. Hotfix 1 and run Broker. Agent. WX6. 4763. Install the hotfix. Reboot when prompted. The file C Program FilesCitrixVirtual Desktop AgentBroker. Agent. exe is updated to version 7. Controller Registration Port. Some environments will not accept the default port 8. Virtual Delivery Agent registration. To change the port, do the following on the Virtual Delivery Agent Open Programs and Features. Find Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent and click Change. Click Customize Virtual Delivery Agent Settings. Edit the Delivery Controllers and click Next. On the Configure Delivery Controller page, change the port number and click Next. In the Summary page, click Reconfigure. In the Finish Reconfiguration page, click Finish. The machine automatically restarts. You must also change the VDA registration port on the Controllers by running Broker. Service. exe VDAPort. Controller Registration Verify. If you restart the Virtual Delivery Agent machine or restart the Citrix Desktop ServiceIn Windows Logs Application, you should see an event 1. Citrix Desktop Service saying that it successfully registered with a controller. If you dont see this then youll need to fix the List. Of. DDCs registry key. You can also run Citrixs Health Assistant on the VDA. If you are installing VDA 7. Citrix Profile Management 5. Virtual Delivery Agent Hotfixes. These hotfixes are already included in VDA 7. Only install these on a base VDA 7. Additional Lifecycle Information for Citrix Receiver for Windows. This article is a supplement to the Lifecycle Milestones for Citrix Receiver. It provides additional details for the listed versions of Citrix Receiver for Windows. Additional Lifecycle Information for Receiver for Windows. Current Release versions Major Version of Receiver. Release. Type. Receiver Version. Installer Version. General Availability 4. Current Release. 4. Jun 1. 74. x. 4. Current Release. Mar 1. 74. 6. Current Release. Dec 1. 64. 5. Current Release. Sep 1. 6LTSR Release versions and Cumulative Updates Major Version of Receiver. Release. Type. Receiver Version. Installer Version. General Availability 4. CU1LTSR CU4. 9. Nov 1. LTSR V2LTSR4. AUG 1. CU5LTSR CU4. 4. 5. Jun 1. 74. 4. 4. CU4LTSR CU4. Mar 1. 74. 4. 3. CU3LTSR CU4. Dec 1. 64. 4. 2. CU2LTSR CU4. Sep 1. 64. 4. 1. CU1LTSR CU4. Apr 1. 64. 4 LTSR V1LTSR Release. Dec 1. 5. ost recent version in this category. Pre LTSR Receiver 4. Major Version of Receiver. Release. Type. Receiver Version. Installer Version. General Availability. Maintenance. 4. 3. Sep 1. 54. 3. Minor. Jun 1. 54. 2. 1. Maintenance. Apr 1. 54. 2. Minor. Dec 1. 44. 1. 2. CU2Maintenance. Sep 1. 44. 1. 1. CU1Maintenance. Jun 1. 44. 1. 2. Maintenance. Jan 1. 44. 1. Minor. Oct 1. 34. 0. 1. Maintenance. Sep 1. 34. 0. Major. Jun 1. 3Receiver 3. Receiver 3. x has reached End of Life by 2. Feb 1. 6. Major Version of Receiver. Release. Type. Receiver Version. Installer Version. General Availability. CU5Maintenance. Jun 1. CU4Maintenance. 3. Dec 1. 43. 4. 3. CU3Maintenance. Jan 1. 43. 4. 2. CU2Maintenance. Jul 1. 33. 4. 1. CU1Maintenance. Mar 1. 33. 4. Minor. Dec 1. 23. 3. 1. CU1Maintenance. Oct 1. 23. 3. Minor. Aug 1. 23. 2 CU1Maintenance. Jun 1. 23. 2. Minor. Apr 1. 23. 1. 1. CU1Maintenance. Feb 1. 23. 1. Minor. Dec 1. 13. 0. Major. Aug 1. 1Q How do I find the Receiver VersionA In the Notification Icons area in the Windows Taskbar sometimes referred to as Task Tray or System Tray, right click the Receiver icon and select About. The resulting window displays the version of Receiver. Q How do I find the Installer VersionA Go to Programs and Features section from the Windows Control Panel. From the list of programs displayed, find Citrix Receiver. Version column displays the Installer version. Q What is the difference between a Major, Minor, or Maintenance release Major Release of Receiver for Windows is a generally available release of the Software that contains new features, functional enhancements to existing features, maintenance updates and defect fixes, and is designated by Citrix by changing the digit to the left of the first decimal point for example, Software 3. Software 4. 0. Minor Release of Receiver for Windows is a generally available release of the Software that contains a limited number of new features and minor enhancements, maintenance updates and defect fixes, and is designated by Citrix by changing the digit to the right of the first decimal point for example, Software 4. Software 4. 1. Maintenance Release of Receiver for Windows is a generally available release of the Software that normally contains maintenance updates and defect fixes, and is designated by Citrix by changing the digit to the right of the second decimal point for example, Software 4. Software 4. 1. 2. Q What is a Cumulative Update or CUA A Maintenance Release might also be referred to as a Cumulative Update for example, Software 3. Cumulative Update 3 or 3. CU3. It is an accumulation of available code fixes since the last release and is considered a Maintenance release. Q How will fixes or updates be provided for Receiver for Windows A Critical defect or security fixes will only be supplied in an update to the most recent version of Receiver for Windows for example, if the fix is for 3. The update to the most recent version will be in the form of a Minor or Maintenance release. Q Where can I find the End of Maintenance and End of Life dates for Receiver for Windows A Refer to Lifecycle Milestones for Citrix Receiver. Q Where can I find Issues Fixed in new releases and documentation for Receiver for WindowsA Issues fixed and known issues can be found at Citrix Documentation  Citrix Receiver for Windows 4. Q How do I use the information in the preceding table to determine the support period for a specific version A Example Receiver for Windows 4. Jun 1. 3, therefore Receiver for Windows 4. Most recent version was supported until 2. Jun 1. 7. The information contained herein is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication, but updates and revisions may be posted periodically and without notice. CITRIX DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTIES COVERING THIS INFORMATION AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, AND SPECIAL DAMAGES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE.