Index

A

• Active Directory (AD)
  • about / AD authentication
• antivirus, OS optimization
  • configuring / Antivirus
• application delivery methods
  • about / Application delivery methods
  • installed on server / Installed on the server
  • streamed on server / Streamed to server
  • streamed to desktop / Streamed to desktop
  • dual mode delivery / Dual mode delivery
• applications, placing on servers
  • siloed approach / Applications on servers – siloed versus nonsiloed
• authentication issues, logon process
  • about / Authentication issues
• auto end tasks, Window settings
  • about / Auto end tasks

B

• bandwidth
  • about / Characteristics of a WAN link
• boot process, PVS
  • about / The boot process
  • PXE / The boot process
  • DHCP server, using / The boot process
  • network booting / The boot process

C

• CGP (Common Gateway Protocol) / Optimizing the ICA protocol
• Check DNS test
  • about / Standard tests
• Check LHC test
  • about / Standard tests
• Check XML Threads test
  • about / Standard tests
• Citrix CPU Utilization Management user
  • about / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • CPU Entitlement counter / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • CPU Reservation counter / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • CPU Shares counter / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • CPU Usage counter / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • Long-term CPU Usage counter / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
• Citrix EdgeSight
  • about / Citrix EdgeSight
• Citrix EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • load tests, performing / Performing load tests with EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • components / Performing load tests with EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • Controller / Performing load tests with EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • Launchers / Performing load tests with EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • session-host server requirements / Session-host server requirements
  • Web Interface server requirements / Web Interface server requirements
  • installing / Installation
  • script / Your first script
• Citrix IMA Networking
  • about / Citrix IMA Networking
  • Bytes Received/sec counter / Citrix IMA Networking
  • Bytes Sent/sec counter / Citrix IMA Networking
  • Network Connections counter / Citrix IMA Networking
• Citrix IMA Service test
  • about / Standard tests
• Citrix Knowledge Base
  • reference link / Data store
• Citrix license
  • about / Citrix license
• Citrix Licensing
  • about / Citrix Licensing
• Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server
  • about / Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server
  • components / Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server
• Citrix performance monitoring counters
  • about / Using Citrix performance monitoring counters
  • using / Using Citrix performance monitoring counters
  • Citrix CPU Utilization Management user / Citrix CPU Utilization Mgmt User
  • Citrix IMA Networking / Citrix IMA Networking
  • Citrix Licensing / Citrix Licensing
  • Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server / Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server
  • ICA Session / ICA Session
  • Secure Ticket Authority / Secure Ticket Authority (STA)
  • XenApp, on virtual infrastructure / XenApp on a virtual infrastructure
• Citrix Print Manager Service test
  • about / Standard tests
• Citrix Profile Management
  • about / Citrix Profile Management
  • features / Features
  • configuring / Configuring
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting
• Citrix settings, Windows GUI optimization
  • about / Citrix settings
  • desktop UI / Desktop UI – user policy
  • Graphics settings / Graphics – computer policy
  • Visual Display / Visual Display – computer policy
• Citrix Virtual Memory Optimization service / Troubleshooting
• Citrix XenServer
  • about / Virtual versus physical servers
• collision
  • about / DLL collisions
• controllers, sizing
  • data store / Data store
  • data collector / Data collector
  • XML Broker / XML Broker
  • license server / License server
  • Web Interface / Web Interface
• CPU Utilization Management
  • about / CPU Utilization Management
  • enabling / Enabling CPU Utilization Management
  • CPU shares / Shares and reservations
  • CPU reservation / Shares and reservations
  • DFSS / Windows Dynamic Fair Share Scheduling
  • high CPU load, on datastore / High CPU load on datastore
• custom tests, HMR
  • writing / Custom tests

D

• data collector
  • about / Data collector
• data store
  • about / Data store
• default load evaluator
  • about / Default load evaluator
• desktop UI, Citrix settings
  • about / Desktop UI – user policy
• DFSS
  • about / Windows Dynamic Fair Share Scheduling
• DLL
  • about / DLL collisions
  • drawbacks / DLL collisions
  • rebasing / DLL rebasing and binding
• DLL collisions
  • about / DLL collisions
• Domain Controller (DC) server
  • about / Authentication issues
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) / The boot process

F

• Flash redirection
  • about / Flash redirection
• folder redirection
  • using / Folder redirection
  • advantages / Folder redirection

G

• generic HDX RealTime
  • about / Generic HDX RealTime
• GPU offloading
  • enabling / GPU offloading in a virtual environment
• graphics settings, Citrix settings
  • about / Graphics – computer policy
  • Dynamic Windows Preview / Graphics – computer policy
• Group Policies (GPOs)
  • about / AD authentication
• Group Policy Objects (GPO) issues
  • about / GPO and logon script issues

H

• HDX
  • about / Citrix HDX
• HDX MediaStream
  • about / HDX MediaStream
  • Flash redirection, enabling / Flash redirection
  • Windows Media redirection / Windows Media redirection
• HDX Monitor
  • about / HDX Monitor
• HDX RealTime
  • about / HDX RealTime
  • generic HDX RealTime / Generic HDX RealTime
  • optimized HDX RealTime / Optimized HDX RealTime
• HDX RichGraphics
  • about / HDX RichGraphics
  • OpenGL / OpenGL
  • GPU offloading, enabling / GPU offloading in a virtual environment
• HMR
  • about / Health Monitoring
  • standard tests / Standard tests
  • recovery actions / Recovery actions
  • configuring / Configuring Health Monitoring
  • custom tests / Custom tests
• HMR configuration
  • about / Configuring Health Monitoring
  • health monitoring / Configuring Health Monitoring
  • health monitoring tests / Configuring Health Monitoring
  • logons / Configuring Health Monitoring

I

• ICA Listener test
  • about / Standard tests
• ICA MultiStream
  • about / ICA MultiStream
  • enabling / Enabling ICA MultiStream
• ICA protocol
  • about / Optimizing the ICA protocol
• ICA protocol optimization
  • about / Optimizing the ICA protocol
  • ICA Virtual Channels / ICA Virtual Channels
  • Virtual channel priorities / Virtual Channel Priorities
• ICA Session
  • about / ICA Session
• ICA Virtual Channels
  • about / ICA Virtual Channels
• image tossing
  • about / Graphics – computer policy
• Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service
  • about / Data store
• infrastructure hierarchy, PVS
  • about / Infrastructure hierarchy
  • sites / Sites
  • views / Views
  • stores / Stores
  • vDisks / vDisks
• installation, EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • about / Installation
  • system requisites / Installation
  • license server / License server
• Internet Explorer offscreen composition, Window settings
  • about / Internet Explorer offscreen composition
• ISO image
  • URL / Installing

L

• last write wins problem / Profile issues
• latency
  • about / Characteristics of a WAN link
• license server
  • about / License server
• load evaluators
  • about / Load evaluators
  • load rules / Load rules
  • default load evaluator / Default load evaluator
  • creating / Creating and assigning a load evaluator
  • assigning / Creating and assigning a load evaluator
  • analyzing / Analyzing load evaluators
• load rules
  • about / Load rules
  • Application User Load / Load rules
  • Context Switches / Load rules
  • CPU Utilization / Load rules
  • Disk Data I/O / Load rules
  • Disk Operations / Load rules
  • IP Range / Load rules
  • Load Throttling / Load rules
  • Memory usage / Load rules
  • Page Faults / Load rules
  • Page Swaps / Load rules
  • Scheduling / Load rules
  • Server User Load / Load rules
• local host cache (LHC)
  • about / Data store
• Local Text Echo
  • about / Local Text Echo
  • applications, adding / Adding applications
  • applications, configuring / Configuring applications
  • input fields, configuring / Configuring input fields
• Login Script Execution (LSESD) / Citrix EdgeSight
• Logon monitor test
  • about / Standard tests
• logon process
  • about / The logon process
  • resolution / Resolution
  • connection / Connection
  • RDS license / Remote Desktop Services (RDS) license
  • AD authentication / AD authentication
  • Citrix license / Citrix license
  • session startup / Session startup
  • analysing / Analysing the logon process
  • authentication issues / Authentication issues
  • profile issues / Profile issues
  • GPO issues / GPO and logon script issues
  • logon script issues / GPO and logon script issues
• logon process analysis
  • about / Analysing the logon process
  • Citrix EdgeSight / Citrix EdgeSight
  • WPT / Windows Performance Toolkit
  • logon delays causes / Common causes of logon delays
• logon script issues
  • about / GPO and logon script issues

M

• Memory/CPU category settings
  • about / Configuring Memory optimization
• memory optimization
  • about / Memory optimization
  • DLL collisions / DLL collisions
  • DLL rebasing / DLL rebasing and binding
  • binding / DLL rebasing and binding
  • scanning component / DLL rebasing and binding
  • rewriting component / DLL rebasing and binding
  • configuring / Configuring Memory optimization
  • applications, excluding / Excluding applications
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting
• menu show delay, Window settings
  • about / Menu show delay
• Microsoft Hyper-V
  • about / Virtual versus physical servers
• Mouse Click Feedback
  • enabling / Mouse Click Feedback
• MS Print Spooler test
  • about / Standard tests
• MTTF (Mean Time To Failure) / Using
• MTTR (Mean Time To Recovery) / Using

N

• NetScaler Branch Repeater / Optimizing the ICA protocol
• nonsiloed approach
  • about / Nonsiloed
• NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface)
  • about / Flash redirection

O

• OpenGL / OpenGL
• optimized HDX RealTime
  • about / Optimized HDX RealTime
  • components / Optimized HDX RealTime
• Organizational Unit (OU) / Configuring
• Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
  • about / ICA Virtual Channels
• OS optimization
  • about / OS optimization
  • session-host servers modifications / All the servers
  • provisioned servers modifications / Provisioned servers
  • antivirus, configuring / Antivirus

P

• Policy key / Shares and reservations
• PowerShell SDK
  • about / PowerShell SDK
• Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) / The boot process
• Preferential Load Balancing
  • about / Preferential Load Balancing
  • using / Preferential Load Balancing
  • enabling / Enabling Preferential Load Balancing
  • load balancing, testing / Testing load balancing
• preferred base address
  • about / DLL collisions
• profile issues, logon process
  • about / Profile issues
  • folder redirection, using / Folder redirection
  • background upload / Background upload
• Profile Load (PLSD) / Citrix EdgeSight
• provisioned servers modifications, OS optimization
  • about / Provisioned servers
  • system restore / System restore
  • background defragmentation / Background defragmentation and layout service
  • layout service / Background defragmentation and layout service
• Provisioning Services infrastructure
  • about / Provisioning Services
  • components / Provisioning Services infrastructure
  • hierarchy / Infrastructure hierarchy
  • boot process / The boot process
  • using, with XenApp / Using PVS with XenApp
• PVS sites
  • about / Sites
  • servers / Sites
  • vDisk Pools / Sites
  • device collections / Sites
• PVS store
  • about / Stores
• PVS views
  • about / Views

Q

• Quality of Service (QoS)
  • about / Virtual Channel Priorities

R

• RDS/Terminal Server (TS) license
  • about / Remote Desktop Services (RDS) license
• RDS license
  • about / Remote Desktop Services (RDS) license
• rebasing
  • about / DLL rebasing and binding
• recovery actions, HMR
  • alert only / Recovery actions
  • prohibit logons and connections to the server / Recovery actions
  • Shutdown IMA service / Recovery actions
  • restart IMA service / Recovery actions
  • reboot server / Recovery actions
• rewriting component
  • about / DLL rebasing and binding
• RTT (Round Trip Time) / Using

S

• scanning component
  • about / DLL rebasing and binding
• screensaver, Window settings
  • about / Screensaver
• script, EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • farm, connecting to / Connecting to the farm
  • users, managing / Managing users
  • load, adding / Adding a load
  • instructions, recording / Recording instructions
  • test, running / Running a test
• session-host server requirements, EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • about / Session-host server requirements
  • sessions, ending automatically / Ending sessions automatically
  • user session limit / User session limit
• session-host servers modifications, OS optimization
  • about / OS optimization
  • system components, paging / Paging system components
  • power saving / Power saving
  • worker threads / Worker threads
  • page file / Page file
• Session Creation (SCCD) / Citrix EdgeSight
• session hosts, sizing
  • about / Sizing session hosts
  • application delivery methods / Application delivery methods
  • applications, on servers / Applications on servers – siloed versus nonsiloed
• session lingering
  • about / Session lingering
  • configuring / Configuring
• session pre-launch
  • about / Session pre-launch
  • configuring / Configuring
  • creating / Configuring
  • life cycle / Life cycle of a session
• session sharing
  • about / Session sharing
• Session Startup Duration Detail report / Citrix EdgeSight
• siloed approach
  • about / Siloed
• SpeedScreen latency reduction
  • about / SpeedScreen latency reduction
  • Mouse Click Feedback, enabling / Mouse Click Feedback
  • Local Text Echo / Local Text Echo
• standard tests, HMR
  • about / Standard tests
  • Citrix IMA Service test / Standard tests
  • Logon monitor test / Standard tests
  • Terminal Services test / Standard tests
  • Ticketing test / Standard tests
  • Check DNS test / Standard tests
  • Check LHC test / Standard tests
  • Check XML Threads test / Standard tests
  • MS Print Spooler test / Standard tests
  • ICA Listener test / Standard tests
  • Citrix Print Manager Service test / Standard tests
• STA service
  • about / Secure Ticket Authority (STA)

T

• Terminal Services test
  • about / Standard tests
• Ticketing test
  • about / Standard tests
• traffic shaping
  • about / Traffic shaping
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) / The boot process
• troubleshooting
  • memory optimization / Troubleshooting

U

• UAT phase
  • about / Emulating links with WANem

V

• vDisks
  • about / vDisks
  • private image mode / vDisks
  • shared image mode / vDisks
  • cache on device hard drive option / Cache on device hard drive
  • cache in device RAM option / Cache in device RAM
  • cache on a server option / Cache on a server
  • cache on a server persistent option / Cache on a server persistent
• Virtual channel priorities
  • about / Virtual Channel Priorities
• Visual Display, Citrix settings
  • about / Visual Display – computer policy
• VMware ESXi
  • about / Virtual versus physical servers

W

• WAN
  • about / Characteristics of a WAN link
• WANalyzer
  • about / WANalyzer
• WANem
  • links, emulating with / Emulating links with WANem
  • about / Installing
  • installing / Installing
  • configuring / Configuring
  • using / Using
  • specific network characteristics / Using
  • WANalyzer / WANalyzer
• WAN link
  • characteristics / Characteristics of a WAN link
  • about / Characteristics of a WAN link
• Web Interface
  • about / Web Interface
• Web Interface server requisites, EdgeSight for Load Testing
  • about / Web Interface server requirements
• Windows GUI optimization
  • about / Optimizing Windows GUI
  • Windows settings / Windows settings
  • Citrix settings / Citrix settings
• Windows Performance Analyzer
  • about / Windows Performance Toolkit
• Windows Performance Recorder
  • about / Windows Performance Toolkit
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) / HDX RichGraphics
• Windows settings, Windows GUI optimization
  • about / Windows settings
  • menu show delay / Menu show delay
  • Internet Explorer offscreen composition / Internet Explorer offscreen composition
  • screensaver / Screensaver
  • auto end tasks / Auto end tasks
• worker group
  • about / Worker groups
  • creating / Creating a worker group
  • applications, publishing / Publishing applications
  • load-balancing policies / Load-balancing policies
  • load balancing policies / Load-balancing policies
• WPT
  • about / Windows Performance Toolkit
  • download link / Windows Performance Toolkit
  • Windows Performance Recorder / Windows Performance Toolkit
  • Windows Performance Analyzer / Windows Performance Toolkit

X

• XenApp
  • running, on virtual infrastructure / XenApp on a virtual infrastructure
  • traffic shaping / Traffic shaping
• XenApp 6.5
  • about / XenApp infrastructure
• XenApp infrastructure
  • elements / XenApp infrastructure
  • session hosts / XenApp infrastructure
  • controllers / XenApp infrastructure
  • virtual, versus physical servers / Virtual versus physical servers
  • controllers, sizing / Sizing controllers
  • session hosts, sizing / Sizing session hosts
• XML Broker
  • about / XML Broker