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Hosts and Citrix (preview)

November 28, 2024

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This feature is in preview. It can be deployed in a production environment, but is not supported for production use. For more information, see Public previews.

Warnings

If you attempt to shutdown or reboot a XenServer host with VMs that host Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sessions, XenCenter displays a warning pop up that lists the affected sessions and asks if you want to proceed.

Citrix tab

The Citrix tab for a host in XenCenter shows information about the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment this host is powering and the machines and sessions hosted in the host. Information shown on this tab is updated every 10 seconds.

If the selected host cannot be associated with a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment, the tab shows a message. If the host is part of your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment, this might be caused by incorrect permissions.

Overview

The Overview section of this tab shows high-level information about the sessions, machines, Machine Catalogs, and Delivery Groups in the connected Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.

General

This section shows the following information:

Name: The name of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site.
ID: The ID of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site.
Sessions: The total number of sessions in the host and how many of them are disconnected.
Machines: The total number of machines present in the site. This field also shows how many machines are marked as in maintenance mode in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
Delivery Groups: The total number of Delivery Groups present in the site. This field also shows how many Delivery Groups are marked as in maintenance mode in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
Machine Catalogs: The total number of Machine Catalogs present in the site. This field also shows how many Machine Catalogs exist in the site for each provisioning type: MCS, PVS, or manual.

Sessions

The Sessions section of this tab lists all Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sessions on all VMs on this host. For each session, the following information is shown:

VM: The VM this session is on.
User: The full user name of the user of the session.
State: Whether the session is active.
Type: The type of session: Desktop or Application.
Session Started: The start time of the session.
Session Established: The last time the session was actively used by a user.

Machine Catalogs

The Machine Catalogs section of this tab lists all the Machine Catalogs in the connected Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. For each Machine Catalog, the following information is shown:

Name: The name of the Machine Catalog.
Machine Type: The type of the machine: virtual or physical.
Provisioning Type: The provisioning type used by the Machine Catalog: MCS, PVS, or manual.
Allocation Type: How machines are allocated by the Machine Catalog: random or static.
Total Machine Count: The total number of machines in this Machine Catalog.
Machines Allocated to Server: The total number of machines in this Machine Catalog that are allocated to this server.

Delivery Groups

The Delivery Groups section of this tab lists all the Delivery Groups in the connected Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. For each Delivery Group, the following information is shown:

Name: The name of the Delivery Group.
Server Machine Count: The total number of machines in this Delivery Group on this server.
Server Active Sessions: The number of active sessions running under the Delivery Group on this server.
Server Disconnected Sessions: The number of disconnected sessions running under the Delivery Group on this server.

Machines

The Machines section of this tab lists all the machines in the connected Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. For each machine, the following information is shown:

Name: The name of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops machine.
VM: The VM that the machine is running on.
User Changes Persistence: Whether changes made by end users are discarded.
Delivery Group: The Delivery Group the machine is assigned to.
Machine Catalog: The Machine Catalog the machine is assigned to.
Active Sessions: The number of active sessions running on this machine.
Disconnected Sessions: The number of disconnected sessions running on this machine.

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Hosts and Citrix (preview)

November 28, 2024

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November 28, 2024

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Hosts and Citrix (preview)

Warnings

Citrix tab

Overview

General

Sessions

Machine Catalogs

Delivery Groups

Machines

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