Monday, 29 October 2018

IMA Helper Tool

IMA Helper is designed to facilitate the process of running DSMAINT CONFIG on XenApp servers. The tool provides a Graphical User Interface for DSMAINT CONFIG to the XenApp Administrator.

Other Features

Password field is hidden (for privacy concerns)
Real-time IMA Status Monitor
Easy RecreateLHC button
Easy Recreate DSN File button


Prerequisites

You must install .NET Framework 3.5 or later.
You must log on as a user with Local Administrative privileges


Sometimes we suddenly can’t connect to a published application and/or dekstop on XenApp. After investigation we notice that the IMA (Independement Management Architecture) service isn’t running and won’t restart anymore. The tool which can help then is IMA Helper from Citrix.With this tool we can:

Recreate Local Host Cache;
Recreate DSN file;
Check IMA service state.


Installing IMA Helper

IMA Helper is a standalone application. You need not install the application.

How to Use IMA Helper

For DSMAINT CONFIG:

On the target XenApp server, run IMA Helper.
Select type of authentication if required (Windows NT is default).
Type or select the required fields:
For Windows NT Authentication enter the Domain, User, and Password details.
For SQL Authentication enter the User and Password details.
Select Browse and manually browse to the location of the DSN file to be used with DSMAINT CONFIG.
Select Run to run the command.
The result (success / failure) is displayed in a message box.

Other Features

If you select RecreateLHC, then DSMAINT RECREATELHC runs on the server and the results are displayed by using a message box. You must stop the IMA service to use this feature.
If you select Create New DSN, then the Microsoft Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator is opened.

Security Permissions Required by IMA Helper

Local Administrative permissions are required for IMA Helper to run.



Data Modified by IMA Helper

No data is directly modified by IMA Helper. This application only creates a graphical bridge to DSMAINT CONFIG, which is a command line application available in any XenApp servers by default. All data modifications are performed by DSMAINT CONFIG.

How to Undo the Changes Made by IMA Helper

No changes are made by IMA Helper. This application only creates a graphical bridge to DSMAINT CONFIG, which is a command line application available in any XenApp servers by default. All data modifications are performed by DSMAINT CONFIG. Refer to XenApp documentation for more information on how to undo the changes made by DSMAINT CONFIG.


Uninstalling IMA Helper

IMA Helper is a standalone application. You need not uninstall any application. You only have to delete the .EXE file..

The tool can be downloaded from Citrix, see article CTX133983.

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