PVS 1912CU5 on Windows 2012 R2 with KB501874: The specified AuthGroup does not exist

PVS console fails to login with error: "The specified AuthGroup does not exist"...

How to capture a full memory dump from a PVS target running on Azure

This article will cover the steps necessary to prepare an Azure VM running PVS to be able to capture a full memory dump...

PVS Accelerator - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1

Who Should Install This Update? This PVS Accelerator update is for customers who use the PVS Accelerator provided with Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1. It constitutes the following deliverable: File Name| CitrixHypervisor-8.2.1-pvsaccelerator-1.0.9.iso ---|--- Description| This file...

PVS : Failed to connect to the PVS API, error : Unable to connect to the remote server

PVS : Unable to connect to the PVS API, error - Unable to connect to the remote server...

PVS-1912 - Write cache redirected to server

Write cache redirected to PVS server during PVS Target Boot...

PVS Wizard fails to connect to Cloud

In the process of using a PVS Wizard, after entering your credentials to connect to Citrix Cloud, you might see this error: "Cannot connect to the Citrix Virtual Desktops Controller at : Citrix Virtual Desktops FullAdmin or MachineAdmin permission required." Following the below steps 1. If Remote...

GSD-2022-1002069 cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse

cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.110 by commit...

GSD-2022-1001816 cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse

cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.33 by commit...

GSD-2022-1001503 cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse

cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.16.19 by commit...

GSD-2022-1001184 cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse

cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-nvmem: fix reading of PVS Valid fuse This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.17.2 by commit...

Citrix PVS Configuration Wizard fails after upgrading from 1912 CU5 to 2109 or higher

After updating the PVS version to PVS 1912 Any CU to PVS 2109 or higher Including 2203 LTSR the Citrix CVAD Wizard will fail to create any new devices. A CDF trace would show the following errors in the logs: 3453,0,2022/03/29 11:31:53:91395,8044,8652,1,PVSDllMAPIAO,,0,,1,Error,"SqlException...

PVS Login error: Error "the domain\user does not have access to the farm" or "The specified AuthGroup does not exist" when Trying to Connect to PVS Farm

When trying to connect to a PVS Farm through the PVS Console, the following error is displayed and you cannot connect to the Farm. Error : "the domain\user does not have access to the farm" Error : "The specified AuthGroup does not exist"...

PVS image process gets BSOD on boot up

Using the PVS Upgrade wizard to upgrade the PVS drivers failed. Because of this, we used reverse imaging to remove the PVS drivers and install the 1912 CU4 drivers. On the reboot, during creation of a new vdisk, BSOD encountered. ERROR: BNIStack faile. netork stack col not e initialie -This error...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report January 2022

Microsoft’s January 2022 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing softwar...

Citrix PVS soap server service does not start and crashes after installing Microsoft January 2022 Updates (E.g. KB5008877 or KB5009546)

Since installing Microsoft January 2022 Updates like KB5009546 or KB5008877 the Citrix PVS soap server service doesn't start anymore. When trying to start this service it crashes right away. While this happens the Citrix PVS API service also stops working. Soapserver.exe crashes Event 1000 .net...

PVS and MCS Devices Cache Disk Quickly Consumed By NTFSDisableLastAccessUpdate

- A Citrix Provisioned VDI, both MCS and PVS provisioned devices may consume most of its available cache disk space soon after boot, with or without any user interaction. - A machine left unattended appears to be consuming cache disk space while Procmon and Resource Monitor do not show...

the PVS Target VMs cannot boot due to the following error message: --- Stop Code: SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED What Failed: CVhdMp.sys

The PVS Target VMs cannot boot due to the following error message: Stop Code: SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED What Failed: CVhdMp.sys...

Permissions Required for Service Account to Reset Password of Target Device from PVS console

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Unable to create new machine using PVS console. - MAPI Error: Invalid or insufficient credentials. [Could not authenticate session. Check your access credentials and try again

When attempting to create a new machines or update existing ones, we get the errorUnable to create new machine using PVS console. - MAPI Error: Invalid or insufficient credentials. Could not authenticate session. Check your access credentials and try again...

Citrix PVS vDisk is caching on server even though it is configured to cache to the machine

Scenario: PVS target devices streaming a new version of a vDisk are caching to the server instead of to the cache drive on the target device. Target devices streaming the original version of the vDisk work correctly. Attempts to create or edit a file on the write cache are denied. Inspecting the...