"The network logon service was not started" when logging onto PVS Target Device via Console

When logon PVS Target Device TD via console, it throws below error: "An attempt was made to logon but the network logon service was not started." TD VDI is unregistered status in Citrix Studio...

How to drop illegal hostname contained request in NetScaler Gateway with responder policy

This article will describe how to configure responder policy to drop illegal hostname contained request in a NetScaler Gateway. e.g."nsg.lab.local" is the FQDN of NetScaler Gateway, to block user from accessing the gateway with other URLs, like IP address or other FQDN with tempering DNS records...

Error: "Your logon has expired..." When using multiple Netscaler Gateways

Error: "Your logon has expired..." When using multiple Netscaler Gateways to access a single store on StoreFront...

How to Load Balancing PVS server in NetScaler

This article summaries tips when configure Load balance for PVS server...

Both NetScaler HA nodes status NOT_UP after Primary HA-MON enabled interface down

There is one direct cable connectedbetween Primary node and Secondary node, The cable connection is not via switch. Both interfaces are HA MON enabled. Both NetScaler HA nodes status turn to NOTUP after Primary HA-MON enabled interface is down...

Error "Try again after some time or contact your help desk" after authentication passed

After inputting your username and password to "https://x.x.x.x/manageotp" page, you are encountering an error message that says, "Try again after some time or contact your help desk " "Rejecting with error code 4009 “， ”receiveldapusersearchevent:ldapfirstentryreturned null, user XXX not found “...

Adding a new server to a switch side triggers Err-Disabled on the connected Netscaler interface.

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The text cursor display is incorrect.

In Citrix VDI or Apps, when the mouse pointer is aligned with the input field, the text cursor is displayed incorrectly...

Difference between vhd and vhdx

What's the difference between vhd and vhdx?...

PVS Server Fails to Connect Farm: "An error occurred communicating with the server"

One PVS Server Fails to connect farm: "An error occurred communicating with the server" with event id 0, SoapService...

VDA Installation fails with Error 0x000005AA

VDA upgrade fails with an error. "Failed to install component 'Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host'. 'dism' component failed to install with error 0x000005AA."...

How to add QR Code to the NetScaler Gateway Login page .

How to add QR file to the NetScaler Splash Screen...

NetScaler Gateway show Blank page after authentication passed

After citrix gateway authentication pass, user is not redirected to Storefront page instead of blank page...

HOW TO | New network printers are not saving after re-logon

• The users are able to connect and add their network printers to their VDI sessions. However, after logoff the printer settings are not being retained within the user profile. • We would like to retain the network printer within the profile so that it is available for all subsequent logins...

Citrix FAS 12.1 -Unable to launch apps -access denied error on storefront servers

When launching Apps\Desktops user receives "Cannot Start App" or "Cannot start Desktop", and Errors/Warnings on StoreFront "Access Denied", Event ID 1 Error and Event ID 28 Warning...

Pre-Launched HDX Session warning with the message "The published resource is currently unavailable".

When a user opens Citrix Workspace app, they randomly observe the warning pop-up of "Pre-Launched HDX Session" with the message - "The published resource is currently unavailable. Contact your system administrator for help"...

Citrix MCS failed when Azure storage account configured with TLS 1.2 Version.

Citrix MCS fails if the Azure storage account is configured with the TLS 1.2 version...

App or Desktop disappears immediately after launch and session is left in Disconnected State

App or Desktop disappears immediately after launch and session is left in Disconnected State on Studio and the VDA...

Configuration of ICA storage policy for Citrix Workspace app for Windows

By default, the ICA files are stored on the local disk for Citrix Workspace app for Windows with the version prior to 2106. Citrix Workspace app for Windows with version 2106 or later change the storage policy of ICA files, which will be stored on memory by default. The default behavior can be...

"This Apple ID can't be used to make purchases" error when installing Secure Hub on DEP devices

When attempting to download and install the Citrix Secure Hub app on devices enrolled through the Device Enrollment Program DEP using a Managed Apple ID in Apple Business Manager ABM, users may encounter the error message: "This Apple ID can't be used to make purchases."...

Unable to launch the PVS console. Error: "Unable to connect to the Domain Controller.."

After completing the PVS configuration Wizard using a service account within the same domain as the PVS server, the administrators are unable to launch the PVS console and observe the error - "Unable to connect to the Domain Controller if any or the default rootDSE. Error code: 44936673, message:...

Azure Hosting Test connection shows invalid user name / password / Credentials

Unable to create new machine catalog Running the Test Connection fails with error "Invalid Credentials"...

Keyboard layout sync failures due to Microsoft API limitation

Symptom 1: In a Windows Server VDA session the keyboard layout might not sync with the client keyboard layout when launching session with the "Sync only once - when the session launches" in the Citrix Workspace App Windows/Linux/Mac keyboard setting. Symptom 2: In a Windows 10/11, Windows Server...

VDA logs FAS event 107 continuously if Advyza is installed

Users cannot access Domain resources like Network shares, Internal websites, Applications which need Domain/Windows authentication after 5 minutes of logon. Users can access Domain resources soon after they logon, but if they try to access any new resource after 5 minutes, it fails or prompts for...

Published application launching locally

Launching a published browser application opens the local version instead rather than opening within the Virtual Desktop session. Ex. Internet Explorer...

Copy(CTRL+C) and Paste (CTRL+V) is not working on MAC when using Russian language

CopyCTRL+C and Paste CTRL+V is not working on MAC when using the Russian language...

How to Remove Users That Can Access the Delivery Group via PowerShell

This article is designed to describe how to remove users in the below screenshot via powershell instead of using UI. Disclaimer: information displayed in screenshots are Citrix test server data...

Cloud ADM || How to Disable Auto-License in Cloud ADM

Navigate toCloud based ADM Account - subscriptions- auto licenses , ensure if it is disabled, else disable it and rediscover ADC instances to get the auto licenses turn off...

Responder policy not honored when binding to NetScaler Gateway with AAA_REQUEST type

A situation has arisen where certain responder policies intended for filtering whitelist users on Citrix Gateway fail to operate as expected...

Incomplete ARP table record in NetScaler

Trunk Mode enabled in NetScaler interface with multiple tagged VLANs binding. However, customer found there're one VLAN network ARP record show Incomplete in NetScaler ARP table. Like below screenshot:...

Can you enable HDX 3D Pro on Server VDA?

Need to enable HDX 3D Pro on Server VDA. Policy setting for 'Optimise for 3D Graphics Workload' is enabled - VeryHighDef Policy Template applied. -https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-daas/policies/policies-templates.html HDX Graphic Status Indicator on Published Desktops States 'HDX 3D Pro:...

Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktop - All the users are seeing 2 VDI

Seeing two Desktop VDI icons in Citrix Store instead of one when user is only assigned to one Delivery Group...

“The X request 130.1 caused error:” appears when try to change session window mode.

Issue occurs when switching between full screen and windowed mode. Error Message: “The X request 130.1 caused error:”10: BadAccessAttempt to access private resource denied”...

App Layering - Layer Stuck in "Editing" State

Layer stuck in 'Editing' State Layer doesn't get finalized even after cliking on the 'Finalize' button...

Multiple errors are displayed after running the "show ha syncfailures" command on HA secondary node

Multiple errors are displayed after running the "show ha syncfailures" command on the HA secondary node, like below: ---------- show ha syncfailures exec: bind policy patset nsvpnclientuseragents AGEE -index 1 -charset ASCII ERROR: Pattern index already in use, try using other index exec: bind...

Add Machine fails with "Currently there are no machines available in a compatible machine catalog"

VDAs from the newly created Machine catalog cannot be added to an existing Delivery group. The error message is: "Currently there are no machines available in a compatible machine catalog."...

WEM Agent not connecting to Citrix Cloud after the upgrade

Few WEM agent are not registering to the Cloud WEM Server after the WEM agent upgrade. Debug logs would have the below entries: Event - BaseBrokerClient1.GetConnectorAuthContext : Successfully acquired connector authentication context. Exception -...

What Proxy will be used by Citrix Workspace App

Which proxy does the Citrix Receiver/Workspace app use for these settings and if this registry key is mentioned: HKEYCURRENTUSER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings The 9th value contains the proxy setting. The value could be: 09 when...

Mouse cursor disappears when launching a session in full-screen mode

Mouse cursordisappears when launching a session in full-screen mode...

How to migrate ns.conf from one appliance to another using Batch Configuration

Demystifying how to migrate the configuration of an existing NetScaler appliance to another NetScaler appliance...

How to Use NetScaler Appliance to Avoid DDoS Attacks.

How to Use NetScaler Appliance to Avoid DDoS Attacks...

How to create a Rewrite policy that will change characters in URL to lowercase

How to create a Rewrite policy that will change characters in URL to lowercase...

Eliminate Advanced Endpoint Analysis scans on Mobile devices/iOS.

We have a pre-epa + ldap as the authentication method. Since we have EPA as pre-authentication when we try to access via the mobile devices such as Android/iPhone or iOS and other devices we won’t be able to access. As we know that EPA scan is not supported on mobile devices or iOS, therefore we...

Numlockが勝手に切り替わる

公開デスクトップ利用中に USB テンキーパッドのオン・オフが勝手に切り替わってしまうことがありました。 ・USB テンキーパッドの機種を変更したところ、事象が発生しなくなりました ・使用アプリケーションや操作内容には依存しません ・USB テンキーパッド部分の操作中、意図せず発生した事象であり、キーボードのその他キー操作では発生しませんでした ・なお、接続元端末における以下のレジストリ設定変更では解消しませんでした。 HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Citrix\ICA Client\Engine\Lockdown Profiles\All...

Trace HTML Requests with Application Firewall Security Violation Logs on NetScaler Appliance

The NetScaler offers the option to isolate traffic for a specific Application Firewall profile and collect nstrace for HTML requests that trigger a log, block action or have malformed requests. The nstrace collected in "–appfw" mode will have details of the entire request including the Applicatio...

Radius server test connectivity fails : Error: '1812/udp' is not a valid Radius authentication port.

Radius server test connectivity failure. Error: "Either 'ServerIP' is not a valid Radius server, '1812/udp' is not a valid Radius authentication port or Radius client is not configured properly in the Radius server."...

Web Application Firewall is blocking a valid image upload

We have observed that files with signature numbers starting with "FFD8 FFE0" are allowed through the Web Application Firewall WAF, but files with signature numbers starting with "FFD8 FFE1" are getting blocked...

System user password Encryption method or Hash function type

NetScaler system user passwords are hashed using SHA1 on 11.1 and older releases. 12.0 use SHA512. RPC node passwords are encrypted using AES256 CBC from 11.0 onwards. RC4 is used before that. The keywords encrypted, hashmethod, encryptmethod example ENCMTHD3and kek are added internally based on...

[FAS]Fail to Launch Desktop after Clicking Desktop Icon with Error "Cannot Start *****"

User fail to launch desktop after clicking desktop icon with error "cannot start " In fas server event log, there is error ''S123 failed to issue a certificate for user upn''...

How To Troubleshoot High Packet or Management CPU Issue on Citrix ADC

CPU is a finite resource. Like many resources, there are limits to a CPU's capacity. The NetScaler appliance has two kinds of CPUs in general: The Management CPU and Packet CPU...