How to remove a dead server from the Citrix Management Console?

- Execute the DSVERIFY SERVERS /CLEAN /FORCE for optimizing the Data Store.

- DSVerify can run on any of the server in the farm.

- MetaFrame feature release 3 has a command line tool known as DSCHECK.

- Use the following command using DSVerify command line tool:

--- DSCHECK / CHECK

- Or right click on the ‘server in the farm’ and click ‘Remove Server from Farm’.

- Use this option when the servers no longer operational.

When creating a desktop group in the Management Console, the virtual desktops appear as Not Registered.

To resolve the issue, grant the logon right, Access this computer from the network to the Delivery Controller machine account(s). 

This can be modified directly on the VDA (recommended for testing):

1.To edit the policy directly on the VDA, use Local Computer Policy editor (MMC, then add the Snap-In Local Computer Policy.)

2.The policy is located in Computer Configuration -->Windows Settings -->Security Settings -->Local Policies -->User Rights Assignment

3.Locate "Access this computer from the network"

4.Click 'Add User or Group'.   Change the Object Types to include "Computers".

5.Type the names of the Delivery Controller(s).  Click 'Check Names'.  Click OK to save the change.  There will be several warnings.

Once this is determined to resolve the OU-based registration issue, policy can be applied to all the VDA's by completing one of the following tasks:

Apply a group policy from the domain controller either to the domain as a whole or to an Organizational Unit containing the Virtual Desktops for the XenDesktop farm

How to Change XML Service Port When Not Using Default SSL Port

We can change the XML service port by follwing the below steps when not using default ssl port:

1. Click Start > Run.

2. Type command prompt or cmd in the text field and choose Command Prompt or cmd that appears in the Programs listing.

3.Type cd \.

4.Type cd Program Files\Citrix\Broker\Service and press Enter.

5.Type BrokerService.exe /show and press Enter to show the current ports.

6.To change the XML port, type BrokerService.exe -wiport port and press Enter. The Citrix Broker Service will then automatically stop and start to apply the change.

7.To confirm this, run BrokerService.exe –upgrade command to validate the web server port value.