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redirecting content from client to server
Hi I am newbie to citrix and i have two citrix xenApp on my site. Now i have read client to server and server to client redirection. But bit confused how it works don't know. Can you please give me some example how it works on citrix and what's advantage of this redirection.
If you published outlook on your xenapp server and their is a link to a website, you could specify content redirection to use the local browser when the user clicks the url. Or, if there is a word document on their local machine, when they open it, you could use content redirection to use a published version of word rather than a local application
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To enable content redirection from server to client
Complete the following tasks in the Access Management Console to enable content redirection from server to client and to publish content to be accessed with local applications.
When you configure XenApp to enable users to open published content with applications running locally on client devices, the client passes the name of the published content file to the local viewer application. The server does not download the file to the client device. Instead, the local viewer application accesses the file the same as it would if a user double-clicked the file in Windows Explorer (and a file type association specified the application to use).
Accessing published content with local client devices does not use XenApp resources or licenses because local viewer applications do not use ICA sessions to display the published content.
* To enable content redirection for the farm, select the farm in the left pane:
1. Select Action > Modify farm properties > Modify all properties.
2. From the Properties list, select Server default > XenApp.
3. Select Content Redirection to enable users to open URLs found in remote published applications in a local Web browser.
4. Select Content redirection from server to client.
* To enable content redirection for a specific server, select the server in the left pane:
1. Select Action > Modify server properties > Modify all properties.
2. Select Content Redirection to enable users to open URLs found in remote published applications in a local Web browser.
3. Select Use farm settings (available on server level only) or Content redirection from server to client.
* To enable content redirection for specific connections:
1. Use XenApp Advanced Configuration or the Presentation Server Console, depending on the version of XenApp you have installed. In a policy, enable the rule User Workspace > Content Redirection > Server to client.
2. Assign the policy to only those connections for which you want to open supported URL file types on client devices.
* To publish content to be accessed with local applications:
1. Publish the content file you want users to access.
2. If you publish the application that corresponds to the content file type, do not associate it with any file types if you want users to open the published content with locally installed applications.
To configure content redirection from client to server
1. Determine which of your users or groups connect to published applications using Citrix XenApp.
2. Verify that client drive mapping is enabled, either for the entire farm, for specific servers, or for specific users or groups with user policies.
3. Publish the application to be shared or the application that corresponds to the file type for the published content. For example, if you publish a Microsoft Word document named “Quarterly_Sales.doc,” make sure to also publish Microsoft Word on a XenApp server so that the .doc file can open in Word.
4. Associate the appropriate file type with the application.
Note: When you associate a file type with a published application, several file extensions can be affected. For example, when you associate the Word document file type, file extensions in addition to the .doc extension are associated with the published application.
5. Assign the published application to the users you want to access it.
When you configure content redirection from client to server, context menu commands available from within Windows Explorer function differently than on client devices that do not use this feature. For example, if you right-click a file in Windows Explorer on a client device with content redirection from client to server enabled for the file type, the Open command opens the file with the remote application on XenApp. For a streamed application, the file could be opened either on the client device or on the XenApp server, depending on the delivery configuration.
Most commands on the Windows Explorer context menu are unaffected because they are not configured under keys modified by XenApp. Context menu items are generally defined by each application when installed.
Complete the following tasks in the Access Management Console to enable content redirection from server to client and to publish content to be accessed with local applications.
When you configure XenApp to enable users to open published content with applications running locally on client devices, the client passes the name of the published content file to the local viewer application. The server does not download the file to the client device. Instead, the local viewer application accesses the file the same as it would if a user double-clicked the file in Windows Explorer (and a file type association specified the application to use).
Accessing published content with local client devices does not use XenApp resources or licenses because local viewer applications do not use ICA sessions to display the published content.
* To enable content redirection for the farm, select the farm in the left pane:
1. Select Action > Modify farm properties > Modify all properties.
2. From the Properties list, select Server default > XenApp.
3. Select Content Redirection to enable users to open URLs found in remote published applications in a local Web browser.
4. Select Content redirection from server to client.
* To enable content redirection for a specific server, select the server in the left pane:
1. Select Action > Modify server properties > Modify all properties.
2. Select Content Redirection to enable users to open URLs found in remote published applications in a local Web browser.
3. Select Use farm settings (available on server level only) or Content redirection from server to client.
* To enable content redirection for specific connections:
1. Use XenApp Advanced Configuration or the Presentation Server Console, depending on the version of XenApp you have installed. In a policy, enable the rule User Workspace > Content Redirection > Server to client.
2. Assign the policy to only those connections for which you want to open supported URL file types on client devices.
* To publish content to be accessed with local applications:
1. Publish the content file you want users to access.
2. If you publish the application that corresponds to the content file type, do not associate it with any file types if you want users to open the published content with locally installed applications.
To configure content redirection from client to server
1. Determine which of your users or groups connect to published applications using Citrix XenApp.
2. Verify that client drive mapping is enabled, either for the entire farm, for specific servers, or for specific users or groups with user policies.
3. Publish the application to be shared or the application that corresponds to the file type for the published content. For example, if you publish a Microsoft Word document named “Quarterly_Sales.doc,” make sure to also publish Microsoft Word on a XenApp server so that the .doc file can open in Word.
4. Associate the appropriate file type with the application.
Note: When you associate a file type with a published application, several file extensions can be affected. For example, when you associate the Word document file type, file extensions in addition to the .doc extension are associated with the published application.
5. Assign the published application to the users you want to access it.
When you configure content redirection from client to server, context menu commands available from within Windows Explorer function differently than on client devices that do not use this feature. For example, if you right-click a file in Windows Explorer on a client device with content redirection from client to server enabled for the file type, the Open command opens the file with the remote application on XenApp. For a streamed application, the file could be opened either on the client device or on the XenApp server, depending on the delivery configuration.
Most commands on the Windows Explorer context menu are unaffected because they are not configured under keys modified by XenApp. Context menu items are generally defined by each application when installed.