Citrix has released a new CTX article describing the support for VMWare vSphere 6.0 and their software stack.
Check this article for the latest support for the various Citrix Software: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200969
Citrix has released a new CTX article describing the support for VMWare vSphere 6.0 and their software stack.
Check this article for the latest support for the various Citrix Software: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200969
This article describes how to enable continuous CDF tracing in Provisioning Services 7.0.
Requirements
Background
With the introduction of Provisioning Services 7.0, the Provisioning Services logging mechanism has changed from persistent log files to CDF tracing. Provisioning Services no longer logs streaming event to a log file. You must configure CDF tracing to capture persistent logging for determining the root cause of a problem.
Procedure
To enable continuous CDF tracing in Provisioning Services 7.0, complete the following procedure:
CDFMonitor runs as a service that persists even after the server restarts. Continuous CDF trace is then captured on all modules. The trace file will grow to 100 MB in size and will rotate between five files. The moment the CDFMonitor service is restarted, a new CDF trace file is created.
Download
You can read more instructions and download the special CDFMonitor.exe here.
We as Citrites (Citrix employees) are encouraged to write KB articles for the Citrix knowledgebase (support.citrix.com). The following article I’ve written when I came across the issue and saw it wasn’t documented.
When stopping the Stream Service on a given Provisioning Server it can render some (but not all) target devices connected to that particular server unresponsive since the failover to other servers does not occur.
If you look at the stream process log (which can be found on the PVS server in C:ProgramdataCitrixProvisioning Serverlogs), you may find these entries: Continue reading “Stopping PVS Stream Service can Render Target Devices Unresponsive”
Citrix has released a new hotfix for Provisioning Services 5.6 SP3 today.
Hotfix CPVS56SP3002 has the same fixes as hotfix CPVS60019 also released today.
Console Issues
To address this issue in its entirety, you must install both a Server and a Console hotfix that contains Fix #LA2756.
<cat_pvs_console>[#LA2756] Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS56SP3002 for Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP3”
Citrix has released hotfix #19 for Provisioning Services 6.0.
Here are the fixes in this release:
Server Issues
<cat_pvs_server>[#LA2360] Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS60019 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0”
PVSDataTools is a set of tools used to collect and parse data from a Provisioning Services (PVS) Server to assist in troubleshooting an issue. PVSDataTools contains two tools: PVSDataCollector and PVSDataParser.
PVSDataCollector v1.2.2
The PVSDataCollector collects the following information from the PVS Server:
Provisioning Services has the ability to run a Target Device from a vDisk in Standard Image Mode, meaning that the vDisk is in a read-only state.
Changes to the vDisk are stored in one of three locations:
Changes to the disk are not persistent and are lost if the Target Device is rebooted.
Q: So if a Target Device is accessing a vDisk in Standard image mode, where is the “debug” or “trace” log written to? Indeed, can one take a trace from a PVS Target Device? Continue reading “How to enable advanced logging in Provisioning Services 6.1 including Target Devices”
Previously hotfixes for all Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 components were delivered as loose binaries and that resulted in overhead for customers and required many manual steps to track and deploy the hotfixes correctly. To improve the customer experience, the Server and Console hotfixes will now be provided as an installation package only. The advantages of having an installer include:
For the Target device, based on the customer feedback we will continue to only provide loose binaries as a flexible deployment option.
Packaging Policy Continue reading “Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 hotfix packaging policy”
Citrix has released a new hotfix for Provisioning Services 6.1 Hotfix 17 is the latest one and here’s the small fix list:
Note: To enable this fix in its entirety, you must also install XenServer Hotfix XS61E010 or its replacement hotfix.
[From PVS610TargetDeviceWX86017, PVS610TargetDeviceWX64017]<cat_pvs_targetdevice>[#LA3362]
You can download the hotfix here.
When trying to add a new vDisk image in the Provisioning Server, it finds the image, but cannot add the image.
The Console becomes unresponsive for over a minute and then displays the following vDisk error message: “Error Partial Error”
Continue reading “Error: vDisk Error Message in Provisioning Server ” Error Partial Error “”