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 Validate If XenServer is Using Bridge or vSwitch for the Network Stack

This article describes how to validate if XenServer is using Bridge or vSwitch for the network stack. By default, XenServer 6.x uses vSwitch as the network stack when the host is installed. At some point, the XenServer administrator might have changed the network stack to Bridge. When attempting ...

How to Export a Virtual Machine to an External USB Drive

This article describes how to export a XenServer Virtual Machine VM to a USB storage device...

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...

Internal Error 2869 when Installing Hotfixes on XenApp 6.x

Errors occur when installing hotfixes on a XenApp 6.0 server usingthe manual method. The manual installation method included: Right-clicking on the .msp hotfix package and selecting Apply Double-clicking on the .msp hotfix package The errordisplayed is a message box with the following dialog:...

Supportability- Remote Support on Android Devices with Samsung Knox

Remote Support on Android Devices are only supported with Samsung Knox. There are two types of remote support one can enable for a Samsung KNOX device: Basic Support: This allows us to view diagnostic information about the device,for examplesystem information, processes that are running, task...

Uninstallation of the Citrix License Server Fails with Error 1722

The uninstallation of the Citrix License Server fails and the following error message is displayed: “Product: Citrix Licensing -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or...

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...

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...

Secure Web: Unable to open 4096-Bit encrypted Web Sites

When we try to access 4096-bit encrypted websites using Secure Web set to 'Tunneled to Internal network' and 'Secure Browse' mode, the website does not launch...

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: "STOP: 0x0000007B ... " After Updating the Virtual Machine Tools on Provisioning Services

After switching vDisk to Private Mode and upgrading the hosting infrastructure’s Virtual Machine tools VM tools, Virtual Machine stops and displays a blue screen with the following stop error: STOP: 0x0000007B Note: This behavior does not occur with Microsoft’s Hyper-V Integration Services...

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...

Target Device Performance and Freezing Issues While Patched into a Cisco Catalyst Line of Switches

Target devices experience intermittent freezing behavior and poor performance while patched into a Cisco Catalyst line of switches...

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”...

Event ID 7026 - The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: Bnistack

On a target hosted on a VMWare Hypervisor and running Provisioning Services Target Device Software 6.0 and later,the target device cannot connect to virtual disk when starting it from the local hard drive.A red ‘X’ appears on the virtual disk status icon in the system tray. In the Event Viewer, t...

How to Enable Receiver Logging to Troubleshoot StoreFront Activation/Provisioning

This article describes how to enable Receiver Logging to troubleshoot StoreFront store Activation/ Provisioning in Citrix Receiver for Windows...

Best Practice for Setting the Citrix Profile Manager Cache File for Provisioning Services Server

This article describes the best practice for setting the Citrix Profile Manager Cache file for Provisioning Services PVSServer...

Registry Settings to Improve High Availability Failover Times for Provisioning Services

Configuring High Availability HA failover in Provisioning Services Server can take one minute or more to actually complete the failover cycle...

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...

POODLE SSLV3.0 Security Issue Workaround for License Server

Citrix Licensing 11.12.1 for Windows might be vulnerable to the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption POODLE vulnerability. POODLE affects older standards of encryption - Secure Socket Layer SSL version 3 but not the newer encryption method Transport Layer Security TLS. Citrix suggests t...

How to Troubleshoot Provisioning Services Server Machine Account Password

This article contains information about troubleshooting the Provisioning Services PVS Server machine account passwords...

How to Create a Designated Update Virtual Machine and Add a Host Connection to Hosts Node

This article explains how to create a designated Update Virtual Machine VM and add a host connection to the Hosts node. Note : This article is part 1 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...

Alternate Method to Reverse Image Provisioning Services vDisks (XenServer Direct VHD Boot)

This article describes an alternate method to Reverse Image Provisioning Services vDisks XenServer Direct VHD Boot. Note : Reverse imaging a Provisioning Services PVS vDisk is not the only way to get a vDisk back to your hypervisor for updates. This article explains the versatility associated wit...

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: "Could Not Logon. Verify your credentials and network connectivity" and "Service unavailable"

Application enumeration fails when the StoreFront server is connected through Access Gateway Enterprise Edition and iOS Receiver 5.7.x for iPad/iPhone. The following error messages are displayed: “Could Not Logon. Verify your credentials and network connectivity.” "Could Not Logon. Service...

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...

Provisioning Services Database Unable to Configure

Provisioning Service database cannot be configured. When configuring the SQL server settings, the following error might appear in the Configuration Wizard log located in C:\ProgramData\Citrix\Provisioning Services\Log: 2013-07-29 14:44:37,864 1 INFO ConfigWizard - ConfigureServices: encrypt the...

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...

Screen Refresh Issues Through a Seamless Pass-Through Session

The screen might not repaint properly because of a poor refresh rate. Therefore, certain areas of the application appear grayed out or distorted. This happens when running an application in seamless mode while utilizing the pass-through client on the server. Manually refreshing the application do...

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...

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...

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...

The Server (Unknown) is Not Trusted for ICA Connections

When trying to launch applications from a published XenApp server desktop, the following error message appears: “Unable to launch your application. Contact your help desk with the following information: Cannot connect to the Citrix XenApp server. The server Unknown is not trusted for ICA...

"Error 1722 . There is a problem with the Windows Installer package" on Provisioning Services

When removing or Installing the Citrix Provisioning Services PVS Server Console or Citrix Provisioning Services PVS target Device X64 from Add/Remove Programs or Provisioning services ISO, the following error message appears: “Error 1722. There is a problem with the Windows Installer package.A...

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...

Vulnerability in License Server and Snap-in for Desktop Studio, aka Heartbleed

Secure Configuration of Licensing Heartbleed Update In response to the recent Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL CVE-2014-0160 Citrix released a security advisory, CTX140605, advising customers of its potential effects on some Citrix Licensing components. As part of the Citrix response to this...

How to Grant Rights to be able to Manage Computer Accounts using the Provisioning Services Console

This article describes how to delegate rights to the user or group to allow adding workstations to an Active Directory ADdomain using the Provisioning Server console. Background While it is possible to assign AD users or groups to Built-In groups within AD to enable this functionality such as...

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...

Repeater RAID Command Usage

This article contains additional information on commands used in breaking, repairing, and monitoring RAID arrays on 85xx/88xx Branch Repeater appliances. Show Summary Status of Arrays Description This command displays the current state of all RAID arrays defined on the Branch Repeater appliances...

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...

Partition Details are Not Displayed After a Clean Install of XenServer 6.x

On a clean install of XenServer 6.0 or later, the detailed partition does not appear for XenServer boot disk when you run the command,fdisk –l. On XenServer 6.0 or later and running thefdisk –l command, following shows the output and does not display any partition details of the booting disk. Pri...

Error "Failed to create the Credential Wallet replication channel" after Upgrading StoreFront to Version 3.0.0.44

After upgrading previous versions of StoreFront to version 3.0.0.44 the following issues can be seen. Event Viewer Applications and Services Logs Citrix Delivery Services log: Level: Error, Source: Citrix Credential Wallet Service, Event ID: 1, Task Category 2302 Error Text:Failed to create the...

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...

How to Reattach a Forgotten Integrated StorageLink (iSL) Storage Repository

This article describes how to reattach a forgotten Intergrated StorageLink iSL Storage Repository SR. Requirements CLI access to XenServer master host XenCenter Access...

Uninstalling or Upgrading from Beta Release of Hotfix Rollup Pack for XenApp not Supported

Uninstalling or Upgrading from Beta Release of Hotfix Rollup Pack for XenApp not Supported...

How to Publish the Printers Folder

This article contains the steps to publish Printers folder. Publishing the Printers folder provides users with a way of changing the printing preferences of their printers, such as paper size, paper type, duplexing options, and so on. Unlike adjusting such preferences within the print dialog of a...

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...

Domain Pass-through to StoreFront Cannot Launch XenDesktop

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How to Export Target Devices into a .CSV File

This article details how to export Target Devices from a Provisioning Services PVS database in a formatted Comma Separated Values CSV file. Requirements SQL Server Management Studio or bcp.exe, both of which are components of a full SQL Server or SQL Server Express install...