Category: XenDesktop

Upgrading Citrix Director to 7.15 LTSR breaks export to Excel

After upgrading from Citrix Director 7.6 to 7.15 LTSR release I found out that exporting to Microsoft Excel was broken. See the following Error Message:


ErrorMessageDirector

And this message in the Event Viewer:


This problem can be fixed by either running the MSI again and choosing repair. After that, it works.

What the repair does, is place an extra file in the folder: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Director\Bin called DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll


DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll

So, you could also find a copy of this file on a working server and copying it manually to the failing server.

XenDesktop 5 Maintenance Script

I’ve just finished creating a XenDesktop 5 Maintenance Script in PowerShell. Currently running tests to run the script on the Controllers through SCCM.

What the script does (in a nutshell):

  1. Connect to XenServer
  2. Start the VM
  3. Update the virus definition files
  4. Update the App-V cache
  5. Shutdown the VM
  6. Make a new snapshot
  7. Update the VDI’s to use the new snapshot.

Let’s wait and see….