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XenDesktop 4 with HDX client-side Flash and Webcams

29 Nov 2009 @ 14:55

In the last week i installed a XenDesktop4 environment at a customer to build a infrastructure to make video conferencing and multimedia sessions possible.

First of all you need severals things:

AD Admin Account (or User with special rights in one OU) to let the Citrix AD Config Tool create the needed settings for the DesktopFarm
a Windows Server 2003 to install the Delivery Controller
a virtuell Client ( i used Windows 7 and Windows XP SP3)

The AD Account is very important. The Tool is creating a SPN, a Group and an additional OU with the name of the farm. The SPN is needed for the virtuell Clients, where the XPsAgent will be installed. This Agent will query the AD for the Farm Settings. Later more…

The Installation of the Delivery Controller is very easy and Citrix’s setup works very fine. It install all neccessary features/roles and software automatically. It is possible that the setup need the Windows Source to install something. It also reboot the machine and restart the setup…. this works good, but the Setup asks not what to install at all. Only some components. The WebInterface and Diagnostic Facility will be installed automatically. Later more about the Web interface and the Consoles!

After choosing the components the setup will ask you about the farm and later the Setup wants to know where the new farm will be created and asks about the licensing. The Setup will start and after several Minutes it will ask to install some printers. This message appears up to 6 times. The first and second time while the setup installes the printers and againg after applying some hotfixes.

If the installation has finished you must first start the AD Config Tool to select the OU where the farm communications will be stored. If the tool runs successfully you find the FarmOU and FarmGUID in the CDS Console under the view “read-only properties”.

DDC-Console-RO-Info

After that you can install the XDsAgent on the vClient. Logon with a domain account! The setup should automatically find the Farm.

When installation has finished and the vClient has rebooted you can connect to the webinterface which is installed on the DDC.

Important Hints for the Setup and usage:

If the Farmname will not automatically displayed here you have a Problem with the SPN and the XD OU (or the user has no rights to read the OU)!
Do NOT use two or more network adapters with the DDC and the vClient. I got many Problems with the communication between all components!
You must use the .ADM-Files on the DVD (folder “configuration”) to configure the settings for the client and server!
define policies on the DDC for the farm to activate USB otherwise no WebCam or other non storage device will be connected (PSC – Policies)! (disabled per default!)

To see the Toolbar in the desktop session you must use the DesktopWeb (Directory DesktopAppliance) – WebInterface. This is a setting in that webinterface. Normal Webinterfaces (also V5.2.0) dont have this setting! Also the usb settings are not configurable with normal xenapp web interfaces.

When all settings and configurations are complete you can see in the toolbar the usb-button where you can connect the available devices.

If you want to use the Micrsoft TableCam you must first install the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 – The Device Drivers are included in that package.

Here some helpfull links from citrix KB: