[THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?

Even Tom moved away from remapping drives...

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Carl Stalhood <cstalhood@gmail.com> wrote:

I usually don't even mention that remapping the drives is possible. It has caused me too many problems in the past.

 

To avoid user confusion, configure group policy to hide the Citrix server's local C: drive. Then when the user sees the list of drives all they see is "C$ on Client". Users seem to have no problem identifying what that is.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Christopher Wilson <christofire@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, had no idea this topic would engender such a lively discussion.  Thanks for all the replies.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't see how it's any different that training a user to save file to their My Documents directory or H:\ Driver or U:\ Drive.   For many organizations, they don't like the drive remapping feature as it's storing company data on a PC that is not backed up and has the potential to be compromised.  For thin-clients,  most thin-clients have a flash drive of which the writes are not committed to the c:\.  If you allow users to use USB thumb drives, that will be a different drive.

 

There are a lot of features and functions that come a go with a product.   IBM was notorious for removing features of a product in place of another.  Some people could argue that NDS support is useful but Citrix has decided to discontinue support for Novell.   Also, keep in mind the Windows 2008 will also be the last 32-bit Server OS from Microsoft.

 

Joe

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:34 AM

To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?

 

Take it easy Joe.  Just because you aren't a fan of it doesn't mean it isn't useful.  And you can't assume that every user has a high level of compuer literacy.  Remapping removes a LOT of confusion especially when you are running on a thin client. 
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@gmail.com> wrote:

But at the same time, it costs Citrix money to support and re-engineer this
feature for 2008.  This money could be better spent else ware.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf

Of Braebaum, Neil
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:24 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?

I'd argue that there is - Citrix have been supporting, and perhaps
encouraging this sort of thing for years. It's a bit previous to yank it
now.

Personally, I'm ambivalent - I've used it, but I could live without it -
but all the same, Citrix introduced this functionality, and to a certain
degree, encouraged it's use.

Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: 07 October 2008 17:19
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?

There is no technical reason as to why Citrix should support it.  I've
never been a fan of it anyways.  If the users cannot follow simple
instruction then the company needs to ask why are they using a computer
or even why are they employed.

Joe

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On
Behalf Of Jan
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:04 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?

Um, why? There is NO technical reason why Citrix should not support it.
This is a stupid move.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Chad Schneider (IT)
<Chad.M.Schneider@thedacare.org> wrote:

Technical reason not to remap....coming in XenApp5, remapped drives will
no longer be supported.

Chad Schneider
Systems Engineer
ThedaCare IT
920-735-7615



>>> On 10/7/2008 at 9:45 AM, <tinybeetle@gmail.com> wrote:

Yep. All of the servers are remapped.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Medeiros, Jim
<Jim.Medeiros@gmacinsurance.com> wrote:

It all depends on your environment and what your users will expect.  My
last job I worked we did remap the drives but my current job we don't.

Thank you,

Jim

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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:25 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Does anyone still remap drives?

Just curious if anyone still remaps drives on Citrix servers.  My
impression is that most people have moved away from the practice.  I'm
designing a new Citrix farm and wondering what the technical reasons are
not to remap drives.

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