"Error 1722 . There is a problem with the Windows Installer package" on Provisioning Services

When removing or Installing the Citrix Provisioning Services PVS Server Console or Citrix Provisioning Services PVS target Device X64 from Add/Remove Programs or Provisioning services ISO, the following error message appears: “Error 1722. There is a problem with the Windows Installer package.A...

How to Troubleshoot Provisioning Services Server Machine Account Password

This article contains information about troubleshooting the Provisioning Services PVS Server machine account passwords...

VMware vSphere 5.5 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware products. Citrix supports VMware vSphere 5.5, vSphere 5.5 Update 1, vSphere 5.5 Update 2, and vSphere 5.5 Update 3. This article outlines issues and their known solutions that users of vSphere 5.5, vSphere 5.5 Update 1, vSphere...

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...

IPC Error when Exporting the vDisk on Provisioning Services

IPC Error when exporting vDisk on Provisioning Services PVS. PVS Console log includes thefollowing errors: ERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - PvsStatusExceptionHandlerERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - return code: 184ERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - exception type: PvsStatusExceptionERRO...

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...

Recommended Install Order for Preparing Target Device Captured by Provisioning Server to Deploy vDisk

This article contains the recommended order to install or prepare a target device that must be captured by the Provisioning Services Sever to deploy a virtual disk...

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...

Provisioning Services Boot Process Diagram

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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"...

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...

Critical Error: "Unable to contact the database server. Ensure Provisioning Services is configured correctly"

When starting Provisioning Services Console, the following error appears: “Critical Error: Unable to contact the database server. Ensure Provisioning Services is configured correctly”. Background After running the Configuration Wizard and configuring a user account for the Provisioning Services,...

Best Practice for Setting the Citrix Profile Manager Cache File for Provisioning Services Server

This article describes the best practice for setting the Citrix Profile Manager Cache file for Provisioning Services PVSServer...

Error: "The Login is from an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be used with Windows Authentication" Appears when Launching Provisioning Services Console

When launching the Provisioning Services Console, the critical error message appears, “Critical Error A database error occurred. Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication.”...

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...

Provisioning Services Target Device Fails to Download tsbbdm.bin

Booting a Provisioning Services PVS target device through the Boot ISO method created by the Boot Device Manager utility fails with the following error: "Downloading tsbbdm.bin from FAILED!"...

Using Veeam Backup Software on Provisioning Services Server

While running Veeam software to backup Provisioning Services PVS servers, one of the PVS servers display status as Down in PVS server console regardless of whether the stream service is running. The following screen shot shows the server status in PVS console. The following screen shot shows the...

Provisioning Services Target Device Software Fails to Install

Provisioning Services Target Device Software might fail during the installation with the following error: When you click OK , the following error appears: Reviewing the Event Viewer of the server displays the following errors: “Product: Citrix Provisioning Services Target Device x64 -- Error...

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...

How to Make the Provisioning Services Server Client Coexist with Third-party Network Drivers

This article describes how to run the Provisioning Server client on a target device along with third-party network applications that also occupy the network device driver stack. Background In the Windows Driver Model WDM, systems manage a device through a linked stack of layered device drivers. T...