citrix server reboot procedure

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Jan 272010

The staggered approach to rebooting your citrix xenapp farm:

Open your citrix presentation server console ( start > programs > citrix > citrix presentation server > presentation server console
Expand Servers by clicking on the +
Right click on one of your servers and select properties
1. Under the properties dialogue click on “reboot schedule”
2. Under “status” place a check mark next to “reboot server at theses times”
3. configure your reboot options (under reboot time)
  1. start date
  2. reboot time (military time)
  3. reboot every
4. If necessary, you can also configure this reboot policy for other servers by clicking on the “apply to other servers” button.
  1. if you choose to apply to other servers, make sure you stagger your reboots (use the option on the right and set to a reasonable time to allow for minimal downtime)
5. You can also configure additional reboot options by clicking on the “reboot options” button which will allow you to:
  1. send message before server reboot
  2. disable logons before reboot

Stagger your farm reboot

R.Half says:

February 9, 2012 at 1:33 am

It’s important to not only reboot your XenApp 4.5 -6.5 servers on a weekly basis, but to also check the status of critical services (IMA, MFCOM, etc…) after the reboots. We use a Powershell script attached to a startup task via group policy to accomplish this. The script is run under farm admin rights and emails us when any suspect impact is detected.

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