How to Create an ICA File with Minimal Parameters

To create an ICA file with minimal parameters set, complete the following procedure: 1. Download theICA file from this article. 2. Copy the content from this file into anICA file. 3. Update theusername orpassword parameter with the relevant username and password that you use in your environment...

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...

How to Successfully Test Citrix StoreFront Beacons Inside a Remote Desktop Session

This article describes how to successfully test the Citrix StoreFront Beacons functionality with Citrix Receiver 3.1 Standard or later when connecting to workstations using a Remote Desktop session RDP. By default, a configured Citrix Receiver 3.1 Standard or later with Beacons and stores always...

How to Fix the Uninstall of StoreFront

This article describes how to fix the uninstall of Citrix StoreFront when installed using a non-English UI. When StoreFront is installed under these conditions, uninstall will fail with error code 1605, erroneously indicating the product is not installed...

Error “The system cannot find the specified file. Error number 0xE0000002” Occurs When Merging vDisk Versions Fails

Merging vDisk versions fails and displays the following error: "The system cannot find the specified file. Error number 0xE0000002." Running mcli run mergedisk –p disklocatorid base=1 displays success on execution, however merged disk doesnot come up on console or store. Management Daemon logs...

BGP Routing and RHI Functionality in NetScaler

This article provides information about BGP routing in NetScaler and some of the sample BGP configurations. It gives a brief overview of the RHI functionality. Route Health Injection RHI The primary purpose of dynamic routing in NetScaler is to communicate the state or health of VIPs to the...

Applying Security Hotfixes to XenServer on NetScaler SDX Appliance with Software Release 9.3 and 10

This article describes how to apply the hotfixes required to remediate the security vulnerabilities detailed in security bulletin CTX134876 -Citrix NetScaler SDX Multiple Security Updates. Determining the Version of XenServer on the NetScaler SDX Appliance To determine what version of XenServer y...

How to Find Maximum Size of IP Data Payload that can Traverse WAN Environment Without Fragmentation

Citrix SD-WAN, formerly NetScaler SD-WAN This article describes how to find out the maximum size of IP data payload that can traverse a WAN environment without fragmentation. Background The CloudBridge acceleration parameters are sent through TCP options, which use the space in the IP data payloa...

USB Support in XenApp/XenDesktop Server Products

This article contains information about USB Support in XenApp. USB Support in XenApp/XenDesktop Citrix support for peripherals attached to a client device is a fundamental functionality leveraged by the Citrix Server Based Computing SBC model. Support for many client-side peripherals exists...

Memory Dump File Not Being Generated on Provisioned Target

While attempting to configure a Windows 2008 target server created by Citrix Provisioning Services to generate a complete memory dump, it was observed that the memory dump file was not being created properly. Following CTX123642 – How to Recover Windows Kernel Level Dump Files from Provisioned...

How to Enable Special Pool Tagging for a Driver

If the stack of a process is overrun by another process, analysis of the dump is not possible because the crash occurs when the original process writes to the kernel space which is already occupied by the other, misbehaving component. Enabling Special Pool Tagging causes the driver to crash as so...

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...

Error: "HTTP Error 404" When Accessing StoreFront Through NetScaler Gateway

Error: "HTTP Error 404" when accessing StoreFront through NetScaler Gateway. This issue surfaces after changing the StoreFront base URL from HTTP to HTTPS. The following is the NetScaler Session Profile snippet:...

StoreFront Displays Incorrect Username

When there are multiple users with the same log on name in different domains, StoreFront displays incorrect name. For example, if the domain names are domain1\jdoe and domain2\jdoe for John Doe in domain 1 and Jane Doe in domain 2, StoreFront displays the incorrect display name when the user from...

Error: "Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure" on Provisioning Services

The Provisioning Services PVS service fails to start with the following error: "Windows could not start the Citrix PVS Stream Service server on ServerName. Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure"...

Best Practices to Uninstall XenApp/Presentation Server on Windows Server

This article contains best practices for uninstalling XenApp/Presentation Server 4.5 on Windows Server. Best Practices Before uninstalling any Citrix Server products, consider the following points: Ensure that all Hotfixes and Hotfix Rollup Packs are removed before uninstalling. Refer to the Hotf...

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 Change XML Service Port When Not Using Default Port

This article describes how to change the XML service port if you are not using the default port in XenDesktop 7.x. and CVAD...

TCP Checksum Interoperability with RFC1624

Customer installed a Repeater 8540 at Data Center and two Branch Repeater 300 appliances at two branch offices for the Proof of Concept POC test. After installation, customers in the branch offices reported that ICA sessions stopped responding from time to time. The session does not respond to...

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...

Unable to Remove Decommissioned Server from StoreFront

Unable to remove decommissioned server from StoreFront deployment using StoreFront GUI and Remove Server action. The console is stuck and the following error appears: “Cannot Remove Server” In this case, in the StoreFront console you might see the following warning message: In addition, the...

How to Deploy Secure Mail Test Tool

This article details how to deploy Secure Mail Test Tool and also covers some of the frequently asked question about this tool...

How to Apply DSCP Marking to CloudBridge Appliance with QoS Enabled

This article explains how to apply DSCP marking to CloudBridge appliance when Quality of Service QoSis enabled. Background Many networking environments use different QoS engine/traffic shaper outside of CloudBridge and hence disable the QoS feature of CloudBridge. Some of the users however would...

Error: "No gateways configured for this service" When Connecting to StoreFront Through NetScaler Gateway

When you access the NetScaler Gateway virtual server, you are presented with the log on screen. After entering the log on details StoreFront does not progress further then the Green spinning circle page. The following error is recorded in the StoreFront event log: A request was sent to service...

Understanding HA fence due to storage

This article describes how to distinguish High Availability HA storage heartbeat fencing from real host crashes. While the majority of HA fencing events occur as regular reboots and leave clear and easily found log statements identifying the event as a fence, there is one particular type of fence...

When to Enable Intermediate Buffering for Local Hard Drive Cache?

Background Enabling Intermediate Buffering improves throughput performance with writing to the write cache drive and can improve target device performance as well. Refer to Buffered Services for additional information on buffered file I/O services. The following are some points to consider before...

How to Upgrade from StoreFront 2.1 to StoreFront 2.6

The sequence of steps to upgrade from StoreFront 1.2to StoreFront 2.5: 1. Upgrade from StoreFront1.2 to StoreFront2.0. 2. Upgrade from StoreFront 2.0 to StoreFront 2.5 or StoreFront 2.6. For more information see the StoreFrontlegacy product documentation. To learn more about upgrading from...

How to Configure QLogic HBA on XenServer

This article describes how to update the parameters of QLogic HBAs with SANSurfer. HBA parameters might need to be adjusted to the correct configuration on XenServer to function as required. QLogic HBAs contain a default set of parameters that will function but might not give optimum performance ...

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...

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...

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

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How to Configure StoreFront to Start Published Desktops in Full Screen Mode

This article describes how to configure StoreFront to start published desktops in Full Screen Mode...

Importing an Existing vDisk in Provisioning Services Console Causes Error

When importing a vDisk using theProvisioning Services PVSServer Console, the error “Invalid disk file for . Cannot add disk” appears. The SoapServer.log displays the following text, if Info level logging is enabled: INFO Mapi.Command - Get UndefinedDisks: Disk is not valid, needs to be a base .vh...

Recommended Operating System Patches for Provisioned Windows Targets

Thisarticle lists recommended operating system patches from Microsoft which have been known to resolve issues within provisioned XenApp and other target environments. Note : The recommended hotfixes within the article might have been superseded with another Microsoft hotfix. Refer to the Microsof...

CITRIX-XML-SERVICE NetScaler Monitor Fails after Installing XenApp 6 Hotfix Rollup Pack 02

The CITRIX-XML-SERVICE NetScaler built-in monitor fails after Hotfix Rollup Pack 2 for Citrix XenApp 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed. However, XenApp continues to work. The following message appears when you view the monitor. "Failure – TicketTag not found in the response" Wit...

Provisioning Services Server Targets Starting with DHCP Blue Screen 0x000000BC with Duplicate IP Error

Provisioning Services Server 6.0 and later Target Devices utilizing Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server OS receiving their streaming IP from DHCP, randomly start up to the Windows splash screen and stop at blue screen 0x000000BC. This error translates to a duplicate network address...

How to Configure Automatic Virtual Disk Updates

This article contains information about how to use the Provisioning Services Automatic vDisk Update process. Background The vDisks assigned to the clients during the Automatic vDisk Update process are new versions of the vDisks currently assigned to the clients; allowing for the automatic...

How to Make the Provisioning Services Server Client Coexist with Third-party Network Drivers

This article describes how to run the Provisioning Server client on a target device along with third-party network applications that also occupy the network device driver stack. Background In the Windows Driver Model WDM, systems manage a device through a linked stack of layered device drivers. T...

How to Mount a CIFS (Windows File System) Share in XenServer Using the Command Line Interface

This article describes how to mount a CIFS Windows file system share in XenServer using the Command Line Interface CLI. Requirements Basic knowledge of Linux Administrator root access to XenServer host using the Command Line Interface CLI Windows username and password to access Windows share to b...

How to Configure XenServer 6.x Multi-GPU Passthrough for XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro Graphics

This article describes how to configure XenServer 6.0 with XenDesktop for HDX 3D Pro Graphics so that a host workstation with multiple graphics cards can be shared by an equal number of concurrent high-end professional graphics users one user per GPU, thereby reducing the cost per user. Hardware...

How to Manually Create a Database for Provisioning Services

This article describes how to manually create a database for Provisioning Services when the database administrator prefers to create the database manually. Requirements The DbScript.exe file located in “C:\Program Files\Citrix\Provisioning Services”. SQL Database Server. SysAdmin privileges to ru...

Error: "Failed to Discover 1 of 1 Volume on the Destination Disk" Or "Failed to Discover 1 of 2 Volume on the Destination Disk"

After running the Imaging Wizard, when the PXE starts again, P2PVS displays the following error messages: "Failed to discover 1 of 1 volume on the destination disk!" Or "Failed to discover 1 of 2 volume on the destination disk!"...

Implementation Guide - High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services

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

SDX Mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to Physical Interface and ethX port Mapping

This article provides information about how to discover the NetScaler SDX mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to physical interface and ethX port mapping. SDX Mapping of Virtual Interfaces on VPX to Physical Interface and ethX port mapping To know the mappings from GUI, navigate to Configuration...

Citrix HTML5 Receiver No Longer Works on Chrome Version 30

When accessing StoreFront from a Chrome browser while trying to launch a published resource using Receiver for HTML5, the following error appears: Cannot reach server. Check your network connection or contact your help desk for assistance...

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...

Recommended Installation Sequence for XenDesktop 4 Hotfixes

This article contains information about the recommended installation sequence for XenDesktop 4 Hotfixes. Note : The PDF file attached to this article shows the sequence in graphic form. Background XenDesktop 4.0 Desktop Delivery Controller DDC software has a number of components, such as Core...

How to Export and Import StoreFront Subscription Database

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

StoreFront Client Proxy Configuration

This article describes how to change the Proxy settings on StoreFront...

Copied vDisk Fails to Start in Private Mode

Provisioning Services Server target devices fail to boot in private mode with the following error: “vDisk file access permission denied ” The error does not occur when the target devices boot is in standard mode...