Application Launch Requests Might Fail on a Provisioned XenApp Version 6.0 or 6.5 Multihomed Server

Application launch requests might fail on a Provisioned XenApp Version 6.0 or 6.5 Multihomed Server. “Event 10001: A usable server cannot be found on which to launch the application.”...

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...

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 Backup the XenMobile Database

This article describes how to back up the XenMobile database...

Screen Refresh Issues Through a Seamless Pass-Through Session

The screen might not repaint properly because of a poor refresh rate. Therefore, certain areas of the application appear grayed out or distorted. This happens when running an application in seamless mode while utilizing the pass-through client on the server. Manually refreshing the application do...

"Error 1722 . There is a problem with the Windows Installer package" on Provisioning Services

When removing or Installing the Citrix Provisioning Services PVS Server Console or Citrix Provisioning Services PVS target Device X64 from Add/Remove Programs or Provisioning services ISO, the following error message appears: “Error 1722. There is a problem with the Windows Installer package.A...

StoreFront Displays Incorrect Username

When there are multiple users with the same log on name in different domains, StoreFront displays incorrect name. For example, if the domain names are domain1\jdoe and domain2\jdoe for John Doe in domain 1 and Jane Doe in domain 2, StoreFront displays the incorrect display name when the user from...

SDX Mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to Physical Interface and ethX port Mapping

This article provides information about how to discover the NetScaler SDX mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to physical interface and ethX port mapping. SDX Mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to Physical Interface and ethX port mapping To know the mappings from GUI, navigate to Configuration...

FAQ: Fail-To-Wire Feature in CloudBridge 2000 and 3000 Appliances

This article is an FAQ on the Fail-To-Wire FTW functionality found in the new Citrix CloudBridge 2000 and Citrix CloudBridge 3000 appliances. Q: What is the supported software release? A : The FTW feature is supported with the following software releases: SVM build: NS 10.0.72.5007 CloudBridge...

Applications in StoreFront Fail to Enumerate

When using Citrix Receiver running in Mac 11 to log on to StoreFront, the applications fail to enumerate. An internal server error occurs in the client device. The following is the log trace of the issue in StoreFront server: Log Name: Citrix Delivery ServicesSource: WebApplicationDate: 06/02/201...

How to Enable Promiscuous Mode on a Physical Network Card

This article describes how to enable promiscuous mode on a physical Network Interface Card NIC.In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server that...

Error: "An error occurred during synchronization" in StoreFront

When trying to synchronize changes on a StoreFront multi-server environment, the following errors are displayed: Error: “An error occurred during synchronization” You might also view errors in the StoreFront Server Console Server Group. Error: “Cannot get valid synchronization state information...

Error: "Cannot verify database connectivity" on StoreFront

Though StoreFront server is able to communicate to the SQL server over TCP port 1433, when you click Test Connection at the Deploy Multiple Server Group setup Window for StoreFront 1.1, the connection fails with the following message: Cannot verify database connectivity. The connection string...

Considerations for Connecting XenServer to the Switch Ports

This article contains information about connecting XenServer to a switch. Background Switch ports must be configured differently for a XenServer host as opposed to a standard computer. The following considerations are recommended when connecting a XenServer to a switch: If using Spanning Tree...

Understanding HA fence due to storage

This article describes how to distinguish High Availability HA storage heartbeat fencing from real host crashes. While the majority of HA fencing events occur as regular reboots and leave clear and easily found log statements identifying the event as a fence, there is one particular type of fence...

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...

Error: "SR BACKEND FAILURE 181" in XenServer

After installation or upgrade to XenServer 6.0, user experiences issues with any storage related operations. The following error message appears: “SRBACKENDFAILURE181 Error In metadata Volume Operation For SR.” The following entries appears in the log /var/log/SMlog file: Error code:...

Failure to Store Cache on Local Hard Drive

Even after selecting “cache is on device hard drive”, cache is getting stored on the Provisioning Service PVS server. The following screen shot shows the virtual disk status:...

Storefront: Citrix Storeweb URL should have custom error page

Redirect StoreFront users to a custom error page, if a page is inaccessible for some reason. Example : If a user tries to access "StoreURL/ Script", it will trigger an unhandled exception and User will get a generic page which suggests steps to add a custom error page. This may be considered a ri...

Citrix Endpoint Management (aka XenMobile Server) 10.15.0 Rolling Patch 8

Package name: xms10.15.0.10808.bin For: XenMobile Server 10.15.0 Deployment type: On-premises only Replaces: xms10.15.0.10731.bin, xms10.15.0.10624.bin, xms10.15.0.10517.bin, xms10.15.0.10417.bin, xms10.15.0.10327.bin, xms10.15.0.10220.bin, and xms10.15.0.10125.bin Date: July 2024 Languages...

Citrix CDFControl Service How to Save Logs On A UNC Network Share

Sometimes it may be necessary to save trace data to a shared network folder, for example, crash/hang issues with non-persistent VDAs or due to local disk space constraints...

Horizontal two finger scrolling on touchpad does not work with Citrix Workspace app for ChromeOS

When using Citrix Workspace app for ChromeOS, horizontal two finger scrolling on touchpad does not work in HDX session. It interpreted as vertical scrolling...

SSH communication between Netscaler Console nodes and/or Netscaler/Netscaler-SDX instance(s) fails

After upgrading Netscaler Console aka. ADM from earlier versions to either13.1-53.17 or 53.22 refresh build or 14.1-25.53, certain tasks like re-creating HA deployment, Netscaler backup , or other tasks involving SSH connection may fail and manifest in error popup or log entries in...

Citrix Endpoint Management (aka XenMobile Server) 10.16.0 Rolling Patch 1

Package name: xms10.16.0.10108.bin For: XenMobile Server 10.16.0 Deployment type: On-premises only Replaces: None Date: June 2024 Languages supported: English US Important notes about this update As a best practice, Citrix recommends that you install this and other updates to ensure that you have...

PVS StreamProcess is crashing

PVS stream process is sporadically crashing...

Citrix EndPoint Management - Reconfigure your Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) in CEM console

As permigration guidance, Google is going to deprecate the FCM legacy APIs for HTTP, which is currently used in our Citrix Endpoint Management CEM FCM implementation. The migration deadline is on June 21, 2024. Customers need to migrate the FCM from legacy FCM API to HTTP v1 API. With the release...

CLI SSH not working after upgrade with OpenSSH vulnerability patch Error Bad SSH2 cipher spec

After Upgrading to a firmware version with OpenSSH v9.3 patched for the recent SSH vulnerabilities 12.1-55.304+ FIPS, 13.0-92.23+, 13.1-53.4+, 13.1-37.180+ FIPS, 14.1-22.16+ SSH is not working anymore. Putty throws the error: Network error: Software caused connection abort...

CtxExceptionHandler Dump under C:\ProgramData\Citrix\CDF\Reports

This article describes the CtxExceptionHandler Dump under C:\ProgramData\Citrix\CDF\Reports...

PVS | StreamService cannot access vDisks after reboot

Intermittent problems with the StreamService of the PVS servers. Infrequently, when the PVS server boots, the StreamService is unable to access the vDisks. The event logs show the error message "Login failed error code: 2 for device : Server : vDisk file access permission denied". Two short-term...

Compatibility license - avoid mixed editions when renewing Universal HMC or Citrix for Private Cloud

What is the mixed edition problem? Mixed edition means combining Premium with Standard or Advanced editions, or Advanced with Standard editions on the same site. This also applies to mixing license types User/Device U/D and Concurrent CCU; for example Premium U/D with Premium CCU or Advanced U/D...

On Prem || 2203 LTSR || VDA hangs or freezes while launching skype business applications.

2203 VDA hangs or freezes while launching skype business applications. Inside the published VDA Users open Skype for business and they noticed Randomly that VDA is Frozen This is only see with Skype for business If the users close the session and connect back to session by clicking the icon in...

New machines with vTPM have the same thumbprint in vSphere

New machines have the same vTPM thumbprint as the master image in vSphere. This can be seen using PowerCLI and comparing the machines with the following command: Get-VTpm -vm | Get-VTpmCertificate...

Citrix uberAgent Security Bulletin for CVE-2024-3902

A vulnerability has been discovered in Citrix uberAgent, which, if exploited, may result in the escalation of privileges of the attacker. This vulnerability only impacts uberAgent and does not impact any other Citrix and or Cloud Software Group products. Affected Versions: The following supported...

Error in retrieving SNMP Trap. Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trapdestination')

When trying to add SNMP trap from System-SNMP-Traps in GUI, the following error will display...

Unable to access NetScaler via SSH. SSH daemon process not running or able to start.

Device not accessible via SSH. Admin GUI actions that require SSH i.e. Generate Tech Support Bundle, Ping, simulated CLI do not work, shows error ""errorcode":"2138","message":"Not authorized to execute this command","severity":"ERROR"" Unable to access device via SCP. sshd process not running an...

Service Continuity doesn't work on CWA ChromeOS version 2312 or older

Service Continuity doesn’t work when using Citrix Workspace App for ChromeOS version 2312 or older. The Service Continuity banner doesn’t show up in case of Cloud outages on Citrix Workspace App for Chrome OS. This occurs even when Service Continuity is enabled via Google Admin Console for the...

CVAD 1912: User logoff process appears to lock logoff/logon process

The User logoff process is stuck while processing the WMIPrvse and PicaDm...

PowerShell logging feature is available in Web Studio

This article describes the new feature "PowerShell logging" in Citrix DaaS Web Studio...

Citrix Endpoint Management (aka XenMobile Server) 10.14.0 Rolling Patch 13

Package name: xms10.14.0.11306.bin For: XenMobile Server 10.14.0 Deployment type: On-premises only Replaces: xms10.14.0.11222.bin, xms10.14.0.11121.bin, xms10.14.0.11013.bin, xms10.14.0.10942.bin, xms10.14.0.10813.bin, xms10.14.0.10742.bin, xms10.14.0.10628.bin, xms10.14.0.10521.bin,...

App Layering - Set Static MAC Address on a Packaging Machine

By default an App layering packaging machine will use DHCP to assign an IP address. There is no built in mechanism to change this behavior to use a statically assigned IP. To work around this, a manually assigned MAC address can be set on a VM Template in your hypervisor. Then an IP address can b...

Idle session timeout warning message does not display in ICA session

The below idle session timeout warning message is not displayedbefore the idle ICA session is disconnected. The idle session timeout warning shows up in RDP session on the same VDA. The Idle session timers are configured via RDSH policy. The issue is only seen in ICA session when HDX Adaptive...

[NetScaler] Multicast packets may cross members within LA channel on SDX with i40e NICs

On a Fortville NIC SDX platform with i40e driver. When LA channel is configured with 10G or 25G NICs and is assigned to a NetScaler VPX. The VPX may receive unexpected multicast packets that was sent by itself through another member of the LA channel. Such as VRRP control plane messages. The...

Studio will not open with error "A working 'Storefront' service could not be found"

Storefront is installed on the DDC. After successfully upgrading both Storefront servers to CVAD 2203 CU3, Studio fails to open with the following error. After clicking on "View Details" another error appears: "A working 'Storefront' service could not be found" Error Id: XDDS:E354580F Exception:...

How to start to use device certificate check in Device Posture

In the following Citrix document, Device Certificate check in Device Postureone part of SPA Service has been introduced. This article is about how to submit a request to start to use it. Device certificate check with Device Posture service - Preview...

Workspace App Upgrade to Version 2311 Causing End User Launch Failures

End users may experience launch issues post Upgrade of workspace app to latest version 2311,In environment where custom VC like Zoom, Webex are installed. Behavior noticed is launch failure with latest CWA 2311.CWA pops up "Preparing resource" CWA pops up "Active" but no desktop is shown to the...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report January 2024

Microsoft’s January 2024 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...

How to Create a Local Storage Repository

This article describes how to create local storage in XenServer...

Where is the ReceiverCleanupUtility.exe after installing CWA

This article describes the location of ReceiverCleanupUtility.exe Receiver Clean-Up Utility tool after installing Citrix Workspace app for Windows CWA...

Workspace App for Windows appears for AllAccount although only one store is configured

Citrix Workspace App for Windows appears for all accounts although with just one store configuration. Workspace App should appear like this if only one store is configured...

The status of VDA machine was "Stopped" instead of "Stopped (Deallocated)" on Azure Portal

The following behavior was confirmed for dedicated machines created using Azure on-demand provisioning. - If shutdown the target VM within the OS, the status will be "Stopped" on Azure Portal. If it is "stopped", it will be subject to Azure pay-as-you-go billing. - If the target VM is from the...