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Table 1‑44. Custom Properties V Table (Continued)
Property Description
VDI.Server.Name
Specifies the server name, which hosts the desktop delivery
controller, to register with, or the name of a XenDesktop farm that
contains desktop delivery controllers with which to register.
If the value is a XenDesktop farm name, the
VDI.Server.Website property value must be the URL of an
appropriate Citrix web interface site to use in connecting to the
machine.
If the value is a server name, and at least one general
XenDesktop VDI agent was installed without specifying a desktop
delivery controller server, this value directs the request to the
desired server. If the value is a server name, and only dedicated
XenDesktop VDI agents for specific DDC servers were installed,
this value must exactly match the server name configured for a
dedicated agent.
Note For more information about how to make StoreFront the
default page in IIS, see Citrix documentation. See also
VDI.Server.Website.
Note Changes in the Citrix web interface protocol have
impacted how the VDI.Server.Name default value is recognized.
The value of the VDI.Server.Name property is used as the
default connection string to open the Citrix web interface when
users connect to a virtual desktop. It is always the DNS/IP of the
XD server. If that value does not connect to the Citrix interface,
you are unable to access your VMs. However, you can use the
VDI.Server.Website custom property when the Citrix web
interface is hosted on a server other than the XenDesktop server.
When this property is present on the VM, it is used instead of
VDI.Server.Name.
VDI.Server.Group
For XenDesktop 5, specifies the name of the XenDesktop group
to add machines to and the name of the catalog to which the
group belongs, in the group_name;catalog_name format.
For XenDesktop 4, specifies the name of the XenDesktop group
to which machines are to be added. XenDesktop 4 preassigned
groups are supported.
VDI.ActiveDirectory.Interval
Specifies an optional interval value in time span format for virtual
desktop infrastructure machine Active Directory registration
check. The default value is 00:00:15 (15 seconds).
VDI.ActiveDirectory.Timeout
Specifies an optional timeout value to wait before retrying Active
Directory registration. The default value is 00:00:15 (30 minutes).
VDI.ActiveDirectory.Delay
Specifies an optional delay time value in time span format
between successfully adding a machine to Active Directory and
initiation of XenDesktop registration. The default value is
00:00:05 (5 seconds).
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