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XenApp cmdlets are HERE!!!

This is still a CTP of sorts, but it is open to the public. These are high quality and I suggest you give them a try.

You can download here: XenApp cmdlets

I hope to have some demos up soon, but until then my old demos should still work.

tshell :: May.29.2009 :: All, Citrix, Powershell :: 2 Comments »

Citrix License Info (using WMI)

I had several questions about this so I decided I should figure it out and Post. It was surprisingly simple. All I needed was the WMI provider and from there it was cake. If you’re curious how I figured out the WMI namespace I used WMI Explorer from MoW [CLICK HERE To Read about it].

The Output will look like this
Citrix License Script Ouput

Here is the Code

# Get-CitrixLicensing
Param($LicenseServer)
$licensePool = gwmi -class "Citrix_GT_License_Pool" -Namespace "ROOT\CitrixLicensing" -comp $LicenseServer
$licensePool | Select-Object @{n="Product";e={$_.PLD}},
@{n="Model";e={"Server"}},
@{n="Type";e={$_.LicenseType}},
@{n="Installed";e={$_.Count}},
@{n="In Use";e={$_.InUseCount}},
@{n="Available";e={$_.PooledAvailable}},
@{n="% in use";e={($_.InUseCount/$_.Count)*100}}

tshell :: May.08.2008 :: All, Citrix :: 2 Comments »

Citrix and Powershell Webinar

For those of you that use Citrix Presentation Server you will want to watch this. I maybe a little bias, but I loved it

http://community.citrix.com/display/~vishalg/2008/04/30/PowerShell+and+Citrix+MFCOM+recorded+Webinar+and+Powerpoint+slide+deck

tshell :: Apr.30.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: No Comments »

Powershell and MFCom (Citrix takes more steps)

Vishal Ganeriwala is hosting a webinar on the 29th of April on Powershell and MFCom. This is just another example of Citrix actively embracing Powershell.

http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/vishalg/2008/04/21/Free+Managing+Citrix+Servers+via+PowerShell+and+MFCOM+webinar

It will cover some basic Powershell for those who do not have much XP with Powershell.
- What is an Object
- Properties
- Methods
- New-Object (-ComObject)

It will also cover how to create a Citrix Farm Object in Powershell and some of the interactive nature of Powershell
- Getting Farm Properties
- Getting Applications
- Getting Servers
- Getting Sessions

Example
- Get Current Sessions Client Resolution

tshell :: Apr.22.2008 :: All, Citrix, Podcasts, Powershell, Scripting :: 2 Comments »

Citrix Script Repo (aka Exchange)

I was recently directed to a new website (for me at least) that contains a repository of Citrix related scripts. There are some pretty useful scripts posted (and I started adding some Powershell ones.) You should check it out

Script Exchange

http://community.citrix.com/display/cdn/Script+Exchange

I would also recommend RSS’ing Vishal blog (Dev at Citrix.) He has a passion for Powershell and I hope to see some awesome things from him in the future.

Vishal Ganeriwala’s Blog

http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/vishalg/

tshell :: Apr.10.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: No Comments »

Get-CitrixApplication.ps1 (Citrix Top 10)

This script returns Citrix Application Objects.
- With no -AppName passed it will return All application Objects
- With -AppName it will return all apps that match (regex.)

# Get-CitrixApplication.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Returns Citrix Application Objects for AppName passed or RegEx
Param($AppName=".*",$server=$env:ComputerName)
$type = [system.Type]::GetTypeFromProgID("MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm",$server)
$farm = [system.Activator]::CreateInstance($type)
$farm.Initialize(1)
$farm.Applications | ?{($_.AppName -match $AppName) -or ($_.BrowserName -match $AppName)}

tshell :: Apr.09.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: No Comments »

Set-CitrixServerLogon.ps1 (Citrix Top 10)

Here is a useful little script. This Creates a MFCom Server Object and disables or Enables Logons for that Server.

# Set-CitrixServerLogon.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Sets the Server to Enable or Disable Logons
Param($Server,[switch]$enable,[switch]$disable,[switch]$help)
function HelpMe{
Write-Host
Write-Host " Set-CitrixServerLogon.ps1:" -fore Green
Write-Host " Sets the Server to Enable or Disable Logons"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Parameters:" -fore Green
Write-Host " -Server : Optional. Server to Set Logon"
Write-Host " -Enable : Optional. Checks Hours of Idle Time (Default)"
Write-Host " -Disable : Optional. Checks Minutes of Idle Time"
Write-Host " -Help : Optional. Displays This"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Examples:" -fore Green
Write-Host " To disable the Logon for a Server" -fore White
Write-Host " Set-CitrixServerLogon.ps1 -server <serverName> -Disable" -fore Yellow
Write-Host
}

if(!$Server -or $help){helpme;Write-Host;return}

Write-Host

Write-Host " Getting Server [$Server]"
$mfsrv = New-Object -ComObject MetaFrameCOM.MetaFrameServer

Write-Host " – Initializing Server"
$mfsrv.Initialize(6,$Server)

if($enable)
{
Write-Host " – Setting to EnableLogon = 1"
$mfSrv.WinServerObject.EnableLogon = 1
}
if($disable)
{
Write-Host " – Setting to EnableLogon = 0"
$mfSrv.WinServerObject.EnableLogon = 0
}

Write-Host " – Server [$($mfSrv.ServerName)] is set to [$($mfSrv.WinServerObject.EnableLogon)] for EnableLogon"

Write-Host

Another option would be to remove the Apps from the Server all together.

# Unpublish-CitrixServer.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Removes all App from Server
Param($Server)
$mfsrv = New-Object -ComObject MetaFrameCOM.MetaFrameServer
$mfsrv.Initialize(6,$Server.ToUpper())
$mfsrv | foreach{$_.Applications} | foreach{$_.LoadData(1);$_.RemoveServer($Server.ToUpper());$_.SaveData()}

tshell :: Apr.09.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: No Comments »

Get-CitrixAppServer.ps1 (Citrix Top 10)

This is pretty simple script. It is actually just an adaption from my Get-CitrixApplication.ps1 script posted at the bottom. There is a moment in time when you start thinking in terms of objects and stop thinking in terms of text output you are looking for.

This will make a huge difference in productivity and take you from constantly writing scripts to interactively getting the information you are after, but until you make the transition I will continue to provide scripts that do both

# Get-CitrixAppServer.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Gets All the Servers for Specific App
Param($app)
$mfApp = New-Object -ComObject MetaFrameCOM.MetaFrameApplication
$mfApp.Initialize(3,$app)
$mfApp.LoadData(1)
$mfApp.Servers | %{$_.ServerName}

Here is the script that I use to return an Application object.

# Get-CitrixApplication.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Gets a Citrix Application Object.
Param($app)
$mfApp = New-Object -ComObject MetaFrameCOM.MetaFrameApplication
$mfApp.Initialize(3,$app)
$mfApp.LoadData(1)
$mfApp

Then from the commandline I would just do this
PS> Get-CitrixApplication.ps1 “Applications\MyApp1″ | %{$_.Servers} | %{$_.ServerName}

While this looks more complicated it is more versatile and easy to change. Lets say I want current User for this app instead.
PS> Get-CitrixApplication.ps1 “Applications\MyApp1″ | %{$_.Sessions} | %{$_.UserName}

tshell :: Apr.09.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: 3 Comments »

Find-CitrixUser.ps1 (Citrix Top 10)

This is another script that I can use quite often. It is a simple script that queries all the sessions and returns the ones where the User matches. I made the User a RegEx search so you could do multiple users.

Name: Find-CitrixUser.ps1
Purpose: Finds where the user(s) are and outputs session info

# Find-CitrixUser.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Finds where the user(s) are and out puts session info
Param($user=".*",[switch]$help)
function HelpMe{
Write-Host
Write-Host " Find-CitrixUser.ps1:" -fore Green
Write-Host " Finds where the user(s) are and out puts session info"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Parameters:" -fore Green
Write-Host " -User : Optional. Name of the User or RegEx (Default is all users)"
Write-Host " -Help : Optional. Displays This"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Examples:" -fore Green
Write-Host " Finds User TestMe and outputs and returns ServerName,ClientAddress, and SessionID" -fore White
Write-Host " .\Find-CitrixUser.ps1 | ft ServerName,ClientAddress,SessionID " -fore Yellow
Write-Host
Write-Host " Finds all Users who start with ‘Sales’ and returns UserName,ServerName, and SessionID" -fore White
Write-Host " .\Find-CitrixUser.ps1 `"^sales`" | ft UserName,ServerName,SessionID " -fore Yellow
Write-Host
Write-Host " To View All properties availiable." -fore White
Write-Host " .\Find-CitrixUser.ps1 <username> | Get-Member" -fore Yellow
Write-Host
}

# Check for the Help or if
if($help){helpme;Write-Host;return}

# Code to Get the Farm and Initialize
$farm = New-Object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm"
$farm.Initialize(1)

# Get the Sessions and Parse for Users who match
$farm.Sessions | ?{$_.UserName -match $user}

tshell :: Apr.07.2008 :: All, Citrix, Powershell, SQL, Scripting :: No Comments »

Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1 (Citrix Top 10)

This script just collects the Printer Information from all the Servers in the Farm. It will output them to a file or you can pipe them and filter them.

Name: Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1
Purpose: Gets Print Driver Info from all the Servers in the Farm and outputs to file or console

# Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1
# Brandon Shell [MVP]
# www.bsonposh.com
# Gets Print Driver Info from all the Servers in the Farm
Param($Server,$file,[Switch]$help)
function HelpMe{
Write-Host
Write-Host " Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1:" -fore Green
Write-Host " Gets Print Driver Info from all the Servers in the Farm"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Parameters:" -fore Green
Write-Host " -Server : Optional. Server to Get Print Info From "
Write-Host " -File : Optional. File Name to Export Info to"
Write-Host " -Help : Optional. Displays This"
Write-Host
Write-Host " Examples:" -fore Green
Write-Host " Gets Print Info and Exports to File" -fore White
Write-Host " .\Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1 -file MyExportFile.txt" -fore Yellow
Write-Host
Write-Host " Gets Print Drivers from a Specific Server and outputs DriverName and SourceServer" -fore White
Write-Host " .\Get-CitrixPrinterInfo.ps1 <serverName> | ft DriverName,SourceServer" -fore Yellow
Write-Host
}

# Check for Help Flag
if($help){HelpMe;Write-Host;Return}

# Check for File
if($file)
{
if($server) # If -Server was passed we run check just against it and output to screen
{
$mfsrv = new-Object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaframeServer"
$mfsrv.Initialize(6,$Server.ToUpper())
$mfsrv | foreach{"`n$($_.ServerName) `n$(‘-’*20)";$_.PrinterDrivers| Format-Table} | out-File $file -enc ASCII
}
else # We run the check against the whole farm and output results to file
{
$mfarm = new-Object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaframeFarm"
$mfarm.Initialize(1)
$mfarm.Servers | foreach{"`n$($_.ServerName) `n$(‘-’*20)";$_.PrinterDrivers| Format-Table} | out-File $file -enc ASCII
}
}
else
{
if($server) # If -Server was passed we run check just against it and output to screen
{
$mfsrv = new-Object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaframeServer"
$mfsrv.Initialize(6,$Server.ToUpper())
$mfsrv | foreach{"`n$($_.ServerName) `n$(‘-’*20)";$_.PrinterDrivers| Format-Table}
}
else # We run the check against the whole farm and output results to screen
{
$mfarm = new-Object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaframeFarm"
$mfarm.Initialize(1)
$mfarm.Servers | foreach{"`n$($_.ServerName) `n$(‘-’*20)";$_.PrinterDrivers| Format-Table}
}
}

tshell :: Apr.07.2008 :: Citrix, Powershell, Scripting :: No Comments »

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