It will launch a direct RDP session, but what's important is that it is
a brokered session. It uses the Sun Ray Windows Connector to make the
RDP connection, but the difference is that Citrix infrastructure is
aware of the connection, where it's not with a straight RDP connection.
This is done why using the fall back session method of the WI, which
think's there's no suitable ICA client, so it attempts to make an RDP
client connection through the ActiveX RDP control. We get the
information on where to connection, parse that, and pass it on to the
Sun Ray Windows Connector
There was a bug in the 1.0 release (we were actually telling the WI were
were making an ICA connection, so XD desktop would go back to available
since the VDA never saw an ICA connection, even though it was in use),
so you'll want to go through support and get the updated version, which
they can provide in the interim until the next release.
Any ways, if you are interested, I'd be willing to work with you off
this list. [email protected].
Regards,
CB
On 9/11/12 8:33 PM, Andrew Rosenau wrote:
Now I remember why we didn't like the Windows connector when we were testing.
The users would connect and then launch a published app and have to wait for it
to connect and we did have some funky things happening then.
Regarding the Connector for XenDesktop, I am familar with this and have tested
it briefly aganist XenDesktop. What advantage would the XenDesktop connector
give over the Windows Connector? It is still just RDP correct? So if I use that
and the user then launched a published app from within their desktop they would
have to wait for it to connect and fire up an ICA session correct?
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on
behalf of Craig Bender [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Use pnAgent with Solaris ICA client
It's definitely a better combination, but know that you'll still burn a
ICA license if it is an Citrix XenApp server.
If you only have desktops published through the WI, you maybe able to
use our Sun Ray Connector for XenDesktop. It's designed to do full
screen desktops, normally for XenDesktop, but there's no reason a XA
published desktop wouldn't work. All you have to do is give it the -u
argument for the alternate path to XA since it defaults to DesktopWeb
for XD.
The main issue, and why we don't pitch it as a XA solution is that there
is no way for us to discern what is a published desktop and what is a
published app. The Windows connectors doesn't do seamless windows, so
hitting a published app would be wonky. Something to think about if you
want to maintain the Citrix brokering and session management.
On 9/11/12 4:19 PM, Andrew Rosenau wrote:
We use Solaris. This solution sounds like it could work. However Lance also
pointed out that they switched to the Sunray Windows Connector for their Citrix
servers for better multimedia support, we may look at doing that as well, as
the multimedia support with the ICA client is pretty poor.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Bender
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:40 PM
To: SunRay-Users mailing list
Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Use pnAgent with Solaris ICA client
Solaris or Linux?
What you can do is setup kiosk mode to run a browser. Put the ICA plugin in
the browsers plugin directory.
Have kiosk mode point the browser at your WI and you should be good to go.
What happens is when click on one of the desktops (after authing to the WI), is
that the WI gives you a launch.ica file. The ICA plugin intercepts this and
will start the ICA client.
Slight difference with Solaris and Linux is that the Solaris firefox script does all the
proper browser setup so you don't have to mess with prototypes. The Linux FF script
doesn't seem to be as "new user"
friendly, but nothing that prototypes can't handle.
I have a fairly simple to implement locked down browser if you are interested
in using it. Only caveat I'd have is being able to work with you on
documenting the above solution for others to use.
On 9/11/12 1:53 PM, Andrew Rosenau wrote:
Yes we are publishing 2008R2 Desktops and users run published apps
within those desktops.
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Craig Bender
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:28 PM
*To:* SunRay-Users mailing list
*Cc:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [SunRay-Users] Use pnAgent with Solaris ICA client
Are you just publishing desktops?
On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Andrew Rosenau
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Can you use the pnAgent of the Solaris ICA client for sunray
servers? Right now we just specify 3 individual Citrix ICA servers
within the wfclient.ini file. I would like to use the pnAgent and
specify our web interface server.
Andrew Rosenau
Granite Falls Municipal Hospital and Manor
IT Manager
320-564-6210
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
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