Testing the Shadowing Policy in Citrix XenApp 6.5
8:19 PM- Use the following procedure to verify that the Shadowing policy allows the domain \CitrixAdmin account to successfully shadow a user session:
- Use the Citrix XenApp Center on the XenAppServer machine to viewthe active sessions in the farm.
- Click Servers in the XenApp Center to view server information.
- Click the Users tab to view the current ICA sessions on the servers.
- An entry appears showing the citrix user account is currently connected to the Notepadapplication.Shadow the TestAdvisor's session from the XenApp Center using yourdomain\CitrixAdmin credentials.
- Right-click the TestAdvisor session and click Shadow to initiate a Shadow request.
- Click OK to begin the shadowing session.
In a few moments the shadowing session will begin but will be paused until the shadoweduser accepts the request. This request will time out after a few seconds. - Type the domain\CitrixAdmin credentials to log on to the shadowing session.
- Accept the shadowing request on the win 7 machine and then switchback to the XenApp server machine.
- Click Yes in the Remote Control Request dialog.The Shadowing indicator box appears in the upper left corner indicating that the session is currently being shadowed.
- Switch to the XenAppServervirtual machine.
- Type "Hello World!" in the shadowed Notepad application and verify that the message isreflected on the win 7 machine.
- Type Hello World! within the shadowed Notepad session.
- Switch to the XenAppServerand verify that the Hello World message is reflected inthe Notepad application.
- Stop the shadowing session and log off the session from the win 7 Machine.
- Click Stop shadowing on the window 7 virtual machine to end the shadowingof the session.
- Click Start > Logoff to log the citrixuser off the XenAppServer machine.
- Use the XenApp Center on the XenAppServermachine to reset all usersessions.
- Switch to the XenAppServermachine and bring the XenAppCenterto the front.
- Right-click the citrix user session and click Reset. Click Yes to confirm
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