HDX MediaStream Flash single-user redirection and VSI Testing
in the first blog in this series we covered the preparations for individual applications installed and tested software. In this blog, we'll cover configuration redirection HDX MediaStream Flash as well as single-user tests, leading to extensive testing single server system will be covered in the third part.
redirection HDX MediaStream Flash is important for overall performance because it allows you to move the processing of Adobe Flash Player to user devices rather than using network server resources. Users see the same high-definition experience when using their end devices to access Flash content, including animations, videos and applications. By moving the processing to the user device, HDX MediaStream for Flash reduces server and network load, resulting in greater scalability.
Once Flash redirection HDX MediaStream has been configured, the VSI single-user testing ensures that everything is in place before most multi-user test runs.
HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection to connect VSI test
plug-in Adobe Flash must be installed on the XenDesktop master the vDisk image and the launch customer Login VSI . Citrix HDX MediaStream for Flash XD 5.6 requires minimal use of Adobe Flash 10.1. The default version of Adobe Flash comes with the 3.5 Agent Login VSI is 10.0.22.87 so you need to uninstall and reinstall the Flash plug-in on the newest VDA and the launcher.
The most recent Adobe plug-in is called a universal installer. The Universal Installer is the same 32-bit executable and 64-bit Windows. Citrix HDX flash Agent Virtual Desktop (VDA) supports the 32-bit version of Adobe Flash for Internet Explorer at this time. If you use a 64bit Windows 7 as guest virtual machines with the VDA, the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer with 32-bit Adobe Flash is used.
More information on flash V2 plugins and requirements can be found in the link below. It is recommended to ensure that both the pitcher and the VDA are the same Adobe Flash version number. At the time of this writing, version 11.1 is available in version 11.3 is currently the latest version of Adobe Flash.
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp65-admin/hd-flash- enable-client ad.html
There are two types of flash plugins that need be loaded for flash Redirection to occur successfully. The first flash plug-in is for the VDA using Adobe Flash Active X MSI installable. This may also be known under the name Flash Player for Windows Internet Explorer.
The second version of the Flash plugin is known is known as Adobe Flash Player name for Windows Other browsers or NSAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) and is in a format exe. This plugin is loaded on VSI customers launcher.
Naming each appropriate to match their installation location will greatly save any errors that may occur during installation and future trials. Additional information on HDX MediaStream can be found on the link below.
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp65-admin/hd-flash-wrapper-ad.html?locale=en
After installation, verification fast in Control Panel -> flash Player on the launcher and VDA confirm that you have the correct version of Adobe flash installed and ready.
on the VDA, you will notice the Adobe Flash plugin tell ActiveX version as shown in the screenshots below. It is also a good practice to disable Adobe Flash updates in your tests that can be done here.
On the launch customer VSI you will see that the plug-in version is loaded. It is also a good practice to disable Adobe Flash updates in your tests that can be done here.
More information on Adobe Flash can be found in the administration guide using the link below.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html
For virtual machines that have access to the Internet, the link below will download the plug base and then pour on the remaining necessary components.
http://aihdownload.adobe.com/bin/install_flashplayer11x32_mssd_aih.exe
for virtual machines that can not access the Internet to download the Adobe NS APIPA entirety, the link -Dessous provide you the entire 11.1 exe file.
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_11_plugin_32bit.exe
Enable HDX Flash Redirection on VSI Launcher
After installation on user devices, no additional configuration is required to implement the HDX MediaStream flash Redirection is ready for use by your absent-users overriding any of the policy settings on the client. If you want to change the default settings on the user's device, you can do it with the editor of Group Policy objects.
Set Enable HDX MediaStream for Flash on user device to determine whether Flash Redirection is enabled on Windows devices your users.
In the editor of Group Policy objects, expand either the Computer Configuration or User configuration node as shown below.
then expand Administrative Templates and Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) node and select HDX MediaStream for Flash -. customer
In the Settings list, select Enable HDX MediaStream for Flash on the user device and click the link to change policy setting .
Select On and check the forced . This setting will force the launcher to use the client-side processing each time throughout the test and will save time having to change the setting of each launcher manually. More detailed measures can be found on the link below.
http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xendesktop-rho/hd-flash-enable-client-ad.html
When this process is applied to computer Login_VSI_XD_Launchers of each of the launchers will be restarted. A simple restart of the VSI launchers console can help make this process easy and fast. confirmed configured parameters are displayed below.
Creation of the intranet site redirection VSI
By default, the sites created on the customer VSI connection that is installed in VDA will not work with HDX MediaStream for flash. Websites and flash content to be copied from the folder Lib Configuration Login VSI target Microsoft Internal IIS or Apache Server. The video below shows how to perform this configuration step.
http://www.loginvsi.com/en/admin-guide/website-redirection
Once the sites are configured and tested, you can create the user load test medium Login VSI working. It is very important to make sure you have saved the test configuration before starting and custom settings show the new URL for the Web server as shown below.
Application XenDesktop flash Policy
last step is to apply the policy to flash the Office group. Application of Flash policies below apply Flash client side during testing Login VSI. Apply the policy to the desktop group that was created to connect VSI as shown below.
To verify that the policy is applied correctly, we can launch a test session as Login_VSI user. By selecting preferences, optimized content button must be checked as in the example below.
The realization of a Single User Login VSI test
The system should now be ready to make a mono test user under the control of VSI Login. At this point, it is assumed that virtual machines Login VSI and XenDesktop are configured and other test conditions were met. Once all the settings such as Strategy Group Flash installed and policies XD are applied then you can begin testing Login VSI using Flash.
The reason to conduct a single-user test is simple verification of the application. Since the applications have been tested at the VM console before converting our image to a Citrix Provisioning Server vDisk, we know they work manually. However, automation testing with VSI connection goes well beyond the launch of manual applications. In this process, I usually begins with a flash means test Login VSI and allow my launcher to connect to the XenDesktop session.
From there, I wait for the duration of the average workload Login VSI test and observe all applications to the problems with the launch, the execution of a task, the closure. This process confirms that all aspects of Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, Bull Zip Printing, and nothing else in the workload runs cleanly and without pop-up applications or unforeseen problems. Although this extra step may seem tedious, it offers a higher level of confidence. If a user single automation test runs until the end, then a test with two thousand users should have a very high success rate. Once a single-user test has successfully executed more ambitious Login VSI test with a larger number of users can be launched, with anticipation of success.
Checking HDX MediaStream Flash is Working Direction
As the test is running, you can check the Flash redirection works on the caster pulling manager tasks and research Pseudocontainer.exe or pseudocontainer2.exe for flash V2 . In Flash V2 you can also check the Flash Redirection works by right-clicking in the trailer of the flash movie (shown below), and you will redirect About Citrix HDX MediaStream Flash appear. As Flash sites and movie trailers begin the pseudocontainer.exe ActiveX or redirection pseudocontainer2.exe run on the launcher and flash made customer will be unloaded.
The process pseudocontainer will remain active for the duration of the film and will change in the percentage CPU on the launcher. During our test the scalability of CPU pitcher was between 1-5 percent CPU usage for the duration of the movie trailer. The CPU usage percentage may vary with other Flash-based applications as well. Again, while this amount of CPU unloading may not seem important, it can make a big difference in hundreds of running desktops on a single server blade.
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