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need to know how to configure Citrix UPM Exclusions and synchronize and mirroring

I had this question after viewing Citrix profile management issue.

HI

i still need more info to under stand

1- Exclusion List - directories and files in Citrix profile management

if i decied to exclude this list that mean this folders will be saved on the xenapp server local disk

and my xenapp server disk less because it boot over network from PVS server so the all Vdisk actual will use Xenapp memory

my question if i want to configure Exclusion List - directories and files so maybe i have to create for every work a local disk to use as a store for all of these excluded directories

so how can i tell this inside citrix UPM policy on Citrix director

i really don't want the excluded directories to be loaded on drive C where it is coming over network from PVS server

anybody here can tell me how this work why Citrix recommended this (( we have 10 G Ethernet so keep the whol profile on the network share should make scene ))

the same question for

Directories and files to synchronize

to synchronize to where ?

the same question for

Folders to mirror mirror to where

sorry if anyone has any link will show the configuration for such configuration step by step or good links to explain this to me

i am using only citrix UPM on a shared file system and i know nothing about configuring

Exclusion List - directories and files

Directories and files to synchronize

Folders to mirror

thanks in advance

REIT

It seems like you have profile management muddled with a few bits.

I would advise reviewing the following web page in length to ensure you fully understand how profile management works within a Citrix environment, it is the same for RDSH and VMWare Horizon View - https://www.carlstalhood.com/citrix-profile-management/

Let me know if you need any further help!

sword12

ASKER

Hi

I know this link

But what I want to know if I configured the list of exclude directories
And enabled that when the user log of the profile will be deleted

My point all These excluded directories and files will be deleted

Or will stay until I reboot the xenapp server

For sync directories

What if the user log of and some of the sync files and directories dose not really sync
I think this will lead to profiles corruption

The same for mirror

For me I configured folder redirection for big folders like desktop download etc

So now the only annoying thing for me IE and Firefox cache

Do think it is really best practice to configure directories exclusion

sword12

ASKER

Right now my main concern

If I start to use directories excludsion

How long this data will stay on the local disk if the worker ( xenapp server )

If this data will be removed when the user log off so I will do it

But if this data will stay until I reboot the worker. That mean the local disk will be full of users profiles and will be bloated and this will effect performance

Plus about sync and mirrors what the side effects for this configuration

Kindly advice

REIT

I would advise rebooting your session hosts at least once a week. I believe UPM will delete the local profile when the user logs off. Those setting you’re talking about are when you use a profile store, so if a user logs in with their profile, when they’re finished and log off, the settings in those directories specified will not be written back to the profile. So anything you have set in exclusion will not get written back.

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/policies/reference/profile-management/profile-handling-policy-settings.html

sword12

ASKER

i know it will not be written back

but i want them to be deleted when the user logoff without reboot the host

yes sure i will reboot the host every week

but i have more than 700 users i cannot afford to keep their profiles untill i reboot

so i want you to confirm that when the user will logoff this data will be dealted (( the excluded directories and files

if yes so them excluded directories configuration make sense

REIT

Look at the previous link I sent you. UPM will delete the users local profile once they log off their session.

sword12

ASKER

I know from my Citrix environment that when the user Logoff the cached profiles will be deleted

But I have no idea or experience if this will work the same if I configured directories exclusion

I don't find I clear txt in Citrix doc which tells this

I am afraid that the xenapp server disk will be bloated with profiles data till the next reboot

But if you say data will be deleted after the user will Logoff

So configuring directories exclusion make sense to keep user profiles light

sword12

ASKER

look here

they said

(( Delete locally cached profiles on logoff
This setting specifies whether locally cached profiles are deleted after a user logs off.

When this setting is enabled, a user’s local profile cache is deleted after they have logged off. Citrix recommends enabling this setting for terminal servers. ))

Cached profiles this exactly my question (( can conceder the list of excluded directories data )) A Cached profiles

REIT

Directories excluded is irrelevant. Local Profiles will be deleted regardless of what set. The directories and files you set will be retained in the users UPM profile when the user logs off the session host.

REIT

Configuring exclusions is more about what you want to retain in your UPM profile, regardless, the local profile will be deleted.

sword12

ASKER

Sorry I just want to ask again

So you want to tell me if I excluded

INetcach directory

After the user will Logoff all IE Cache will retain in the main user profile store?!

So what the main purpose of exclusion if will not trash such data which will bloat the user profile

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sword12

ASKER

Great

So as I understand now

1- when I excluded directories these will not retain in the user profile store and this will help to keep it light

2- all these excluded directories data and files will be removed when the user will Logoff

So the server disk will not be bloated till the next reboot

If this right so I will configure exclusion soon

Thanks for all info