The Citrix VDI agent requires the
agent operator user account have at least Citrix read-only administrator privileges.
About this task
To run these steps remotely from a computer that has the Citrix Delegated Admin PowerShell
Snap-in installed, use the AdminAddress parameter. For example, the command in step
2 would become
New-AdminAdministrator -Name
YOURDOMAIN\NewAdmin
-AdminAddress
controller1.YOURDOMAIN.com
. Where YOURDOMAIN
is the name of the network domain, NewAdmin is the user account that is being
given Citrix administration privileges, and controller1.YOURDOMAIN.com is the
fully qualified domain name of the Citrix site server.
Procedure
-
Start a PowerShell session with an existing Citrix administrator account.
- Load the Delegated Admin PowerShell Snap-in to manage the Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop
site.
(Add-PSSnapin Citrix.DelegatedAdmin.Admin.V1)
-
Add the agent operator user account as a Citrix site administrator.
New-AdminAdministrator -Name
YOURDOMAIN\NewAdmin
Where
YOURDOMAIN is the name of the network domain and
NewAdmin is
the user account that is being given Citrix administration privileges.
-
Query for the available roles and scopes to assign to NewAdmin.
Get-AdminRole
Get-AdminScope
-
Assign roles to the agent operator user account, including read-only administrator permissions.
Add-AdminRight -Administrator
YOURDOMAIN\NewAdmin
-Role Read Only
Administrator
-Scope All
Where
- YOURDOMAIN is the name of the network domain.
- NewAdmin is the user account that is being given Citrix administration
privileges.
- Read Only Administrator is the Citrix site administrator role that you are
assigning.
- All is the Citrix site administrator scope that you are assigning.
-
Confirm the addition and changes of the administrator.
Get-AdminAdministrator -Name
YOURDOMAIN\NewAdmin
Where
YOURDOMAIN is the name of the network domain and
NewAdmin is
the user account that is being given Citrix administration privileges.