How to Configure a CloudConnector Between Two NetScaler VPX Appliances Using a Wizard

This article describes how to configure a CloudConnector between two NetScaler VPX appliances on different data centers- Data Center A and Data Center B using a wizard. Background CloudConnector is a feature used to build a cloud-extended data center. You can create bridges to connect one or more...

Configuring TCP KeepAlive Values to Improve WAN and ICA to Place ICA Session in a Disconnected State

After an ICATCP session is abnormally terminated, subsequent viewing of the ICA-TCP session in either Citrix Server Administration, mfadmin.exe, Terminal server Administration, or the Management Console, shows the connection in an ACTIVE state not a DISCONNECTED state. This article contains...

VMware vSphere 6 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6 in March 2015, vSphere 6 Update 1 in September 2015, vSphere 6 Update 2 in March 2016 and vSphere 6 Update 3 in March 2017. Basic compatibility testing has been performed between...

Unable to Connect the Secure Web with the Error "Cannot open page"

Unable to open the internal pages from Secure Web. Error"Cannot open page"is displayed...

Cannot Connect to vCenter Through the Streamed VM Setup Wizard to Create VMs

Cannot connect to vCenter throughthe Streamed VM Setup Wizard in order to create Virtual Machines VMs...

Failure to Store Cache on Local Hard Drive

Even after selecting “cache is on device hard drive”, cache is getting stored on the Provisioning Service PVS server. The following screen shot shows the virtual disk status:...

How to Publish an Application Using a Shortcut (.lnk file)

This article outlines two options for publishing shortcuts in the XenApp environment...

How to Modify Network Speed and Duplexing

This article describes how to change speed, duplex, and auto-negotiation on a network interface in XenServer. Requirements Console access required, if reconfiguring the management interface...

Time Zone Database - XenMobile Reference

The TimeZone Tz database, can be also known as IANA Time Zone Database, is a collaborative compilation of information about the world’s time.The TZ column in the attached table is the standard format intended to be used with computer programs and operating systems...

Printing with the Mac 10.x ICA Client Explained

This article provides a brief overview of the printing architecture with the 10.x versions of the Mac ICA Client. Background The Mac 10.x ICA Client is a feature-rich client offering. Many of the same features found with Win32 clients/plug-ins. This includes the ability to autocreate all of the...

How to Evaluate the Read Speeds on the Block Type Storage Repositories for XenServer

This article describes how to evaluate theread speedsof the Storage Repository SR of block device, including LVM, LVM over HBA, iSCSI, NetApp and Dell EqualLogic. Requirements Ensure that the SR is configured properly and for NetApp or Dell EqualLogic type, at least one virtual disk is created...

Error: "Uninstalling StoreFront Failed With Exit code -1" While Uninstalling StoreFront

The following message appears whileuninstalling StoreFront: Uninstalling StoreFront failed with exit code -1...

Identifying Different License Types

This article describes how to identify different Citrix license types. To license a Citrix product, it requires a license code that must be activated or allocated and uploaded to the appropriate environment, such as the License Administration Console, the XenServer or an appliance. License Code...

Understanding Subnet Affinity and Auto Rebalance

This article details the Subnet Affinity and Auto Rebalance features and also provides the best practices for their use. Subnet Affinity When assigning the server and NIC combination to provide a vDisk to target devices, select from the following subnet settings: None: Ignore subnets; use least...

Adding Virtual Machines Created by Machine Creation Services to New Catalog

After deleting the host connection in XenDesktop, desktops created using Machine Creation Service MCS are not visible in the Catalog...

How to Configure a Promiscuous Virtual Machine in XenServer

This article describes how to configure a Virtual Machine VM running on XenServer to behave promiscuously on the network, that is, allow it to see all network traffic on the Physical Network Interface PIF. Certain applications, such as network diagnostic or performance monitoring tools, might...

Recommended Install Order for Preparing Target Device Captured by Provisioning Server to Deploy vDisk

This article contains the recommended order to install or prepare a target device that must be captured by the Provisioning Services Sever to deploy a virtual disk...

Purpose of CMSTART command

This article provides information about the command CMSTART. Purpose of CMSTART command Cmstart.exe is a process that runs when you log on to the XenApp server. It is called by winlogon. It is associated with Wfshell.exe, CltMgr.exe, and Icast.exe files. The cmstart is controlled by the following...

Targets Booting Very Slowly - Windows Splash Seen for over 10 Minutes

New deployment targets taking over 10 minutes to boot. Background Target device gets to the Windows splash and then it takes over 15 minutes to load Windows. After Windows loads, there is no performance problem...

Target Device Fails to Boot on Hyper-V V2

Provisioning Service Target Devices fails to boot when launched from a HyperV v2 host other than the host where the Provisioning Service Server is located...

TCP Ports get exhausted on the StoreFront server

StoreFront refuses to create connections and we get below events : Event ID 4231 : Request to allocate an ephemeral port number from the global TCP port space has failed due to all such ports being in use. Event ID 4227 : TCP/IP failed to establish an outgoing connection because the selected loca...

Error: "vDisk is not available. Please check your network PXE boot configuration and restart Imaging Wizard" or "Red X" on Provisioning Server

After installing the Target Device Software and rebooting the following symptoms can be seen: A Red X is displayed on top of the vDisk Status Applet in the Tray Bar After running the Imaging Wizard and rebooting the following message is shown:"vDisk is not available. Please check your network PXE...

How to Improve the Log on Performance in StoreFront

This article details configuration changes that might improve the log on and application enumeration performance in StoreFront...

Error: "Remote license server is not compatible" after upgrading to XMS 10.8.23

After upgrading the server to XenMobile server to 10.8.23 Unable to access remote licenses...

Error: "Could not update master user list" while changing LDAP Config

Error on XenMobile Server- Could not update master user list error: "Could not update master user list" while changing LDAP Config...

Relating IntelliCache and In-memory Read Caching

Introduced in XenServer 5.6 SP1, IntelliCache is designed to reduce the volume of storage I/O hitting the network and the storage repository SR shared with other hosts. Introduced in XenServer 6.5, in-memory read-caching is designed to reduce the volume of storage I/O hitting an SR and reduce I/O...

Citrix XML Services Configured for Farm Controller Fails to Respond to XML Service Transaction

Citrix XML Services configured for farm Controller fails to respond to XML Service transaction after installing Microsoft KB2919355 on Controllers. Uninstalling the patch KB2919355 on Windows 2012 R2 Controller resolves this issue...

Configure Alternate Addressing in StoreFront

This article describes how to configure Alternate Addressing in StoreFront...

How to Create an ISO Storage Repository by Using a CIFS Share with NTLMv2 Authentication Enabled

This article describes how to create an ISO Storage Repository by using a CIFS share with NTLMv2 authentication enabled. When Group Policy Object GPO of the Windows domain enforces NTLMv2 authentication, you are unable to create the ISO Storage Repository by using XenCenter. The following procedu...

How to Disable C-States and Turbo Mode on Fujitsu Servers

This article describes how to disable C-States and Turbo Mode on Fujitsu Servers. Virtual Machines display memory spikes and intermittent networking issues. Servers might become unresponsive when C-States are enabled, or restart unexpectedly when turbo mode is on. C-States and Turbo are responsib...

Applications in StoreFront Fail to Enumerate

When using Citrix Receiver running in Mac 11 to log on to StoreFront, the applications fail to enumerate. An internal server error occurs in the client device. The following is the log trace of the issue in StoreFront server: Log Name: Citrix Delivery ServicesSource: WebApplicationDate: 06/02/201...

Error: "An error occurred during synchronization" in StoreFront

When trying to synchronize changes on a StoreFront multi-server environment, the following errors are displayed: Error: “An error occurred during synchronization” You might also view errors in the StoreFront Server Console Server Group. Error: “Cannot get valid synchronization state information...

Support for XenApp in Virtualized Environments

This article provides information on support for XenApp in virtualized environments. Virtual servers provide mainframe-class virtual machines on Intel and AMD architecture servers, and are ideally suited for consolidating and partitioning systems in high-performance environments. Citrix supports...

Error: XDDS:F26A2921 Studio Cannot Contact DDC

After a failed upgrade for StoreFront 2.5 and while repairing StoreFront, Studio lost communication to the DDC. Details Error Id: XDDS:F26A2921 Exception: Citrix.Console.Common.CitrixAggregateException One or more parallel operations failed at Citrix.Console.Common.CitrixParallel.InternalForEachT...

How to Replace a Network Interface Card in a XenServer Host

This article describes the procedure to replace a Network Interface Card NIC in a XenServer Host. For example, the procedure can be used to replace a faulty NIC. Requirements The XenServer host must be standalone and not joined to a resource pool. Replacing the NIC used as management interface...

How to retrieve the keystore password needed to renew the HTTPS internal XenMobile SSL certificate

The internal SSL certificate has expired and Mobile Device Management MDM administrator does not remember the keystore password to renew the HTTPS certificate https.p12...

NDIS Filter Driver from Third Party Product on Target Device Interferes with Connection to Provisioning Services

When a Network Driver Interface Specification NDIS filter driver from third party product is installed on the master target device before the image process, a vDisk is not attached and the Provisioning Services agent icon on the system tray shows a red X. This causes an inability to create a new...

How to Enable Promiscuous Mode on a Physical Network Card

This article describes how to enable promiscuous mode on a physical Network Interface Card NIC.In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server that...

How to Enable and Configure the Windows DumpConfigurator Utility to Capture System Dumps

This article describes how to enable and configure the Windows DumpConfigurator Utility to Capture System Dumps. Requirements This utility supports Windows 2003, Windows 2003 64-bit, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 64-bit, and Windows 2008 R2.To download this DumpConfigurator Utility, click here...

How to Configure Logon Point for Access Gateway 5.0.4 with StoreFront 2.5 for Receiver

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How to Export and Import StoreFront Subscription Database

This article explains how to export and import a StoreFront Subscription Database...

Error: "StoreFront Monitor Probe Failed" on NetScaler

StoreFront monitor does not work on NetScaler and displays error "StoreFront Monitor Probe Failed". When http monitor is bound to StoreFront service, 200 OK is received in response and service shows as UP. When https monitor is bound to StoreFront service, it fails with error 404 Not Found...

How to Backup the XenMobile Database

This article describes how to back up the XenMobile database...

Error: "Unable to Create Deployment" on StoreFront

The installation of StoreFront fails and the error message “Unable to Create Deployment ” is displayed on the console: The following are the Event Viewer Errors: Source: Citrix Delivery Services AdminEvent ID: 1Description:...

Implementation Guide - High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services

This article is an implementation guide on High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services...

Citrix Receiver is Unable to Create a Secure (https://) Connection in the Browser

When launching applications on Internet Explorer 10 using the Citrix Receiver for HTML5 v1.1, the following error message appears: “Citrix Receiver cannot create a secure https:// connection in this browser. Please try a different browser.”...

How to Configure Windows 2003 Network File Share as Authenticated Storage Repository for XenServer

This document describes how to configure Windows Server 2003 Release 2 Server Network File Share NFS as an authenticated storage repository for XenServer. The NFS component is only included in Windows Server 2003 Release 2. If you do not have this edition, you can achieve the same results by...

How to change from NIC adapter e1000 to VMXNET3 for PVS streamed VMs

This article explains how to change from NIC adapter e1000 to VMXNET3 for PVS streamed VMs...

How to Use Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Activation with Automatic Updates

This article describes how to use Multiple Activation Key MAK Windows OS Activation with Automatic Updates. Note: For Provisioning Server 6.x and 7.x environments, using vDisk versioning is the preferred method to update MAK-enabled image. MAK activation for Microsoft Office products isNOT...

How to Create an Update Task to be Performed at a Scheduled Time in Provisioning Services

This article explains how to create an update task to be performed at a scheduled time. Note : This article is part 3 of the three articles on how to manage vDisk for automatic updates. 1. CTX137757 – How to Create a Designated Update Virtual machine and adding a Host Connection to vDisk Update...