Elastic layer not available, "no elastic layer assignments were specified"

After publishing an image with Elastic Layering enabled, when you try to connect to a session host, the layer doesn't show up and you get an error in the Application Log in Windows: "no elastic layer assignments were specified"...

Changing DNS information on App layering ELM - 4.x

In 4.x, you cannot update DNS information by going to port 5480 MAIPAddress:5480...

Install XenServer tools silently

To silently install the XenServer Tools and to prevent the system from rebooting...

Create non-persistent vm on XenServer

You can create a non-persistent XenServer VM by setting the VDI param to on-boot=reset VM will reset to original state after each reboot...

How to configure ADFS Claim Rules and StoreFront with Multiple Domains

How to configure ADFS Claim Rules and StoreFront with multiple domains?...

How to Hide a Store from Being Listed During Discovery with Receiver

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 To stop a Store from being listed during the Discovery process with Receiver change the properties of th...

XenServer- Server are in maintenance mode

XenServer are not able to connect to XenCenter...

How to Deploy and Troubleshoot ADC as a SAML IdP or SP

SAML is an authentication method which allows the Client to authenticate to a trusted third party before accessing protected resources. For a SAML setup, the authenticating party is called the Identity Provider IdP and the resource that the user is trying to access is called the Service Provider...

Session launches in HTML5 instead of native Workspace app/Citrix Receiver

When a user attempts to launch a session from the StoreFront website, the session would be launched automatically via Workspace app for HTML5 instead of native Workspace app...

How to change control domain memory using XenCenter in XenServer 7.1 and higher?

This article describes the method to change the amount of memory allocated to the Control Domain using XenCenter...

PVS 7.13: XenServer PVS-Accelerator Introduction and Requirements

Note : This feature is only available in XenServer 7.1 and PVS 7.13 or later. XenServer PVS-Accelerator feature offers additional capabilities for customers using XenServer and Citrix Provisioning Services PVS. With this feature, the read requests from a PVS target device can now be cached on eac...

How to redirect request to different Hostname using Responder Feature of NetScaler

The objective of the article is to make use of NetScaler Responder Feature to redirect the request from 1 hostname to a different hostname. Example: The domain for a company has moved from exampleold.com to examplenew.com Now, even if the users access website.exampleold.com , the request should b...

How to configure SAML Authentication on Storefront with ADFS

This document provides the steps to follow for manually configuring the SAML authentication with Storefront feature...

How to create an SSL Listener/Server Certificate for Citrix Endpoint Management

This knowledge base article guides users through the process of generating an SSL/Server certificate for Endpoint Management 10.x on a Windows server...

How to Configure CEIP / Call Home for the Citrix License Server

Note: This feature is only available in the Citrix License Server 11.14.0.1 Build 19005 or later. Citrix Customer Experience Improvement Program CEIP is now enabled by default during License Server installation. Previously customers had to configure CEIP settings by editing CITRIX.opt or using...

How To Enable Passthrough with Citrix StoreFront and XenApp Services URLs

To configure passthrough for XenApp Services URL / PNAgent Services site on StoreFront...

How to Enable App Interaction Between XenMobile Secure Mail and Microsoft Office Apps

This document will help you understand how the XenMobile managed Secure Mail application will use Microsoft Office application to open the attachments in a controlled and secured manner. Environment Machine| Details ---|--- Active Directory| Win 2012 Certificate Authority| NA SQL Database| MS SQL...

How to Integrate Citrix Gateway with StoreFront for Access with Wyse Clients

This article describes how to integrate Citrix Gateway with StoreFront for access with Wyse clients...

How to configure SAML Authentication using Metadata?

To configure SAML Authentication with StoreFront you can use the metadata support option. This article describes the steps to perform the metadata based configuration...

Citrix Guidelines for Antivirus Software Configuration for Citrix Profile Management

This article provides guidelines for configuring antivirus software in environments using Citrix Profile Management Technology .These antivirus guidelines are not vendor-specific and are independent of the version of Citrix Profile Management deployed, except where explicitly stated. For Citrix...

HTTP Open Redirect Vulnerability in License Server

This article explains the steps required to apply the manual workaround for the issue described in CTX219885 – Open Redirect Vulnerability in Citrix License Server for Windows and License Server VPX. This article is available on our website at the following address:...

UPM 5.2: Getting temporary profiles

Getting temporary profiles...

Director Error "Cannot retrieve data. Data source unresponsive or reported an error".

The following error is seen in the event viewer of the Director server: Log Name: Application Source: Citrix Director Service Date: 1/20/2017 11:05:33 AM Event ID: 5 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: CtxDirector.RepLab.Local Description: The description for...

Published app does not launch when SSO is used. Desktops launch fine.

Using Receiver and Receiver for web, published app wont launch but a published desktop works fine. If user is local admin - it works If signing in with username/password on Receiver or Receiver for web - it works. Event generated on vda host: "non-brokered ica connection request denied because th...

How to configure a session disconnect timer in XenApp 7.x

To set up a time limit so that any session in a Disconnected state is logged off after a predetermined amount of time...

How to Set Up StoreFront with XenMobile Cloud For Providing a Unified App Store within Citrix Secure Hub

This article describes how to set up StoreFront with XenMobile Cloud for providing a Unified App Store within Citrix Secure Hub. Background This article provides instructions on how to provide a unified app store for mobile, Web/SaaS, and Windows applications to end users within Secure Hub...

Unable to add NFS to the XenServer, error : There was an error while attempting to mount the NFS share

Error while adding the storage to XenServer 6.5 There was an error while attempting to mount the NFS share Unable to mount manually, failed with "mount failed reason given by server : permission denied."...

Application Opens Using Local Defaults Instead of Published Application After Logging into Receiver

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. With FTA enabled in Studio, after logging into Receiver, the application will open using the local...

PVS 7.6: Upgrade Error "A system error as occurred error 0x00000103. No more data is available"

Performed an unattended upgrade from PVS 6.1 = PVS 7.6. Then when attempting to promote a version from Maintenance in the 7.6 farm the following error appears in the PVS Console:"Error: a system error as occurred error 0x00000103. No more data is available" It doesn’t matter if the disk has the 7...

Error: The Citrix Broker Service failed to validate a user's credentials on an XML service

WhenDomain Pass-throughis configured, the following is seen in the event log for the StoreFront: Log Name:Application Source: Citrix Broker Service Date: 2/8/2017 7:31:58 AM Event ID: 2100 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: User: NETWORK SERVICE Computer: VDA name Description: The Citri...

PVS fails to connect to database after sql server mirroring failover

SqlException on db open, number = 53, msg = A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections...

Upgrading to StoreFront 3.0.0.45 Fails with ExitCode 1603

Upgrading to StoreFront 3.0.0.45 fails with ExitCode 1603...

Increase RAM for XenServer VM's through Command Line Interface.

Increase RAM for XenServer VM's through Command Line Interface. If the RAM editing option is grayed out through XenCenter...

License Server Error: No Licenses Available for Specified Server Type

When the XenServer is attempted to be licensed you may come across error "The license-server did not issue a license for server "servername" because there were no license for the specified type available"...

vDisks not Synchronized Between the Local Stores of the Provisioning Service Servers.

vDisks are not synchronized properly between the local stores of both PVS servers. Replication Status shows vdisks files missing for some of the versions...

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...

StoreFront Upgrade Failure:"An error occurred creating the snapshot: 'System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot stop CitrixSubscriptionsStore service on computer."

Event ID 0:" Installation of '..\CitrixStoreFront-x64.msi' failed with error code 1603. Fatal error during installation." CitrixMsi-CitrixStoreFront-x64 log file under C:\Windows\Temp\Storefront\ "An error occurred creating the snapshot: 'System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot stop...

"Attach a smart card reader and insert your smart card to log on" When no Smart Card Authentication Present

When using Citrix Receiver to connect to the NetScaler Gateway, StoreFront users get "Attach a smart card reader and insert your smart card to log on" however smart authentication is not configured...

How to Configure NetScaler EPA Expression to Validate if "Windows Update" Date is Within Specific Time Period

This article describes how to configure NetScaler EPA expression to validate if "Windows Update" date of client machine is within a specific time period. Note : The NetScaler should be running version 11.1 as this feature is not present in builds prior to 11.1 builds...

XenMobile: Error during enrollment "could not connect to the server"

During the enrollment for IOS devices you receive the error "Could not connect to the server " during the installation of the Profiles. In the XMS Server debug logs we would see: "UserDeviceLimitExceededException"...

Second profile fails on iOS enrollments - Connection to the server could not be established

Second profile installation failing on iOS device: "Error: Connection to the server could not be established" Device logs: Desc : Profile Installation Failed Sugg : A connection to the server could not be established. Domain : MCInstallationErrorDomain Code : 4001 Server logs: Refused request...

The Connection to "App/Desktop Name" Failed With Status (There is no Citrix XenApp Server Configured on the Specified Address)

Users receive this error when trying to launch externally: "The connection to "App/Desktop Name" failed with status There is no Citrix XenApp server configured on the specified address.."...

How to restrict access to the XenMobile Server Admin console

This will allow us to restrict the access and allow only specific IP addresses to reach the management portal of the XenMobile Server...

What is promiscuous mode for a NIC (interface)

Question: What is promiscuous mode for a NIC interface? Answer: In a network,promiscuous modeallows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. In anEthernetlocal area network LAN, promiscuous mode is a mode of operation in which...

Citrix ADC Gateway EPA Scans Deny Access Randomly With Error Code 12029

Citrix ADC Gateway EPA scans deny access randomly with error code 12029...

Error: "Connection Failed due to Security Policy" on Citrix XenMobile Apps

The following error is displayed on Citrix XenMobile Apps: "Connection failed due to a security policy"...

Attach a smart card reader and insert your smart card to log on

Failed to add store site on Citrix receiver with error "Attach a smart card reader and insert your smart card to log on". The customer did not enable smart card authentication method...

How do I fetch bindings for all NetScaler entities of a single entity type using a single NITRO AP

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How to change the Sync duration of Apple DEP server and Xenmobile 10.x server.

To change the Sync duration of Apple DEP server and Xenmobile 10 server. The default syncduration is 1440 minutes...

How Do I Monitor NetScaler MAS Resource Consumption?

This article describes how to monitor NetScaler MAS resource consumption. Background NetScaler Management and Analytics System is a single unified solution that helps administrators perform various tasks such as infrastructure management, application management, orchestration, and gives complete...