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...

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...

How to Export and Import StoreFront Subscription Database

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

Error: XDDS:F26A2921 Studio Cannot Contact DDC

After a failed upgrade for StoreFront 2.5 and while repairing StoreFront, Studio lost communication to the DDC. Details Error Id: XDDS:F26A2921 Exception: Citrix.Console.Common.CitrixAggregateException One or more parallel operations failed at Citrix.Console.Common.CitrixParallel.InternalForEachT...

Reconfigure XenDesktop Desktop Studio when Installed as a Standalone on a Remote Server

When you install Desktop Studio by itself on a remote server, that is, without the controller role installed locally, the first time you start the Desktop Studio Console, you are prompted to select which Desktop Delivery Controller DDC you want to connect, as displayed in the following screen sho...

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...

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...

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...

Applications in StoreFront Fail to Enumerate

When using Citrix Receiver running in Mac 11 to log on to StoreFront, the applications fail to enumerate. An internal server error occurs in the client device. The following is the log trace of the issue in StoreFront server: Log Name: Citrix Delivery ServicesSource: WebApplicationDate: 06/02/201...

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:...

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"...

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...

Citrix Receiver is Unable to Create a Secure (https://) Connection in the Browser

When launching applications on Internet Explorer 10 using the Citrix Receiver for HTML5 v1.1, the following error message appears: “Citrix Receiver cannot create a secure https:// connection in this browser. Please try a different browser.”...

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...

How to Configure Email Based Account Discovery on StoreFront

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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...

Provisioning Services Boot Process Diagram

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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.”...

How to Disable C-States and Turbo Mode on Fujitsu Servers

This article describes how to disable C-States and Turbo Mode on Fujitsu Servers. Virtual Machines display memory spikes and intermittent networking issues. Servers might become unresponsive when C-States are enabled, or restart unexpectedly when turbo mode is on. C-States and Turbo are responsib...

Provisioning Services Target Device Fails to Download tsbbdm.bin

Booting a Provisioning Services PVS target device through the Boot ISO method created by the Boot Device Manager utility fails with the following error: "Downloading tsbbdm.bin from FAILED!"...

Provisioning Services Target Devices Start with MAC Address as the Computer Name

When booting, VMware ESX target devices replace computer name with MAC Address...

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...

Error: "Cannot verify database connectivity" on StoreFront

Though StoreFront server is able to communicate to the SQL server over TCP port 1433, when you click Test Connection at the Deploy Multiple Server Group setup Window for StoreFront 1.1, the connection fails with the following message: Cannot verify database connectivity. The connection string...

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 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...

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...

How to Remove a XenServer Slave when it No Longer Exists in the Pool

XenCenter shows the red icon of the XenServer Slave that no longer exists in the pool.You want to eliminate that XenServer Slave but you receive the following error message when you issue the command from XenServer Master xe host-forget of that Slave. "This host cannot be forgotten because there...

Error: "Remote license server is not compatible" after upgrading to XMS 10.8.23

After upgrading the server to XenMobile server to 10.8.23 Unable to access remote licenses...

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...

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...

How to Image a Target Device Using the Imaging Wizard

This article describes how to image target device using the Imaging Wizard. Prerequisites Enable Windows Automount on Windows Enterprise Server operating systems. Disable Windows Autoplay. Remove any virtualization software before performing a conversion. Verify adequate free space exists on the...

How to Backup the XenMobile Database

This article describes how to back up the XenMobile database...

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...

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 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...

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...

LDAP Communication Error on XenMobile Device Manager

The following LDAP communication error appears on XenMobile Device Manager: javax.naming.CommunicationException: simple bind failed: xxxx-xxx-xxx.xxx.xxx.com:666Root exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed:...

Exceeding XenAPI Session Limit Causes Pool Instability

XenAPI Session The session limit of XenAPI process XAPI is 400. When the limit is exceeded, the oldest session is terminated. The oldest session might be active and in use. When the session is terminated, the client using that session gets disconnected without notification. Note : Clients can be...

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!"...

Using Veeam Backup Software on Provisioning Services Server

While running Veeam software to backup Provisioning Services PVS servers, one of the PVS servers display status as Down in PVS server console regardless of whether the stream service is running. The following screen shot shows the server status in PVS console. The following screen shot shows the...

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...

How to Set CloudBridge 2000\3000 SVM Management IP Address Using LOM Port

This article describes how to set CloudBridge 2000\3000 appliance's SVM Management IP address by using the Lights Out Management LOM port. Requirements:- You require a routable remote IP connectivity to the LOM port for Graphical User Interface GUI and access to the Service VM SVM GUI to run the...

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...

Unable to Bind Provisioning Services TFTP Service to Multiple NICs

Target devices on different non-routable VLANs are unable to connect to the Provisioning Services PVS server that has a NIC bound to each of the non-routable VLANs...

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...

VMware vSphere 6 - Citrix Known Issues

Citrix is committed to ensuring compatibility with the latest VMware hypervisor releases. VMware released vSphere 6 in March 2015, vSphere 6 Update 1 in September 2015, vSphere 6 Update 2 in March 2016 and vSphere 6 Update 3 in March 2017. Basic compatibility testing has been performed between...

XenApp Target Device Does Not Respond and Displays a Gray Screen

XenApp Target Device appears to be unresponsive. Background When the Provisioned XenApp server is accessed through the local console, you see a gray blank screen. There are different symptoms reported for the same incident and they are not specific to Provisioning services or XenApp. In some case...

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...

NetScaler 13.1 Build 52.19 is unable to send packets properly on a specific KVM platform.

It has been confirmed that on a specific KVM platform, NetScaler 13.1 Build 52.19 is unable to send packets properly...

Storefront: Citrix Storeweb URL should have custom error page

Redirect StoreFront users to a custom error page, if a page is inaccessible for some reason. Example : If a user tries to access "StoreURL/ Script", it will trigger an unhandled exception and User will get a generic page which suggests steps to add a custom error page. This may be considered a ri...