How to handle INetCookies & WebCacheV01.dat

[Daniel Pullen]

Xendesktop 7.5

UPM 5.2.1

XenServer 6.5

VM's running Windows 8.1

 

Hi

 

I have noticed our login times getting increasingly slower over the past few months, from 30 seconds upto 80 in some cases. On further investigation some users have over 7000 files in the AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies and a 35mb WebCacheV01.dat file in AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache.

 

Both folder paths are in the mirror list on UPM but these files keep getting generated.

 

We have 179 profiles, using agent ransack i can we have over 6GB in webcache files and over 260,00 1kb files.

 

Do we need them can the older files just be deleted, how is everybody else handling these files?

 

Thanks,

[CarlStalhood]

Do you have cookie processing enabled under Advanced Settings?

 

I don't think there's anything you can do about WebCacheV01.dat.

 

http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/09/25/citrix-user-profile-manager-cookies-and-history-support-for-internet-explorer-10-11/

[Daniel Pullen]

Hi Carl

 

Yes "Process Internet Cookie files on logoff" is enabled

 

I guess this isn't working, any other ideas?

[Daniel Pullen]

Carl see attached log from running the UpmConfigCheck script.

 

Also we are using XD 7.5, I've upgraded UPM on our profile server from 5.1 to 5.2.1 but the VDA on the VM's is still for XD 7.5 which doesn't use the latest version of UPM - would this cause issues?

 

Any help would be much appreciated?

 

Thanks,

diagnostics.txt

[CarlStalhood]

You don't need CPM on the profile server but you do need it on the VDAs. You can upgrade CPM on the VDAs without upgrading the VDA software.

[Daniel Pullen]

Thanks Carl, Ive now updated CPM on our master templates and pushed out the update to our machine catalogs.

 

I took the plunge this morning and deleted all of the INetCookie files (270,000 files), there are already over 12,000 files again its ridiculous.

 

Do you think there needed, if not i could create a script to delete from the store every night?

[Liza Nolan]

Hi Daniel,

 

Unfortunately using a script to clear cookies every night will never truly delete them from your webcachev01.dat file, that file will just keep on growing and as you mentioned, they grow to a very big size.

 

Take a look at this video: 

[Mark Kroehler 2]

I realize this is a dated thread, but stumbled up this one elsewhere.

https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/37841-disable-webcachev01-dat.html

 

Aside from presenting a possible workaround, it references a third party product (conveniently called WebCacheKiller) as another solution. Haven't had a chance to try it myself (plate's too full)...