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...

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...

Usage of Service SIDs and IIS Application Pools in StoreFront

This article contains information about the usage of Windows Service account SIDs and Application Pool Identities to secure Receiver StoreFront. Requirements Ensure that the existing infrastructure supports the StoreFront system requirement mentioned in the following link: System requirements for...

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...

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: "The system was not configured correctly"” Appears when Provisioning Services Console Fails to Connect to Farm

The Provisioning Services Console fails to connect to the farm and displays one of the following error messages: “The system setup is not correct.” or "The system was not configured correctly" The Event logs register a series of Event 11 with StreamProcess as the source: “Cannot establish a...

IMA Fails to Start with Error Code 2147483649

The IMA Service might sometimes fail with error code 2147483649. Failed to load plugins imapsss.dll, imaruntimess.dll, 80000001h...

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...

Store Configuration by Server Based Discovery Fails

When attempting to configure Receiver Stores by entering in address of StoreFront server in Email/Server Based Discovery dialog, the following error appears: "Your account cannot be added using this server address. Make sure you entered it correctly. You may need to enter your email address...

Setting vDisk Boot Menu as a Default Option

This article describes how to enable the first menu option as the default boot choice without prompting when vDisk boot menu appears. Background A Provisioning Services vDisk boot menu appears when the user is starting a provisioned Virtual Machine, but the user wants the Virtual Machine to start...

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...

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 Configure SQL Instances in XenMobile Server with custom port

This article provides information on how to install XenMobile Server XMS 10 to be configured on a SQL Instance with the custom port. Prerequisites Knowledge of SQL service accountcredentials with the appropriate role. Knowledge of SQL Server FQDN or IP. Knowledge of custom port for the SQL instan...

Sessions Disconnecting on XenDesktop 7.x and NetScaler 10.x with Session Reliability Enabled

Session Reliability is configured and enabled and when user connections are going througha NetScaler 10.x Device their sessions aredropping or disconnecting. By-passing the NetScaler 10.x device allows user sessionsto not disconnect or drop. Disabling the Session Reliability feature also allows...

Error: "The domain/user does not have access to the farm" when Accessing the Management Console

Administrator account is not able to access the management console and it generates error, "the domain/user does not have access to the farm"...

CloudBridge Virtual WAN PBR Mode and Inline Deployment Steps

This article depicts a step-by-step procedure to configure two CloudBridge Virtual WAN appliances: Data Center Appliance in PBR mode Virtual Inline Mode Branch Appliance in Inline mode...

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...

Pass-through Authentication Might Fail Starting Publish Desktops with StoreFront and Desktop Viewer

Pass-through authentication to StoreFront does not work when starting XenApp published desktops. When users log on to the client workstation with Windows Active Directory AD credentials, the Receiver starts and successfully passes the user credentials to the configured Store and displays availabl...

When Load Balancing StoreFront on NetScaler all Connections Go to One Server in NetScaler Gateway Set Up

StoreFront servers are not load balanced; all connections go to one server in NetScaler Gateway set up. Following is a screen shot of the status of load balanced servers:...

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 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 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...

Error: "Invalid disk file for [vDisk name]. Cannot add disk" when Importing vDisk

When importing vDisk, the following error appears: “Invalid disk file for vDisk name. Cannot add disk” After clicking OK, the following error appears: “The scan did not find any new vDisks”...

When Failing Over to a SQL Mirrored Database, the Provisioning Server Shows as Offline and is Unable to Connect

When failing over to a SQL Mirrored Database, the Provisioning Server shows offline and is unable to connect...

Provisioning Services: Service Account Permissions and Configuration for Accessing PVS SQL Database

This article provides a description on how different service accounts should be configured to grant adequate SQL permissions. Service Account Configuration for Accessing SQL Service users are the accounts under which the Stream and Soap services run on a Provisioning Services PVS server which nee...

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...

Error: 'An error occurred during upload.' While Attempting to Add Licenses through the License Management Console

Certain license files cannot be imported using the Citrix Licensing Management Console. When trying to import these files, the console reports an error message: "An error occurred during upload." Thisissue only occurs whenthe Citrix Licensing Management console is run on Windows Server 2008...

Troubleshooting 1003 and 1004 Terminal Server Licensing Errors

Summary This article contains information on troubleshooting 1003 and 1004 Terminal Server licensing errors. Users attempting to connect to a XenApp server might experience the following Terminal Services related errors in the Event Log: Event ID: 1003 Source: TermService Type:Information The...

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...

How to Remove a Server from a XenServer Pool that Contains Only One Host

This article describes how to remove a server from a XenServer pool that contains only one server. The procedure to remove servers is also described in the XenCenter help. When you remove a server from a pool that contains only one server Pool Master, the pool will be deleted and the Pool Master...

Random Application Fails When Using Standard Image Mode with the "Write Cache on Target Hard Disk" Option

Random application fails when using Standard Image mode with the Write Cache on Target Hard Disk option...

FAQ: Fail-To-Wire Feature in CloudBridge 2000 and 3000 Appliances

This article is an FAQ on the Fail-To-Wire FTW functionality found in the new Citrix CloudBridge 2000 and Citrix CloudBridge 3000 appliances. Q: What is the supported software release? A : The FTW feature is supported with the following software releases: SVM build: NS 10.0.72.5007 CloudBridge...

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...

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"...

Error 1603 Occurs When Installing Hotfix Rollup Pack 2 on XenApp 6.0

Error 1603 occurs when installing Hotfix Rollup Pack2 on XenApp 6.0. Troubleshooting Methodology The Technical Support Engineer completedthefollowing steps to resolve the issue: Enabled msi logging and attempted the hotfix rollup pack install again. Error 1603 occurred. Examined the msi logs; the...

Implementation Guide - High Availability for TFTP with Provisioning Services

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

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...

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...

Error: The Pool Failed to Enable External Authentication in XenServer

When attempting to enable external pool authentication in a XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 pool, the operation fails with one or more of the following errors: “Error: The pool failed to enable external authentication.” “Error: Enabling Active Directory Authentication on pool '' - Could not enable...

Virtual Desktop Agent Registration with Controllers in XenDesktop

Virtual Desktop Agent Registration with Controllers in XenDesktop. Event ID: 1022 Event ID: 1001 For successful installation, re-install Virtual Desktop 5.5. After the installation is successful, the following message is displayed: “Unable to initialize new components. The machine will register a...

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...

Windows Event Codes Generated by Provisioning Services BNIStack

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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...

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...

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...

Unattended Installation of XenServer Tools

This article describes about the unattended installation of XenServer Tools using Microsoft’s Windows Installer program, msiexec. Background XenTools delivered with XenServer 6.1 version are able to make use of Microsoft’s Windows Installer program, msiexec. One of those is a way to install...

How to Introduce a Local Storage Repository in XenServer

This article describes how to introduce a local Storage repository SR on XenServer. The XenServer database has become corrupt or your XenServer does not see the local SR...

Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 for XenApp 5 2008 - Features and Enhancements List

This article describes Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 for Citrix XenApp 5 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 is cumulative - it can be installed on top of the XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2008 base product, on top of the first Feature Pack, Feature Pack 2, or Feature Pack 3. HRP01...

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...