Installing BigFix onto Citrix Desktop

[Austin4778]

Hi @ncpeteusa. We use the traditional agent approach installed on our golden image. I think the biggest things to consider is your expectations for the Bigfix client behavior in essence to your Citrix deployment/configuration type.

If you are deploying from a golden image and or using MCS/PVS I’d recommend looking into the below settings:

• BES Client Setting: BESClientUI Enable Mode
  Stopping the BESClientUI from running on every local user session on a Citrix Server - Customer Support

• Good references on Client Identity Match:
  Citrix PVS Creating New Client ID

clientIdentityMatch / correlation Question

RE: If clientIdentityMatch=100 , the BigFix Server performs an additional check before assigning a new ComputerID to a registering Client to avoid creating cloned computer entries. This means that the BigFix Server tries to determine if the information about the rolled-back Client sufficiently matches the data held for that ComputerID. If the identity of the Client is matched, the Client keeps using the old ComputerID and its identity is not reset. With this new setting what information is com…

Everyone’s environment is different so adequate testing is going to be the most beneficial. Perhaps creating a dev Citrix Machine Catalog/Delivery group and testing out different Bigfix Agent deployments might prove helpful?