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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...
vDisk Inactive State with Broadcom Network Cards
After installing Citrix Provisioning Services Server Target Device Software on a client computer that has a Broadcom Network Interface Card and restarting the target device, the Provisioning Services PVS status in the system tray displays Inactive. After initially installing the Target Device...
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...
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...
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!"...
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 Note : The recommended hotfixes within the article might have been superseded with another Microsoft hotfix.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...
PVS SOAP Service Crashes After Running the Auto Update
Provisioning Services Simple Object Access Protocol service crashes after running the Auto Update. The Auto Update feature in Provisioning Services PVS allows a master target to receive an update and roll it out to the target devices. The completion is signaled to the Windows Application log by a...
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...
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...
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...
CloudBridge Virtual WAN Gateway Mode and Inline Deployment Steps
This article provides step-by-step procedure in configuring a CloudBridge Virtual WAN appliance in Gateway mode based on a sample network setup...
Provisioning Services Console Error is Displayed During KMS Activation
When changing a virtual disk vDisk in private mode to KMS activation and then changing the mode to standard image modeor changing the activation procedure to KMS for a vDisk in standard image mode, the following error message appears, which can be seen in the console.log when in debug level or in...
How to Configure StoreFront and Smart Card Authentication for Internal Users using Stores
This article describes how to configure Citrix StoreFront 2.0 and Smart Card authentication using Gemalto .NET cards against stores for internal users. Requirements The following components are needed to allow users connectthrough Smart Card to StoreFront: Citrix StoreFront 2.x Citrix Receiver fo...
Session Appears Down in XenApp Farm and Csrss.exe Process Remains Active in Session
Session appears in astate in the XenApp farm. Csrss.exe process remains active in the session. This generally means that the session had problems on logoff and remains hung until it is manually terminated or the server is restarted. Additionally, if the server has sessions in this state and is...
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...
Considerations for Connecting XenServer to the Switch Ports
This article contains information about connecting XenServer to a switch. Background Switch ports must be configured differently for a XenServer host as opposed to a standard computer. The following considerations are recommended when connecting a XenServer to a switch: If using Spanning Tree...
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...
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...
XenMobile XNC not Displaying in the ActiveSync Logs
The Allow or Deny entries are not appearing in the logs for XenMobile NetScaler Connector XNC program on XenMobile...
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:...
After importing of an OVF package from a VMware environment Virtual Machine Fails to Boot with STOP 7B or 'Device Does Not Exist'
After importing of an OVF package from a VMware environment, a Windows virtual machine fails with a STOP 0x0000007B error, or a Linux virtual machine does not boot because a device /dev/sda1 for example does not exist. On a Windows virtual machine a STOP 0x0000007B error occurs. On a Linux virtua...
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...
IPC Error While Validating Provisioning Services Store
Multiple Provisioning Services Servers in the farm come with an IPC error when trying to validate the store path except on the server you are running Provisioning Services Server console: When validating the store, following error appears in the console Log:...
Provisioned Target Devices are Acquiring Multiple IP Addresses During Boot Process
Provisioned Target Devices acquiring multiple IP addresses on a same NIC while booting up, thus leading to IP address exhaustion on a DHCP server. The following error message might appear: "A duplicate IP address was assigned to this machine while attempting to boot from the network. Stop code:...
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...
Changing Farms Using the CHFARM Utility
This article provides guidelines and alternate references for the use of Change Farm command CHFARM within a Citrix environment. CHFARM Usage The CHFARM utility is used to change the farm membership of a Citrix Server. Background You can use the command line CHFARM when you want to modify the far...
Desktops Do Not Register using XenDesktop and Provisioning Server
When using XenDesktop with Provisioning Service, the desktops do not register. Note : XenDesktop might try starting all the machines in your desktop group on the VDA Event Viewer: Under Application: Desktop Service - Failed to start WCF services. Exception Log on Failure due to unknown user name...
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 Configure XenServer to Send System Alerts through Authenticated SMTP Servers
This article describes how to configure XenServer to send system alerts through SMTP servers that require authentication. Requirements Administrative access to a XenServer host console either directly, through SSH, or by using theConsoletab in XenCenter. Background Customers can configure XenServ...
Domain Pass-through to StoreFront Cannot Launch XenDesktop
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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...
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...
Provisioning Services Target Devices Start with MAC Address as the Computer Name
When booting, VMware ESX target devices replace computer name with MAC Address...
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 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 Mount and Unmount a vDisk Version from the Command Line Interface
This article describes how to mount or unmount a vDisk version from the Command Line Interface. Background CVhdMount utility is used to mount and unmount a vDisk version...
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 Configure an External SSL Certificate for XenMobile Device Manager 9.0
This article provides information on how to configure an external SSL Certificate for XenMobile Device Manager XDM. The procedure in this article should be used during new installations or certificate renewals with the same FQDN – new installations that are set up with internal self-signed...
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...
“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.”...
Error: "Max Number of DHCP Retries Exceeded" when Provisioning Services Target Devices are Unable to Boot from PXE
Provisioning Services PVS target devices are unable to boot from PXE with an error: "Max number of DHCP retries exceeded" This failure occurs very early in the boot process when the PXE client sends a Discover packet to the broadcast domain to find a DHCP server...
Errors: "Failed to Snapshot", "VSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_SUPPORTED"
When attempting to build an image from a Windows7 or Server 2008 Virtual Machine VM with Imaging Wizard or P2PVS, the following error message is displayed: "Failed to Snapshot" Imaging Wizard/P2PVS log shows the following error message: "VSSEVOLUMENOTSUPPORTED" and terminates with an error messag...
Access Gateway Platform or Universal Licenses Not Reflecting on a NetScaler Appliance
After applying the Access Gateway Platform or Universal license, the ICA Users show zero, or maximum Access Gateway users allowed count does not increase as shown in the following screen shot:...
How to Test a Network Throughput Using Iperf
This article describes how to test a network throughput using Iperf. Iperf allows administrators and engineers to test throughput between any two hosts, including physical systems and Virtual Machines VMrunning on XenServer. Requirements Iperf for Windows Download a copy of Iperf for Windows. Thi...
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...
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...
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...
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...