Changing the Service startup timeout (ServicesPipeTimeout) in Windows

If a service doesn't start within a set amount of time, Windows will kill it and put an error in the System event log. You might decide that you need to extend the service startup timeout. Or, if your services are complaining about a startup timeout too quickly, you might decide you need to check...

How to Setup Work from Home (BCP) with Citrix due to COVID-19

Citrix is committed to providing the support you need to keep your employees safe and operations running throughout the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. If you are looking to provide access for additional remote users working from home in response to COVID-19, please refer to our Business Continuit...

Storefront 3.12 CU5 Error: Propagation failed on one or more Servers

PROBLEM: When administrator launches Storefront Management Console and attempts to perform "Propagate Changes" on Servers , the process fails with the following error: Error: Propagation failed on one or more Servers Event logs on Primary Server shows the following event: Event ID 31 An error has...

Outlook Search Indexing Fails on Windows Server 2019 VDA

When setting up a Windows Server 2019 virtual machine with Multi session VDA 1912, Outlook Search Indexing is not function properly. In this scenario, User Profile Management functions as expected, and the OutlookOST and OutlookSearchIndex VHDX disks are properly mounted when user signed in...

UPM doesn't work randomly after VDA is rebooted

Intermittently UPM profile does not load, if user login immediately after the reboot...

Citrix ADM Ports and URL's That Need To Be Opened for Communication

Additional notes: If using ULFD LogStream: The -logstreamOverNSIP option is available from Citrix ADC 13.0 41.x and 12.1 55.x onwards to alter the SRC IP. Default is SNIP. This is a global setting. set appflow param -logstreamOverNSIP If using IPFix AppFlow: The -IPAddress parameter can be used t...

User Profile Management and Microsoft Store Apps (UWP Apps)

When a user installs an app from the Microsoft Store UWP app onto a Windows 10 VDA with Citrix Profile Management, after a logoff and logon, the application does not persist and must be reinstalled...

Unable to launch virtual application/desktop using Workspace app for HTML5

When launching a virtual application/desktop using the Citrix Workspace app for HTML5, there is a silent failure to launch...

Refresh of WEM agent in admin console fails with error "Some of the requested actions may not have been executed properly"

When attempting to refresh the agents in any way or otherwise perform actions against an agent in the Administration node of the WEM Admin Console, the following message is seen in the bottom right corner: "Some of the requested actions may not have been executed properly." The WEM Agents being...

Desktop Studio Error: "Can't Get License Info"

The license server can be registered with XenDesktop either when XenDesktop is configured, or through the Change license server action on the Licensing node in Desktop Studio. When the administrator specifies the address of the license server, Desktop Studio attempts to discover the License...

Licensing Error: "Inconsistent Server Host ID"

When importing a license file in the XenApp 6.0 License Administration Console, the following error occurs: Inconsistent server host ID in C:\Program Files x86\Citrix\Licensing\MyFiles\licensexxxxxxx.lic...

Error: No Licenses Associated with License Authorization Code Found in Licensing Portal

New Citrix Licensing Portal Error Message: “No licenses associated with that License Authorization Code were found. Please check the code and try again or contact Citrix Customer Service.”...

User Name and Password Fields are Missing when Configuring a Newly Installed License Server

The License Server Configuration Tool Window does not have the option to enter the username and password for License Administration Console, after the License Server 11.10 is installed. Background Aftersuccessfully installing License Server 11.10, a License Server Configuration Window appears. Th...

Failed to launch session with the error code “Your session 'AppName' did not launch successfully due to error code 3505. Please contact your administrator for more information about the error.” on Citrix Workspace App During App/Desktop Launch

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. When launching an application or desktop session using Citrix Workspace App, the session fails to...

How to lock Chrome to a single site by using Android Enterprise policies ?

This article mentions how to lock Chrome to a singe site and block other traffic using Android Enterprise policies...

Compositing Engine machine stuck with error "Lifetime validation failed. The token is expired"

Offload compositing getting stuck with error "Lifetime validation failed. The token is expired" and the compositing engine machine gets deleted after 20 mins. ELM fails with error: The compositing engine failed to initialize after "00:20:00". Screenshot:...

Error: No Product Licenses Found on the License Server for the Selected Model

When configuring XenApp 6.5, the following error message is displayed: “No product licenses found on the license server for the selected model”...

Error while downloding the Citrix Gateway Plugin from Downloads Tab of ADC : Forbidden you don't have permission to access

ADC version below 13.0 Error while downloading plugin: "Forbidden you don't have permission to access /vpns/scripts/mac/CitrixAccessGateway.dmg on this server"...

Processes, Logs And Configuration Files Participating in Citrix ADM High Availability

The following processes participate in Citrix ADM HA operations: /usr/local/bin/python /mps/mashbmonit.py This process is run by both nodes. It is responsible for sending and receiving heartbeats and healthchecks. By default, it uses UDP port 5005. The configuration file for this process...

Server Host to Client URL Content Redirection and Validation

When using Host to Client URL Redirectiona specific URL may fail to open on the client as expected and instead open on the VDA. Other URL links will succeed in redirecting properly...

How to Upgrade to License Server 11.x on Windows 2008

This article describes how to upgrade Citrix License server to 11.10 and 11.11.1 on a Windows 2008 Server...

Unable to start VMs in new Hosts - An emulator required to run this VM failed to start

Unable to start VM with vGPOU assigned on HOST with NVIDIA Card. Getting error: vm-start failed: "An emulator required to run this VM failed to start" Internal LOG: Dec 6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-211384: demuinitialize: PLUGIN CONFIG: /usr/share/nvidia/vgx/gridp40-1b.conf,gpu-pci-id=0000:d8:00.0De...

Citrix Cloud Connector Upgrade Waiting on .NET 4.7.2 Prerequisite

Navigate to Add/remove programs If you see the Connector version with anything less than version 6.8.0 The installer logs for the connector will be in the following locations: C:\ProgramData\Citrix\WorkspaceCloud\InstallLogs C:\Windows\Temp\CitrixLogs\CloudServicesSetup You may see an error relat...

Workspace app for ios default display settings

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. What is the default setting for Workspace app for iOS on iPhones? Display settings are not all the...

Master VM Gets Error "The Trust Relatioship Between This Workstation and The Primary Domain Failed" When Trying to Logon to it Using a Domain Account

When trying to log on to master VM using a domain account right after capturing a vDisk from it, an admin user gets error "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed." Resetting or deleting and recreating machine account from PVS console does not resolve issue...

Citrix SDWAN High Availability FAQ

Q: What is the Platform and License Requirement for SDWAN High availability? The Platform and licenses should be same for both devices which participates in HA Q: What protocol and port numbers used by SDWAN for HA communication? SDWAN uses Citrix Proprietary protocol for HA communication and UDP...

The Number of vCPUs Assigned To A Guest Causes VIFs To Go Offline

Increasing the number of vCPUs assigned to a VM will reduce the number of available. For instance 10 vCPUs will have 7 active VIFs but 12 vCPUs will only allow 6 active VIFs...

How to configure NetScaler Gateway in an IPv6 environment.

Customer needs to migrate the NetScaler gateway environment to an IPv6 based networking environment...

Codec H.265 not working in HDX session

H.265 not getting utilized in the HDX session with the below settings: Followed the link: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/receiver/windows/current-release/improve/h-265-video-encoding.html Studio Policy set: 1. Graphic Status indicator - Disabled 2. Moving Image Compression - Disabled 3. Optimize...

Failed to launch session "session_name". Error code: 2523 on Citrix Workspace App During App/Desktop Launch

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. The following error code is returned by the Citrix Gateway to CWA appwhen application/desktop launch...

NOTICE-OF-CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CITRIX SD-WAN 2000 Standard and Premium Edition

Citrix Systems, Inc. announces a Notice of Status Change for the Citrix SD-WAN 2000 Standard and Premium Edition The tables below explain the Citrix SD-WAN life cycle management milestones as well as important information regarding dates and options during this period. The dates and milestones...

Unable to attach from Citrix Files/Quick Edit into Secure Mail

Facing an issue where you open a number of different file types in Citrix Files/Quick Edit and select "Open In" and select "Copy to Secure Mail" and you receive a "Unable to attach file" error in Secure Mail...

Citrix Hypervisor Export Running VM - Export snapshot to file through CLI

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Bidirectional Content Redirection does not work properly with Lingering Session

Repro Steps: 1. Start Internet Explorer on your client machine 2. Type an URL that match with "Allowed URLs to be redirected to VDA" to the address field 3. The local browser is closed automatically when hitting the enter key 4. The published application is started and the redirected URL is opene...

Error: "The underlying connection was closed..." when querying the Monitor Service OData endpoint

Clients that attempt to access data OData or other Citrix Services with TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 fail to establish a connection. Clients using .NET Framework may raise the following error: System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. ---...

Time not getting sync on XenServer with NTP

High NTP offset and jitter while delay is low. This can be seen with "ntpq -p". Offset is the time difference between the local server and remote Jitter is the difference between the last and current offset measurements, thus if it is high, it means that the offset is increasing more over time...

Citrix Product Customer Success Services Eligibility Dates

This article lists Customer Success ServicesEligibility dates for Citrix products formerly known asSubscription Advantage Citrix Product Customer Success Services When you purchase a new Citrix product, your purchase includes a one-year membership in the Customer Success Servicesprogram,...

User getting App Layering error at logon- "This system was not shutdown properly"

When a domain user logs on to an image that has been published by App Layering and the image has User Layers enabled, they may receive an error...

A configuration error occurred. Please try again. When Importing Android Enterprise Enterprise.config file or while enabling Android Enterprise.

A configuration error occurred. Please try again. When Importing Android Enterprise Enterprise.config file or while enabling Android Enterprise...

NetScaler ADC Firmware Release Cycle

NetScaler has announced the following updates to the ADC firmware release cycle. NetScaler ADC Firmware Release Cycle 7 yearwill fall on all versions starting with 14.1 and all subsequent releases. Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 will have feature releases approximately every 8 weeks. Year 4, Year 5,...

App Layering 4.10 - Duplicate-computers-in-the-Sophos console

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Duplicate computers in the Sophos console Attaching screenshots of the behavior:...

How to Enable SSL on Cloud Connectors to Secure XML Traffic

This article describes how to enable SSL on Cloud Connectors to secure XML traffic from the StoreFront server and how to configure your StoreFront site to secure the XML traffic...

WEM agents are not syncing consistently with the WEM broker, only if they are rebooted or if the Norskale Agent Host Service is restarted

WEM agents are not syncing consistently with the WEM broker. Running command "AgentCacheUtility -refreshcache" does not return any errors, and refreshing the VUEMUIAgent either. WEM agents sync only when they are rebooted or if the Norskale Agent Host Service is restarted. The Last Connection...

How to Collect XenServer Guest VM Operation Log

This article explains how to collect XenServer guest vm operation log...

iOS devices failing to enrol via NetScaler after upgrade to 11.1 60.13

After upgrading NetScaler to 11.1 60.13, iOS devices are no longer able to enroll However, Android devices are not affected. iPhone X can enroll but can't access the Store iPhone 7 can't enroll at all Checking the logs, we would be able to see the below, when iOS attempts to enroll: "AAA Client...

Receiver for iOS(Workspace 18.8.0) : iOS user unable to launch app

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 toCTX297149for more information. After receiver upgrade to Workspace, some iOS users unable to launch Citrix application from their...

Mouse not steady in the desktop with relative mouse enabled

Users start a 3-D design application which needs to enable relative mouse in the published Win7 desktop. Unfortunately they found that after relative mouse enabled, the mouse is not steady when attempting to click the icons or buttons in the desktop, and it's flickering within a small range...

Cannot start apps. Please run Reset Receiver to resolve a lockdown conflict for LegacyLocalUserNameAndPassword (error 2320).

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. Getting following error message while trying to launch application...

ELM Upgrade failed because of a failed dependency check for audit-libs-python

When upgrading the ELM you receive a notification that the ELM upgrade failed, and you should revert to your snapshot and try again. That doesn't help. The ELM upgrade process is logged in /var/log/Unidesk/ApplianceUpgrader.log. It's a chatty log, but you can bring it up in an editor vi, nano,...

Windows Store and Sideload apps don't work after reboot when User Layers enabled

A Windows Store or local Sideload app or some other AppX package installs and works fine immediately after installation, when User Layers are enabled in App Layering. However, after a restart, the program fails to start, or flashes a window and immediately terminates...