How to change the XenServer Pool master role from XenServer Console

In certain situation like Master server becoming unresponsive, we may need to changethe XenServer Pool master role. This article illustrates how to perform that from XenServer Console...

Office 365 Activation Error: Cannot Verify the License Currently Installed for This Product

Office 365 2016 Activation with error: Cannot verify the license currently installed for this product...

How disk space /var is allocated for VPX provisioned on SDX

The objective of this article is to explain how the disk space is allocated for VPX provisioned on SDX appliance...

Unable to Delete NTUSER.DAT* Files When a User Logs off

Occasionally, when Delete Locally Cached Profiles on logoff policy is enabled on Windows 10 Redstone, or on Windows Server 2016, NTUSER.DAT files cannot be deleted when a user logs off...

How to configure XenMobile to use multiple domain suffix in LDAP config

Enroll devices using alternate upn suffix and configure Citrix Endpoint Management to use a domain suffix for authentication. Refer to Citrix documentation - Citrix Gateway and Endpoint Management...

Director not Showing the Licensing Status due to a Configuration Error

Unable to view license status in XenDesktop Director with error "Cannot retrieve the data. Data source unresponsive due to a configuration error. View Director server event logs for further information. " The event log on the Director server has the following error: Log Name: Application Source:...

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...

How to Reset StoreFront to the Initial Factory Settings

This article details how to reset StoreFront to the initial factory settings...

StoreFront 3.0: MMC snap in error when attempting to Set Unified Experience as Default

Storefront 3.0 gives an MMC snap in error when attempting to Set Unified Experience as Default...

Citrix ADC Networking and VLAN Best Practices

The ADC uses VLANs to determine which interface should be used for which traffic. In addition, ADC does not participate in Spanning Tree. Without the proper VLAN configuration, the ADC is unable to determine which interface to use and it can function more like a HUB than a switch or router in the...

XenMobile POC Cheat Sheet

The purpose of this cheat sheet is to provide a detailed POC checklist to assist with the implementation of On-Premise POC implementations. This checklist includes a detailed diagram of your XenMobile POC implementation populated from the information included in the filled out checklist. Addition...

Getting Started with Citrix Secure Mail

The purpose of this getting started guide is to provide a reference document with key information about Citrix Citrix Secure Mail. Navigation: What is Secure Mail? Citrix Secure Mail Connection Modes List of Supported Mail Servers Citrix Secure Mail w/ IBM Notes Supported File Formats Push...

Delete Users from XenMobile Database

For XenMobile environment 10.4 and below, we do not have the option to delete the user from the console.You will have to delete the user from the database manually. Use the following SQL query to delete all rows associated to a single user within XenMobile Server. Important! Ensure to back up the...

Microsoft Office Rearm Error

Reported failures: Rearm count exceeded Rearm failure Rearm Warning on machine catalog...

XenMobile Cloud Self-Service Auto-Discovery Portal

This article details how to configure auto-discovery for device enrollment in XenMobile Cloud. Refer to Citrix documentation -Device Management...

"This page can't be displayed. Turn on TLS 1.0 TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2. in Advanced Settings And Try Connecting Again" While Accessing StoreFront

Error: "This page can't be displayed. Turn on TLS 1.0 TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2. in Advanced Settings And Try Connecting Again" While Accessing StoreFront...

Converting iRules to NetScaler Policies - X-Forwarded For Header Based Persistence

Use Case X-Forwarded-For HTTP header indicates the path where the request came in through and it can have multiple IP addresses as well. You can define persistence based on the value of X-Forwarded-For header received while processing the request on load balancing vserver. F5iRules Name:...

FAQ: Key Sizes/Certificates Supported by ADC

Q: What are the key sizes/certificates supported by ADC? A : An MPX appliance supports certificates of 512 or more bits, up to the following sizes: 4096-bit server certificate on the virtual server 4096-bit client certificate on the service 4096-bit CA certificate includes intermediate and root...

Web Cams Not Working Through Published Desktop OS Session | Being Redirected As Optimized USB

The End-Users are unable to use the Web Cam through a Published Desktop OS session launched using Workspace App USB Device Being Redirected As Optimized USB...

How do I Load Balance DNS traffic (DNS proxy) on NetScaler?

Domain Name Servers DNS are the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. They maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol IP addresses. When you request DNS resolution of a domain name, the NetScaler appliance uses the configuredLoad Balancing method to select a DNS...

How to Manually Install and Configure Citrix Receiver for Pass-Through Authentication

Citrix Workspace app is the new universal app for all workspace services, that will encompass all Citrix clients and app capabilities over time. This article describes how to install Citrix Receiver for Windows and configure Single Sign-on authentication to XenApp/XenDesktop. After configuring...

Understanding Garbage Collection and Coalesce Process Troubleshooting

Summary In most cases, customers have experienced issues with coalescing snapshots after deleting snapshots. At times we do notsee the reclaimed space once a snapshot is deleted. Even with an SR rescan to manually get the Garbage Collection GC to kick-in does not reclaim space. This article...

Duplicate App Icons on Receiver for Windows

This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information. Affected users see multiple stores configured CCA4-UK, CCA4-UK1, CCA4-UK2 and so on. Receiver was...

Storefront 2.6 - How to Disable Receiver Detection

This article explains how to disable Receiver detection on StoreFront 2.6...

How to Disable SR-IOV on Emulex CNA\HBA on HP Hosts Running XenServer 6.5

To Disable SR-IOV on Emulex CNA\HBA...

Target Device Not Booting Up with message "No entry found in the database".

Targets are not booting in Provisioning Server. You can see the error during boot:No entry found in the database...

Citrix Provisioning Services Antivirus Best Practices

The environment may experience one or more of the following symptoms if the antivirus client is impacting either the Target Devices or PVS Servers. - Target Devices running the VDA software may appear power state unknown and no longer registered whenlooking at them via Studio or Director. -...

Power actions are pending and never be executed

Customer's power actions are pending and never be executed...

Citrix Daas - Azure - VM Booting Issue (after using Azure Image Gallery)

Could not see VM created in the Citrix DaaS & Azure Azure Image Gallery as it keep going in power off state immediately when attempting to boot - Unable to see VM OsDisk in the Azure Portal - Only Identity Disk & NIC card is getting created in the Azure Portal...

How to Migrate Session Recording Storage While Keeping Old Recordings

The customer is planning a cutover of Session Recording storage. They would like to add the new storage location for any new session recordings, while maintaining the older storage location for older recordings as these are kept for a required retention period...

Black area's when launching Horizon app on VDA 2402 CU1

After upgrading our VDA to 2402 cu1 we are presented with black artifacts on launch of Horizon app...

Citrix DaaS Studio: Resolving VM List Delay Due to Cloud Connector Timeout

Administrators may encounter a delay when retrieving the list of machines from Citrix Cloud in a particular resource location. This issue is often observed under the following circumstances: The Cloud Connector is unavailable or unresponsive. The connector is undergoing maintenance or is being...

Latency using any Cloud application with 49" Inch Monitor ( using 5K resolution [5120*1440] )

After switching from On-Prem 1912 CU6 to Cloud 2203 CU3 - There is sluggish performance using a higher resolution monitors & increased in number of Monitors - Problem appears on 6 monitors with a resolution of 19201200 - Problemappears on 1x monitor with 49" curved monitor with a resolution of...

High Battery usage for Wireless Bluetooth Headset with Citrix HDX RTOP Media Engine version 2.3

After migrating from Lync VDI Plugin RTOP 2.0 to RTOP 2.3, the overall battery usage of wireless bluetooth model Jabra Pro 930 headsets is increased by 50%...

SSH Prefix Truncation Vulnerability (Terrapin attack) on Citrix Applayering

SSH Prefix Truncation Vulnerability Terrapin attack on Citrix App Layering . Note: The Terrapin attack can reduce the security of SSH by using a downgrade attack via man-in-the-middle interception. The attack works by prefix truncation; the injection and deletion of messages during feature...

Citrix Applayering - Adding new language packs to the OS layer

When attempting to add Language packs to an existing OS layer using lpksetup.exe, administrators may notice that the newly added language packs are not available in the published image. NOTE: The following note in the product documentation is out dated and is no longer applicable for App layering...

Cannot create hosting connection for AWS "Failed to connect the AWS EC2 endpoint URL"

On entering API key and Secret key with Role Based Authentrication for AWS get the following error: Transaction ID:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Action Name: HostingEditHypervisorConnection Exception: StudioErrorId : ConnectionValidationFailure Reason : ManagedMachineGeneralException Exception :...

iOS Workspace App 2501.10 - How to Fix Login Hang at "Stay Signed In" Prompt

Users of the Citrix Workspace app on iOS devices may experience a hang or freeze at the "Stay Signed In" prompt after adding their Citrix Cloud workspace URL. The app becomes unresponsive, preventing users from selecting either "Allow" or "Deny."...

Unable to login to WEM Web Console

When Login to Workspace Environment Management Web Console get the message "The user name or password is incorrect. Try again."...

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops - Citrix Studio is attempting to connect to Google Analytics

Citrix Studio tries to upload data to Google Analytics POSThttp://www.google-analytics.com/collect HTTP/1.1. Third-Party Security tools detect this traffic and may show the alert. Example from Vector Security Network Cybersecurity Tool: Citrix Studio is attempting to connect to Google Analytics...

When resizing an OS layer to a smaller size, the Finalize process fails

When attempting to shrink an OS layer version OS layer using a size that is smaller then it currently is , the Finalize process may fail. The CALCE or UNISYSLIB logs from the Compositing Engine would shows an error similar to the following: 2024-01-17 09:29:11 ERROR 1668 uni.ca.syslib.reghive...

Citrix Provisioning - Unable to add a new server to the Farm

Configuration Wizard shows warnings when admin tries to add a new PVS Server to the Farm. Error displayed: Errors have occured during the configuration process ConfigurationWizard.log located in C:\ProgramData\Citrix\Provisioning Services on the PVS Server shows the errors:...

Win11 24H2/WS2025 machines not getting registered from Provisioning Catalog created in Citrix Studio

Win 11 24H2 VDAssingle session/Windows Server 2025 machines are not getting registered when machines created via Provisioning Catalog from Citrix Studio/Powershell commands LCM-16630 Applicable Products Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2411...

Lower than expected performance with AMD CPUs and DOD

Lower than expected performance when using AMD CPUs on the VDA and Citrix Display Only Driver DOD which could result in perceived lag. The lag might be more noticeable with multiple monitors and is only observed with AMD CPUs. These symptoms might be observed with CVAD versions prior to 2212 or...

EPA Client Removed When Workspace App is Upgraded from 2402 to 2402 CU1

Endpoints have Workspace app 2402 installed along with EPA Client Endpoints have been upgraded to Workspace app 2402 CU1 After upgrade, the EPA client has been removed...

Citrix Printing - Printer properties local settings is grayed out

Printer properties local settings grayed out after Citrix VDA server upgraded to Windows 2019 and Citrix upgraded to 2402...

After upgrading from 1912 to 2402, unable to view license usage in Studio

After upgrading Delivery controllers from 1912 to 2402, unable to view license usage in Studio. Studio show error : An error has occurred with the Citrix License Server. Check the license server to make sure it is running, then try again...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report December 2024

Microsoft’s December 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 softwa...

Netscale MPX/SDXr: LOM GUI is not accessible.

Unable to access the GUI of configured LOM IP. CLI access to LOM IP works but does not behave as expected...

Rendezvous v1 Connections fail after setting PortNumber argument on VDA Command Line Installs

After installing VDA with a custom port number with the commandline argument: /portnumber NNNN where NNNN is the port number, and runningxaxdcloudproxy.exe -VDAPORT NNNN on the cloud connectors, Rendezvous v1 connections to VDA fail. Network traces show that Cloud Connector attempts to reach...