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Table 1‑45. 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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