Tag: Provisioning Services

Citrix planning guides for XenApp/XenDesktop/Provisioning Services

Citrix has released 3 planning guides yesterday.

XenApp and XenDesktop printing guide,

XenDesktop and Hyper-V planning guide,

Provisioning Services networking planning guide,

High availability for XenApp and XenDesktop planning guide (new per 19-sept-2012).

Enjoy reading.

New hotfix CPVS60E017 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This Hotfix addresses the following issue reported against Provisioning Services 6.0 Release (with Hotfix CPVS60E013 installed):

BG-336256: When a target is set to use the gateway IP from DHCP, which is blank, a “0.0.0.0” gateway is configured for the PVS interface(s) overwriting the blank gateway entry of DHCP.

Replaces: Hotfix CPVS60E014- For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0. CTX133517

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server and target device.

• Hotfix CPVS60E013 – For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 (CTX133148), must be applied before installing this hotfix.

To install this hotfix:

1. Download the hotfix package from the Hotfixes and Service Packs page of the Citrix Website.

2. Copy the hotfix package to an empty folder on the hard drive of the server you want to install the hotfix from and unzip the file.

INSTALLATION

The hotfix folder includes the following two subfolders:

target32bit (32bit Windows installation)

target64bit (64bit Windows installation)

Please check your Provisioning Services target device for system type and select the correct subfolder to apply the hotfix following the procedure described below. Continue reading “New hotfix CPVS60E017 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0”

How to manually create a database for Provisioning Service

This article describes how to manually create a database for Provisioning Services since in some production environments the database administrator prefers to create the database manually.

Requirements

You must utilize the DbScript.exe file located in “C:Program FilesCitrixProvisioning Services” and then run the script against the SQL server that your Provisioning Services Farm utilizes. Note: You must have SysAdmin privileges to run this script properly. If you encounter any issues when running the Provisioning Services Console after creating, add the account utilized by the Soap and Stream to the local admin group on the Provisioning Services server.

Procedure Continue reading “How to manually create a database for Provisioning Service”

Hotfix CPVS61E015 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1

Citrix has released a new hotfix.for it's Probisioning Services product. This fix resolves a couple of bugs reported. Here's an overview of the bugs fixed and how to install-uninstall this fix.

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This hotfix addresses the following issue reported against Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 Release:

BUG0283754 On x64 OS target devices shut down after 30 minutes while waiting for SCCM 2012 updates

BUG0283755 Application packages created for the Image Update Service target devices are not detected by PVS agent and hence not installed.

Installing and Uninstalling this Hotfix

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server.

To install this hotfix:

1. Download the hotfix package from the Hotfixes and Service Packs page of the Citrix Web site.

2. Copy the hotfix package to an empty folder on the hard drive of the server you want to install the hotfix from and unzip the file.

INSTALLATION

The hotfix must be installed on the master target device.

The hotfix includes the following files:

Target Device installation packages:

  • PVS_Device.exe
  • PVS_Device_x64.exe

Steps to install the hotfix on the Provisioning Services master target device:

If the target device software has not been installed on the master target device, you can use the target device installation packages included in this hotfix package:

1. Boot the master target device to the local hard disk.

2. Execute the appropriate version of the installation executable, you must have local administrator privileges to install the target device software:

a. if you are running a 32 bit system execute “PVS_Device.exe”

b. if you are running a 64 bit system execute “PVS_Device_x64.exe”

3. Use Imaging Wizard to create the vDisk image (for details, refer to Using the Imaging Wizard to Create in the Installation and Configuration Guide).

To uninstall this hotfix:

Uninstall the target device software?

Download the hotfix here.

 

Hotfix CPVS61E014 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1

Citrix has released 2 hotifxies for Provisioning Services 6.1. CPVS61E011 and CPVS61E014. Issues resolved in hotfix CPVS61E011 can be found here.

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This hotfix addresses the following issues reported against Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 release:

BUG-331252: PVS Console crashes when doing Copy/Paste of server or vdisk properties.

BUG-331465: PVS Console does not allow you to alter the vdisk description after the vdisk is created.

BUG-331474: When exporting vdisk versions and importing into new store, the previous merge base cannot be deleted by using the PVS console. You do not get the option to delete the merge version as you do on the original store. Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS61E014 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1”

Best practices for upgrading to vSphere 5 in a Citrix Provisioning Environment

Summary

This article describes the steps for upgrading to vSphere 5 in a Citrix Provisioning environment.

Requirements

  • A working Provisioning Services environment.
  • Admin access to Provisioning Services server.
  • Admin access to Provisioning Services targets.
  • Rights required to make changes to target devices and the host.

Procedure

  • Reverse image vDisks.
  • Change NIC on target to VMXNet3.
  • Enable Interrupt Mode in Bootstrap used by target devices.
  • Upgrade host ESX server(s) to vSphere 5.
  • Upgrade VMware tools.
  • Reinstall Provisioning Services target software.
  • Create image of updated machine.
  • Reinstall XenDesktop Virtual Desktop Agent (if installed) while vDisk is in Private Mode.
  • Note: You can change vDisk to standard mode and deploy to targets.

Read the original article here.

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:

Continue reading “Provisioning Services Target Device Software fails to install”

Provisioning Services 6.0 hotfix 16

Citrix has released a new hotfix for Provisioning Services 6.0 (CPVS60E016).

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This hotfix addresses the following issue reported against Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 release:

BUG0314474 Streamprocess randomly crashes when handling targets login

Replaces: Hotfix CPVS60E015 – For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0. CTX134002

Installing and Uninstalling this Hotfix

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server.

• Pre-requirement: Hotfix CPVS60E013 – For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 (CTX133148), must be applied before installing this hotfix.

To install this hotfix:

1. Download the hotfix package from the Hotfixes and Service Packs page of the Citrix Web site here.

2. Copy the hotfix package to an empty folder on the hard drive of the server you want to install the hotfix from and unzip the file.

Steps to install the hotfix:

INSTALLATION

The hotfix folder includes the following two subfolders:

server32bit (32bit Windows installation)

server64bit (64bit Windows installation)

Please check your Provisioning Services server for system type and select the correct subfolder to apply the hotfix following the procedure described below.

1. From the Provisioning Services server machine, stop “Citrix PVS Soap Server” and “Citrix PVS Stream Service” from the Computer Management’s “Services” control panel.

2. From the Provisioning Services installation directory (Default is C:Program FilesCitrixProvisioning Services), backup the following file:

StreamProcess.exe

3. Copy the following files included in the selected hotfix subfolder to the Provisioning Services installation directory, make sure you copy from the appropriate subfolder (“server32bit” or “server64bit”) for your server machine type:

StreamProcess.exe

PVS6.0_hf314474_x_manifest.md5

where “x” is 32bit or 64bit depending on the system.

4. Restart the “Citrix PVS Soap Server” and “Citrix PVS Stream Service”.

To uninstall this hotfix:

Follow the same procedure for installation replacing the new files with the original files backed up.

How to Update a vDisk Using vDisk Update Management in Provisioning Services 6.x

This article describes how to use the vDisk Update Management feature in Provisioning Services 6.x and how to test the image prior to configuring it for a production environment.

Requirements

  • A working Provisioning Services 6.x environment
  • Access to Provisioning Services console
  • Access to hypervisor console with rights to create a new virtual machine from a template

Procedure

To use vDisk Update Management feature in Provisioning Services 6.x, complete the following procedure:

When using the Provisioning Server Services Configuration Wizard to join an existing Farm, the Farm is not listed in the available Farm names

Symptoms

When using the Provisioning Server Services Configuration Wizard to join an existing farm, the farm is not listed in the available farm names to join.

Cause

This might occur because of the following two reasons:

Issue 1 The account used to run the Provisioning Server Services Configuration Wizard has a database server login but does not have permission to the Provisioning Server database the user wants to join.

Issue 2 The account used to run the Provisioning Server Services Configuration Wizard is not a member of a group specified in the security tab in the farm properties.

Resolution

Issue 1

  • In SQL management studio, under server security, access the relevant login properties.
  • Click User Mapping
  • Select the Provisioning Server database you need access to.
  • Under Database role membership, select at least the db_datareader database role.

Issue 2

In the Provisioning Server console, access the farm Properties and add the relevant group under both Groups and Security tabs.

Read the entire article here on the Citrix knowledgebase.