Month: March 2013

Lifecycle announcement for Citrix Zenprise Mobile Device Manager

Citrix Systems, Inc. announces this notice of status change for several releases in the Citrix XenApp product line.

The following table details the Citrix Zenprise Mobile Device Manager and Service Manager Lifecycle milestones that are provided in accordance with the guidelines established by the Citrix Product Lifecycle Support Policy.

Product Name Version Major Release Date EOL Announcement EOL Date EOS Date
Zenprise Device Manager
6.0.x February 2011 September 2012 March 2013 September 2013
6.1.x May 2011 September 2012 March 2013 September 2013
6.2.x January 2012 September 2012 March 2013 September 2013
6.5.x March 2012 October 2012 April 2013 October 2013
6.6.x April 2012 February 2013 August 2013 February 2014
7.0.x September 2012 February 2013 August 2013 February 2014
7.1.x October 2012
Zenprise Service Manager
3.1.x June 2007 June 2009 June 2010 January 2011
3.2.x October 2007 October 2009 October 2010 April 2011
3.3.x March 2008 March 2010 March 2011 September 2011
4.0.x August 2008 August 2010 August 2011 February 2012
4.1.x January 2009 January 2011 January 2012 July 2012
4.5.x March 2009 March 2011 March 2012 September 2012
5.0.x October 2009 October 2011 October 2012 April 2013
5.1.x August 2010 September 2012 March 2013 September 2013
5.2.x December 2010 September 2012 March 2013 September 2013
6.0.x February 2011
6.1.x September 2011

For more information look here.

Personal vDisk 5.6.13 released

Citrix has released a new version of the Personal vDisk. Version 5.6.13 has the following new features:

Personal vDisk v5.6.13 is the latest release which includes a redesigned filter driver that improves overall application compatibility. PvD no longer requires an assigned drive letter for the app space (currently the V: drive) and offers dynamic free space balance between the apps and profile space on the user’s personal vDisk. This release contains the reduction in the PvD generated CPU overhead by 44%.

Review the Citrix Personal vDisk Administrator’s Guide. This document contains information on the release, system requirements, and install instructions. For more configuration details, please refer to Citrix eDocs.

You can download this new version here at the Citrix downloads section (a valid My CitrixID is required).

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 and McAfee Agent 4.8 released

McAfee has released 2 new versions yesterday. ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 and McAfee Agent 4.8 have been released.

McAfee-IconePolicy Orchestrator 5.0:

What’s new in this version:

  • Upgrade Compatibility Utility

Use the Upgrade Compatibility Utility to migrate your server configuration from previous ePolicy Orchestrator versions on unsupported server operating systems to a supported operating system. At the same time, identify and prevent incompatible product extensions from running in your ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 environment.

  • McAfee Product Improvement Program

Help improve McAfee products by periodically collecting data on ePolicy Orchestrator managed systems. Continue reading “McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 and McAfee Agent 4.8 released”

Hotfix CPVS56SP3002 for Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP3

Citrix has released a new hotfix for Provisioning Services 5.6 SP3 today.

Hotfix CPVS56SP3002 has the same fixes as hotfix CPVS60019 also released today.

Console Issues

  1. Attempts by device administrators to add a disk to a device fail and the following error message appears: “The user does not have sufficient privileges to perform the operation.”

    To address this issue in its entirety, you must install both a Server and a Console hotfix that contains Fix #LA2756.

    <cat_pvs_console>[#LA2756] Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS56SP3002 for Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP3”

Hotfix CPVS60019 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0

Citrix has released hotfix #19 for Provisioning Services 6.0.

Here are the fixes in this release:

Server Issues

  1. When a NAS controller fails or a (temporary) network interruption occurs, target devices can take up to 20 minutes to recover. During that time, the target devices remain unresponsive.

    <cat_pvs_server>[#LA2360] Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS60019 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0”

AppDNA 6.2 released

appdnaCitrix has released AppDNA version 6.2 on March 18th 2013.

What’s New

The AppDNA 6.2 release is focused on providing full support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Internet Explorer 10, support for App-V 5 and System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2012, incremental loading of ConfigMgr data, Install Capture support for VMware vSphere 5.1, and reporting performance and usability improvements. Continue reading “AppDNA 6.2 released”

Hotfixes Update 4 for Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 Controller

Citrix has released 1 update (X86 and X64) called Update 4 for XenDesktop 5.6 Controller side.

Fixed in this release:

Installing, Uninstalling, Upgrading

  1. Installing Hotfix XD560MISvcWX64003 on Desktop Delivery Controllers in a site with failed provisioning workflows can prevent the Machine Identity Service from starting.

    [From XD560ADIDSvcWX64004, XD560ConfSvcWX64004, XD560HostSvcWX64004, XD560MISvcWX64004]<cat_install>[#LA3556]

Server/Site Administration Continue reading “Hotfixes Update 4 for Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 Controller”

New Citrix Provisioning Services tool: PVSDataTools

PVSDataTools is a set of tools used to collect and parse data from a Provisioning Services (PVS) Server to assist in troubleshooting an issue. PVSDataTools contains two tools: PVSDataCollector and PVSDataParser.

PVSDataCollector v1.2.2

The PVSDataCollector collects the following information from the PVS Server:

  • System Information
  • Windows Event Logs
  • TCP and UDP Port Information

XenApp Connector for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

The XenApp Connector for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager enables administrators to orchestrate the tasks required to deliver applications both to end-users and XenApp Servers seamlessly with Microsoft System Center 2012 (and SP1).

With the XenApp Connector, administrators can:

  • Extend the Configuration Manager 2012 user-centric and rules-based application delivery capabilities to deliver applications to users in the most appropriate manner for the device they are using: MSI, App-V, CAB, or XenApp
  • Enable user self-service of XenApp hosted applications from both Receiver and the System Center Application Catalog
  • Orchestrate the process of deploying applications to XenApp servers, farms, and worker groups from within the Configuration Manager console, both directly, for traditionally managed farms, as well as for streamed farms when used in conjunction with Provisioning Services Continue reading “XenApp Connector for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager”