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Page 1: Troubleshooting and debugging Citrix Receiver for iOS and Android

Hello  and  Welcome  to  Troubleshoo*ng  and  Debugging  Receiver  for  iOS  and  Android.  This  presenta4on  will  show  you  the  tools  and  data  that  can  be  used  to  help  resolve  problems  in  the  Receivers  for  iOS  and  Android.    

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Why  Mobility?  Mobility  can  make  employees  more  produc4ve  and  reac4ve  by  allowing  them  to  access  any  resource,  anywhere  with  any  device.  

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Why  Now?  There  is  an  increasing  demand  for  employees  to  securely  access  these  resources  on  the  device  of  their  choice  and  the  pressure  is  on  for  IT  to  adapt!    

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Here  is  a  look  at  this  fast  growing  and  rapidly  changing  mobile  market.    From  these  forecasts  from  Gartner,  we’ll  see  twice  as  many  smartphones  and  tablets  by  2015  as  we  did  in  2012.    

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Here  is  a  look  at  this  fast  growing  and  rapidly  changing  mobile  market.    From  these  forecasts  from  Gartner,  we’ll  see  twice  as  many  smartphones  and  tablets  by  2015  as  we  did  in  2012.    

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Mobility  is  a  top  priority  for  organiza4ons  AND  the  employees.  And  it  is  a  BIG  challenge  for  IT.      

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How  do  you  find  the  problem  when  dealing  with  the  Mobile  Receivers?  There  are  lots  of  ones  and  zeroes  flowing,  how  do  we  know  which  ones  to  look  at?  There  has  not  been  much  logging  in  the  Citrix  Mobile  Receivers  in  the  past  and  it  was  quite  difficult  to  get  to.  Many  have  been  frustrated  looking  for  logging  within  the  Mobile  Receivers.  We  have  added  some  exci4ng  new  and  convenient  tracing  methods  to  both  the  iOS  and  Android  Receivers.  

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With  all  the  combina4ons  of  products  or  network  devices  between  your  Mobile  Receivers  and  your  cri4cal  business  applica4ons  and  desktops,  First,  understand  the  infrastructure  design  to  help  narrow  down  the  problem.  These  are  the  major  components  considered  in  this  presenta4on.  The  Mobile  Receivers:  iOS  and  Android,  the  Network  and  Web  components:  Netscaler,  Storefront  and  Web  Interface,  and  your  business  resources  like  XenApp  published  applica4ons  and  XenDesktop  machines.    See  the  big  picture  and  ISOLATE  the  issue  by  determining  which  connec4on  scenarios  the  problem  does  and  does  not  occur.  Next,  SEPARATE  the  network  layers  from  the  applica4ons  layer  by  checking  out  the  network  traffic.  Then,  GATHER  and  INVESTIGATE  the  key  diagnos4c  data  from  the  applica4ons  layers.    Here  is  how  to  get  the  most  useful  data  from  the  XenDesktops  and  XenApp  Servers  and  the  Mobile  Receivers.          

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With  all  the  combina4ons  of  products  or  network  devices  between  your  Mobile  Receivers  and  your  cri4cal  business  applica4ons  and  desktops,  First,  understand  the  infrastructure  design  to  help  narrow  down  the  problem.  These  are  the  major  components  considered  in  this  presenta4on.  The  Mobile  Receivers:  iOS  and  Android,  the  Network  and  Web  components:  Netscaler,  Storefront  and  Web  Interface,  and  your  business  resources  like  XenApp  published  applica4ons  and  XenDesktop  machines.    See  the  big  picture  and  ISOLATE  the  issue  by  determining  which  connec4on  scenarios  the  problem  does  and  does  not  occur.  Next,  SEPARATE  the  network  layers  from  the  applica4ons  layer  by  checking  out  the  network  traffic.  Then,  GATHER  and  INVESTIGATE  the  key  diagnos4c  data  from  the  applica4ons  layers.    Here  is  how  to  get  the  most  useful  data  from  the  XenDesktops  and  XenApp  Servers  and  the  Mobile  Receivers.          

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With  all  the  combina4ons  of  products  or  network  devices  between  your  Mobile  Receivers  and  your  cri4cal  business  applica4ons  and  desktops,  First,  understand  the  infrastructure  design  to  help  narrow  down  the  problem.  These  are  the  major  components  considered  in  this  presenta4on.  The  Mobile  Receivers:  iOS  and  Android,  the  Network  and  Web  components:  Netscaler,  Storefront  and  Web  Interface,  and  your  business  resources  like  XenApp  published  applica4ons  and  XenDesktop  machines.    See  the  big  picture  and  ISOLATE  the  issue  by  determining  which  connec4on  scenarios  the  problem  does  and  does  not  occur.  Next,  SEPARATE  the  network  layers  from  the  applica4ons  layer  by  checking  out  the  network  traffic.  Then,  GATHER  and  INVESTIGATE  the  key  diagnos4c  data  from  the  applica4ons  layers.    Here  is  how  to  get  the  most  useful  data  from  the  XenDesktops  and  XenApp  Servers  and  the  Mobile  Receivers.          

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The  Agenda:  Start  with  common  Network  and  ICA  Connec4on  troubleshoo4ng  steps.  This  sec4on  can  be  applied  to  connec4on  issues  from  any  Citrix  Receiver.  Look  at  Network  Traces,  useful  Event  Logs  and  CDF  Tracing.  In  the  next  sec4on,  gert  into  all  new  Advanced  Logs  in  the  Receiver  for  iOS.  Show  how  to  enable,  collect  and  debug  these  logs.    Then  the  same  for  LogCat  logging  in  the  Receiver  for  Android.  Cover  some  supportability  concerns  for  these  Receivers.  Within  each  of  these  three  sec4ons,  cover  some  Case  Studies.    Wrap  it  up  and  provide  some  references.  

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Get  started  with  Network  and  ICA  Connec4on  Troubleshoo4ng    

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It  is  a  common  prac4ce  in  iden4fying  an  issue  is  to  ISOLATE  the  problem  to  a  specific  scenario.    Does  the  issue  occur  for  XenApp  and  XenDesktop  connec4ons?      

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Is  there  a  difference  if  the  user  connects  from  StoreFront,  Web  Interface,  or  a  Services  Site?    

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Is  the  issue  occurring  for  a  specific  user  base?  Or  certain  devices  only?  How  oeen  does  the  issue  occur?  Every  4me?  1  out  of  10  4mes?  Or  the  second  4me  only?    

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It  is  very  important  to  get  clear,  sequen4al  steps  that  a  user  takes  to  reproduce  the  problem  and  include  approximate  4mes  while  collec4ng  data.  For  example,  here  we  started  the  tracing  about  6:09  on  April  2nd,  the  user  logged  on  to  Web  Interface  from  the  Browser  at  about  6:10  and  launched  a  XenApp  Desktop  at  6:11.  Include  the  Expected  Behavior  as  well  as  the  Unexpected  Behavior  which  is  the  problem  you  are  experiencing.        

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If  the  infrastructure  is  too  complex  or  requires  a  proprietary  soeware  backend,  may  rely  on  an  External  Reproduc4on,  we  may  ask  for  need  test  user  access  to  your  environment.    This  would  give  our  engineers  an  opportunity  to  test,  create  and  recreate  private  Receiver  builds  on  the  spot  to  find  the  solu4on  the  fastest.  We  would  ask  for  the  StoreFront  or  Account  configura4on,  usually  a  URL  and  a  Test  user  account.    Of  course,  one  without  a  Security  Token  would  be  ideal  but  if  it  is  required,  we  will  s4ll  work  with  you.      

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For  client  side  issues,  compare  with  other  Receivers.    Did  the  issue  occur  with  a  previous  Receiver  version?  This  tells  us  that  is  may  be  a  Regression.    Or  if  available,  does  the  issue  occur  in  the  Beta  Version  of  the  Receiver?  Here  is  the  Beta  for  Android  and  iOS  has  an  Early  Adopter  Program  that  you  subscribe  to  by  contac4ng  Citrix.    A  Beta  version  will  help  determine  if  we  have  already  resolved  the  issue.  Determine  if  the  issue  occurs  when  launching  the  connec4on  from  the  Device’s  Browser  or  within  the  configured  Receiver.    Also  the  iOS  and  Android  Receivers  have  a  rela4vely  common  feature  set,  so  it  is  good  to  know  if  it  happens  with  both  of  these  plagorms.    Finally,  the  real  litmus  test  for  Receiver  issues  is  does  it  occur  with  the  latest  Receiver  for  Window?  This  could  indicate  the  problem  is  on  the  server.      

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For  client  side  issues,  compare  with  other  Receivers.    Did  the  issue  occur  with  a  previous  Receiver  version?  This  tells  us  that  is  may  be  a  Regression.    Or  if  available,  does  the  issue  occur  in  the  Beta  Version  of  the  Receiver?  Here  is  the  Beta  for  Android  and  iOS  has  an  Early  Adopter  Program  that  you  subscribe  to  by  contac4ng  Citrix.    A  Beta  version  will  help  determine  if  we  have  already  resolved  the  issue.  Determine  if  the  issue  occurs  when  launching  the  connec4on  from  the  Device’s  Browser  or  within  the  configured  Receiver.    Also  the  iOS  and  Android  Receivers  have  a  rela4vely  common  feature  set,  so  it  is  good  to  know  if  it  happens  with  both  of  these  plagorms.    Finally,  the  real  litmus  test  for  Receiver  issues  is  does  it  occur  with  the  latest  Receiver  for  Window?  This  could  indicate  the  problem  is  on  the  server.      

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For  client  side  issues,  compare  with  other  Receivers.    Did  the  issue  occur  with  a  previous  Receiver  version?  This  tells  us  that  is  may  be  a  Regression.    Or  if  available,  does  the  issue  occur  in  the  Beta  Version  of  the  Receiver?  Here  is  the  Beta  for  Android  and  iOS  has  an  Early  Adopter  Program  that  you  subscribe  to  by  contac4ng  Citrix.    A  Beta  version  will  help  determine  if  we  have  already  resolved  the  issue.  Determine  if  the  issue  occurs  when  launching  the  connec4on  from  the  Device’s  Browser  or  within  the  configured  Receiver.    Also  the  iOS  and  Android  Receivers  have  a  rela4vely  common  feature  set,  so  it  is  good  to  know  if  it  happens  with  both  of  these  plagorms.    Finally,  the  real  litmus  test  for  Receiver  issues  is  does  it  occur  with  the  latest  Receiver  for  Window?  This  could  indicate  the  problem  is  on  the  server.      

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Next,  check  out  the  Network  connec4on,  is  there  an  Access  Gateway  in  the  mix  and  is  it  in  ICA  Proxy  mode  or  Full  VPN  mode?    Or  using  a  third  party  VPN?    Does  the  issue  occur  for  Internal  users  or  External  users  or  both?    For  the  Mobile  plagorms  does  the  issue  occurs  from  both  the  4G  network  and  from  a  Wi-­‐fi  connec4on?    Since  Authen4ca4on  is  oeen  done  on  the  network  devices,  is  single  or  dual  authen4ca4on?    Cer4ficates  tends  to  be  a  common  set  back  with  the  Receivers.  Have  a  public  or  private  cer4ficate?  Is  the  private  cer4ficate  on  the  end  device?    Is  the  intermediate  cer4ficate  on  the  Gateway  device?  Also,  ensure  using  a  supported  cer4ficate  or  authen4ca4on  method.        

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Preparing  for  Network  traces,  note  the  IP  Addresses  of  all  the  network  devices  used  for  the  connec4on.    Look  for  any  unique  or  custom  configura4ons.    Check  for  logging  in  any  Third  Party  products  used  for  the  connec4on.    And  iden4fy  the  closest  working  scenario.  Then,  if  suspect  that  there  may  be  something  wrong  at  the  Network  level,    Collect  working  and  non-­‐working  Network  Traces.        

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Specific  to  the  Citrix  ICA  Connec4on,  ICA  is  Citrix’s  primary  TCP  Protocol  and  it  uses  port  1494.  Session  Reliability  uses  CGP  over  2598,  which  is  basically  a  reliability  buffer  around  ICA.  It  is  good  to  determine  if  your  issue  occurs  during  enumera4on  or  the  connec4on  aiempt.  Authen4ca4on  issues  may  occur  during  Enumera4on    The  connec4on  issues  occur  during  the  Session  launch.  With  the  Mobile  Receivers,  the  enumera4on  occurs  during  the  ini4al  authen4ca4on.    With  Web  Interface  enumera4on  occurs  each  4me.    and  the  App  can  be  launch  from  the  Desktop  browser  or  from  the  Receiver.      

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Network  Traces  Analysis-­‐  Here  are  some  quick  analysis  4ps  to  find  the  ICA  traffic  in  a  Network  Trace.  Wireshark  and  several  other  network  tools  have  the  same  type  of  features.    First,  filter  the  trace  to  the  most  useful  data.    Iden4fy  the  Citrix  connec4ons  by  filtering  on  ports  1494  and  2598.    If  you  have  the  IP  informa4on  of  the  client  and  server,  filter  on  the  IP  addresses  to  view  the  en4re  conversa4on.        

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Network  Traces  Analysis-­‐  Here  are  some  quick  analysis  4ps  to  find  the  ICA  traffic  in  a  Network  Trace.  Wireshark  and  several  other  network  tools  have  the  same  type  of  features.    First,  filter  the  trace  to  the  most  useful  data.    Iden4fy  the  Citrix  connec4ons  by  filtering  on  ports  1494  and  2598.    If  you  have  the  IP  informa4on  of  the  client  and  server,  filter  on  the  IP  addresses  to  view  the  en4re  conversa4on.        

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A  nice  feature  in  Wireshark  from  readability  is  to  add  a  common  name  to  the  IP  Addresses  or    allow  the  automa4c  Name  Resolu4on  if  on  the  internal  network.    For  4ming  or  performance  issues,  it  helps  to  set  the  Time  Format    to  something  more  readable.      

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Once  formaied  and  filtered  the  output,  find  the  beginning  of  the  ICA  conversa4on.  This  can  be  done  by  looking  for  the  TCP  Handshake  –  SYN,  SYN/ACK,  and  ACK.  These  three  messages  start  every  TCP/IP  network  connec4on.  Once  the  ICA  conversa4on  is  found,  use  Follow  the  TCP  Stream  and  then  iden4fy  the  ICA  Sounder,  which  shows  up  as  7F  7F  in  the  data.      

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Once  formaied  and  filtered  the  output,  find  the  beginning  of  the  ICA  conversa4on.  This  can  be  done  by  looking  for  the  TCP  Handshake  –  SYN,  SYN/ACK,  and  ACK.  These  three  messages  start  every  TCP/IP  network  connec4on.  Once  the  ICA  conversa4on  is  found,  use  Follow  the  TCP  Stream  and  then  iden4fy  the  ICA  Sounder,  which  shows  up  as  7F  7F  in  the  data.      

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Once  formaied  and  filtered  the  output,  find  the  beginning  of  the  ICA  conversa4on.  This  can  be  done  by  looking  for  the  TCP  Handshake  –  SYN,  SYN/ACK,  and  ACK.  These  three  messages  start  every  TCP/IP  network  connec4on.  Once  the  ICA  conversa4on  is  found,  use  Follow  the  TCP  Stream  and  then  iden4fy  the  ICA  Sounder,  which  shows  up  as  7F  7F  in  the  data.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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Aeer  finding  the  ICA  network  traffic,  look  for  the  most  common  problems.  One  method  of  finding  the  problem  is  to  simply  use  the  4ming  of  the  failed  behavior.  Perhaps  the  issue  occurs  5-­‐10  seconds  aeer  the  beginning  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  so  focus  on  that  area  of  the  trace.    Wireshark  has  an  excellent  Expert  Info  feature,  located  in  the  Analyze  Menu,  you  can  get  some  useful  data  from  the  Details  tab.    Here  you  can  iden4fy  Network  Satura4on,  see  these  TCP  Dup  ACK  messages  and  Retransmission  or  Resets.  If  one  of  these  issues,  look  at  the  traffic  and  determine  which  side  of  the  conversa4on  ini4ated  the  drops.  Look  at  the  trace  of  a  working  scenario  to  iden4fy  differences.  Use  at  these  clues  from  the  trace  analysis  to  determine  if  any  par4cular  node  within  the  network  connec4on  is  causing  a  problem  and  then  try  to  confirm  by  elimina4ng  or  avoiding  that  component.      

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There  are  a  couple  of  ways  to  get  a  Network  trace  from  a  Netscaler  device.  The  command  line  way  with  secure  shell  tools  like  PuTTY  and  secure  copy  tools  u4lizing  the  nstrace  command.    Or  a  trace  can  be  gathered  from  the  Netscaler  web  console  under  System  Diagnos4cs,  select  Start  new  trace.  Dealing  with  Secure  traffic,  to  decrypt  an  SSL  Trace  obtain  the  Private  Key.    See  CTX116557  for  further  details.    

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There  are  a  couple  of  ways  to  get  a  Network  trace  from  a  Netscaler  device.  The  command  line  way  with  secure  shell  tools  like  PuTTY  and  secure  copy  tools  u4lizing  the  nstrace  command.    Or  a  trace  can  be  gathered  from  the  Netscaler  web  console  under  System  Diagnos4cs,  select  Start  new  trace.  Dealing  with  Secure  traffic,  to  decrypt  an  SSL  Trace  obtain  the  Private  Key.    See  CTX116557  for  further  details.    

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There  are  a  couple  of  ways  to  get  a  Network  trace  from  a  Netscaler  device.  The  command  line  way  with  secure  shell  tools  like  PuTTY  and  secure  copy  tools  u4lizing  the  nstrace  command.    Or  a  trace  can  be  gathered  from  the  Netscaler  web  console  under  System  Diagnos4cs,  select  Start  new  trace.  Dealing  with  Secure  traffic,  to  decrypt  an  SSL  Trace  obtain  the  Private  Key.    See  CTX116557  for  further  details.    

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There  are  a  couple  of  ways  to  get  a  Network  trace  from  a  Netscaler  device.  The  command  line  way  with  secure  shell  tools  like  PuTTY  and  secure  copy  tools  u4lizing  the  nstrace  command.    Or  a  trace  can  be  gathered  from  the  Netscaler  web  console  under  System  Diagnos4cs,  select  Start  new  trace.  Dealing  with  Secure  traffic,  to  decrypt  an  SSL  Trace  obtain  the  Private  Key.    See  CTX116557  for  further  details.    

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Some  other  data  to  collect  for  ICA  Connec4on  Issues.  First  check  the  System  and  Applica4on  Event  Logs  for  your  XenApp  Server  or  XenDesktop  host.  Could  discover  Licensing  issues  or  Authen4ca4on  issues  indicated  there.    Check  the  Event  Logs  of  the  Authen4ca4ng  Server,  whether  it  is  the  Web  Interface  Server  or  the  XML  Broker.    For  4cke4ng  issues,  there  are  STA  Logs  that  can  be  enabled.    Enable  Web  Interface  tracing  in  the  web.config  file    There  are  several  tracing  categories  that  you  can  enable  for  Web  Interface  Issues.    And  for  Web  Site  issues  examine  the  IIS  Logs.  I  have  referenced  all  the  Citrix  KB  Ar4cles  that  you  need  for  these  steps  in  this  slide  deck.      Receiver  for  iOS  Troubleshoo4ng  hip://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-­‐ios-­‐57/ios-­‐receiver-­‐admin-­‐troubleshoo4ng.html  Enable  STA  Logging  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX120589  Web  Interface  tracing    hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX122427    

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Some  other  data  to  collect  for  ICA  Connec4on  Issues.  First  check  the  System  and  Applica4on  Event  Logs  for  your  XenApp  Server  or  XenDesktop  host.  Could  discover  Licensing  issues  or  Authen4ca4on  issues  indicated  there.    Check  the  Event  Logs  of  the  Authen4ca4ng  Server,  whether  it  is  the  Web  Interface  Server  or  the  XML  Broker.    For  4cke4ng  issues,  there  are  STA  Logs  that  can  be  enabled.    Enable  Web  Interface  tracing  in  the  web.config  file    There  are  several  tracing  categories  that  you  can  enable  for  Web  Interface  Issues.    And  for  Web  Site  issues  examine  the  IIS  Logs.  I  have  referenced  all  the  Citrix  KB  Ar4cles  that  you  need  for  these  steps  in  this  slide  deck.      Receiver  for  iOS  Troubleshoo4ng  hip://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-­‐ios-­‐57/ios-­‐receiver-­‐admin-­‐troubleshoo4ng.html  Enable  STA  Logging  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX120589  Web  Interface  tracing    hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX122427    

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Some  other  data  to  collect  for  ICA  Connec4on  Issues.  First  check  the  System  and  Applica4on  Event  Logs  for  your  XenApp  Server  or  XenDesktop  host.  Could  discover  Licensing  issues  or  Authen4ca4on  issues  indicated  there.    Check  the  Event  Logs  of  the  Authen4ca4ng  Server,  whether  it  is  the  Web  Interface  Server  or  the  XML  Broker.    For  4cke4ng  issues,  there  are  STA  Logs  that  can  be  enabled.    Enable  Web  Interface  tracing  in  the  web.config  file    There  are  several  tracing  categories  that  you  can  enable  for  Web  Interface  Issues.    And  for  Web  Site  issues  examine  the  IIS  Logs.  I  have  referenced  all  the  Citrix  KB  Ar4cles  that  you  need  for  these  steps  in  this  slide  deck.      Receiver  for  iOS  Troubleshoo4ng  hip://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-­‐ios-­‐57/ios-­‐receiver-­‐admin-­‐troubleshoo4ng.html  Enable  STA  Logging  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX120589  Web  Interface  tracing    hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX122427    

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Citrix  Diagnos4c  Facility  (CDF)  is  Citrix’s  primary  data  capturing  method.  It  is  the  best  way  to  trace  most  of  our  server  products.  It  does  require  parsing  with  symbols  and  we  have  a  public  Citrix  Symbol  server  if  you  want  to  analyzing  a  CDF  Trace.  CDF  is  based  off  Event  Tracing  for  Windows  with  Providers,  Controllers  and  Consumers.  This  just  means  that  you  must  enable  the  Citrix  modules  to  trace  (providers)  and  then  collect  them  with  a  u4lity  (controller  and  consumer).    But  first,  we  must  determine  where  to  collect  the  CDF  Trace.    For  session  launching  issues,  collect  the  CDF  trace  from  the  server  hos4ng  the  applica4on  or  the  XenDesktop  VDA.    If  you  are  dealing  with  Applica4on  enumera4on  or  Load-­‐balancing  issues,  trace  all  IMA/XML  modules  on  the  Zone  Data  Collector  and  XML  Brokers.      

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There  are  a  couple  of  Citrix  u4li4es  that  can  be  used  to  gather  a  CDF  Trace  file  while  the  issue  occurs,    Scout  and  CDF  Control.  Both  of  these  u4li4es  will  provide  Tracing  Categories  of  Citrix  modules  to  enable  specific  to  the  issue.    For  issues  that  are  intermiient  or  hard  to  reproduce,  leave  a  circular  CDF  trace  running,  un4l  the  issue  occurs  and  then  collect  the  etl  file.  While  we  do  not  recommend  leaving  CDF  Traces  running  under  normal  opera4ng  circumstances,  CDF  Traces  can  be  taken  with  a  minimal  performance  impact  on  the  host.    Submit  the  .etl  file  to  Citrix  Technical  Support  for  a  detailed  analysis.      

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A  Demo  of  the  CDF  Control  u4lity  at  work  on  a  Citrix  XenDesktop  VDA  and  on  a  Citrix  XenApp  Server.    <PLAY>  To  use  CDF  Control  for  gathering  a  CDF  Trace,  download  the  u4lity  on  the  VDA  from  our  KB  at  CTX111961.  This  will  download  a  compressed  zip  file  of  the  execu4bles  for  32-­‐bit  and  64-­‐bit.  Next  simply  drill  down  and  run  the  executable.  There  is  no  install  process,  which  makes  it  easy  to  move  this  u4lity  around.  Here  are  the  Op4ons  for  the  ways  to  gather  the  trace  file,  like  that  circular  log  I  men4oned  earlier.  Here  are  the  Trace  Categories,  which  allows  us  to  only  trace  the  Citrix  modules  (providers)  specific  to  the  issue.    If  your  issue  clearly  falls  into  one  of  these  categories  it  could  save  4me  but  if  you  are  in  doubt  select  All  Modules.  You  can  also  Clear  All  Selected.  And  you  can  select  mul4ple  categories  and  it  will  choose  both  sets  of  modules.  When  you  are  ready  to  reproduce  the  issue,  select  Start  Tracing.  If  you  are  tracing  an  event  that  occurs  during  the  logon  of  a  disconnected  session,  simply  leave  this  trace  running,  disconnect  the  session  and  reconnect  to  the  session.  Stop  the  trace  once  the  logon  process  is  completed.  By  default,  the  etl  file  will  be  located  in  the  same  folder  as  the  CDF  Control  executable.  Send  this  etl  file  into  Citrix  Technical  Support  for  analysis.  This  works  the  same  from  the  XenApp  Server.  You  can  run  a  CDF  Trace  from  an  Administrators  session  and  it  collect  all  the  session’s  data  and  it  will  grow  very  fast.      

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To  Summarize  some  of  the  Data  Collected  in  this  sec4on,  For  Network  problems,  get  the  Network  Traces  in  pcap  or  cap  file  and  the  Network  IP  informa4on    Make  sure  to  note  the  IP  Addresses  of  all  the  important  devices,  like  the  XenApp  Server  and  Citrix  Receiver.      

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To  Summarize  some  of  the  Data  Collected  in  this  sec4on,  For  Network  problems,  get  the  Network  Traces  in  pcap  or  cap  file  and  the  Network  IP  informa4on    Make  sure  to  note  the  IP  Addresses  of  all  the  important  devices,  like  the  XenApp  Server  and  Citrix  Receiver.      

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To  Summarize  some  of  the  Data  Collected  in  this  sec4on,  For  Network  problems,  get  the  Network  Traces  in  pcap  or  cap  file  and  the  Network  IP  informa4on    Make  sure  to  note  the  IP  Addresses  of  all  the  important  devices,  like  the  XenApp  Server  and  Citrix  Receiver.      

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The  CDF  Trace  come  in  a  etl  file  along  with  the  repro  steps  during  that  collec4on.    Here  is  the  files  and  Good  reproduc4on  steps  with  4mes  added.  

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The  CDF  Trace  come  in  a  etl  file  along  with  the  repro  steps  during  that  collec4on.    Here  is  the  files  and  Good  reproduc4on  steps  with  4mes  added.  

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The  CDF  Trace  come  in  a  etl  file  along  with  the  repro  steps  during  that  collec4on.    Here  is  the  files  and  Good  reproduc4on  steps  with  4mes  added.  

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And  finally  include  the  other  important  logs  like  Applica4on  and  System  Event  Logs  of  the  appropriate  servers.    

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And  finally  include  the  other  important  logs  like  Applica4on  and  System  Event  Logs  of  the  appropriate  servers.    

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This  is  some  of  the  key  Diagnos4c  Data  from  the  Network  and  Server-­‐side  for  any  ICA  Connec4on  issues      

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First  Case  Study!        

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In  this  Case,  the  Long  Commmand  Line  Parameter    which  allows  you  to  send  an  argument,  like  an  hip  page  or  file  to  the  published  applica4on  was  failing  intermiiently  from  the  iOS  Receiver.    So  we  started  Troubleshoo4ng  by  isola4ng  the  issue.    It  turns  out  that  the  issue  occurred  for  all  non-­‐windows  Receivers  that  they  tested  like  Android  and  Mac.    Also  we  no4ced  that  it  worked  on  the  first  launch  but  when  launching  addi4onal  sessions  which  we  determines  the  issue  only  occurs  when  session  sharing.    Also  we  determined  that  it  occurs  from  any  method  of  launching  the  session,  Internal,  External,  Web  Interface  or  StoreFront.    

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It  was  preiy  clear  that  this  was  not  a  Network  issue,  so  we  went  right  to  the  CDF  Traces.    We  also  collected  client  side  logs  which  I  will  show  you  how  to  do  in  the  next  sec4ons,  but  they  were  not  useful  in  this  case.    We  gathered  a  CDF  Trace  with  both  a  Successful  and  Failed  launch  and  found  the  Host  Launch  Request  marking  the  launching  of  the  session.    A  few  messages  later  in  the  successful  trace,  we  could  see  the  long  command  parameter  being  sent,  which  was  a  URL  for  Internet  Explorer.      

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In  the  bad  launch  of  the  trace,  we  were  able  to  locate  the  Host  Launch  Request  and  then  no4ced  that  the  Long  Command  Parameters  was  NULL  therefore  not  gesng  sent  into  the  session.    

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 With  this  data,  the  developer  found  a  defect  in  all  non-­‐windows  Receivers.    We  fixed  the  problem  in  each  of  these  plagorms  and  the  Long  Command  Line  parameter  now  gets  properly  sent  into  the  session  during  every  launch.    

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Advanced  Logging  for  the  Citrix  Receiver  for  iOS      

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Citrix  introduced  Advanced  Logs  to  the  Receiver  for  iOS  in  version  5.7.  This  is  a  first  edi4on  of  this  tracing  so  there  are  improvements  to  come.    Advanced  Logs  are  based  of  AeTracing  or  Advanced  Extensible  Tracing.    It  produces  an  interpreted  plain  text  log  file  that  you  can  look  at  with  any  text  editor.    Each  log  entry  includes  a  Time  and  Date  stamp  and    each  message  will  also  be  one  of  the  following  Types  –  INFO,  WARN,  VERBOSE,  or  ERROR.  ERROR  messages  are  clearly  something  to  pay  aien4on  to.  You  may  see  this  par4cular  applica4on  Significant  Time  Change  warning  whenever  there  is  new  ac4vity  in  the  Receiver  aeer  some  4me.  So  this  message  appears  at  the  beginning  of  any  logging  ac4vity.      

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 Enabling  the  Advanced  Logs  is  done  from  the  Sesngs  of  the  Receiver.    

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 To  access  the  Receiver  Sesngs,  click  on  the  gear  icon  in  the  top  right  corner.    Next  Click  on  the  Advanced  op4on  and    enable  or  disable  the  Advanced  Logs  by  toggling  the  ON/OFF  switch.    Simply  as  that.    

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 To  access  the  Receiver  Sesngs,  click  on  the  gear  icon  in  the  top  right  corner.    Next  Click  on  the  Advanced  op4on  and    enable  or  disable  the  Advanced  Logs  by  toggling  the  ON/OFF  switch.    Simply  as  that.    

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 To  access  the  Receiver  Sesngs,  click  on  the  gear  icon  in  the  top  right  corner.    Next  Click  on  the  Advanced  op4on  and    enable  or  disable  the  Advanced  Logs  by  toggling  the  ON/OFF  switch.    Simply  as  that.    

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Run  the  failing  condi4on  on  the  Receiver  for  iOS  while  the  Log  is  enabled,  and  then  collect  the  logs.  The  Advanced  Logs  are  stored  in  the  Shared  Documents  sec4ons  of  the  Citrix  Receiver  on  the  iOS  device.  There  are  two  ways  to  get  those  logs  from  the  Receiver.    From  the  Receiver  Sesngs,  you  can  send  an  email  that  includes  a  compressed  archive  of  all  the  Advanced  Logs  on  the  device  as  well  as  some  version  informa4on  about  your  device.    

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From  the  Sesngs  icon  on  the  Receiver,  click  on  Send  Feedback  at  the  boiom  and    then  Request  Help  from  Support.    

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Here  you  can  see  the  email  that  pops  up  with  your  device  informa4on  and  the  logs  aiached  in  a  zip.    

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Or  you  can  get  the  Advanced  Logs  from  the  Shared  Documents  sec4on  of  a  synced  iTunes.  Here  is  a  very  brief  video  on  what  that  looks  like.      <PLAY>  Once  the  device  is  synced  to  the  PC  or  Mac,  you  will  see  the  Receiver  in  the  File  Sharing  sec4on  of  the  Apps  tab.  Highlight  the  Log  folder  and  Save  As.  Then  pull  up  a  Finder  window  and  open  the  Logs  directory  and  there  you  will  see  a  series  of  Advanced  Logs  files.    

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Or  you  can  get  the  Advanced  Logs  from  the  Shared  Documents  sec4on  of  a  synced  iTunes.  Here  is  a  very  brief  video  on  what  that  looks  like.      <PLAY>  Once  the  device  is  synced  to  the  PC  or  Mac,  you  will  see  the  Receiver  in  the  File  Sharing  sec4on  of  the  Apps  tab.  Highlight  the  Log  folder  and  Save  As.  Then  pull  up  a  Finder  window  and  open  the  Logs  directory  and  there  you  will  see  a  series  of  Advanced  Logs  files.    

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Couple  of  items  to  note  regarding  Advanced  Logs.  The  Advanced  Logs  will  get  disabled  aeer  you  use  the  Send  Feedback  feature.  So  you  must  re-­‐enable  them  to  collect  more.  This  feature  will  send  all  the  logs  on  the  device  in  a  compressed  archive    So  it  is  important  to  know  approximately  when  the  issue  has  occurred  to  help  find  the  right  log  file.    There  are  a  couple  of  common  keywords  that  you  can  look  for  that  may  indicate  a  problem.  ERROR  is  a  popular  one,  you  will  see  NOT  oeen  in  errors  and  FAIL  occasionally.      

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Make  sure  that  you  are  not  trying  to  use  an  unsupported  feature.  You  can  ALWAYS  look  at  the  Citrix  Client  Feature  Matrix  located  here.  This  document  is  frequently  updated  and  it  the  final  word  on  supportability.    

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Advanced  Logs  Messages    

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The  user  in  this  case  discovered  the  Store  configura4on  by  entering  an  email  address.    This  prompted  a  ChangeStore  message  that  indicates  the  Store  configura4on  has  been  saved  on  the  Receiver.    

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Here  we  have  a  user  enumera4ng  applica4on  from  Web  Interface.  you  may  see  this  Get  Mobile  App  Enum  for  Store  messages  duplicated  and  that  is  normal,    Here  you  can  see  some  of  the  metadata  contained  in  that  message    

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Next  we  have  a  user  that  has  selected  a  Published  Desktop  icon  that  was  already  enumerated  from  the  XenApp  Farm.  You  will  see  the  App  Clicked  message.    

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This  is  how  the  ICA  File  appears  in  the  Advanced  Logs.    You  will  see  a  “The  ICA”  message  for  that.    

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These  are  the  messages  that  you  may  see  when  the  Session  starts  to  launch,  the  Set  Session  View  messages.    

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You  can  find  the  Session  Width  in  the  Advanced  Logs  if  you  are  dealing  with  a  Display  issue.      

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This  can  be  very  useful  because  oeen  connec4on  issues  occur  while  the  No4fica4ons  are  running  by  and  the  user  can  tell  where  it  has  failed.    You  will  see  the  series  of  Launch  Status  Messages.    

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Here  is  a  message  that  you  hope  to  see,  it  is  a  successful  session  loaded  message    and  yes  that  successful  typo  does  appear  in  the  message.    

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This  update  video  out  message  appears  whenever  the  user  changes  the  view  away  from  the  ICA  Session  into  the  Receiver  main  area  or  some  other  applica4on.    

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And  finally,  this  a  the  session  close  down  messages  when  a  user  Disconnects  the  session.    

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Another  important  thing  to  know  is  how  to  get  an  Applica4on  dump  if  the  Receiver  crashes.  iOS  uses  CrashReporter  to  collect  crash  dumps.  The  Crash  report  includes  the  Stack  Trace  which  is  one  of  the  more  cri4cal  parts  of  the  dump.  The  crash  report  is  located  in  the  following  loca4ons  from  an  iTunes  synced  PC,  Mac  or  Windows.    

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To  Summarize  the  data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  iOS,  the  Advanced  Logs  come  in  a  zip  of  text  files.    Since  this  zip  includes  all  the  logs  files  on  the  device  ,  it  is  important  to  get  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred  in  thorough  Repro  Steps    

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To  Summarize  the  data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  iOS,  the  Advanced  Logs  come  in  a  zip  of  text  files.    Since  this  zip  includes  all  the  logs  files  on  the  device  ,  it  is  important  to  get  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred  in  thorough  Repro  Steps    

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To  Summarize  the  data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  iOS,  the  Advanced  Logs  come  in  a  zip  of  text  files.    Since  this  zip  includes  all  the  logs  files  on  the  device  ,  it  is  important  to  get  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred  in  thorough  Repro  Steps    

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To  Summarize  the  data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  iOS,  the  Advanced  Logs  come  in  a  zip  of  text  files.    Since  this  zip  includes  all  the  logs  files  on  the  device  ,  it  is  important  to  get  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred  in  thorough  Repro  Steps    

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If  a  crash  occurred  provide  the  .crash  and  .log  file.    

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If  a  crash  occurred  provide  the  .crash  and  .log  file.    

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This  is  the  key  Diagnos4c  Data  from  the  Receiver  for  iOS.    

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Case  study  2,Problems  connec4ng  through  Citrix  Access  Gateway        

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In  this  Case,  iPad  users  were  able  to  enumerate  their  XenDesktops  but  unable  to  connect  to  them  through  Access  Gateway    Users  from  Receiver  for  Windows  were  able  to  access  their  Desktops  through  AG    The  issue  only  occurred  for  Access  Gateway  connec4ons,  Internal  iPad  users  were  able  to  connect.    On  the  Netscaler  they  were  using  FIPS  and  the  SHA2  cer4ficate  was  on  the  iPad.    

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What  debug  data  can  we  collect  in  this  case?    Looking  at  the  State  of  the  VDA  from  the  Console,  there  was  no  indica4on  of  the  connec4on  aiempt  on  the  VDA.  Therefore  a  CDF  Trace  from  the  VDA  would  not  be  useful.    So  we  gathered  Advanced  Logs  from  the  iPad  device.    

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In  the  Advanced  Logs  we  could  see  this  host  error  183  –  You  have  not  chosen  to  trust  “Entrust  Cer4fica4on  Authority”  the  issuer  of  the  server’s  security  cer4ficate.  So  this  tells  me  that  it  appears  that  the  cer4ficate  is  not  trusted  on  the  device.  We  checked  the  device  and  no4ced  that  the  cer4ficate  was  trusted  on  the  device    

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So  next  we  checked  the  Citrix  Client  Feature  Matrix    and  no4ced  that  FIPS  140/SHA2    is  not  supported  with  iOS.  FIPS/SHA2  was  recently  added  to  the  Windows  and  Mac  Receivers  and  it  is  on  the  roadmap  for  support  in  the  Receiver  for  iOS  later  this  year.    

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Case  Study  3  Receiver  for  iOS  disconnect  issues      

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In  this  case  the  iOS  Receiver  has  causing  problems  reconnec4ng  to  a  disconnected  session  that  4med  out.  What  we  had  observed  was  if  you  let  the  session  4me  out  on  an  iPad  and  then  aiempt  to  click  on  the  applica4ons  that  appears  successfully  enumerated,  we  would  see  the  following  session  expired  message.    the  problem  only  occurred  on  iOS,  really  Android  was  the  only  comparable  scenario  in  this  case.    And  it  only  happened  with  Access  Gateway  Connec4ons.      

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For  this  issue,  we  obtained  an  Advanced  Log  from  the  iPad  Receiver  and    it  show  the  App  no  longer  available  message.    

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We  discovered  a  problem  in  the  way  we  were  caching  the  users  creden4als  on  the  Receiver.    We  fixed  this  issue  in  version  5.7  of  the  iOS  Receiver  and  aeer  authen4ca4on  4mes  out  the  user  returns  to  the  logon  screen  instead  of  gesng  an  error.    

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Receiver  for  Android  Logging.      

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LogCat  is  Android’s  inherent  logging  system,  which  allows  for  collec4ng  and  viewing  of  system  debug  output.    LogCat  uses  the  Log  class.    The  Receiver  for  Android  always  outputs  debug  messages  to  LogCat  by  default.  The  output  is  a  plain  text  file  readable  file.  and  it  does  contain  a  4me  stamp,  although  with  some  logging  u4li4es  you  must  enable  4me  stamps.    Some  problema4c  keywords  that  you  may  find  in  a  Logcat  log  are  ERROR,  FAIL  and  FATAL  EXCEPTION  for  crashes,  which  we  will  talk  about  more  shortly.    

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There  are  several  priority  tags  that  are  used  to  indicate  the  kind  of  message.  These  are  the  tags  in  priority  order.    

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There  are  two  ways  of  gathering  Logcat  logs  from  an  Android  device.  we  have  made  it  very  simply  to  collect  and  send  just  the  Logcat  regarding  Citrix  by  Clicking  on  the  Sesngs  dots  in  the  top  right  corner.    The  second  way  is  a  bit  more  cumbersome  and  will  also  include  Logcat  messages  for  all  products  running  on  the  Android  device  and  that  is  with  a  third  party  u4lity.    

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There  are  two  ways  of  gathering  Logcat  logs  from  an  Android  device.  we  have  made  it  very  simply  to  collect  and  send  just  the  Logcat  regarding  Citrix  by  Clicking  on  the  Sesngs  dots  in  the  top  right  corner.    The  second  way  is  a  bit  more  cumbersome  and  will  also  include  Logcat  messages  for  all  products  running  on  the  Android  device  and  that  is  with  a  third  party  u4lity.    

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Sending  LogCat  logs  from  the  Receiver  is  from  the  Sesngs  -­‐>  Send  Feedback  buion.    Click  on  Request  help  from  Support.    

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Sending  LogCat  logs  from  the  Receiver  is  from  the  Sesngs  -­‐>  Send  Feedback  buion.    Click  on  Request  help  from  Support.    

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That  will  popup  an  email  with  the  single  Logfile  included  as  an  aiachment    

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This  Send  Feedback  feature  will  also  collect  informa4on  about  the  Android  device  that  it  was  sent  from    

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You  can  see  it  will  provide  versioning  informa4on  including  that  of  the  Citrix  Receiver    

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The  second  way  to  gather  LogCat  logs  from  Android  is  with  a  third  party  u4lity  like  aLogcat.    

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You  can  use  aLogcat  for  collec4ng  LogCat  logs  from  an  Android  device.    It  uses  Regular  Expression  filtering  with  ANDs  and  ORs.    A  filter  for  Citrix  Receiver  issues  is  simply  com.citrix.    and  you  can  also  send  the  logs  directly  from  aLogcat  via  email  or  ShareFile  or  more.    

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Citrix  Receiver  in  an  LogCat  log.        

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Here  a  user  discovers  a  StoreFront  configua4on  via  email  so  you  see  the  Discovery  document  URL.    

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Next  a  user  successfully  logging  on  to  a  Services  Site.  You  will  see  a  Authen4ca4on  successful  message.    

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Next  these  onLoadResource  messages  is  what  you  will  see  in  the  LogCat  when  a  Web  Interface  Site  is  loading  on  a  Receiver  for  Android    

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Next  you  will  see  the  Download  ICA  File  and  Launch  Engine  Task  message  at  the  beginning  of  the  ICA  session  launching  from  StoreFront    

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Here  is  the  ICA  session  launch  from  a  Service  Site  and  you  will  see  the  common  Download  ICA  File  and  Launch  Engine  Task  message  followed  by  the  URL  and  in  this  case  you  can  see  it  is  a  PNAgent  or  Services  Site  URL      

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This  message  can  me  a  liile  misleading  but  this  Process  Citrix  Receiver  wfica  has  died  message  does  appear  on  a  graceful  user  disconnect.      

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Finally,    unlike  iOS  the  Stack  Trace  is  included  in  the  LogCat  if  the  Receiver  does  crash.  We  are  also  working  on  improving  the  log  messaging  from  the  Android  Receiver  so  we  will  see  more  relevant  messages  in  the  future.      

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Data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  Android,  the  LogCat  log.    And  again  Repro  Steps  with  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred.  The  stack  trace  of  any  crashes  will  be  included  in  that  log.    

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Data  Collected  from  Receiver  for  Android,  the  LogCat  log.    And  again  Repro  Steps  with  the  4me  and  date  that  the  issue  occurred.  The  stack  trace  of  any  crashes  will  be  included  in  that  log.    

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The  last  Case  Study  –  Unknown  error  connec4ng  from  Android  through  an  Access  Gateway  site.      

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The  user  is  able  to  launch  a  session  successfully  the  first  4me,  but  the  second  aiempt  failed  with  the  following  Access  Gateway  error  message.    The  problem  only  occurred  on  Android  Receiver  and    only  aeer  the  first  successful  connec4on.    

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First    we  verified  with  network  with  a  network  trace  and  nothing  out  of  the  ordinary  appeared.    Then  we  gathered  aLogcat  log  while  this  issue  occurred.    and  no4ced  the  is  Receiver  403  response  from  gateway  authen4ca4on  error    

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We  had  discovered  a  defect  in  the  handling  of  the  authen4ca4on  in  the  Receiver  for  Android.    This  issue  was  fixed  in  the  3.1.2  version  of  the  Receiver  and  the  user  no  longer  experienced  the  issue      

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Wrap  it  up!    

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For  common  Citrix  Connec4on  issues,  Isolate  the  reproduc4on,  Separate  the  failing  components  and  gather  the  appropriate  data.  Don’t  forget  to  note  the  important  metadata,  like  IP  Addresses  for  Network  traces.  Focus  on  diagnos4c  data  from  a  working  and  non-­‐working  scenario.    

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Great  new  Logging  feature  have  been  added  to  the  Citrix  Mobile  Receivers  that  have  made  it  quick  and  easy.  They  output  readable  messages.  Find  for  the  start  of  the  ICA  Session  by  looking  for  these  messages    

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Search  for  some  of  the  more  problema4c  keywords.  And  then  search  the  same  ques4onable  messages  in  working  logs  to  determine  if  they  are  normal  messages.  Take  note  of  the  concise  and  thorough  steps  taken  to  reproduce  the  issue  and  include  4ming  markers  when  collec4ng  data.  And  Finally  if  you  need  more  help,  zip  up  the  network  traces,  CDF  Traces,  Receiver  Logs  and  Repro  info  and  send  it  into  Citrix  Technical  Support.  We  this  data  in  hand,  we  will  certainly  have  a  huge  head  start  in  gesng  to  the  boiom  of  your  issue.    

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All  Resources:    Troubleshoo4ng  Citrix  Receiver  for  Mobile  Devices  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX125533  How  to  Record  a  Network  Packet  Trace  on  a  NetScaler  Appliance  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX128655    Case  Study:  Troubleshoo4ng  ICA  Session  Disconnec4on  with  CDF  and  Network  Traces  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX113251    How  to  Enable  and  Collect  Advanced  Logs  for  Receiver  for  iOS  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX136380    Case  Study:  Unable  to  Launch  Applica4ons  from  Android  Device  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX131827  Receiver  for  Android  Troubleshoo4ng  hip://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-­‐android-­‐33/android-­‐receiver-­‐admin-­‐troubleshoo4ng.html  Receiver  for  iOS  Troubleshoo4ng  hip://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-­‐ios-­‐57/ios-­‐receiver-­‐admin-­‐troubleshoo4ng.html  Enable  STA  Logging  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX120589    

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Web  Interface  tracing    hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX122427  How  to  Decrypt  SSL  and  TLS  Traffic  using  Wireshark  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX116557  How  to  Take  a  Network  Trace  on  a  Netscaler  or  Citrix  Access  Gateway  Enterprise  Edi4on  Appliance  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX114018  How  to  Capture  a  Nstrace  from  the  Command  Line  Interface  in  Release  9.2  and  9.3  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX120941    How  to  Record  a  Network  Packet  Trace  on  a  Netscaler  Appliance  (GUI  driven)  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX128655  How  to  Decrypt  Traces  Recorded  on  a  Netscaler  Appliance  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX118266  How  to  Export  and  use  SSL  Session  Keys  to  Decrypt  SSL  Trace  Without  Sharing  the  SSL  Private  Key  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX135889  CDFControl  hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX111961  Citrix  Scout    hip://support.citrix.com/ar4cle/CTX130147  hip://support.apple.com/kb/ht4094  hip://www.raywenderlich.com/1948/how-­‐integrate-­‐itunes-­‐file-­‐sharing-­‐with-­‐your-­‐ios-­‐app    

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