This is your “clean” Server 2008 R2 image you can come back to later if you need to. Make a copy of the VM and convert it to a template. Now go to your XenServer and create a new Server 2008 R2 VMĤ. Just in case one goes down, you don’t want one your provisioned servers to become a ZDC:Ģ. In this example, I have a Default Zone and have set one server as the ZDC but it is best practice to have at least a handful of servers that are not provisioned to be set as preferred. Just set the election preference in AppCenter under Zones. All XenApp servers provisioned via XenApp will be member servers of this farm and you do not want them to become a ZDC.

I am assuming you already have a XenApp 6.5 farm created and at least one dedicated server for the role of the ZDC. There are a couple of different ways you can achieve the same thing so use what works for you:ġ. I recommend skimming this before beginning: If you don’t have a thorough understanding of PVS, it is easy to become lost so please make sure and read that article and go through those screenshots first.Ĭitrix has an excellent eDoc primer for understanding the intricacies of XenApp on PVS located here. So I am not going to get as detailed on PVS technology in this article. The same concepts and most all procedures apply to Server 2008 R2. I urge you to read my PVS 6.1 on XenDesktop/Windows 7 guide first. Now have the user try to launch 2 sessions of the same app one right after another. Have them click Settings in the top right and uncheck the “Reconnect” option. Have the user login to the Web Interface. Double click on “Restrict each user to a single session”:Īnd under the “General” tab, uncheck “Restrict each user to a single session”:Ĥ. Go to Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. Most people forget this one since it’s not really a Citrix setting. Verify Remote Desktop Session Host on your XenApp servers is set to allow more than 1 session. This allows the select users who need concurrent application sessions to modify their settings without having to impact the rest of your users.ģ. Make sure the Reconnect Button is set to “Allow users to customize”. Log into your Web Interfaces and right click on your XenApp Web Site.

By default “Allow only one instance of application for each user” is unchecked. Verify the app is set to allow multiple sessions.

Otherwise you’ll be left scratching your head trying to figure out why the 2nd session keeps stealing the 1st session and you only get 1 application window open.ġ. If you have an application that requires more that one session per user, as in they want 2 sessions open to the same application concurrently, there are a few things you need to do.

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