We're running App Layering 4.5 in our lab, hosted on XenServer 7.1, and I've got a question regarding installing USB drivers into a layer - OS or App.
We use Nuance PowerMic's for Dragon Medical 360 (NaturallySpeaking), and when you plug them in, USB drivers are installed on the device. In our current XenDesktop 6.5 environment (without App Layering), hosted on XenServer 7, we are only able to install these drivers [by plugging the device in; there is no packaged installer] by changing the vDisk to Private so that we have read/write access. We then publish it in Citrix, connect to the VDI session, plug in the microphone (switching it to Generic in Receiver) so that the USB drivers are installed, and then logoff. We can then finish the vDisk and change it back to Standard for read-only access. This is all due to the fact that you can't connect USB devices in a guest on XenServer.
With App Layering, I was wondering how others were going about this, as I know I've seen people post about Dragon and App Layering (a recipe would be nice, too). Changing the vDisk to Private like we do currently just doesn't sound like a good idea, and one that likely breaks something. Short of me using something like Admin Studio to [hopefully capture drivers and installing it onto either the OS layer or the Dragon application layer, I'm not sure how to actually go about this.
Does anyone have any advice here? I'd certainly appreciate it.
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Nick Panaccio
We're running App Layering 4.5 in our lab, hosted on XenServer 7.1, and I've got a question regarding installing USB drivers into a layer - OS or App.
We use Nuance PowerMic's for Dragon Medical 360 (NaturallySpeaking), and when you plug them in, USB drivers are installed on the device. In our current XenDesktop 6.5 environment (without App Layering), hosted on XenServer 7, we are only able to install these drivers [by plugging the device in; there is no packaged installer] by changing the vDisk to Private so that we have read/write access. We then publish it in Citrix, connect to the VDI session, plug in the microphone (switching it to Generic in Receiver) so that the USB drivers are installed, and then logoff. We can then finish the vDisk and change it back to Standard for read-only access. This is all due to the fact that you can't connect USB devices in a guest on XenServer.
With App Layering, I was wondering how others were going about this, as I know I've seen people post about Dragon and App Layering (a recipe would be nice, too). Changing the vDisk to Private like we do currently just doesn't sound like a good idea, and one that likely breaks something. Short of me using something like Admin Studio to [hopefully capture drivers and installing it onto either the OS layer or the Dragon application layer, I'm not sure how to actually go about this.
Does anyone have any advice here? I'd certainly appreciate it.
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