Absolutely agree with the sentiments on AppSense. The latest version is what I will be deploying in my new role and it looks like a vast improvement over version 7.
I will get onto Citrix support and raise a case. Cheers, On 24 August 2010 15:41, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have Citrix Support available, call them. > > > > AppSense is an awesome company and suite of products. > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* Re: Citrix XenApp 6 printing woes > > > > Well, we have the x64 drivers installed and available > > We didn't import any policies > > That only leaves bad drivers (even though the printers all work fine), but > the problem is, we can't remove the policies now they are there. I read a > thread that said we will need to create a new farm database to get rid of > the bad policies, but that seems like drastic overkill to me. The solution > posted by the guy on The Ether doesn't do anything to help. > > I'm leaving this gig in two weeks' time, but I'd rather get around these > issues before I left. I'm seriously considering redeploying AppSense to map > the printers, and letting the Citrix policies rot until their masters fix > them. > > On 24 August 2010 14:36, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some people are claiming different root causes: > > > > Bad drivers > > No x64 driver installed/available > > Bad policy imported in from previous version > > > > http://forums.citrix.com/message.jspa?messageID=1461755 > > > > Is one such thread. > > > > This guy claims to have a solution: > > > > http://theether.net/kb/100157 > > > > Please let me know what your solution is so I can add it to my knowledge. > I plan on covering Citrix Policies with XenApp 6 in book #4 (currently half > way thru writing book #2). > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Carl Webster > > Citrix Technology Professional > > http://dabcc.com/Webster > > > > > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:21 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Citrix XenApp 6 printing woes > > > > No, we just created them anew in the XenApp 6 farm > > On 24 August 2010 14:17, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you use the XenApp Migration Tool to migrate your policies from a > previous version? > > > > > > Carl Webster > > Citrix Technology Professional > > http://dabcc.com/Webster > > > > > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* Citrix XenApp 6 printing woes > > > > Is anyone else having serious problems with printing in Citrix XenApp 6.0? > We were creating Citrix policies to map session printers, but now, whenever > we try to add, edit or remove a policy, we get an error saying "*paper > size 1 is not a valid paper size. The policy could not be saved*". > > The annoying thing is, it happens even if you try to add a policy for > something different, such as USB redirection. It's almost as if every time > you save a policy it is enumerating every existing policy, and if anything > goes wrong, it just crashes and discards any changes. We can't disable > policies, remove them from groups, or even change anything. It's getting to > the stage now where I am starting to get a bit flustered, as we won't be > able to deploy any new printers. I'm starting to feel like the Citrix > session printing policy in XenApp 6 is just completely screwed, and there > aren't any signs of any hotfixes or rollups coming out. > > Are any other early adopters suffering from this sort of problem? I'm > starting to wish we'd stayed with XenApp 5 for the moment, to be perfectly > honest > > > > > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
