Also, at sign-out, if any Cloud Cache provider was not available the users sign-out would be prevented indefinitely. This model is simple to implement; however, in terms of HA, offers a single point of failure for container access. type = Type of Storage. I intend for this article to be updated regularly with findings and learnings and as always welcome feedback and input, Infrastructure Consultant focused on Microsoft, Citrix, Cloud and Mobility Solutions in Sydney, Australia Whilst attempting to test a scenario where a storage account was lost, a couple of behaviours were noted: Blocking access on the storage account firewall to source subnet was not sufficient to represent the loss of a storage account and the sessions would fail to load, Removing the share entirely was not sufficient to represent the loss of a storage account and the sessions would fail to load, Physically killing the storage account does the trick. For Office Container registry settings are applied here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\FSLogix\ODFC. UPDs store the user data in a VHD(X), which is then mounted into the respective user session. It is in road map for 2021. James No IO occurs directly to the Proxy File. When setting CCDLocations for full products, Type may be any supported CCDLocations type, and up to four remote container locations may be specified. FSLogix is explicitly designed to keep Outlook OST files across sessions (OST files are those in which email, tasks, and calendar entries are cached). Replication – Locally-redundant storage (LRS) Simplify the management of applications and 'Gold Images', Specify the version of Java to be utilized by specific URL and applications. Your email address will not be published. 3: REASON_LOCAL_PROFILE_EXISTS: A local profile for the user already exists. Yes it has a GUI, but it can also run as a Windows Service. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. NOTE: Although HealthyProvidersReqruiedForUnregister may be set to 0, it is NOT recommended. The Proxy File contains no data, it's a placeholder for the Cloud Cache system. No but I will head that way. But I need ha. In this model, the same rules apply as far as a single VHDLocation is defined. For a the full Profile Container reference see: Profile Container registry configuration reference. He has also worked as a system administrator and as a tech consultant. Specifically, users would never trigger an error during sign in, even if no Cloud Cache providers were available. Profile Container and Office Container do not provide any profile conversion functionality. For this purpose, Profile Containers are not only stored on the network, but one of them is also placed locally. FSLogix Profile Container is becoming the go-to solution when it comes to profile management. Since Microsoft acquired FSLogix, most companies now have an alternative for managing user profiles that is available at no additional licensing cost. I have seen this work with success; however, it wouldn’t be my first go-to solution these days. Just for clarification we are having these issues with an Azure Storage account config: Performance/Access tier Premium/Hot I only tested it with 5 users, luckly. The priority for which location will be used first is defined by the order that the paths are specified in the VHDLocations path. By default, this applies to the Temp and IE cache directories. Additionally, any backup solution that does not do block-level backup can struggle to backup the open container once it is mounted and locked. For a full description of the purpose and use of Cloud Cache, visit this page. The long-awaited dream of FSLogix Cloud Cache is now one that I am willing to suggest is a reality. I am going to be doing some in-depth testing with REFS and Azure Files based replication and see how it plays. Microsoft 365 A3/A5/ Student Use Benefits, Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access License (CAL), Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Subscriber Access License (SAL), FSLogix solutions support both 32 bit and 64 bit where applicable, In no instance are FSLogix solutions supported in an environment that is not supported by Microsoft, or the original software or equipment vendor. Operating systems that share a profile version should be able to share a single user profile. The combination of a profile container, and meta data, is referred to as a Cloud Cache Provider or Provider. James, Supported Storage Types: SMB, Azure Page Blobs, andAzure Premium Page Blobs. After initial sign-on, Cloud Cache can improve the user experience for subsequent reads of data from the Profile Container or Office Container, as these reads are serviced from the Local Cache file. This setting is not designed to limit the size of the local cache during failure scenarios, but is rather intended to provide predictable operation during normal operation. We are piloting the use of the Office Containers on VMWare VDI to try and off load the load OST file from the local VM. ( Log Out / System will need to wait till user login back satisfying 24 hr duration for One Drive cache to get cleared up. On the other hand staying with Cloud Cache on standard file server causes performance issues, which leaves us with Direct Access option only. I haven’t done a lot with blob stores, the only time I have dealt with them recently was by planning the move to files – i know there are some scalability limits in the fabric, but not at the level you are seeing. As with any multi VHD location-based architecture, there is a requirement to replicate the containers. 06/28/2019; 3 minutes to read; In this article. ( Log Out / A setting of 0 for HealthyProviderReqruiedForUnregister will prevent ClearCacheOnForcedUnregister and CCDUnregisterTimeout from ever being evaluated. Any other messages are welcome. One or many (up to 4) blobs across multiple Storage Accounts, allowing for true cloud-based storage consumption to be achieved. This setting specifies the number of healthy Cloud Cache providers required to allow a sign in. On session hosts, you might configure separate user profiles, which are also copied back and forth between network shares and local drives. But this is becoming less an issue as Azure Files matures. I am putting together this post to capture lessons learned, and those lessons that will continue to be learnt with a focus on deploying FSLogix Cloud Cache in Microsoft Azure. The best part of this solution is that it can handle block-level replication meaning that replicating mounted containers is no issue. FSLogix Profile Container and Office Container are simply redirecting a local profile into a VHD/VHDX, making it a block-level solution to profiles. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In addition to internal SMB shares, this can also be blob storage on Azure. The Specops Password Policy solution helps to enforce good password use in your environment, includi... Netikus.net EventSentry v4.2 was recently released and contains improved security capabilities for e... Finding breached, reused, blank, and weak passwords in your environment is a great way to improve it... XEOX is a modular, cloud-based administration tool for Windows Server and client infrastructure. I will post findings at a later date. Assuming that all remote providers are available, and have appropriate performance, the maximum size of each local cache file will be 1 GB, ensuring that only 10GB of the 20GB available on the host is utilized for local cache files. It is a file-based replication solution meaning that it suffers from the same challenges that all file-based replication engines do, and has a nasty history across many deployments. 2016 servers using FSLogix 2.9.7349.30108. Various setting combinations could cause local profile data to be discarded with no Cloud Cache providers being updated.