PVS boot fails for Server 2025 based PVS vdisks running on Azure and Hyperv after windows update

When applying windows updates to a PVS vdisk with Server 2025 which is running on Azure or Hyper-V, after rebooting to finish installing windows updates, PVS boot fails. Issue when applying windows updates to a PVS Streamed server 2025 vdisk: 1. The vdisk is booted in read/write mode 2. Windows...

PVS targets running on Nutanix have a BSOD after boot

The customer created two different vdisks from two different master target devices on Nutanix. Both master target devices appeared to have identical hardware configuration in Nutanix management console. One vdisk failed to boot against PVS targets created via CVAD Setup Wizard, while the other...

Citrix PVS rebalancing leaves target devices unresponsive with CheckPoint agent installed

Rebalancing PVS targets devices ends up with the target devices in an unresponsive frozen state. The only method to recover target devices is to force restart the target devices on the hypervisor. Customer validated all PVS servers are configured as PVS login servers. Target devices fail to...

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...

Blue Screen with Error Code 0x0000007B When Booting a Target from a vDisk Using Target Device Software 6.x or 7.x

When booting a Target from a vDisk using Target Device Software 6.x or 7.x, you might get a Blue Screen with error code 0x0000007B and the following error description: “ERROR: SOCKET…” The error description will contain additional values as shown in the following screen shot:...

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...

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...

Error: "vDisk is not available. Please check your network PXE boot configuration and restart Imaging Wizard" or "Red X" on Provisioning Server

After installing the Target Device Software and rebooting the following symptoms can be seen: A Red X is displayed on top of the vDisk Status Applet in the Tray Bar After running the Imaging Wizard and rebooting the following message is shown:"vDisk is not available. Please check your network PXE...

Vdisk shows “No Server” for size in the PVS Console

When viewing a vdisk in the PVS Console the size will show as "No Server". The following error also appears when using XenDesktop Setup Wizard: A required PVS server in the selected site is offline or there is no server assigned to a required store...

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...

How to Create a Designated Update Virtual Machine and Add a Host Connection to Hosts Node

This article explains how to create a designated Update Virtual Machine VM and add a host connection to the Hosts node. Note : This article is part 1 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...

How to Mount and Unmount a vDisk Version from the Command Line Interface

This article describes how to mount or unmount a vDisk version from the Command Line Interface. Background CVhdMount utility is used to mount and unmount a vDisk version...

Setting vDisk Boot Menu as a Default Option

This article describes how to enable the first menu option as the default boot choice without prompting when vDisk boot menu appears. Background A Provisioning Services vDisk boot menu appears when the user is starting a provisioned Virtual Machine, but the user wants the Virtual Machine to start...

Error “The system cannot find the specified file. Error number 0xE0000002” Occurs When Merging vDisk Versions Fails

Merging vDisk versions fails and displays the following error: "The system cannot find the specified file. Error number 0xE0000002." Running mcli run mergedisk –p disklocatorid base=1 displays success on execution, however merged disk doesnot come up on console or store. Management Daemon logs...

NDIS Filter Driver from Third Party Product on Target Device Interferes with Connection to Provisioning Services

When a Network Driver Interface Specification NDIS filter driver from third party product is installed on the master target device before the image process, a vDisk is not attached and the Provisioning Services agent icon on the system tray shows a red X. This causes an inability to create a new...

How to Enable HTML5 Connections to Provisioning Services Based Catalogs

Enabling connections from Receiver for HTML5 to desktops deployed using Provisioning Services. Background Enabling connections from Receiver for HTML5 to desktops in Provisioning Services PVS based catalogs might require additional steps to complete depending on the persistence of the write cache...

How to Image a Target Device Using the Imaging Wizard

This article describes how to image target device using the Imaging Wizard. Prerequisites Enable Windows Automount on Windows Enterprise Server operating systems. Disable Windows Autoplay. Remove any virtualization software before performing a conversion. Verify adequate free space exists on 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...

Recommended Operating System Patches for Provisioned Windows Targets

Thisarticle lists recommended operating system patches from Microsoft which have been known to resolve issues within provisioned XenApp and other target environments. Note : The recommended hotfixes within the article might have been superseded with another Microsoft hotfix. Refer to the Microsof...

Copied vDisk Fails to Start in Private Mode

Provisioning Services Server target devices fail to boot in private mode with the following error: “vDisk file access permission denied ” The error does not occur when the target devices boot is in standard mode...