Thanks for the script James. We do reboot all 180 of our servers nightly. No one has really had the time to dig in and investigate the root issue. Our Citrix Admins just make it a point to scan and delete in left over directories every couple of weeks. I'll pass along this script.
- Sean On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:05 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > On XenApp 5 and 6 we generally have a nightly or bi-nightly reboot, then at > startup run this script to get rid of any "hung" profiles (this works on > 2008 and 2008 R2, needs a slight mod for 2003) > > *@echo off > setlocal > setlocal enableextensions > > for /f "skip=1 tokens=4*" %%a in ('dir "%systemdrive%\Users"^|find > "<DIR>"^|find /v ".."') do set profile=%%a %%b& call :REMOVE > > set profile= > endlocal > goto :eof > > > :REMOVE > > :: Remove the profile directory completely > > rmdir /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\%profile%" > > goto :eof* > > However it is often best to try and identify the root cause of the profile > lock. VMWare Tools, installed with the "Complete" option, can cause this. > Process Explorer and Process Monitor may help identify this. > > > On 22 March 2011 05:40, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. However, we experience the problem on our XenApp5 >> servers (Windows 2003). We've tried running delprof as a shutdown script, >> startup script, and both. Ocassionally something just locks a file within >> the user profile so it can't be deleted entirely, which leaves the root >> folder behind. The next time that person logs into the server, a new profile >> directory is created <username.domain>. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Crawford, Scott >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Delprof fails on windows 7 with antivirus software. AV updates the >>> last accessed attribute on the files so delprof thinks they’ve been used >>> recently. There’s a hotfix available, but the fix is included in SP1. >>> >>> >>> >>> Not sure if that’s relevant to your situation, but it bit us. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 6:12 PM >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: Large user profiles on server >>> >>> >>> >>> We use a combination of delprof and uphclean in our Citrix environment. >>> However, we still run into issues where profile directories haven't been >>> fully purged. >>> >>> >>> >>> - Sean >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Uphclean is now the user profile service on 2008 >>> >>> Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From: *Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Date: *Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:29:05 +0000 >>> >>> *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> >>> >>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> *Subject: *RE: Large user profiles on server >>> >>> >>> >>> Will “uphclean” work for you? >>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 10:43 AM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Large user profiles on server >>> >>> >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> >>> >>> I use terminal server roaming profiles. 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