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Provisioning services 7.x vdisk Imaging Procedure
To perform imaging sometimes after performing reverse imaging to create a new vDisk from a virtual machine on any residing hypervisor...
Citrix Provisioning Services imaging fails - Target Device Stuck at Windows splash screen
ESXi VM Hardware version 10 and 11 include a SATA controller for CD/DVD Media by default. If the SATA and SCSI controller are present on the PVS Target Device, the Master Target Device will fail to boot while creating vDisk & it will be stuck at windows splash screen...
Failed to Promote vDisk from Remote PVS Server
Failed to promote vdisk version from remote PVS server due to error "DeviceIoControl error: A device attached to the system is not functioning." And this vDisk Remote Mount error does not prevent Promotion of a vDisk Version, which will leave the vDisk in an unusable state. Customer will encounte...
Citrix Provisioning: How to update a vDisk – Versioning Method
How to update any vDisk using versions without any downtime...
Error: "Personal vDisk Inventory Is Not Up To Date. Update the Inventory in the Master Image, And Then Try Again" In Studio
New deployed target device shows "Personal vDisk inventory is not up to date. Update the inventory in the master image, and then try again." in studio...
PVS Targets run chkdsk at boot after the vDisk has been modified
Every time a PVS Target Device boots from a vDisk the OS detects problems with the C: drive and automatically runs chkdsk at boot time. The following events might be observed in the Windows Event Log on the Target Device: Event Log: System Source: Ntfs Event ID: 55 Text: The file system structure...
Troubleshooting Retries on Provisioned Virtual Machines
What is a retry? When a target streams a vDisk image, it does so by requesting blocks of data from the PVS server, which in turn replies with the requested data. This data is broken down into several packets called fragments. A retry occurs when a target device requests data from the PVS server a...
Error code 0x00007E, BSOD, When Creating vdisk - BNIStack Failed, Network Stack Could Not Be Initialized
While capturing a new vdisk using the imaging wizard software you receive a BSOD. This occurs after the first reboot when the master image VM is switched to boot from the network via the local BIOS. The details of the stop error are: BNIStack failed, network stack could not be initialized. Error...
vDisk Inactive - Unable to Create vDisk
vDisk is inactive...
An Unexpected MAPI Error Occurred - Catalog Not Found
When trying to promote to the vdisk, it says an unexpected MAPI error occured...
Provisioning Services 7.6 :vDisk Imaging using P2PVS
PVS 7.6 : Assistance with Imaging process...
After upgrade to Provisioning Server 7.6 a vdisk does not stream to all PVS servers; Load balancing not working.
After upgrade to Provisioning Server 7.6 a vdisk does not stream to all PVS servers. Load balancing not is working...
PVS 7.6: Updated Version not Seen in vDisk
After updating vdisk in private mode while booting the devices in standard mode any changes made on the previous version is not seen...
How to Export a VDISK with Versions
Export existing vDisk from PVS vDisk Store and import as a new vDisk...
Error Windows API: There is not enough space on the disk. Error number 0xE00000070
When trying to merge a vDisk, the following error is seen: The error is not seen when adding a vDisk or a new vDisk version to the store, just when merging the vDisk versions. Windows Explorer shows a sufficient amount of free space for the merge process in the vDisk store and running the...
Provisioning Server 7.6: Error- “vDisk is locked. 0xffff8017”
The vDisk is locked with the following error message: “vDisk is locked. 0xffff8017”...
There is no Server That Can Serve the VDisk or the Store This VDisk Belongs to
When clicking the Replication Status on a vDisk, the following message appears: “There is no server that can serve the vDisk on the store this vDisk belongs to.”...
PVS Machines Becoming Unresponsive After a Period of Time with Excessive vDisk Retries
PVS machines become unregistered. They are in a unresponsive state and do not respond to ICA, RDP, or Console connections. Discovered that the PVS target devices were exhibiting massive retries in the Vdisk usage pane:...
Managing Provisioning Services VDisk Versions with VhdUtil Tool
The Provisioning Services VhdUtil utility included in PVS 7.1 and later versions allows for the management of PVS vDisk versions outside of the PVS console, which is completely unaware of the vDisk changes made by this utility. This article will cover two commands included in the VhdUtil utility ...