The following Citrix articles explains how to use GPO to configure the FarmGUID information via GPO for the XenDesktop agent, using a Custom Admin template provided on the XenDesktop Install CD (\x64\en\Support\Configuration) http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121493…
This FarmGUID.adm template only contains information to configure the FarmGUID information for x32 XenDesktop Agent..
; ; Group Policy template for Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller farm membership ; ; Copyright 2008 Citrix Systems Inc. ; CLASS MACHINE CATEGORY !!Citrix CATEGORY !!VirtualDesktopSettings KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Citrix\VirtualDesktopAgent" POLICY !!FarmGUID EXPLAIN !!FarmGUID_Explain PART !!FarmGUID_Tip1 TEXT END PART PART !!FarmGUID_Value EDITTEXT VALUENAME FarmGUID END PART END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY [strings] Citrix="Citrix" VirtualDesktopSettings="Virtual Desktop Settings" FarmGUID="Farm base Organizational Unit" FarmGUID_Explain="Used to set Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller farm membership for virtual desktop systems. In order to use this policy, you must know the GUID of the target farm's base OU in active directory. This can be seen within the Citrix Access Management Console in the Read-only Properties for the farm as the 'Farm Organizational Unit identifier'." FarmGUID_Tip1="GUID of farm's base OU; syntax: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" FarmGUID_Value="Farm GUID"
If you are using Windows 7 64 bit and XenDesktop Agent 64x, you need to create the following custom FarmGUIDx64.adm
; ; Group Policy template for Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller farm membership ; ; Copyright 2008 Citrix Systems Inc. ; CLASS MACHINE CATEGORY !!Citrix CATEGORY !!VirtualDesktopSettings KEYNAME "Software\Wow6432Node\Citrix\VirtualDesktopAgent" POLICY !!FarmGUID EXPLAIN !!FarmGUID_Explain PART !!FarmGUID_Tip1 TEXT END PART PART !!FarmGUID_Value EDITTEXT VALUENAME FarmGUID END PART END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY [strings] Citrix="Citrix" VirtualDesktopSettings="Virtual Desktop Settings" FarmGUID="Farm base Organizational Unit" FarmGUID_Explain="Used to set Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller farm membership for virtual desktop systems. In order to use this policy, you must know the GUID of the target farm's base OU in active directory. This can be seen within the Citrix Access Management Console in the Read-only Properties for the farm as the 'Farm Organizational Unit identifier'." FarmGUID_Tip1="GUID of farm's base OU; syntax: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" FarmGUID_Value="Farm GUID"
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