EUVD-2023-32602

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Citrix Applayering - Adding new language packs to the OS layer

When attempting to add Language packs to an existing OS layer using lpksetup.exe, administrators may notice that the newly added language packs are not available in the published image. NOTE: The following note in the product documentation is out dated and is no longer applicable for App layering...

When resizing an OS layer to a smaller size, the Finalize process fails

When attempting to shrink an OS layer version OS layer using a size that is smaller then it currently is , the Finalize process may fail. The CALCE or UNISYSLIB logs from the Compositing Engine would shows an error similar to the following: 2024-01-17 09:29:11 ERROR 1668 uni.ca.syslib.reghive...

Create OS layer version fails when offload compositing is enabled

Issue : Creation of OS layer version fails, when 'Use Offload Compositing' option is enabled. Error : "The Compositing Engine failed to initialize after '00:20:00'" Console shows 'Waiting for the Compositing Engine machine to be ready', followed by 20 minute time out. ELM logs show...

How to configure Microsoft Edge in an App Layering Environment

App Layering 2409 As of release 2409 of application layering Microsoft Edge is now only updated and managed from the OS layer revisions. You must keep Edge up to date when you are updating versions of Windows in the OS layer. Also, if customers had previously deployed Edge in an application layer...

Citrix Applayering Packaging VM boot error 0xC000000F

Application layer packaging VM boot fails with theboot error 0xC000000F The above given error appears on the packaging VM while you create a new application layer/edit an application layer with an OS layer version where the language packs are newly installed, but this boot failure doesn't appear...

Citrix App Layering | Unable to access the packaging VM in Azure portal while adding a version to OS Layer imported from Citrix Hypervisor/VMware base ELM

Issue while adding version to OS Layer, wherein the packaging vm of the OS Layer revision does not allow the Citrix Admin to RDP or ping to it. Cannot RDP nor Ping to this packaging vm and on the boot diagnostics in Azure, we see a black screen...

Citrix App Layering | Adding version to OS Layer failing with error "Failed to duplicate layer. Please ensure that Windows was shut down properly."

Adding version to OS Layer failing with error "Failed to duplicate layer. Please ensure that Windows was shut down properly". Screenshot of the error: On the ELM logs, we would see the below errors: 2021-07-14 09:20:34,824 INFO DefaultPool2 CopyPartitionByNtfsCloneJobStep: Cloning NTFS from block...

OS Layer Finalize fails with error "It looks like the packaging Machine has never been powered on".

While finalizing an OS layer edit in the App Layering appliance, you receive an error,"It looks like the packaging Machine has never been powered on." Can see the below error in ELM logs: 2019-11-01 09:53:36,890 ERROR 27 CpTaskResultMessag: Got Error type GlobalizedError. FailureReason: It looks...

Best Practice: SFC(System File Checker) use in App Layering

Where to execute an sfc check? The best practice is to execute the SFC tool in the Gold Image, prior to creating your first OS Layer. This should ensure the future OS layers are free of Windows file corruption. When needed, a version can be removed and a new version created. Other options are, in...

How and when to upgrade VMWare tools

Issue The objective is to upgrade VMware Tools after an ESX host upgrade, make the change in the OS Layer and create a new View Agent app layer...

AppLayering 4.x - OS layer creation fails with error "An error occurred. The required file 'OSType.txt' was not found on your OS disk. Please obtain the application layering OS machine tools, run 'Setup_x64.exe' on your OS image"

While creating the OS layer in AppLayering 4.x we get the error message: An error occurred. The required file 'OSType.txt' was not found on your OS disk. Please obtain the application layering OS machine tools, run 'Setupx64.exe' on your OS image, and then try creating the OS layer again...

Cannot run Windows updates on Office layer due to error C80001FE (4.x, 2.x)

Windows update succeeds on a new OS layer version but reports error C80001FE when a layer with Microsoft Office is booted with the new OS layer version. This may be caused by hiding an update in the OS layer...

After I upgrade Windows 10 on my OS layer, what do I do about the C:\Windows.old folder?

When you upgrade Windows 10 from one major version to another 1703 to 1709, for instance, the previous Windows installation is left in a C:\Windows.old folder. In App Layering, you must not delete this folder. Our software needs to copy our drivers and other files from Windows.old to Windows once...

Can't import Gold VM into App Layering, it says "The virtual machine template cannot have any attached disks."

You are trying to import a new Gold VM to be an OS layer. The first thing you need to do is create a Connector. In the Connector, you see the field for Template, and you try to select your Gold VM there. When you test it, it fails saying one of these: "The virtual machine template cannot have any...

Unable to import App Layering OS Layer to ELM from vSphere

After creating a vSphere connector and selected the host and VM to import into the Enterprise Layer Manager ELM as an OS layer, the operation will timeout within a few minutes. vSphere shows an exporting task stuck at 0% before timing out...

The list of Windows Updates is usually wrong in app/platform layers and published images/desktops

The Windows Update history is correct only in the layer where the updates were actually installed. So you can only rely on the displayed list of Windows Updates when you are editing the OS layer, because Windows Updates must always be installed in the OS Layer. Similarly, you can only rely on the...

How to resolve "Failed to probe partitions from virtual disk" error while importing an OS Layer

When importing an OS layer, you get this error: Failed to attach the disk /mnt/repository/Unidesk/OsImport Disks/Windows 10.vhd. Failed to probe partitions from virtual disk This is most often seen when importing a XenServer Windows 10 Gold VM that was exported as an OVF. However, it could happen...