[THIN] Re: 2008 vs 2003 login times
- From: Andy Friar <Andy.Friar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:03:21 +0000
It's such a shame they removed UserEnvDebug log in 2008.
I've found 2008 to just be slow in general in comparison to 2003 but there are
a couple of things to speed logon times.
Switch GPSvcDebug on on the terminal server.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Diagnostics]
"GPSvcDebugLevel"=dword:00030002
Not quite as feature rich as UserEnv but may highlight something.
Clear down C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Group Policy\History especially if your
running Group Policy Client Side Preferences, exclude in AV if your scanning
any file.
Be careful of printer drivers if doing printers via GP CSP
Obviously mandatory / hybrid profiles help.
14seconds isn't bad in 2008.
Rgds
Andy
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Anthony Green
Sent: 08 January 2010 11:37
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2008 vs 2003 login times
Theres some group policy information in the eventlog but nothing like the
userenv debugging you got with 2k3.
Ive tried turning all group policies off which didn't really make a difference.
I seemed to get better performance when disabling client mappings, especially
printer mappings, but nothing to shout about.
Am I gonna have to accept this and just say "Sorry, thats 2008 for ya, weve
upgraded you to the latest OS and given you a slower, but much more reliable
logon"
Thanks,
Ant.
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Andrew Wood
Sent: 08 January 2010 11:20
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: 2008 vs 2003 login times
One thing I noticed in deploying XA5 was how much extra resource it seemed to
use *before* any punters were on. Did you do some load testing before your role
out?
You could do a logon trace - maybe look at the timings ? if you've still got a
w2k3 box you could run a userenv.log trace w2k8 sticks the trace into the event
log iirc. Maybe there's a registry/script change/update that's hosing the logon?
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Anthony Green
Sent: 08 January 2010 02:25
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] 2008 vs 2003 login times
I've done a few upgrades recently moving people from 2003 to 2008 SP2 and
latest Xenapp.
Nearly every time the users have noticed a longer login time.
One company went from 7 secs to 14 secs (i know it's not a long login time but
it has doubled!). We basically replicated their Windows 2003 setup
(xenapp\DCs\File\Print\SQL) but have everything on Windows 2008.
Most things work ok but the login times are killing me, I'm having to explain
why this is without really knowing why there is such a difference. Anyone
else notice this? Any tips?
Thanks,
Ant.
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