I do a presentation for the Lions Clubs titled An Autopsy of a Deceased Lions Club (Why Lions Clubs Die). There are several famous people I quote in that presentation. I would like to leave you with this quote from Dave Ramsey. I hope I have left an impact on the EUC community.

When you are gone, will people say you left an impact? That you left a mark?

I love you all.

It has been my honor and privilege to serve you all these years.

At 00:00:01 on July 1, 2023, I become the 2nd Vice District Governor for District 12-S in the Great State of Tennessee.

My new website LionWebster.com, hosted by fellow ex-CTP Neil Spellings, should be up and running this weekend.

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• Implemented the new filters for Published Items
  • Deleted the original filtering code for both the Information and Filtering sections
  • Created code to handle the new filtering capabilities for both the Information and Filtering sections
  • Added Function OutputPubItemFilterSummary
    • Thanks to Michael B. Smith for help in getting the HTML output working properly
• Updated the ReadMe file

I have done all that I have the lab resources and time for on this script.

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• Add Policy Filters (Criteria)
  • User, group, or computer
  • Gateway
  • Operating system
  • IP
  • Hardware ID
• Updated the ReadMe file

This script is still not complete. I need to add the new Filter settings for Published items.

https://github.com/CarlWebster/Parallels-RAS-V19.x-Doc-Script

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• Added a Section Parameter
  • Processes one or more sections of the report.
  • Valid options are:
    • Site
    • LB (LoadBalancing)
    • Publishing
    • Printing (Universal Printing)
    • Scanning (Universal Scanning)
    • Connection
    • Policies
    • Admin (Administration)
    • Licensing
    • All
  • This parameter defaults to All sections.
  • Multiple sections are separated by a comma. -Section admin, licensing
• Updated the help text
• Updated the ReadMe file

I added this feature to save me time as I work on updating the Publishing and Policies sections.

This script is still not complete. I need to add the new Filter settings for Policy settings and Published items.

https://github.com/CarlWebster/Parallels-RAS-V19.x-Doc-Script

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• Added to Connection settings, SAML
  • Properties
  • General
  • IdP
  • SP
  • Attributes
• Added to Site settings, Enrollment server AD integration
• For Provider settings, for Word output, added the provider name to make the Navigation panel in Word more useful
• Updated the ReadMe file

This script is still not complete. I need to add the new Filter settings for Policy settings and other places where the new Filter stuff is used. Additional updates to this script I will post only on GitHub.

https://github.com/CarlWebster/Parallels-RAS-V19.x-Doc-Script

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• Fix bug that kept Virtual Distributed Switches data from being in the report
• When using -Import and -Full, handle making sure the vCenter name is given
• When using -Import and -Full, handle making sure the vCenter is disconnected when the script completes
• Updated the help text
• Updated the ReadMe file

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It has been an honor and a privilege to provide the XenApp/XenDesktop/CVAD series of scripts to you since 30-Sep-2011.

None of those scripts would have happened without the help of Michael B. Smith, James Rankin, and Jarian Gibson. None of the scripts would have been released without the pressure, I mean encouragement, of Jarian.

• Added Broker Registry Keys:
  • HKLM:\Software\Policies\Citrix\DesktopServer\AssignmentPolicyMaxDesktops
    • Type: int
    • Default: 5
    • Info: Minimum=1, Maximum=100
    • Summary: The maximum value accepted for the MaxDesktops parameter of the New/Set-BrokerAssignmentPolicyRule cmdlets. This is limited here because enumeration creates MaxDesktops AOFU resources – which if inadvertently set to a very large value impacts enumeration performance and also consumes large amounts of memory.
  • HKLM:\Software\Policies\Citrix\DesktopServer\SetSiteDataPeriodSecs
    • Type: int
    • Default: 600
    • Info: Seconds, Minimum=30
    • Summary: The period in seconds for polling for updates to the site data.
  • HKLM:\Software\Citrix\DesktopServer\LHC\OutageSummaryEventIntervalSecs
    • Type: int
    • Default: 120
    • Info: Seconds Minimum=60
    • Summary: The interval at which LHC would refresh the outage summary event.
  • HKLM:\Software\Citrix\Broker\Service\State\LHC\PeerStatus
    • Type: string
    • Default:
    • Info:
    • Summary: The status information of peers participating in election process.
• Added Computer policy
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Disable defragmentation for VHD disk compaction
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Enable user-level policy settings
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Set priority order for user groups
  • VDA Data Collection\Security\Clipboard place metadata collection for Security monitoring
• In Function OutputMachines, for ProvisioningType -eq “MCS” added:
  • Device Management Type – This can be Intune, IntuneWithCitrixTags, or None
  • Identity Type – This can be ActiveDirectory, AzureAD, HybridAzureAD, or Workgroup
  • Master Image VM Date – The date and time when the VM snapshot copy used by the provisioning scheme was made
  • MDM Enrollment – This can be Intune, IntuneWithCitrixTags, or None
  • Prepared Image Definition Name – The name for the image definition used for the provisioning scheme
  • Prepared Image Version Number – The version number for the image version used for the provisioning scheme
  • Windows Activation Type – Windows Activation Type set on the Master Image which has a mapping with the Provisioning Scheme
• In Function OutputMachines:
  • Made the code consistent between the Daas and CVAD scripts
  • Added missing fields that were in one script but not the other
  • Added the Machine data metadatamap keys output that was in the Word output but not in the Text and HTML output
  • Added Custom Properties For VMware
    • FolderId
  • Renamed “Master VM” to “Master Image VM”
• Renamed Computer policy
  • VDA Data Collection\VDA data collection for Performance Analytics to VDA Data Collection\VDA data collection for Analytics
• Updated for CVAD 2305/7.38

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Updated 30-Jun-2023 with information from Citrix that they gave me permission to include.

It has been an honor and a privilege to provide this script to you since 21-Sep-2020.  Shane O’Neill, this script is now all yours.

• In version 1.26, I am commenting out the catalog and machine VDA Upgrade  Service sections because the Get-VusCatalogInfo and Get-VusMachineInfo  cmdlets were not supposed to be made public. I added them to this script 11  months ago and now Citrix removed the cmdlets.
• Added Computer policy
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Disable defragmentation for VHD  disk compaction
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Enable user-level policy settings
  • Profile Management\Advanced settings\Set priority order for user groups
  • VDA Data Collection\Security\Clipboard place metadata collection for  Security monitoring
  • Added to Function OutputZoneSiteView:
    • Valid Edge Servers?
    • Healthy? (Is the Zone healthy?)
    • Primary? (Is the Zone the Primary Zone? There can (should) only be one  Primary Zone.)
    • Information from Citrix.
    • 1. What is a valid edge server?
    • “HasValidEdgeServers” is a property of Zone objects. A Zone has valid  EdgeServers if there are any EdgeServers in that Zone. NOTE: The presence of the edge server record is dependent on the edge server data being returned from Citrix Cloud with sufficient/correct data such as the presence of a SID value for the edge server.
    • Edge servers that do not have known SID values or cannot determine the  AD domains could be possibly seen as ‘invalid’.
    • 2. How do I fix an invalid edge server?
    • See response to #1.
    • 3. What makes a zone healthy?
    • A Zone is considered healthy if any of the EdgeServers in that Zone are healthy (i.e., not in LHC outage mode).
    • 4. What is an unhealthy Zone?
    • A Zone is considered unhealthy if all of the EdgeServers in that Zone are unhealthy (i.e., in LHC outage mode).
    • 5. How do I fix an unhealthy Zone?
    • Once an EdgeServer comes out of LHC outage mode, the Zone’s  “IsHealthy” property should change to “true”.
    • LHC is designed to operate automatically, without the need for admin intervention. If a Zone’s “IsHealthy” property is “false” for an extended period of time, you can check whether there are any ongoing networking issues and/or reach out to Citrix customer support.
    • End of Information from Citrix.
  • Added two more settings configurable by Set-BrokerServiceConfigurationData
    • Core.AssignmentPolicyMaxDesktops
      • Type: int
      • Default: 5
      • Info: Minimum=1, Maximum=100
      • Summary: The maximum value accepted for the MaxDesktops parameter of the New/Set-BrokerAssignmentPolicyRule cmdlets. This is limited here because enumeration creates MaxDesktops AOFU resources – which if inadvertently set to a very large value impacts enumeration performance and also consumes large amounts of memory.
  • Core.SetSiteDataPeriodSecs
    • Type: int
    • Default: 600
    • Info: Seconds, Minimum=30
    • Summary: The period in seconds for polling for updates to the site data.
  • Lhc.OutageSummaryEventIntervalSecs
    • Type: int
    • Default: 120
    • Info: Seconds Minimum=60
    • Summary: The interval at which LHC would refresh the outage summary event.
  • LhcState.PeerStatus
    • Type: string
    • Default:
    • Info:
    • Summary: The status information of peers participating in election process.
• In Function OutputMachines, for ProvisioningType -eq “MCS” added:
  • Device Management Type – This can be Intune, IntuneWithCitrixTags, or None
  • Identity Type – This can be ActiveDirectory, AzureAD, HybridAzureAD, or  Workgroup
  • Master Image VM Date – The date and time when the VM snapshot copy used  by the provisioning scheme was made
  • MDM Enrollment – This can be Intune, IntuneWithCitrixTags, or None
  • Prepared Image Definition Name – The name for the image definition used for  the provisioning scheme
  • Prepared Image Version Number – The version number for the image version  used for the provisioning scheme
  • Windows Activation Type – Windows Activation Type set on the Master Image  which has a mapping with the Provisioning Scheme
• In Function OutputMachines:
  • Made the code consistent between the Daas and CVAD scripts
  • Added missing fields that were in one script but not the other
  • Added the Machine data metadatamap keys output that was in the Word  output but not in the Text and HTML output
  • Added Custom Properties For VMware
    • FolderId
  • Renamed “Master VM” to “Master Image VM”
• Removed the IncludeVMImageHistory parameter as it wasn’t used
• Renamed Computer policy
  • VDA Data Collection\VDA data collection for Performance Analytics to VDA  Data Collection\VDA data collection for Analytics
• Tested with Group Policy Module 2305 dated May 31, 2023
  • (https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-cloud/product-software/xenapp- and-xendesktop-service.html)
• Tested with PoSH SDK dated May 18, 2023
  • (https://download.apps.cloud.com/CitrixPoshSdk.exe)
• Updated for 7.38

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I am sure I may have missed something, so please let me know if I did.

You can always find the most current Excel file by going to https://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/

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Computer Multi-session Settings:

• Added: Clipboard place metadata collection for Security monitoring – Enabled
• Added: Disable defragmentation for VHD disk compaction – Disabled
• Added: Enable user-level policy settings – Disabled
• Added: Set priority order for user groups – Disabled
• Modified: Original – VDA data collection for Performance Analytics – Prohibited
  • • •  New – VDA data collection for Analytics – Enabled

Computer Single-session Settings:

• Added: Clipboard place metadata collection for Security monitoring – Enabled
• Added: Disable defragmentation for VHD disk compaction – Disabled
• Added: Enable user-level policy settings – Disabled
• Added: Set priority order for user groups – Disabled
• Modified: Original – VDA data collection for Performance Analytics – Prohibited
  • • •  New – VDA data collection for Analytics – Enabled

User Multi-session Settings:

• I didn’t find anything

User Single-session Settings:

• Removed: Allow file transfer between desktop and client

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I have all that data in my documentation scripts. Here is the table I have built over the last ten years.

Maintaining this table after July 1, 2023, should be easy for whoever updates the list.

On May 24, 2021, I published the Building Webster’s Lab V2 article series that used vSphere/vCenter 7.0 original release and XenServer 8.2.0.

This is a follow-up on building the lab with vSphere/vCenter 7.0U3L and XenServer 8.2.1.

Why didn’t I use vSphere/vCenter 8? Neither my hardware nor Synology units support vSphere 8. There is a change I can make to an install file to bypass the hardware compatibility check, but I would rather not risk it. It took Synology a long time to add vSphere 7 support, so I have no idea how long before they add support for vSphere 8.

I need to rebuild the lab because something terrible happened after powering down the lab for an extended weekend. When I powered on the lab after returning to the lab the following Monday, the vSphere servers would not connect to local storage and NFS storage, nor connect to any switches or networking.

Read the rest in the PDF…

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• Allow multiple output formats. You can now select any combination of HTML,  MSWord, PDF, or Text
• Changed some Write-Error to Write-Warning and changed some Write-Warning to Write-Host
• Changed the default output to HTML
• Fixed remaining $Null comparisons where $null was on the right instead of the  left of the comparison
• Fixed some text formatting issues
• If you select PDF for Output and Microsoft Word is not installed, update the  error message to state that PDF uses Word’s SaveAs PDF function
• In Function BuildDRSGroupsRules, fixed variable $DRSGroupsRules not  defined error
• In Function OutputClusters, added explanations from VMware for each  counter
• In Function OutputResourcePools, fixed invalid property name Name
• In Function OutputVirtualMachines, added explanations from VMware for  each counter and fixed one wrong counter name
• In Function OutputVMHost made changes to the VMware performance  counters put in Charts by separating the counters instead of grouping
  • If one counter was not available, then no chart was created for any of the  counters grouped together
  • Added explanations from VMware for each counter
• Made minor changes to Function AddStatsChart
• Reformatted most Write-Error messages to show better in the console
• Removed all comments referencing versions before 2.00
• Removed existing Script ParameterSets and left only one for “WordPDF”
• Thanks to T.E.R. for testing with vCenter 8
• Updated the following functions to the latest versions:
  • AddHTMLTable
  • AddWordTable
  • CheckWordPrereq
  • FormatHTMLTable
  • GetCulture
  • Line
  • ProcessDocumentOutput
  • SaveandCloseDocumentandShutdownWord
  • SaveandCloseHTMLDocument
  • SaveandCloseTextDocument
  • SetupHTML
  • SetupText
  • SetupWord
  • SetWordCellFormat
  • SetWordHashTable
  • ValidateCoverPage
  • WriteHTMLLine
  • WriteWordLine
• Updated the help text
• Updated the ReadMe file

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• Fixed a $Null comparison where null was on the right instead of the left of the comparison
• Fixed a missing variable $tempPWD
• Test for variable $global:DefaultVIServer before using
• Tested with PowerCLI 13.1

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• Added new Farm properties introduced in 2303, SetupType and  CloudSetupActive
  • If(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $True )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $False )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have not updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 0)
  • {
    • “Farm is in on-premises mode”
  • }
• For Text output, fixed some formatting and alignment issues
• In Function OutputSite:
  • If SetupType is 1 (Cloud), output the Cloud Customer ID and Name in the  Licensing section
  • Added two new Virtual Hosting Pool connection types added in 2303:
    • 4 = Azure
    • 5 = Google Cloud Platform
  • Notes:
    • You must run the PVS server and console in Azure to see Azure-specific options.
    • You must run the PVS server and console in GCP to see GCP-specific options.
    • You cannot stream to Azure or GCP from On-premises, for example.
    • Citrix only supports creating PVS targets in Azure or GCP as part of streaming CVAD catalog VDAs.
    • Citrix only supports creating virtual hosting pool records for Azure and GCP from a CVAD Hosting unit as part of the CVAD Setup Wizard.

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• Added new Farm properties introduced in 2303, SetupType and  CloudSetupActive
  • If(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $True )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $False )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have not updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 0)
  • {
    • “Farm is in on-premises mode”
  • }
• In Function OutputSite:
  • If SetupType is 1 (Cloud), output the Cloud Customer ID and Name in the  Licensing section
• Renamed transcript log file from PVSHealthCheckScriptTranscript to PVSHealthCheckV2ScriptTranscript
• Renamed script errors file from PVSHealthCheckScriptErrors to PVSHealthCheckV2ScriptErrors
• Renamed script info file from PVSInventoryScriptInfo to PVSHealthCheckV2ScriptInfo
• Updated the ReadMe file
• Updated the help text

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• Added new Farm properties introduced in 2303, SetupType and  CloudSetupActive
  • If(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $True )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 1 -and CloudSetupActive -eq $False )
  • {
    • “Farm is in cloud setup and all PVS servers have not updated to cloud mode”
  • }
  • ElseIf(SetupType -eq 0)
  • {
    • “Farm is in on-premises mode”
  • }
• In Function OutputSite:
  • If SetupType is 1 (Cloud), output the Cloud Customer ID and Name in the  Licensing section

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• Change all Created and Modified dates to match the output formatting in the  console
• In Function OutputPublishingSettings:
  • Add AVDApp and AVDDesktop to WVDApp and WVDDesktop
  • If Preferred Routing is not enabled, added “Preferred routing is disabled”
• In Function OutputRASMailboxSettings, added the missing enum fixed in 19.2
  • YesTLS12IfAvailable – Use TLS 1.2 if available
• In Function OutputSite, add code to handle the different types of Registry  Optimizations
  • REG_DWORD
  • REG_EXPAND_SZ
  • REG_MULTI_SZ
  • REG_QWORD
  • REG_SZ

This script is far from complete. There are several new features not yet implemented, and I haven’t started on the new way of filtering policies or published resources. My April, May, and June are busy, so I don’t know how much more I can do on this script between now and June 30th.

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• Fixed six typos found when running a test for Citrix

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• Added Connection Brokers/Auto-promotion
• Added to Secure Gateway/Network “Only allow Let’s Encrypt verification”
• Added Video Capture Devices policy settings
• Changed “Keep existing VRRP/keepalive settings” to “Keep existing VRRP/keepalived settings” for HALB Properties/Advanced
• Comment out FSLogix replicate settings as I don’t see them in the console now
• Removed policy properties that no longer exist
• There are over 1500 differences between the last 2.5 script update and this new 3.00.
  • The HTML diff file is over 25MB in size.
  • If you really want to see all the changes between 2.5 and 3.0, look at the diff file in GitHub.

This script is far from complete. There are several new features not yet implemented, and I haven’t started on the new way of filtering policies. My April, May, and June are busy, so I don’t know how much more I can do on this script between now and June 30th.

You can always find the most current script by going to https://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/

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Webster