Tag: PVS 6.1

How to enable advanced logging in Provisioning Services 6.1 including Target Devices

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:

  • RAM cache
  • Target Device hard drive (Local hard drive which rules out Thin Clients)
  • Server side cache, using disk space on the Provisioning Services Server

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”

Hotfix CPVS61E016 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1

Citrix has released a new hotfix for Provisioning Services 6.1. This hotfix contains fixes for the console, server and target device software. Here’s what’s new in all three categories:

Console Issues

  1. In VMware ESX deployments, the XenDesktop Setup wizard can throw an exception, preventing users from setting up templates and machines properly.

    [From PVS610ConsoleWX86016, PVS610ConsoleWX64016][#LA2499]

  2. Selecting the Streamed image with Personal Vdisk option of the XenDesktop Setup wizard results in the creation of a fixed disk rather than a dynamic disk.

    [From PVS610ConsoleWX86016, PVS610ConsoleWX64016][#LA2501]

Server Issues Continue reading “Hotfix CPVS61E016 for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1”

Citrix Provisioning Service 6.1 Target Device hotfix lnstall guide

Important Note: Target Device hotfixes can be deployed only on the Master Target Device. You can install Target Device hotfix on a device that has not been imaged to a vDisk as a fresh installation, or on a device that has been imaged to a vDisk as an upgrade installation.

For fresh installations, see eDocs, the Citrix product documentation library.

For upgrade installation, complete the following steps:

Uninstalling Provisioning Services from the Original Hard Drive on Master Target Device Continue reading “Citrix Provisioning Service 6.1 Target Device hotfix lnstall guide”

vDisk Shows Unconnected (RED X in Status Tray) when attempting create a 6.x Image.

vDisk shows unconnected (RED X in status tray) when attempting to create a 6.x image.

Cause

Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Driver interferes with the Provisioning Services Target Device software while loading.

Continue reading “vDisk Shows Unconnected (RED X in Status Tray) when attempting create a 6.x Image.”

Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning 6.1

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

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

BUG0321026 When a ERR_SA_EXPIRE license is detected, it’s incorrectly treated as the License server is not available, this may cause the PVS Server to enter the licensing grace period.

Installing and Uninstalling this Hotfix

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server.

• It is highly recommended that before installing this hotfix that you apply Hotfix CPVS61E003 – For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1 (CTX133349) before applying this hotfix. Continue reading “Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning 6.1”

Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

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

BUG0321533: Booting in a VMware environment can take more than 4 minutes to get past the bootstrap portion of the boot process. This has only been reported using ESX 4.1

Installing this Hotfix

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server.

• If using vSphere 5.0 you must set the bootstrap and/or BDM to use Interrupt Safe Mode or it hang on boot. You do not have to set the Interrupt Safe Mode for vSphere 5 update 1 or any other version of ESX.

To install this hotfix: Continue reading “Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.1”

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.

Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 and 6.1

Citrix has released a new hotfix for it’s Provisioning Services version 6.0 and 6.1.

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This hotfix addresses the following issue reported against Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 and 6.1 Releases:

BG-284511 – slow shutdown of the target devices with multiple partitions on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 machines.

Replaces: Hotfix CPVS60E010 – For Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 CTX132244 Continue reading “Hotfix for Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 and 6.1”

Unable to edit the vDisk description in Provisioning Server 6.0/6.1 after creating the vDisk

Unable to edit vDisk Description in Provisioning Server 6.0/6.1 after creating the vDisk

Cause

During the creation of the vDisk, it is possible to add vDisk description, as displayed in the following screen shot:

After creating vDisk, when you open the properties of the vDisk you are unable to change the vDisk description because the edit box does not exist.

Workaround

It is possible to edit the vDisk description by using MCLI. You can use command MCLI Set DiskLocator to change the description of the vDisk: MCLI Set DiskLocator –p diskLocatorName=<diskname> siteName=<sitename> storeName=<storename> -r description=<description>

You can view the entire KB article on the Citrix website here.