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...

PVS Console Crashes while using XenDesktop Setup Wizard

After entering the Credentials to get the list of templates from the Hypervisor, the following error appears: "Microsoft Management Console has stopped working" Note : The issue does not occur with XenServer as Host Connections to XenServer do not allow the port number in the address...

"Unable to access the Virtual machines configuration: Unable to access file"

Unable to create machines using XenDesktop Setup wizard and observe error: '0 device created, 1 failed '. Detailed error: "Unable to access the Virtual machines configuration: Unable to access file "...

Error: Cannot create BDM partition for device <device name> while using XenDesktop Setup Wizard

The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might fail when creating target VMs on VmWare environmentunder the following scenario: Same service account is used; which is able to create Vms in Citrix Studio via MCS but failing in PVS All permissions are provided as per article CTX214389 vSAN is encrypted The Vm i...

Cannot connect to vCenter from PVS Console using stronger SCHANNEL Protocols, such as TLS 1.2

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard or the Streamed VM Wizard, and connecting to a vCenter Server that has been configured to only accept connections using TLS 1.1 or higher, the PVS Console could present an error stating that the Connection was closed. The error shown will have a text simil...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails with error (UUID_INVALID)

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard XDSW you might receive the following error when selecting the PVS Accelerator Configuration. The error might also be shown when attempting to change the Accelerator Status of a Target Device or Enabling/Disabling the Accelerator setting on a Host Entry...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails with error "The xsPvsSiteUuid Field Does not exist"

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard XDSW you encounter the following error. "The xsPvsSiteUuid Field Does not exist" At this point the XDSW fails and aborts the process...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but there's no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM. And there's noparticular error messages from CDF trace either...

Error "cannot connect to the hypervisor at <ADDRESS> object reference not set to an instance of an object" when running the XDSW

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, it can fail with the following error: "cannot connect to the hypervisor at object reference not set to an instance of an object" The string will contain the actual URL of the vCenter Server. This issue can appear when the DataCenter name on the VMWare sid...

PVS targets experience BSOD: IRQL Not Less or Equal on targets created using XDSW when booting for the first time

PVS Target devices created using Xendesktop Setup Wizard are running in toa blue screen of death issue. The error message displayed on the BSOD screen shows the following message: Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for yo...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard cannot add machines to an existing catalog

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails to create new devices at the end of the wizard's process. Wizard has no issues connecting to VMWare VShere but fails to create VMs with error: CDFNETERROR,"XdSetupFinish: Clone for device XXXXX-003 exception: System.Exception: vmwware-wsnaprvmvc01 Duplicate template...

Error: "FullAdmin or MachineAdmin Permission Required" in XenDesktop Setup Wizard

XenDesktop setup wizard fails with permissions error. "XenDesktop FullAdmin or MachineAdmin permission required"...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails on a Hyper-V Environment

The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might fail when creating Targets on a Hyper-V Environment under the following Scenarios: The vDisk is set to any kind of Write Cache that includes a Local Hard disk BDM Partition is selected as the Boot method for the Targets The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might present t...

Unable to Communicate With Hypervisor When Using XenDesktop Setup Wizard

Unable to Communicate with Hypervisor when using XenDesktop Setup Wizard. Logs display, "object reference not set to instance of an object" When running XenDesktop Setup Wizard, error states, "cannot connect to hypervisor" Logs shows an error when checking a particular hosting unit. Checked Host...

Error "Citrix License Server unavailable. Check the License Server to Make Sure It Is Running"

When setting up XenDesktop 7.1 or higher, the licensing node displays the following error message, "Citrix License Server unavailable. Check the license server to make sure it is running." Reference Screenshot:...