Unable to Bind Provisioning Services TFTP Service to Multiple NICs

Target devices on different non-routable VLANs are unable to connect to the Provisioning Services PVS server that has a NIC bound to each of the non-routable VLANs...

vDisk Inactive State with Broadcom Network Cards

After installing Citrix Provisioning Services Server Target Device Software on a client computer that has a Broadcom Network Interface Card and restarting the target device, the Provisioning Services PVS status in the system tray displays Inactive. After initially installing the Target Device...

Error: "Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure" on Provisioning Services

The Provisioning Services PVS service fails to start with the following error: "Windows could not start the Citrix PVS Stream Service server on ServerName. Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure"...

Implementation Guide - High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services

This article is an implementation guide on High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services...

How to Manually Create a Database for Provisioning Services

This article describes how to manually create a database for Provisioning Services when the database administrator prefers to create the database manually. Requirements The DbScript.exe file located in “C:\Program Files\Citrix\Provisioning Services”. SQL Database Server. SysAdmin privileges to ru...

NDIS Filter Driver from Third Party Product on Target Device Interferes with Connection to Provisioning Services

When a Network Driver Interface Specification NDIS filter driver from third party product is installed on the master target device before the image process, a vDisk is not attached and the Provisioning Services agent icon on the system tray shows a red X. This causes an inability to create a new...

VMware vSphere 6 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6 in March 2015, vSphere 6 Update 1 in September 2015, vSphere 6 Update 2 in March 2016 and vSphere 6 Update 3 in March 2017. Basic compatibility testing has been performed between...

How to Create an Update Task to be Performed at a Scheduled Time in Provisioning Services

This article explains how to create an update task to be performed at a scheduled time. Note : This article is part 3 of the three articles on how to manage vDisk for automatic updates. 1. CTX137757 – How to Create a Designated Update Virtual machine and adding a Host Connection to vDisk Update...

Importing an Existing vDisk in Provisioning Services Console Causes Error

When importing a vDisk using theProvisioning Services PVSServer Console, the error “Invalid disk file for . Cannot add disk” appears. The SoapServer.log displays the following text, if Info level logging is enabled: INFO Mapi.Command - Get UndefinedDisks: Disk is not valid, needs to be a base .vh...

Windows Event Codes Generated by Provisioning Services BNIStack

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Provisioning Services Server Targets Starting with DHCP Blue Screen 0x000000BC with Duplicate IP Error

Provisioning Services Server 6.0 and later Target Devices utilizing Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server OS receiving their streaming IP from DHCP, randomly start up to the Windows splash screen and stop at blue screen 0x000000BC. This error translates to a duplicate network address...

Error: "The system was not configured correctly"” Appears when Provisioning Services Console Fails to Connect to Farm

The Provisioning Services Console fails to connect to the farm and displays one of the following error messages: “The system setup is not correct.” or "The system was not configured correctly" The Event logs register a series of Event 11 with StreamProcess as the source: “Cannot establish a...

How to Use Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Activation with Automatic Updates

This article describes how to use Multiple Activation Key MAK Windows OS Activation with Automatic Updates. Note: For Provisioning Server 6.x and 7.x environments, using vDisk versioning is the preferred method to update MAK-enabled image. MAK activation for Microsoft Office products isNOT...

Provisioning Services: Service Account Permissions and Configuration for Accessing PVS SQL Database

This article provides a description on how different service accounts should be configured to grant adequate SQL permissions. Service Account Configuration for Accessing SQL Service users are the accounts under which the Stream and Soap services run on a Provisioning Services PVS server which nee...

Provisioning Services Console Error is Displayed During KMS Activation

When changing a virtual disk vDisk in private mode to KMS activation and then changing the mode to standard image modeor changing the activation procedure to KMS for a vDisk in standard image mode, the following error message appears, which can be seen in the console.log when in debug level or in...

IPC Error While Validating Provisioning Services Store

Multiple Provisioning Services Servers in the farm come with an IPC error when trying to validate the store path except on the server you are running Provisioning Services Server console: When validating the store, following error appears in the console Log:...

“Cannot connect to the HyperVisor" when connecting to Hyper-V from the Machine Creation Wizards

When trying to connect to SCVMM to enumeratetemplates for Provisioning Services, the following error message appears: “Cannot connect to the HyperVisor at IP address of Hyper-V. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.”...

Error: "Max Number of DHCP Retries Exceeded" when Provisioning Services Target Devices are Unable to Boot from PXE

Provisioning Services PVS target devices are unable to boot from PXE with an error: "Max number of DHCP retries exceeded" This failure occurs very early in the boot process when the PXE client sends a Discover packet to the broadcast domain to find a DHCP server...

Alternate Method to Reverse Image Provisioning Services vDisks (XenServer Direct VHD Boot)

This article describes an alternate method to Reverse Image Provisioning Services vDisks XenServer Direct VHD Boot. Note : Reverse imaging a Provisioning Services PVS vDisk is not the only way to get a vDisk back to your hypervisor for updates. This article explains the versatility associated wit...

How to Grant Rights to be able to Manage Computer Accounts using the Provisioning Services Console

This article describes how to delegate rights to the user or group to allow adding workstations to an Active Directory ADdomain using the Provisioning Server console. Background While it is possible to assign AD users or groups to Built-In groups within AD to enable this functionality such as...