How to License retail Branch Repeater VPX

Branch Repeater VPX in retail environment always get installed in remote mode . You cannot install license file on VPX locally and you need to use your existing license server. This  blogs  will guide you how to find out host ID of your license server  and then download lic file.
1.    To start with you need to find out host ID of the existing license server . For that go to the following path as shown below and run lmhostid command. This will give you host ID.

2.    Once you have the host ID login to the My Citrix page . Select  following

3.    Select  Activate /Allocate from dropdown. This will bring the list of product which is allocated for the user. Highlight BR VPX and click on Filter product .

4.    Assign the quantity and supply the hostname gather from step 1.

5.    License allocation will be completed and it will prompt to download lic file.

6.    Import the LIC file under My files of license server. Restart the license server and it will reflect BR license under Dashboard of License page

7.    Login to management page of BR and select Manage license . Check the box of remote and hit apply

8.    Please wait till it configure the license server .

9.    Once it is completed it will shows as following

10.    This is fully licensed for 45M/S

XenApp6: "Unknown error occurred: error code 0x8200003e"

I tried publishing new application on XenApp 6.0 on windows 2008 R2 and started giving error that configuration database is not available . I gave permission to citrix service under DeCOM for all the local DCOM user but still I was unable to make changes to XenApp Farm. I then found this Citrix forum discussion, but this did not work either.

Finally I found Citrix IMA service was set to start with local service account . I set to start with Network account. I re-run the Citrix configuration database and was finally able to create and publish application in XenApp farm.

How to Activate TS CAL for Windows 2008 running XenApp6.0

XenApp 6: “Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration” and “Set up Windows Internet Explorer 8 Wizard” for Windows Server 2008

When you publish IE on XenApp 6.0 on Windows 2008 R2 these two will bother you a lot . To disable these feature

Go to Start and click on “Server Manager”

Click on “Configure IE ESC” located on the right-hand section of the window.

The Internet Enhanced Security Settings page will be displayed. Disable necessary options. IE ESC is now disabled

Second setting which will bother you is

 

To disable this

Go to a GPO then pick computer or user then Policies (in Vista / 2008 and Windows 7) -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer

 

The reason for publishing this article is to make you spend less time googling :)

How to License NetScaler VPX 9.2

Login to NetScaler VPX web console and select license under system . You will find default service which get enabled when the appliance is not licensed.

Now collect the hostname which will be required on the licensing portal .  This can be collect in various way. If this XenServer then you can find hostname under network and which is nothing but the mac address without “:”

 

Or ssh into netscaler vpx using putty and type shell then run “lmutil lmhostid –ether ” which will gives you same host name

Once you login to the secure portal of license site . Select the product as netscaler VPX and filter the product. Allocate the quantity and then type the hostname which you gather from above steps. Hit allocate

 

Confirm the allocation

Download the lic file

 

Now upload the lic file to the NS and then reboot the appliance to make the changes

 

Once the appliance is rebooted and came back the license will be updated for all the service which you have purchased.