How to Configure Windows 2003 Network File Share as Authenticated Storage Repository for XenServer

This document describes how to configure Windows Server 2003 Release 2 Server Network File Share NFS as an authenticated storage repository for XenServer. The NFS component is only included in Windows Server 2003 Release 2. If you do not have this edition, you can achieve the same results by...

Provisioning Services Boot Process Diagram

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Event ID 7026 - The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: Bnistack

On a target hosted on a VMWare Hypervisor and running Provisioning Services Target Device Software 6.0 and later,the target device cannot connect to virtual disk when starting it from the local hard drive.A red ‘X’ appears on the virtual disk status icon in the system tray. In the Event Viewer, t...

Error: "STOP: 0x0000007B ... " After Updating the Virtual Machine Tools on Provisioning Services

After switching vDisk to Private Mode and upgrading the hosting infrastructure’s Virtual Machine tools VM tools, Virtual Machine stops and displays a blue screen with the following stop error: STOP: 0x0000007B Note: This behavior does not occur with Microsoft’s Hyper-V Integration Services...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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"...

Implementation Guide - High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services

This article is an implementation guide on High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services...

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...

VMware vSphere 6 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6 in March 2015, vSphere 6 Update 1 in September 2015, vSphere 6 Update 2 in March 2016 and vSphere 6 Update 3 in March 2017. Basic compatibility testing has been performed between...

Session Timeout are Not Applied on StoreFront Servers

Session timeout are not applied on the StoreFront servers. When a user tries to log on or launch an application the following error is displayed: Logon has expired. Restarting the Wallet services and upgrading to StoreFront 2.6 did not resolve the issue...

Importing an Existing vDisk in Provisioning Services Console Causes Error

When importing a vDisk using theProvisioning Services PVSServer Console, the error “Invalid disk file for . Cannot add disk” appears. The SoapServer.log displays the following text, if Info level logging is enabled: INFO Mapi.Command - Get UndefinedDisks: Disk is not valid, needs to be a base .vh...

Windows Event Codes Generated by Provisioning Services BNIStack

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Provisioning Services Server Targets Starting with DHCP Blue Screen 0x000000BC with Duplicate IP Error

Provisioning Services Server 6.0 and later Target Devices utilizing Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server OS receiving their streaming IP from DHCP, randomly start up to the Windows splash screen and stop at blue screen 0x000000BC. This error translates to a duplicate network address...

Error: "The system was not configured correctly"” Appears when Provisioning Services Console Fails to Connect to Farm

The Provisioning Services Console fails to connect to the farm and displays one of the following error messages: “The system setup is not correct.” or "The system was not configured correctly" The Event logs register a series of Event 11 with StreamProcess as the source: “Cannot establish a...

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...

Provisioning Services: Service Account Permissions and Configuration for Accessing PVS SQL Database

This article provides a description on how different service accounts should be configured to grant adequate SQL permissions. Service Account Configuration for Accessing SQL Service users are the accounts under which the Stream and Soap services run on a Provisioning Services PVS server which nee...

Citrix XML Services Configured for Farm Controller Fails to Respond to XML Service Transaction

Citrix XML Services configured for farm Controller fails to respond to XML Service transaction after installing Microsoft KB2919355 on Controllers. Uninstalling the patch KB2919355 on Windows 2012 R2 Controller resolves this issue...