Tuesday, May 26, 2009

MS: Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft has released a Five Language Standalone Installer for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 today. Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 can be installed on based systems with any of the following language versions: English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish.

Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 x86
Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 x64

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

MS: GPRESULT Access Denied Error

Open Command Prompt and paste following commands:

cd /d %windir%\system32
regsvr32 /n /I userenv.dll
cd wbem
mofcomp scersop.mof
gpupdate /force
gpresult

or create a .cmd file and copy the script below

cd /d %windir%\system32
start /wait regsvr32 /n /I userenv.dll
cd wbem
start /wait mofcomp scersop.mof
gpupdate /force
gpresult

Friday, May 15, 2009

CtxAdmTools: Detect Remote ICA Client v1.0 Released!

Detect Remote ICA Client v1.0: This FREE tool show the Version of the Citrix ICA Client installed on a remote machine(s) and generate a report file.

Download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

Thursday, May 14, 2009

CtxAdmTools: CTX User Counter v1.0 Released!

CTX User Counter v1.0: This FREE tool show the amount of unique users on a Citrix Farm.

Show the amount of unique users (no sessions) on the farm. Useful to calculate amount of Citrix licenses required.

Available at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

CtxAdmTools: Permissions to Run MFCOM Applications

If you try to run any CtxAdmTools application or MFCOM script on a Citrix server and you receive an error like "You must be a Citrix admin to run this script" following this procedure:

Run the DCOMCNFG tool at a command line prompt.
Click in Component Services, Computers, My Computer
Right-click My Computer .
Click the Default Properties tab.
Verify that Enable Distributed COM on this computer is selected.
Verify that Impersonate is selected in the Default Impersonation Level drop-down list.
Click OK .

SCRIPT: Setup Memory Dump

The following script will create a directory and set Full Memory Dump, save the memory dump file in this directory.

md C:\Dump
wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 1
wmic recoveros set DebugFilePath = C:\Dump\Mem.dmp
wmic recoveros set OverwriteExistingDebugFile = 1

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

CTX: WSH/WMI Error on Citrix - Part 2

How to Fix WSH and WMI Error on Citrix Presentation / Citrix XenApp Servers Part 2

Steps to troubleshot WMI Errors:

1) Verify PATH Variable and check for %systemroot%, %systemroot%\system32, and %systemroot%\system32\wbem entries.

System Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables and edit PATH varible.

2) Recompile MOF files

To recompile all Citrix .MOF files enter the following commands in a command prompt:
C:
CD "C:\Program Files\Citrix\System32\Citrix\WMI"
for %i in (*.mof, *.mfl) do Mofcomp %i

3) The DCOM Default Impersonation is NOT set to 'Identify'.

From the command line, the DCOM configuration can be corrected with the following command:REG.EXE Add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole /v LegacyImpersonationLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f


4) Check permissions on the WMI Citrix namespace–Root\Citrix.

Run the Computer Management snap-in.
Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
Expand Services and Applications, right-click WMI Control and select Properties.
Go to the Security tab, expand Root and highlight the Citrix folder.
Click Security.
Add the Local Service and Network Service accounts.

Ensure that both accounts get Execute Methods, Provider Write, and Enable Account.
Restart the Citrix WMI Service


5) Reinstall Citrix WMI Service

Disable the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Stop the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Delete the C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Repository directory.
Re-enable the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Start the Windows Management Instrumentation Service.
Re-install Citrix WMI Providers by going into Add or Remove Programs > Citrix Presentation Server > Change.
Restart the server after the installation completes.
Open C:\Program Files\Citrix\System32\Citrix\WMI and edit all *.mof files in this folder. Edit with notepad.exe and add the following tag at the end of the files:
#pragma autorecover
Recompile the mof files using procedure #2 (Recompile MOF files)


6) Re-register WMI DLL

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll

cd %systemroot%\system32\wbem
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s

7) Verify DCOM permissions

Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools, and click Computer Management to open the Computer Management console.
In the left pane, expand Local Users and Groups, and click the Groups folder.
In the right pane, right-click the Users group and click Properties.
Click Add.
In the Select Users or Groups dialog box, locate Look in drop-down box and choose the local computer.
Select Authenticated Users and INTERACTIVE and click Add.
Click
OK, click Apply, and click Close to close the properties for the Users group.

8) Verify WMI Services Startup Type

Check following services are set to Startup Type: Automatic

Windows Management Instrumentation
WMI Performance Adapter
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions

Check this script to repair WMI errors

CTX: WSH/WMI Error on Citrix - Part 1

How to Fix WSH and WMI Error on Citrix Presentation / Citrix XenApp Servers Part 1

You found same of following errors on Event Viewer:

Event Type: ErrorEvent
Source: WSH
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
User: N/A
Computer: USCTXSRV01
Description:
Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Session In Down State:
WMI error retrieving session object:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

Or/And

Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Session Idle Too Long:
WMI error retrieving session object:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

And/Or

Citrix Monitoring Script Event 2
Citrix MetaFrame Compute Event Rate:
WMI error connecting to Citrix WMI provider:
Received error: 0x8004100e: Invalid namespace [WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE]

To start troubleshooting process, we must run WBEMTEST:

Click Start, click Run, and then type wbemtest.exe.
In the Namespace box, type root\Citrix and click in Connect button.


This is an example of a server with WMI issues:

This server can load the root\citrix. Now click on Enum Classes button and then click OK, leaving Superclass Name blank to verify the server can load all Citrix Classes.

This is an example of a server with WMI errors:


This is an example of a server with WMI working fine:

Monday, May 11, 2009

CtxAdmTools: CTX Realtime Report v1.1 Released

CTX Realtime Report v1.1 Generate Realtime Reports of the Citrix Farm.

CTX Realtime Report show:
* Applications Sessions (Summary): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application.
* Applications Sessions (Full): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application with extra info.
* Applications and Users per Server: Show the list of Applications and Users per Citrix Server.

More reports are coming soon!



Applications Sessions (Summary): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application.


Applications Sessions (Full): Show the list of Applications and the Amount of Sessions per Application with extra info.

Applications and Users per Server: Show the list of Applications and Users per Server (NEW)


Download Ctx Realtime Report v1.1 at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar/