“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.”...

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...

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...

Registry Settings to Improve High Availability Failover Times for Provisioning Services

Configuring High Availability HA failover in Provisioning Services Server can take one minute or more to actually complete the failover cycle...

Desktops Do Not Register using XenDesktop and Provisioning Server

When using ​XenDesktop with Provisioning Service, the desktops do not register. Note : XenDesktop might try starting all the machines in your desktop group on the VDA Event Viewer: Under Application: Desktop Service - Failed to start WCF services. Exception Log on Failure due to unknown user name...

Target Device Fails to Boot on Hyper-V V2

Provisioning Service Target Devices fails to boot when launched from a HyperV v2 host other than the host where the Provisioning Service Server is located...

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:...

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...

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...

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 Enable Continuous CDF Tracing in Provisioning Services 7.x

This article describes how to enable continuous CDF tracing in Citrix Provisioning, formerly Provisioning Services, 7.x...

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...

Provisioning Services Database Unable to Configure

Provisioning Service database cannot be configured. When configuring the SQL server settings, the following error might appear in the Configuration Wizard log located in C:\ProgramData\Citrix\Provisioning Services\Log: 2013-07-29 14:44:37,864 1 INFO ConfigWizard - ConfigureServices: encrypt the...

How to Prepare Provisioning Services 7.x Master Target Device to be Captured on a vDisk

This article provides the recommended procedure for preparing Provisioning Services 7.x Master Target Device to be captured on a vDisk...

CVE-2024-6150

A non-admin user can cause short-term disruption in Target VM availability in Citrix Provisioning...

CVE-2024-6150

A non-admin user can cause short-term disruption in Target VM availability in Citrix Provisioning...

CVE-2024-6150

A non-admin user can cause short-term disruption in Target VM availability in Citrix Provisioning...

CVE-2024-6150

A non-admin user can cause short-term disruption in Target VM availability in Citrix Provisioning...

CVE-2024-6150

CVE-2024-6150 affects Citrix Provisioning. A non-admin user can cause short-term disruption of Target VM availability via Citrix Provisioning. Root cause per Citrix bulletin is improper access control. Mitigation: upgrade Citrix Provisioning to CR 2402+ or LTSR CU5 (2203 LTSR) / CU9 (1912 LTSR). ...

Citrix Systems Provisioning Security Vulnerability

Citrix Systems Provisioning is a software streaming technology push technology from Citrix Systems, Inc. It is used to deliver patches, updates, and other configuration information to multiple virtual desktop endpoints via a shared desktop image. A security vulnerability exists in versions prior ...