[THIN] Re: ICA within ICA revisited
- From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:55:35 -0400
That is how we run all our sessions here. I think it is the best of
both worlds. As the person running it, I get all the flexibility and
power of published apps and the users get the convenience of a full
desktop. My users are set in their ways and they want the clock and
mail notification in the systray. They want the My Computer and My
Documents folder to browse their files. All my users have Neoware
terminals and using nFuse for this fell a little short. It worked but
it was awkward. We settled on a bare bones published desktop with the
pnagent set to run at startup. But the apps don't bounce around server
to server. If the published app is setup for the same server running
the desktop, it launches it from that server.
It also lets me do things like give a user an app from our test server
to test out. I just publish it and the icon magically appears on the
desktop moments later. No need to tell them to log off and back on to
get the new icon. It just shows up.
If I need to install an update on one server for an app, I just pull
that server out of the published app's setup. The users then bounce to
another server and don't get their work interrupted. If I have to down
the app for all servers, I just disable it in the CMC and the icon
disappears from their desktop. I don't have to chase everyone down and
tell them to stay out while I work.
From a management standpoint it is easy as well. I made groups in AD
for each application. There is a MS Word group, an Excel group etc. In
the CMC I use these groups to publish the app. Then I add the users to
that group in AD. If we have a new user replacing someone, we can copy
an existing user account and they get all the group memberships they
need to have the same application set. I don't have to go anywhere else
to set them up. If an user needs access to an app they don't already
have, I just add them to the group and moments later, the icon shows up.
The only quirk I have seen is that sometimes after a user has been idle
for a while, the pnagent will forget things and all their icons will
disappear. They have it right click it and manually choose "Application
Refresh" to get it back. I happens to one or two people throughout the
week.
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:08 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: ICA within ICA revisited
Let's take this all the way- What do others think about publishing =3D
desktops with PNAgent as a basic solution? i.e. have all the individual
apps load balance across the farm but launch from a desktop?
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
(602) 296-0411 fax=3D20
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
=3D
Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:26 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: ICA within ICA revisited
the pnagent is my new favorite tool as well. Have you noticed any =3D3D =
=3D
trouble with the agent dropping the icons until it is refreshed =3D3D
manually? =3D We are seeing this happen every so often to our users. =
No
=3D3D big deal, just wondering if it is just me.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of King, Jesse
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:43 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: ICA within ICA revisited
Why do you not recommend this?
I'm just curios! Going live tomorrow morning with ica within ica. It's a
beautiful thing! I love the PNAgent.
Jesse
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Greenberg [mailto:steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D20
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:05 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: ICA within ICA revisited
Citrix definitely supports this configuration. They call it the "Pass =
=3D
=3D3D =3D3D3D Thru" client and it is an option during the installation =
of
Metaframe. =3D =3D3D While =3D3D3D we do not normally recommend it to =
our
clients, there are =3D many =3D3D situations =3D3D3D where it is =
necessary and
works quite well.
Regards,
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
(602) 296-0411 fax=3D3D3D20
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
=3D
=3D3D =3D3D3D Behalf Of Ray Dowling
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:01 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] ICA within ICA revisited
A couple of weeks ago there was a short discussion about accessing an =
=3D
=3D3D =3D3D3D =3D3D3D3D ICA session from within another ICA session. I =
suspect
that the =3D most =3D3D =3D3D3D3D =3D3D3D common reason to do this would =
be to
access a published application that =3D3D =3D3D3D3D is =3D3D3D not =
available
(for compatibility =3D reasons,
etc.) on the same =3D3D server as =3D3D3D3D =3D3D3D the published =
desktop. =3D
We've done this for a few internally =3D3D hosted =3D3D3D3D applications =
and
had good =3D results but now an ASP vendor is refusing to =3D3D =3D3D3D
=3D3D3D3D investigate a =3D problem with their application because the =
users
are =3D3D3D3D accessing it from =3D another ICA session. I have done
extensive searching =3D3D =3D3D3D =3D3D3D3D but cannot =3D find anything =
in the
Citrix knowledgebase or the rest of the =3D3D =3D3D3D3D =3D =3D3D3D web =
that
indicates Citrix either does or does not officially support =3D3D ICA =
=3D
=3D3D3D3D within ICA. Does anyone have any pointers to information on =
this
=3D3D =3D issue?
=3D3D3D =3D3D3D3D Any direction would be much appreciated.
Ray Dowling
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