On a XenDesktop VDI I see in HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations keys "Console" and "RDP-Tcp" as expected, but also a key "EH-Tcp" with a WdName value "Microsoft RDP 5.2". This is a Windows 7 machine. What is "EH-Tcp"?
And why is there no key "ICA-Tcp"? Does XenDesktop not use ICA?
The question here is straight-forward: how do I install TortoiseSVN on Citrix XenApp so that only specific people can see/use the program, without a 2nd group of people even seeing that the program exists?
Under Citrix's old MetaframeXP product, there was an option to install applications on a per-user basis. Normally, using the system's "Install Program" feature from the Applications control panel resulted in the Citrix server entering a specific mode that registered the installed program for all users. If you didn't use this mode, the program would install for the user account that was performing the installation only. This allowed the administrator to set up programs that could be used only by specific users; other users would not see the program, nor would they have the appropriate registry entries. Yes, you could see the installed files, but it was pretty much non-functional for other users.
With the XenApp environment, this is supposedly no longer an option. As it has been explained to me by the admin(s) heading up systems maintenance for our Citrix installs, programs installed in XenAppDesktop and used as a published desktop (not published app) will be visible to everyone on the server. And here lies the issue: TortoiseSVN installs a shell extension, and because of that, the extension will be visible to all users, not just developers or admins that need access to it. Our non-technical end-users will simply go bananas when they start calling about "some weird thing showing up when I click to look at files".
We are running XenApp on WS2003R2/64.
Before answering with something other than "this is how to do it with what you've got", please consider the following as well:
Yes, this is a business installation, which means licenses, etc.
No, switching off of Subversion is not an answer at this time. Yes, I am fully aware of the popularity of Git/Mercuriual/${Insert-Favorite-DVCS-Here} and how they are all a bazillion times better, will make my laundry whites whiter, save kittens and puppies, etc. etc. That is beside the point; the effort of migrating to a different system just to get around this issue is several times higher than just addressing the issue. So, no, switching the back-end is not an acceptable answer.
No, adding yet another (expensive) Citrix server just for developers is also out of the question. I don't set budgets, and I don't get to determine what money is spent where. Telling me to "Just add another server" is akin to me going to some country's starving population and saying "just eat more food". The resources available are fixed, so it's not an option.
Yes, having another cheap/free remote access solution that provides a Windows desktop as a hosted service may be considered. However, the cheapest solution I've found is still in the four-digit range, which is not something that I can talk to management about approving. Short version: if the cost of setting up a secondary remote Windows desktop exceeds $25/seat for 7 developers then it's not viable (not including of course the licensing fees for Windows...) It would have to be a really compelling solution for management to consider this, but if it looks good, I'll try to make a case for it.
We are currently looking for a server-side virtualization solution for our developer desktop-systems. We so far chose XenDesktop since we are already running Xen for virtualized servers. This is a small deployment, we are talking about 30-40 Desktops running Eclipse simultaneously.
The question is: Will it be sufficient to have only 1-2 machines with lots of CPUs, memory and local storage to run this system or do we have to run a dedicated storage array with iSCSI or even FC?
I am not completely aware on how the XenDesktop-Services running on a dedicated W2k8-Server deploys the individual images.
Is there a standalone (point-to-point), remote desktop software for Windows (Win7/Server 2008 R2) that has graphics and audio quality of VMware Views PCoIP solution or Citrix XenDesktops HDX? In simple terms, is there something like VNC that's got REALLY good graphics and full duplex audio?
I've been evalutating both View and XenDesktop. Both are good products, but not necessarily on a home budget. View costs $1,500. XenDesktop costs $500 (cost of licensing vSphere actually; XenDesktop Express is free). Both solutions require 3 servers: a vCenter/XenCenter, an Active Directory domain controller, and the View Manager/Desktop Manager. That's three whole server just to get high quality remote desktop viewing.
So, anything that doesn't require three servers between the host and the client?
I have created an image using this guide http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX119877. However this only works for virtual and the model that I made the image on how can i extend compatibility to another device? I am just using it for a vdisk that I can then also use as a virtual device but I wasnt the vdisk to be available over multiple devices. Using Win 7 on the client.
Thanks