Yep, redirecting the Internet Cache did the trick. Still trying to understand the why, but this project is now officially completed :-)
On 6 December 2013 14:45, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I may have cracked this, just to follow up. > > It looks like for whatever reason I need to redirect the Temporary > Internet Files folder as well as the History folder, in this environment. > You're not supposed to be able to point it to a non-local path (you > certainly can't with GPO Redirection), but using AppSense EM or GPP you can > force it. Don't quite understand the *why*, but once I've done this I can > flip the test server a day forward in time and still see my History - that > wasn't happening yesterday. > > Won't know for sure till tomorrow, but looks more promising than the last > few weeks, for sure :-) > > Cheers, > > > > JR > > > On 4 December 2013 13:52, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forgot to add....I tried it with Folder Redirection for History disabled >> and Personalization Server capturing the IE History. Exactly the same >> behaviour was observed. >> >> >> On 4 December 2013 12:45, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I'm no Citric guru, but haven't we historically seen similar issues with >>> Folder Redirection? >>> >>> -- >>> Espi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:24 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I've had this issue for a few weeks now and thought I'd throw it out >>>> there. >>>> >>>> One of my clients has just done a Citrix deployment and what they are >>>> finding is every morning, their Internet Explorer History (IE8) has >>>> disappeared. >>>> >>>> The IE History folder is redirected to a network location using Folder >>>> Redirection and the data is written there fine. If I open and close >>>> multiple sessions, the History persists. If I restart the Citrix servers, >>>> the data persists. It is only when I come in the next morning that it has >>>> all gone. It's very strange. >>>> >>>> It seems that the History folder on the network has the data in it - it >>>> just doesn't seem to read it properly the next day. I've checked that the >>>> GPO that sets IE History persistence time is set correctly (7 days) and the >>>> Registry value corresponds to this. >>>> >>>> I've disabled AppSense, put the test server in a GPO with Block >>>> Inheritance enabled, all to no avail. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering now if AV could be to blame, maybe there is some privacy >>>> setting in Sophos that you can configure to clear a user's History at a >>>> specified interval? Maybe I am grasping at straws :-) >>>> >>>> If anyone has any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them. IE8 on XenApp >>>> 6.5 published app servers running (not surprisingly) Windows 2008 R2. >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> JRR >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *James Rankin* >>>> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >>>> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *James Rankin* >> Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >> > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
