We both have different insights based on our respective roles; I am a consultant who sees many different environments, Brandon operates within a monster environment . Depending on the size of your FSLogix profile containers and Office containers, doing so could translate into significant delays that could impact user performance. To consume and utilise traditional NTFS style Access Control Lists (ACLs) you will require, To bypass the requirement of ADDS above, FSLogix can be configured to access the Network Location for storing containers as the computer object. Please assist. Heres a diagram spelling out the process:-. Fullerton, CA 92834. However, as long as the Scheduled Task was run with admin access (so it could write an HKLM value), this worked fine. 1: Duplicate OST files are deleted during sign out. More info about Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Of course, this doesnt provide resiliency. Firstly, if someone expands their profile massively they could still potentially fill the file share. CCDLocations are formatted using a type, name, and connectionString separated using a ; as the delimiter. Multiple entries in VHDLocations doesn't provide container resiliency. Over all our aim is to automate and have full control on the data that a user potentially can dump into the profile cache. This article outlines the various registry settings applicable to FSLogix that includes, but not limited to: Some FSLogix settings will accept environment variables. System will need to wait till user login back satisfying 24 hr duration for One Drive cache to get cleared up. A former engineer built the FXlogix container on a drive that is no filling up and we can no longer grow. 375 reviews. NETBIOS domain name where the user's account resides. It leverages a single SMB location, (be it a Windows File Server, Scale-Out File Server, NAS presented storage such as Nutanix Files or NetApp option)s and requires simply defining one profile share location. 1: Only when the Profile container is attached, the Outlook setting that enables cached mode is temporarily set until the container is detached. I know one way to create 4 different OUs or 4 different GPOs and link to Computer group but i am looking for best way to do it. These settings will accept the list of custom environment variables and any variables available during the user's sign in. The next scenario is the next most common deployment I have seen, and this is simply implementing what we have traditionally done with other profile solutions to achieve active/passive access. The Standard configuration example is the simplest configuration in which most customers should consider. Regardless of the scenario, during a failure event active users may utilize more than their assigned 1 GB while idle users may consume less. The FSLogix solution uses a Filter Driver to prevent applications from recognizing the profile data is accessed across the network. So with this being run, our users are directed to any one of (in this particular case) twelve file shares of 16TB each. Over long periods of time duplicate OST files may consume incremental disk space. Enable this setting and FSLogix attempts to clean up these invalid sessions and allow a successful sign-in. In rare cases, duplicate OST files are created for a user. If the remote provider doesn't return to operation before the local cache VHD(x) utilizes all storage on the host, the result is the same as if the system drive runs out of disk space. The following settings are applicable to ODFC containers and are created in the following location: SDDL string representing the ACLs to use when attaching the VHD. This setting will allow the virtual machine to access all the VHD(x) files on the storage provider creating a potential security risk. Firstly, take note of the fact that the potential scope of failure has increased possibly greatly. For more information, see. Ryan had experienced a similar problem, and his response was simply to use a PowerShell startup script to iterate through a list of file servers and order them by their free disk space. Tuffy Titan. This also applies if you're using multiple VHDLocations entries for failover in any way, not just if you're using the scripted method, so if you're doing it this way please read on! 0: Teams data isn't redirected to the container. Also, at sign out, if any Cloud Cache provider wasn't available the user's sign out would be prevented indefinitely. RefreshUserPolicy should not be set, or should be set to 0, unless there is a specific GPO event. There are two ways of defining profile locations in the FSLogix world. Cloud Cache part of the VHD configuration file on the local hard drive. However, the DFS namespace controls where that data lands and in which order. 1: Office activation data is redirected to the container. We have swap directory name components set so this causes new containing directories to be named with the username first followed by the SID. How this script can be used with Cloud cache? 0: Sharepoint data isn't redirected to the container. Note This setting is used with the SizeInMBs setting to manage the size of profile containers. Holly 162. Cloud Cache is an FSLogix solution that enables storage of FSLogix Profile and Office Container data in multiple locations on-premises and in the cloud, thus providing high availability to non-persistent Windows computing environments.In a Microsoft Azure environment, Cloud Cache saves frequently accessed (hot) data in a local cache, lowering latency. Seamless profile failover is probably not worth the effort (YMMV), Aaahh, had been looking for something similar for my upcomming solution for FSLogix. However, this didnt take into account OneDrive data, which was also scheduled to be synchronised into the profile VHD. Blob storage was the first available option for Azure native storage consumption when leveraging FSLogix Cloud Cache, allowing for an individual blob to be created per user in an Azure Storage Account. Registry Path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles\, Registry Path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles\ObjectSpecific\S-0-0-00-000000000-0000000000-000000000-1234\, Registry Path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles\ObjectSpecific\S-0-0-00-000000000-0000000000-000000000-4321\. Click on Apply . When set to 0, users are always allowed to sign in even if no Cloud Cache providers are available. When using this configuration setting, be sure the VHDNameMatch value matches this setting. Specifies a string pattern used when matching a users profile container. The script is a Startup Script, it does not run at logon. We uses this in our Win 2019 RDS / FSLogix environment. The path supports the use of the FSLogix custom variables or any environment variables that are available to the user during the sign in process. In this situation it simply wasnt required, because the business didnt want to have to pay the cost of the extra storage (doubling it on top of an inital 170TB+ increase can be a bitter pill to swallow). Default Value: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook. For more information, see Tutorial: Configure profile containers with Cloud Cache and Protect Azure page blob connection string. FSLogix uses the VHDLocations or CCDLocations as the location where to search and this setting defines what to create. Host A has a maximum of 10 users, and CcdMaxCacheSizeInMBs set to 1000 MB (1 GB), and the host has 20 GB of disk space available. The profile location is set to \\FS01\Profiles\%Username%. Oh you mean this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/fslogix/configure-per-user-per-group-ht this wouldnt have helped in this situation, we would still have the overhead of managing the groups and where they map to and what happens when those shares reach capacity and having to move AD groups if we want to move the users. For a while now my friend Brandon Mitchell and I have been throwing ideas back and forward around how we see things unfold with profile management across multiple resource locations, both from a Citrix UPM and FSLogix perspective. It shouldnt affect the naming pattern for the containers at all. The first is the traditional path which allows writes to effectively any presented SMB share. 1: Enables legacy roaming for credentials and tokens created by the Web Account Manager (WAM) system. There may be instances where disabling this setting can improve sign-in performance, but shouldn't be a long term solution as the orphaned entries continue. 732 N East St, Anaheim, CA 92805. An upgrade install will leave all logging settings as they exist before the upgrade install. FSLogix uses the VHDLocations or CCDLocations as the location where to search and this setting defines what to search. Seven (7) users are active, and three (3) users are idle. The algorithm for removing blocks from local cache is a black box, it isn't configurable and isn't documented. So technically, new users would *always* hit the file share with the most available space. Specifies a string pattern used when creating a users ODFC container. This setting is intended for situations where storage provides a location that is already unique per-user. This controls the number of session VHDs that are persistent. This configuration is not load balancing between the two sites, rather we're relying on users only having access to a single location. The first location which the user has access to or is available will be where the container is created or attached from. When enabled, this setting attempts to compact the VHD disk during the sign out operation and is designed to automatically decrease the Size On Disk of the user's container depending on a predefined threshold. Specifies the number of retries attempted when a VHD(x) file is locked (open by another process or computer). In fact now that youve said that we have 3231 on one file share. It is important to note that this model does not provide seamless failover and is designed to help cover the complete loss of a single storage location. FSLogicX profile locations Hello, im testing FSLogicX on RDS, looks like everything works fine except that if i created registry key VHDLocations with two different locations and for example one location is down, FSLogicX does not load profile or create from another location. Below are the FSLogix GPO settings applied to Windows 10 Golden image, which then gets deployed to 250+ VDI. Rather had to use custom script at logoff or so. If a Cloud Cache provider doesn't become available during the time of the user session, then the user is prevented from signing out (discussed in HealthyProviderRequiredForUnregister). To control the number of VHD(x) files that persist, see the NumSessionVHDsToKeep setting. Im just performing some testing using this script before rolling it out. 1: Teams data is redirected to the container. When specified as a REG_SZ value, multiple locations must be separated with a semi-colon (;). All sessions trying to use the VHD concurrently must have a matching, OneDrive does not support multiple simultaneous connections / multiple concurrent connections, using the same profile, under any circumstances. 1: OneDrive cache is redirected to the container. 1: OneNote UWP notebook files are redirected to the container. 1: VHD (x) is dynamic and only increases the size on disk as necessary. At St. Jude and St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group, we are committed to providing the finest evidence-based medicine, ensuring our patients receive the latest and most effective neurology treatment options for conditions such as multiple sclerosis, dementia, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, seizure, Parkinson's disease and stroke. It is also unclear how Cloud Cache deals with a file share being at capacity as far as I know it looks for availability only, although I am open to being educated if I am mistaken. Some of these entries persistent post profile deletion and may cause long term issues. Secondly, finding a users profile when they are one of a large number of file shares is a bit annoying and takes quite a while! Id start by removing all customized FSLogix Registry entries and try again, especially any ObjectSpecific ones, if you have those configured. Normal operation assumes that all Cloud Cache providers are available, and that storage performance is adequate to accept I/O at the rate necessary to accommodate profile utilization. Registry Path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles\ Registry Path: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles\ObjectSpecific\S---00-000000000-0000000000-000000000-1234\ One or many (up to 4) blobs across multiple Storage Accounts, allowing for true cloud-based storage consumption to be achieved. Why persist throwaway temp data if we don't need to. How would we direct users to the next one instead? I am going to deploy Citrix VDIs on Azure for 10,000 users. Typically environments using this model of access rely on a storage level backup and replication solution alongside a manual restore process. It is, however, once again, a file-based solution so will not be able to replicate mounted containers or locked files. Each example has an associated configuration focused on redundancy or disaster recovery. The path supports the use of the FSLogix custom variables or any environment variables that are available to the user during the sign in process. This setting affects both Profile and ODFC containers. Consider using the object-specific configuration settings in lieu of multiple VHDLocations. When you ask a business if they want to pay for hundreds of terabytes of extra storage so Brian in Accounts doesnt have to reset his Outlook views and colour settings after an outage, are they going to say yes? The user logins, how does the machine know to reference the script? This setting specifies the number of healthy Cloud Cache providers required to allow a sign-in. Using CcdMaxCacheSizeInMBs increases storage I/O and network traffic. This mode shouldn't be used if the ODFC container is being used with Outlook Cached Exchange mode. 1: Outlook data is redirected to the container. 14 Baths. GPO is handling the profile pointing to the current file server. Again, we have to get help using a script to predefined this for a user as the entries/key is named with users SID. Various setting combinations could cause local profile data to be discarded with no Cloud Cache providers being updated. For me, OneDrive with KFM is rapidly becoming a way to achieve this without the storage uplift. I want to make use of File On demand to give user better experience but dont want to retain data locally in the end just because it will be available on cloud as well. When enabled (1) this setting cleans out registry keys in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive that refer to a users SID. We recommend to use a separate profile container per host pool, while having two active sessions. Fslogix version FSLogix 2105 HF_01 (2.9.7979.62170) has been released to address a vulnerability and an issue with Windo. And, as profiles can be located in more than one location, the Value should be a Multi String value for VHDLocations Located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FSLogix\Profiles You can see this is you run the configuration manually running the C:\Program Files\FSLogix\Apps\ConfigurationTool.exe and that's what we do. Please be aware that you cannot receive mail of any type, including bills or packages, that do not have your correct name on them. Specifies a string pattern used when matching a users ODFC container. Path where FSLogix looks for the redirections.xml file to copy from and into the user's profile. Configuring Network Shares Network shares are used to store VHD (X) files and to centralize logging information. During a drill or BCDR event users from a failed region are given access to virtual machines in the working region. You have to get the Azure file share path from the storage account we created for the user profile before you add the registry key. 1: VHD(x) is dynamic and only increases the size on disk as necessary. When enabled (1) FSLogix loads the FRXShell if there's a failure attaching to, or using an existing profile VHD(x). I have a question regarding the script. So yes Storage Sense was what they also suggested us. When enabled, this setting creates a redirection for the user's specific Recycle Bin into the VHD(x) container. I recently stumbled upon this little gem of a solution: BVCKUP2 developed by Alex Pankratov. For optimal performance, the storage solution and the FSLogix profile container should be in the same data-center location. We have been running it every hour, as we are seeing up to two thousand users per day being onboarded (and our Citrix workers are never rebooted anyway). Could this possibly be why its not detecting that it currently has a profile and do you know how we can resolve this issue? Specifies a log file name and path where the output of the robocopy commands (for example, during mirroring of data in or out of a VHD) are stored. FSLogix uses the VHDLocations or CCDLocations as the location where to create and this setting defines what to create. 2: Shutdown when a FSLogix user signs out. Setting CcdMaxCacheSizeInMBs to 0 (default value) means that Cloud Cache doesn't attempt to limit the size of the local cache. 2: A difference disk is used on the local machine. The benefit of this model, (along with the next) is that Cloud Cache removes the requirement for a replication tool to be in place and handles active-active profile locations natively. RoamSearch is set prior to GPOs being applied, it is not possible to rely on GPOs to set RoamSearch in environments where a GoldImage is applied at boot. We have to monitor the file shares carefully to keep an eye out for sudden profile size increases and potentially then prune and shrink them (Aaron Parker has some good articles on this, will also touch on it in an upcoming post). 3,289 Setup fails with failed to start redirector driver. 1513 E Campus Drive. As far as FSLogix is concerned, again it too has an additional overhead to plan disk shrinking/compressing. But, at least good thing that Microsoft is considering to add a feature to shrink the VDIs on attach or detach. If one isn't found, one is created in the first listed location. Easier simply to send each user to the least-loaded file share I think, in this case were just getting back towards splicing them like we have done before in UPM which just becomes a headache. When enabled (1), this setting reads the AppxPackages.xml manifest file from the user's profile and installs / re-registers the list of applications. Bad that Microsoft did not already address this with their product FSLogix. You can follow the same instructions mentioned in the profile container to get the file share name. Specifies the path where difference disks are created when ProfileType is configured to use them. CCDLocations should be used instead of VHDLocations. 3: Machine should try to take the RW role and if it can't, it should fall back to a RO role. Depicted below is the most common and most simple deployment of the FSLogix solution. A new log file is created each day. Continuity to data has been the primary reason for developing cloud cache and with many organisations . Depending on the configuration and use, the storage IO and Network traffic increase could be substantial. One Azure file share support up to 100 TB so it can handle around 2500 users with 40 GB disk each. . Default Value: %ProgramData%\FSLogix\Logs. is there anyone to ach. The path supports the use of the FSLogix custom variables or any environment variables that are available to the user during the sign in process. FSLogix uses the VHDLocations or CCDLocations as the location where to search and this setting defines what to search. Defines the number of required 'healthy' storage providers necessary for a successful user sign-in. Looking at OneDrive usage gave us an average of around 8-10GB so being cautious, we anticipated looking at 30-40GB per user. This allows user data to be recovered from the local cache, however the local cache VHD(x) must then be managed (deleted) manually after user data is restored. A few final things to consider when you are designing your container solutions concerning all the scenarios discussed above: As with any developing solution, these options will change, mature and differ over time. SDDL string representing the ACLs to use when creating the profile directory. A new one will only be created if it does not exist on ANY of the configured file shares. Your email address will not be published. 0: Outlook data isn't redirected to the container. We have upwards of 500 on some file shares and not seeing any issues (nothing reported, anyway). CCDUnregisterTimeout is set to specify the number of seconds to wait prior to allowing a user session to be closed, even if a successful flush to a Cloud Cache provider hasn't occurred. We think we figured out 500.. 0: Normal direct access behavior. These VHD(x) files will typically persist so that they can be used the next time a user creates a session. Big kudos to Ryan for his hard work on this! Storage that is appropriate for the local cache VHD(x) will have performance and availability characteristics similar to SSD or NVMe attached storage.
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