XIA Configuration

Citrix XenDesktop Documentation Tool

Automated documentation software to help you keep track of your Virtual Apps and Desktops

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Use our IT audit and documentation tool XIA Configuration to automatically document your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.

Audit delivery controllers and machine catalogs with the reporting feature
Generate documentation with bespoke branding
Search Active Directory to detect and inventory sites, virtual apps and desktops
Track configuration changes and compare items

With support for machine catalogs, delivery groups, published applications, policies, zones and more.

XIA Configuration has a non-intrusive architecture with agentless data collection.

Looking to document classic XenApp farms? View the XenApp Farm page.

Citrix XenDesktop Documentation Example

View an example Citrix XenDesktop site document generated by XIA Configuration:

Citrix XenDesktop site documentation generated by XIA Configuration

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Information documented by XIA Configuration

Find out more about the Citrix XenDesktop information documented by XIA Configuration below:

Applications
AppDisks
AppDNA
Administrators
Delivery Controllers
Hosting Connections

Licensing
Delivery Groups
Machine Catalogs
Policies
Zones

Screenshot of the navigation tree and Citrix XenDesktop site general settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Applications

Document the following settings for published applications:

Application name
Application type
App-V publishing settings

Delivery settings
Delivery groups
File type associations

Screenshot of published application settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

AppDisks

AppDisks allow administrators to package and manage applications independently of golden images.

Audit the following AppDisk information:

Name and Description
AppDNA State
Compatibility
Reserved Machine SID
State

UID
Virtual Disk Identifier
Error Messages
Hypervisor Connection Name
Hosting Unit Names

AppDNA

Provides information about the connection details used to integrate XenDesktop with AppDNA.

XIA Configuration provides the following AppDNA information:

Enabled
Address

Database
Username

The screenshot below shows the AppDNA connection settings within Citrix Studio:

Screenshot of Citrix Studio showing AppDNA connection settings

XIA Configuration retrieves this information and displays these settings in its web interface:

Screenshot of AppDNA connection settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

The documentation generated by XIA Configuration also includes these settings:

Screenshot of AppDNA connection settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Administrators

Document and track changes to the security of your Citrix XenDesktop site including:

Administrator name
Status

Scopes
Roles

Screenshot showing Citrix XenDesktop site administrators in the XIA Configuration web interface

Delivery Controllers

Delivery Controllers are the central management component of a XenDesktop site and provide communication with hypervisors to distribute applications and desktops, authenticate and manages user access as well as brokering connections between users and their virtual desktops and applications.

Run reports on the following information on delivery controllers:

Controller version
Name
DNS name
Active site services
SID

State
Operating System
Service pack
Serial number
Hardware manufacturer and model

Screenshot showing delivery controller details in the XIA Configuration web interface

Hosting (Hypervisor) Connections

Hosting provides the connection details of the hypervisors to which the site is connected.

Document the following hosting (hypervisor) connections information:

General Settings

Name
Connection type
Hypervisor address(es)
Machine Count
Persistent
Plugin Id
Preferred Controller
Revision

State
Supports Local Storage Caching
Supports Citrix Provisioning Services
UID
User Name
Uses Cloud Infrastructure
UUID

Screenshot of general settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Advanced settings

Maximum simultaneous actions (all types)
Maximum new actions per minute
Maximum simultaneous personal vDisk inventory updates

Maximum % simultaneous actions (all types)
Connection Options
Maximum % simultaneous personal vDisk inventory updates

Resources

Resources are the hypervisor network connections and storage that are made available to XenDesktop though hosting connections.

Storage names
Personal vDisk storage names

Screenshot of resource settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Scopes

Names
Descriptions

Administrators

Names
Roles
Is Account Enabled

Licensing

Audit the following licensing configuration:

Licensing

License Server Name
License Server Port
Licence Server URI
Administration Console URL
Licensing Burn-in Date
Licensing Model
Version
Web Service Version

Licenses

Name
Permission Level
Type
Subscription Advantage Date
Quantity

Screenshot of licensing configuration in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Delivery Groups

Delivery groups are collections of Active Directory users with access to a common group of resources within the site.

XIA Configuration retrieves the following information about delivery groups:

Name
Functional Level
Session Support
Description
Enabled

Timezone
Access Policy
Restart schedule
StoreFront connections
Power management

Screenshot of Citrix XenDesktop site delivery group settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Machine Catalogs

Machine catalogs are collections of virtual or physical machines that can be managed as a single entity. Each machine in the catalog must have the same operating system and virtual delivery agent (VDA) installed.

Generate Citrix documentation with the following information about machine catalogs:

General Settings

Name and Description
Allocation type
Functional Level
Is Remote PC
Is Physical Machine

Persist User Changes
Provisioning Type
Session Support
UID
UUID

Screenshot of machine catalog general settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Machine information

VDA Version
Operating System

Machine count

Machine Count
Assigned Count
Unassigned Count
Used Count

Machines

Names
Operating Systems
Associated User Names

Administrators

Names
Roles
Is Account Enabled

Scopes

Names
Descriptions

Screenshot of machine general settings in a document generated by XIA Configuration

Policies

Policies are groups of settings that define how sessions, bandwidth, and security are managed for a group of users, devices, or connection types.

Document the following information on policies:

Name
Description
Priority

Is Enabled
Policy settings
Policy filters

Screenshot of XenDesktop policy settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Zones

Zones allow administrators to group well connected machine catalogs, delivery controllers and hosting connections together within a single site.

Audit the following zones information:

Name and Description
UID

Is Primary
Items in Zone

Screenshot of zone settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

Inventory

Automatically detect and scan Citrix XenDesktop site installations on Windows machines which, in turn, are automatically detected when scanning Active Directory.

Citrix sites can also be scanned manually by specifying a list of machine names or IP addresses.

Screenshot of Active Directory search and detection settings in the XIA Configuration Client

Reporting

In addition to generating Citrix XenDesktop site documentation, you can run reports against multiple sites within an environment.

View Citrix Reports

Screenshot of the Citrix XenDesktop Site policy settings report in the XIA Configuration web interface

Mobile

XIA Configuration provides a mobile interface so you can access your Citrix XenDesktop site configuration on your mobile device.

Supported Platforms

The following versions of XenDesktop / XenApp are supported:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 (to version 2009)
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.9, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.8, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.7, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.6, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.5, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.1, Any Edition
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp 7.0, Any Edition

For more information about documenting Citrix XenDesktop, please view the administrator's guide.

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