No device licenses are currently available error when using Server OS Target Devices

PVS Target devices report"No device licenses are currently Available" Restarting the PVS targets will temporarily make the error go away but it will re-appear after a brief period Under Target Device properties the assigned license will be listed as "n/a" despite licenses being available In the P...

PVS target BSOD on CVhdMp.sys

The VMWare based PVS target boots from the vdisk to message "Attempting to set IP address on Boot NIC..." and 60 seconds later BSODs. The vdisk will boot successfully on the master target device, but not on other devices...

PVS Configuration Wizard Crashes applying configuration

The PVS Configuration Wizard crashes and exits when applying configuration settings at the end of the wizard. This is visible in PVS Server application event logs, event IDs 1026 and 1000. Faulting application name ConfigWizard.exe...

Unable open PVS console: The specified authorization group does not exist

Unable open PVS console:The specified authorization group does not exist...

Unable to open the PVS Console

Unable to open the PVS Console...

Citrix Provisioning Services - Unable To Delete Server From Farm

While trying to delete a PVS server from the farm you are greeted by an unexpected error: Error Constraint Failed A database constraint caused an Add or Update to be stopped. --Details-- The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FKCeipDataServer". The conflict occurred in...

Citrix Provisioning Services - PVS Server 2303 Fails To Register With Citrix Cloud

While running the configuration wizard to register your PVS Server against Citrix Cloud you are greeted by an unexpected console error. "Error Registering Server, Sequence contains no matching element" as shown below: The PVS configwizard.log file will show you this exception:...

Fail to delete vdisk from console "vDisk Properties Were lost"

The files of vdisk, pvp and lok has been removed from store. then delete vdisk from pvs console failed with error "vDisk Properties Were lost"...

PVS boot time message "Attempting to set IP address on Boot NIC.......complete after 51s."

Target devices show a boot time message "Attempting to set IP address on Boot NIC.......complete after 51s." This message was not observed in earlier versions of PVS target device software like PVS 1912...

How to troubleshoot PVS target device domain trust issue

Since both Citrix and Microsoft and 3rd party software can initiate changing password, sometimes the TD may lose domain trust. Reset machine password from PVS console can solve the issue, but sometimes we need to find out the root cause if too many TDs lose domain trust. This article aims to give...

PVS server lost the connection to vDisk after storage failover.

vDisks are located in NAS storage which is created as failover group. After storage failover occurs, PVS server loses the connection to the vDisks and does not automatically recover it. Target devices freeze during that time since the vDisk I/O to NAS storage stops...

Several PVS target devices can not be registered

One or several PVS targets can not be registered even after rebooting while other targets are registered with DDC successfully...

Citrix PVS target device BSODs upon installing Zscaler client.

Installing the Zscaler client on Citrix PVS target device causes a blue screen of death. Target device crashes with exception code 7e caused by access violation of Citrix Virtual Hard Disk driver,CVhdMp.sys...

Vdisk locks are not clearing after shutting down a target from the PVS console running in Azure

PVS on Azure - When shutting down a target from the PVS console or the Azure portal vdisk locks are not releasing properly...

App Layering - PVS Connector with Offload Enabled - Task Error "404 (Not Found)"

App Layering PVS connector with offload enabled "An unexpected system error occurred. Retry the operation or contact technical support. Exception Message: Response status code does not indicate success: 404 Not Found"...

pvs-bremen.de Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3110495

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Low PVS boot throughput

A customer observed that PVS target device boot statistics, viewed in status tray tool, showed low throughput and a long boot time on existing target devices. Testing a new vdisk, minimal install with just PVS target device software and not domain joined, showed much quicker boot time and higher...

PVS: Targets fail to boot since it attempts to boot from wrong PVS servers

PVS created a new PVS site and updated option 66 and 67 in the DHCP servers, but Targets failed to connect to the PVS servers in the new PVS site during boot, and it continued to use the PVS servers in old PVS Site...

Error connecting to PVS Farm with Credentials from trusted domain using Selective Trust

When connecting to the PVS Farm "localhost" with credentials from a trusted domain, an error is thrown that reads: "Error Domain Controller" and "unable to connect to the domain Controller if any or the default rootDSE. Error code: 60075030, message: Access is denied Exception from HRESULT:...

More data flow occupies by PVS server after copy/paste vdisk in use on NAS storage

Since customer need to execute scheduled backup tasks and vdisk update tasks,administrator may copy vdisk, which is in-using for data streaming from PVS server. Sometimes, data flow to NAS storage will increase even vDisk copy operation is finished. As the result, end user will experience pool...