Citrix Provisioning Services - vDisk Version Promotion Results In Failed Boot

After a vDisk version promotion Target Devices cannot successfully boot from the version. The Target might BSOD or hang at the UEFI splash screen. The vDisk version promotion prior to attempting to boot a device may appear to take a long time or cause a console error. The Provisioning servers fro...

SQL Server AlwaysOn Configuration for Provisioning Services.

The purpose of this article is to explain the functionality of SQL Server AlwaysOn in relation to Citrix Provisioning Services PVS. The SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature: Is a high-availability solution from Microsoft SQL - that provides an alternative to database mirroring...

Citrix Provisioning Services - Target Device(s) Hang After 96 Hours With No PVS License

After a license server upgrade to support PVS 1912 LTSR from 7.15 LTSR Target Devices may immediately report entering "grace period". After 96 hours of uptime the Target Device may appear to freeze. Target Device hangs or freezes are typically first found in the Studio console by a CVAD...

How To Get A Memory Dump From A PVS Target Device

When Troubleshooting Provisioning Services Target problems gathering a memory dump may be required. In some cases a Kernel dump is sufficient to identify the problem. In other cases a full system dump may be unavoidable and necessary. Once your vDisk registry has been updated you can now wait for...

Understanding Write Cache in Provisioning Services Server

This article provides information about write cache usage in a Citrix Provisioning, formerly Provisioning Services PVS, Server. Write Cache in Provisioning Services Server In PVS, the term “write cache” is used to describe all the cache modes. The write cache includes data written by the target...

How to Enable the Dedicated Dump File Feature in Provisioning Services 6.x

This article describes how to enable the Dedicated Dump File feature in Provisioning Services 6.x. Note: The dedicateddumpfile.sys is essentially a mirror of pagefile.sys that is required to capture a dump on a drive other than the system partition...

How to Migrate a Provisioning Services Database to a New SQL Server

This article will cover the steps necessary to migrate an existing PVS database to a new database on an existing SQL server or to a new database on a new SQL server...

PXEChecker for Citrix Provisioning Services

Description PXEChecker is tool designed to troubleshoot configuration and environment related issues during the PXE boot process in Citrix Provisioning Services PVS. PXEChecker has two different tests: 1. Legacy BIOS Test.- Simulates the PXE boot process and analyzes the DHCP options on the DHCP...

Unable to manage PVS farm 'Server connection timeout’ error.

Unable to manage PVS farm, we get ‘Server connection timeout’ error...

Provisioning Servers (PVS) entering licensing grace period after a license file change

Provisioning Servers PVS entering licensing grace period after a license file change After adding or swapping out new license files on the Citrix License Server, the Citrix Provisioning Services PVS deployment is in an unlicensed state or licensing grace period state. Provisioning Server PVS...

PVS 7.15: Unable to boot/restart target device from PVS

Nothing happens when weboot/restart target device from PVS console. Able to boot/restart machine from Studio...

Citrix Provisioning Services Target Boot Up Fails with Error: "login request time out "

During device boot up, there will be an error "login request time out !"...

Supported Hypervisors for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (MCS) and Citrix Provisioning (PVS)

Citrix is committed to ensuring that our products function with the latest partner hypervisor offering, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure, VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, Google Cloud VMware Engine,...

Provisioning Services 7.15 - VDA freezes intermittently

Provisioning Services 7.15 - Randomly VDA's freezes while users working on it...

Provisioning Services 7.X: Target Devices Fail To Boot With Error "No servers available for disk"

When we start the Target Device, we notice the following error on the device during boot process. "No servers available for disk" We also notice Database Access errors for certain functions on the Event Viewer of PVS Server...

VDA does not register when provisioned using PVS

The Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent does not register with the Citrix XenDesktop Deliver controller when streamed by Citrix Provisioning Services...

Provisioning Services Logon Process Sequence

This squence occurs after the bootstrap file is downloaded.Here will explain the steps of negotiation happening in the background when a target device tries to seek a login PVS server...

VMware vSphere 6.7 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware Hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6.7 in April 2018. Note: This is a live article, and is updated as and when the new information becomes available. For Current Release, vSphere 6.7 is supported with Virtual Apps and...

The Provisioning Server either cannot be found or shows as **down** in the Provisioning Services Console.

The Provisioning Server either cannot be found or shows as down in the Provisioning Services Console. The Provisioning Server might be unavailable...

The PXE service is not running on the PVS server

The PXE service isn't running on the Provisioning Services server. This service is used for PXE booting. If Provisioning Services is using PXE booting and the service is not running, target devices might not be able to start up as expected. Note:If PXE booting is not currently used, this service ...