Configure VMAC on Channel Group

To demonstrate how to configure Virtual MAC on NetScaler Interface Channel LACP or LR. The primary reason for using VMACs is that GARP may not be honored by Layer 3 devices in your Network. This can cause communication issues which will present during fail-over of a NetScaler. The resolution to...

Citrix ADC: DNS resolution fails towards Name servers.

Citrix ADC is unable to resolve DNS. Effective state of the Name server could bedown...

How Do I Set Up Automatic Client Machine Clean Up on NetScaler Gateway?

This article describes how to set up automatic client machine clean up on NetScaler Gateway. Background This article will allow a NetScaler administrator to force clean-up when an user closes a session. You can specify all, none, or any combination of the client-side items. These items are: Cooki...

How to Add StoreFront Site to Client Trust Site Zone

This article explains how to add StoreFront site to client trust site zone, via group policy...

Adobe Reader Recipe

Adobe Reader is used to open and read PDF’s. It is distributed by Adobe. It is easy to install into an application layer...

Client Based Certificate Authentication fails for NS GW with 503 error

The CBA fails with this error : Fetcher : getagclientcert got a fail response 503 - we see the 401 error in the IIS logs below: 10.99.60.190, -, 5/8/2017, 11:22:16, W3SVC1, WIN0215, 10.99.60.31, 170, 1573, 1605, 401, 5, POST, /certsrv/certfnsh.asp, -, 10.99.60.190, -, 5/8/2017, 11:31:44, W3SVC1,...

Device limit per user in Enrollment profiles not being enforced MAM-only

Enrollment Profiles has been set to limit users on specific delivery groups to a certain limit of devices per user. This should prevent people on these delivery groups from activating Secure Hub on more devices than they are allowed. However, these users are still able to activate with no...

Unable to Upload SAML certificate: Error : The Certificate Format is Invalid

Error in the Debug Logs : 2017-05-05T06:36:42.281-0700 | 9079446C4AA9B629 | INFO | http-nio-14443-exec-7 | com.citrix.controlpoint.rest.CertificateMgmtResource | Uploading certificate to be used As : saml . none indicates server cert 2017-05-05T06:36:42.296-0700 | 9079446C4AA9B629 | ERROR |...

How to check Deadlocks in SQL DB and Delete historical data

When you see deadlocks, run the following query to see the deadlocks. Then, a database administrator or Microsoft SQL team can confirm the information...

Error "cannot connect to the hypervisor at <ADDRESS> object reference not set to an instance of an object" when running the XDSW

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, it can fail with the following error: "cannot connect to the hypervisor at object reference not set to an instance of an object" The string will contain the actual URL of the vCenter Server. This issue can appear when the DataCenter name on the VMWare sid...

How to Enable DEBUG Log Level for Syslog Events on the NetScaler

This article describes how to enable DEBUG log level for syslog events on NetScaler. Enabling DEBUG level for syslog events will allow you to capture detailed information that is not recorded by default in ns.log file. Note : The DEBUG level should be disabled upon finishing the troubleshooting...

How to forcibly shutdown VMs from command line

To shutdown VMs that are not responding to a shutdown command from XenCenter or the xe CLI...

Unable to Import Windows 10 Gold Image into App Layering ELM: "Failed scanning a directory for files" because of Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub

App Layering 4.0 - 4.5 : The Enterprise Layer Manager ELM fails while publishing an image. Error: "A failure occurred while importing the Layered Image. Failed scanning a directory for files" Be aware that this article is specifically about NTFS attribute handling regarding files in...

Troubleshooting Retries on Provisioned Virtual Machines

What is a retry? When a target streams a vDisk image, it does so by requesting blocks of data from the PVS server, which in turn replies with the requested data. This data is broken down into several packets called fragments. A retry occurs when a target device requests data from the PVS server a...

Error: "StoreFront Store Service Probe Failed" While Using Citrix SCOM Management Pack for StoreFront

While using the Citrix SCOM Management Pack for StoreFront MPSF, you might come across an error, StoreFront Store Service Probe failed, that triggers an alert in the SCOM Console. Let’s troubleshoot and understand the possible causes and solutions for this error. Possible reasons for this issue...

Notice of Change Announcement for NetScaler SD-WAN 400-SE (Standard Edition), 400-WO (WAN Optimization Edition) and 2000 WS (Windows Server)

Citrix Systems, Inc. announces a Notice of Status Change for the NetScaler SD-WAN 400-SE, 400- WO and 2000 WS products. The tables below explain the Citrix ADC NetScaler SD-WAN life cycle management milestones as well as important information regarding dates and options during this period. The...

Draft folder emails in Secure Mail not syncing with MS Exchange

Q: Users create drafts in Secure Mail but these do not get synced with MS Exchange and viewable in Outlook. After repeated attempts to amend and save the draft it will be deleted without being synced. Is this a known issue? A: With regard to the Draft folder syncing, there are limitation regardin...

NetScaler Double Hop Communication Flow with StoreFront

This article explains how the communication flow works when we configure NetScaler in double hop with StoreFront...

Install XenServer tools silently

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

How does LDAP Authentication work with Kerberos Impersonation SSO?

How does LDAP Authentication work with Single Sign On using Kerberos Impersonation? In this flow, the NetScaler is contacting the KDC after we purged tickets on the KDC, and the NetScaler. 1. The client makes a GET request to the LB vServer. 2. The LB vServer is configured with Form-based...

How to configure PowerShell SDK and execute commands remotely in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x

To configure PowerShell SDK to execute PowerShell commands remotely in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x...

The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error

If you see "The remote server returned an error: 500 Internal Server Error" in any of the Unidesk failure messages, it means there is a problem with an ESX host. Keep in mind that vSphere will route filesystem requests to any available ESX host that has the requested VMFS mounted, including ones...

How to remove "Ghost" NIC devices from Windows

Unidesk 2.X releases before 2.8.3:After Desktops have been backed up and restored to a new CachePoint, the NIC doesn't come up. Even after restarting to apply changes and rediscovering the disks, the driver does not appear to install correctly. This can also happen during layer changes on a...

Unifiltr EventID 3: Unidesk denied an attempt to rename a directory

Your software may report an error attempting to rename a directory, you may receive an error trying to move a folder to the Recycle Bin, and you may see an error in the Windows System event log on an IM that looks like this: Log Name: System Source: unifltr Date: 10/23/2013 9:58:30 PM Event ID: 3...

Invalid password "nsgslbautosync: unable to establish master SSH connection: master process exited"

After changing the RPC passwords on our Netscalers, GSLB synchronization fails. Reverting to the default passwords allows GSLB sync to function. A non-default password is desired. Errors in the ns.log: "nsgslbautosync: Error executing command on gslb site...Reason: Error: Invalid username or...

File upload fails if the file size is Greater than 65k when ssl policy is bound to the ADC LBVIP

Can upload files of size only up to 64K 2. Cannot upload files larger than 64K upload stalls 3. SSL Policy with Action is bound to LB Vserver...

Remove Beginning Section of URL Using Rewrite Policy

Customer is looking for a way to remove a specific section of a URL at the beginning of the path...

Error: "Guided Access Application Unavailable. Please Contact Your Administrator" on XenMobile Enrolled iOS Device

A XenMobile enrolled iOS device will show a"Guided Access App Unavailable. Please Contact Your Administrator.” error on screen and the device may appear to be frozen or locked...

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 Enable Password Expiration Notification on StoreFront 2.x

This article helps you configure StoreFront 2.x server to show password expiry warning message when you connect directly to StoreFront server...

Unable to Launch Applications on StoreFront Through Thin Clients

When the user clicks on the application icon on StoreFront to launch it, nothing happens and the application fails to launch...

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 determine the version of Citrix license server installed

This article describes how to determine the version of the Citrix license server...

XAPI Service unable to start , error : xapi dies but pid file exists.

XAPI Service unable to start. It shows that the it already has a pid and is dead. Looking at the logs xensource.log, you will find INTERNALERROR as below: xapi top-level caught exception: INTERNALERROR: Xmlm.MakeStringBuffer.Error, -372779099 Caught exception at toplevel:...

Applications not enumerating when logging in to Storefront

Applications not enumerating when logging in to Storefront...

Restrict access to certain URLs based on the Source client IP

Restrict certain IPs who should not be able to access certain URLs when they hit the Load balancing virtual server on the NetScaler...

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...

Application Launch Fails Intermittently With Event ID 7

User launches published desktop via Storefront and can see the DesktopViewer. Desktop Viewer closes after a few seconds and logs the following error in the EventLog: Event ID: 1050 Citrix Desktop service connection validation failed on domain "for user" for reason "Deny" followed by Event ID7: "I...

Director does not show Logon Duration for all sessions

When viewing "Average Logon Duration" not all connections are visible...

Alt+Tab Does Not Pass Through the VDI in ICA Session

When pressing Alt+Tab while on a VDI in ICA session Full Screen, the apps show up from the endpoint and not from the VDI...

XenServer Fails to Boot with Boot from SAN Root Disk Multipathing:"Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)"

The XenServer host has recently been updated with a hotfix that updates the kernel. After patching the XenServer host is in a boot loop. During startup there is a message"Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block0,0" followed by a call trace: The initrd file size i...

Error: "There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue" on XenMobile Server

The following error is displayed on XenMobile server logs: There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue The following are the log files: Reading from ./tc1.hprof.old.core...Dump file created Mon Aug 08 08:45:30 PDT 2016OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO:...

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...

Provisioning Services 7.6 :vDisk Imaging using P2PVS

PVS 7.6 : Assistance with Imaging process...

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...

iOS DEP enrollment may fail when updating the trusted anchor certificates used to trust the SSL connection to the MDM server

After you enable iOS bulk enrollment, the upgrade of the trusted anchor certificates may cause the iOS DEP enrollment or re-enrollment failure. The issue may occur when you change from a self-signed certificate to a public certificate, purchase a certificate from a new provider, or move to an...

Error: "FullAdmin or MachineAdmin Permission Required" in XenDesktop Setup Wizard

XenDesktop setup wizard fails with permissions error. "XenDesktop FullAdmin or MachineAdmin permission required"...

How to Reset XMS Administrator Password in Microsoft SQL

This article describesHow to Reset XMS Administrator Password in Microsoft SQL...

Secure Web unable to access Internal Links with Split Tunnel set to ON via NetScaler Gateway

While trying to access Internal Links or external links with Split Tunnel ON, gets error message as: 'Could not find hostname'...

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...