PVS 7.6: Target device not responding to boot command from PVS Console

PVS 7.6 Target device not responding to boot command from PVS Console...

PVS 7.6: Upgrade Error "A system error as occurred error 0x00000103. No more data is available"

Performed an unattended upgrade from PVS 6.1 = PVS 7.6. Then when attempting to promote a version from Maintenance in the 7.6 farm the following error appears in the PVS Console:"Error: a system error as occurred error 0x00000103. No more data is available" It doesn’t matter if the disk has the 7...

Provisioning Services and Daylight Saving Time

During a Target Device TD boot or reboot, after Daylight Saving Time DST but prior to any vDisk maintenance, you might notice that the TD system time is not consistent with the system time of the PVS Server. A user has reported the inability to log on to the domain. Log on with a local user accou...

Provisioning Server 7.9 -- PVS Target Devices drop off network after login

Having logged into a PVS Target Device we see the Target Device disconnect from PVS Console. The Target Device then becomes unresponsive to pings and the machine hangs and sits in an unresponsive state...

Error while uninstalling PVS target device software : TargetDir entry was not found in registry

We see the following error on trying to uninstall target device software : TargetDir entry was not found in registry...

Failed to convert vdisk with error message "BNIStack failed, network stack could not be initialized"

Target device unable to startup with error "BNIStack failed, network stack could not be initialized"...

Apple iOS WebKit COOKIE Read/Write Vulnerability

Apple iOS is Apple's operating system for several smart devices. A security vulnerability exists in Apple iOS that could allow an attacker to construct a malicious web page, trick users into parsing it, and read and write COOKIEs to the target system...

How to Troubleshoot a Target Device not Booting into a vDisk

This article provides information about how to troubleshoot a target device that fails to boot into a vDisk.The status of the target device appears as a red X state within the console...

How to Perform Reverse Imaging on a Provisioning Services Target Device for Windows and its Applicable Usages

When a Provisioning Services Target Device for Windows is booted from Provisioning Services across the network, it is not possible to perform any software updates that affect the network stack, since the network stack changes will drop the connection to the vDisk. The following provides a list of...

Best Practices for Upgrading a Hypervisor Tools Version in a Citrix Provisioning Environment

This article describes the steps for upgrading a hypervisor tools version in a Citrix Provisioning environment. Use the following procedure to upgrade a Hypervisor: 1. Reverse image the vdisk. 2. Boot from the local HDD on the VM that has been reverse imaged to. 3. Uninstall the PVS target...

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router IPv6 Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Cisco ASR1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers provide a WAN edge solution that integrates information, communication, collaboration, and commerce. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router has a security vulnerability in the processing of IPv6 messages that allows a remote attacker to exploit the...