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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...
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...
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 Configure NetScaler and StoreFront for Internal and External Connections
This article describes how to configure NetScaler and StoreFront with two NetScaler Gateways, two StoreFront sites, two different subnet IPs, and one URL for both internal and external connections...
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 ...
Configuration for Controlled Access to Different VPN Plugin Through NetScaler Gateway for XenMobile Deployments
Requirement 1: Disable VPN Access for the iOS VPN Client If you configure NetScaler Gateway for use with XenMobile, it includes configuration to enable Secure Web and approved Citrix Apps-enabled applications to access the corporate network. The access is enabled for authenticated users by...
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...
Provisioning Services Boot Process Diagram
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Error: "Cannot Access the Store" When Accessing StoreFront Through NetScaler Gateway
Access to applications work internally however externally accessing the applications through NetScaler Gateway displays the following error: Cannot Access the Store...
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...
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 Prepare Provisioning Services 7.x Master Target Device to be Captured on a vDisk
This article provides the recommended procedure for preparing Provisioning Services 7.x Master Target Device to be captured on a vDisk...
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...
License Acquisition Error 500 Occurs and Workspace Control Fails
Users are unable to connect to XenApp farm and receive the following error message: “license acquisition error 500: Unable to acquire a license from server name server. Please contact your system administrator or open the event viewer for more details." If users connect through Web Interface and...
How to Enable Continuous CDF Tracing in Provisioning Services 7.x
This article describes how to enable continuous CDF tracing in Citrix Provisioning, formerly Provisioning Services, 7.x...
Session Sharing Explained with Troubleshooting Steps
This article explains session sharing and discusses some common scenarios. Session sharing is the ability of a seamless published application to be executed over the same connection as other seamless applications that are already running on the same server, under an existing Session ID of a user...
Provisioning Services Target Device Software Fails to Install
Provisioning Services Target Device Software might fail during the installation with the following error: When you click OK , the following error appears: Reviewing the Event Viewer of the server displays the following errors: “Product: Citrix Provisioning Services Target Device x64 -- Error...
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...
Vdisk shows “No Server” for size in the PVS Console
When viewing a vdisk in the PVS Console the size will show as "No Server". The following error also appears when using XenDesktop Setup Wizard: A required PVS server in the selected site is offline or there is no server assigned to a required store...
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...
Error: Unable to Create Deployment in StoreFront
When creating a new deployment in StoreFront, the deployment fails with the following error: "Unable to Create Deployment " This error is logged in Event Viewer: New Server Deployment Citrix.DeliveryServices.PowerShell.Command.Runner.Exceptions.PowerShellExecutionException: An error occured runni...
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 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...
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...
Unable to Connect to High Availability Enabled XenSever Pool and All Servers in Pool are in Emergency Mode
This article provides resolution to connectivity issues to the pool in XenCenter. Following are some of the issues that you might experience: Cannot connect to the pool in XenCenter Cannot start or migrate the virtual machines, although the virtual machines are active and running. All the servers...
Error: "The Login is from an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be used with Windows Authentication" Appears when Launching Provisioning Services Console
When launching the Provisioning Services Console, the critical error message appears, “Critical Error A database error occurred. Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication.”...
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...
Error: "Cannot upgrade Citrix StoreFront with Receiver for HTML5" when upgrading to StoreFront 2.x
The following error is generated whenupgrading to StoreFront 2.x: "Error Cannot upgrade Storefront for Receiver for HTML5 Use the Citrix HTML5 HDX Engine Configuration tool to remove Receiver from HTML5 from all currently configured Receiver for Web sites. Then, uninstall Receiver for HTML5 and t...
IPC Error when Exporting the vDisk on Provisioning Services
IPC Error when exporting vDisk on Provisioning Services PVS. PVS Console log includes thefollowing errors: ERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - PvsStatusExceptionHandlerERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - return code: 184ERROR EnterpriseAccess.HandlerBase - exception type: PvsStatusExceptionERRO...
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...
Error: "HVM is Required for this Operation" when Trying to Start the VM in XenServer
Example 1 When trying to start the virtual machine VMthe following error is returned: “ There were no servers available to start VM ” The reason is displayed as “ HVM Hardware Virtual Machine is required for this operation ” Example 2 When trying to migrate a Windows VM from one host to another...
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...
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...
Drive Letters Change on the Target Devices when the Virtual Disk Changes between Private and Standard Mode
The local drive letter on the target devices change when a virtual disk changes its mode between Private and Standard. In Private mode the extra disk for write cache is E: and the CD/DVD is D:. When the customer changes the virtual disk to Standard mode, the extra disk for write cache changes to ...
"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...
Error: XDDS:84D81E3A Unable to Read Disk. Failed to create Machine Catalog. Permission to perform this operation was denied.
Error: XDDS:84D81E3AUnable to Read Disk.Failed to create Machine Catalog. Permission to perform this operation was denied" when creating machine catalog...
Provisioning Services Time Synchronization Requirements
The Provisioning Services StreamProcess becomes unresponsive when a time change occurs on the Provisioning Services Server...
Windows Event Codes Generated by Provisioning Services BNIStack
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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...
Using StoreFront Connector to Launch Login VSI Workload
This article provides information about using StoreFront Connector to Launch Login VSI workload. Important : It is assumed that you have an environment setup with StoreFront and Login-VSI configured. Contact theLogin VSIto obtain the StoreFront Connector. Using StoreFront Connector To obtain...
“Cannot connect to the HyperVisor" when connecting to Hyper-V from the Machine Creation Wizards
When trying to connect to SCVMM to enumeratetemplates for Provisioning Services, the following error message appears: “Cannot connect to the HyperVisor at IP address of Hyper-V. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.”...
DHCP configurations for PVS
Citrix recommends DHCP configuration which ensures that a PVS target device receives the same IP address for all DHCP requests during its booted lifespan. The end result should be a target device using the same IP address it received at boot time, for the entirety of its booted lifespan. DHCP...
How to Copy a Virtual Machine From One Storage Repository to Another
This article describes how to copy a virtual machine VM from one type of storage repository to another. The example in this article shows how to copy a VM from local storage to Network File Share NFS storage...
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 Disarm Fencing When Using High Availability in XenServer
This article describes how to disarm High Availability HA and prevent XenServer host from fencing. Disarming HA does not stop HA logging...
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...
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...
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...
CIFS ISO Mount Disconnecting Intermittently
Mounting out ISO from a CIFS ISO Storage Repository SR disconnects intermittently, and causes boot ISOs to disappear and bounced servers unable to boot. The /var/log/messages log is displayed as following: CIFS VFS: No response for cmd 50 mid 3457CIFS VFS: No response for cmd 50 mid 63007CIFS VFS...