Filename: CPVS61022.zip
For: Provisioning Services 6.1. For additional information, including operating system requirements, see Citrix eDocs, the Citrix Product Documentation Library.
Replaces: All previous versions
Date: January, 2015
Languages supported: English (US), Japanese (JA)
Readme version: 1.00

Readme Revision History

Important Note(s) about This Release

• This is a full product release; you can use it to perform a clean installation of the product as well as to upgrade an existing installation of Provisioning Services 6.1. Before you upgrade an existing Provisioning Services 6.1 base installation, make sure to read the installation requirements and important notes about Installing This Release.
• This release contains all fixes from Hotfixes 1 through 21 for Provisioning Services 6.1, along with a number of previously unreleased fixes. Installing this release will ensure all the latest fixes are applied.
• The Console component in this release will connect only to servers that have already been upgraded with the Server component of this release. As a result, in order to use the console included in this release, you must first upgrade the servers you want to connect to with the Server component included in this release.
• Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Where to Find Documentation

This document describes the issue(s) resolved by this release and includes installation instructions. For additional product information, including supported operating systems and system requirements, see Citrix eDocs, the Citrix Product Documentation Library.

New Fixes in This Release

Console Issues

1. The Provisioning Services Console might exit unexpectedly when opening the "Site" property.

   [#LA5802]

Server Issues

1. When adding a vDisk on one of two servers in a store with distributed high availability configuration using a local path, the .pvp and .vhd files are created on the other server.

   [#LA5775]

2. Enabling "Auto Rebalance" to rebalance the target device that has a fixed Subnet Affinity setting might fail to honor the correct Subnet Affinity setting. As a result, target devices are rebalanced to servers that are not in the same subnet.

   [#LA5917]

3. The SOAP Service might exit unexpectedly while changing the vDisk license mode to Key Management Service (KMS).

   [#LC0265]

4. The Target device might return broadcasted ARP reply packets during the bootstrap process, causing excessive network traffic.

   [#LC0451]

5. When using the network settings of the DHCP in bootstrap configuration, if the "Router" option in DHCP is not configured, a false default gateway IP address might appear in the Provisioning Services Target device.

   [#LC0688]

6. When installing the XenApp Enterprise and PVS Datacenter licenses on the Citrix License Server and starting the XenApp Target device from the vDisk, the PVS Datacenter licenses are not consumed in the License Management Console.

   [#LC0707]

7. The Notifier.exe process might experience an access violation and exit unexpectedly at random.

   [#LC1199]

Target Device Issues

1. Connection attempts from the target device to a virtual hard disk (VHD), where the icon in the notification area has a red "X" on it, might fail with the following error message: "Bnistack failed to load due to NIC Miniport is not ready."

   [#LC0071]

2. The Provisioning Services server might fail to capture the newly assigned machine account Active Directory password if the initial password change request to the domain server times out. As a result, targets fail to be able to log on to the domain.

   [#LC0078]

3. The auto update feature of the Provisioning Services Target device generates the following application error message (Event ID: 0) in the target’s Event Viewer if the update is not available.

   "No update server found. Stopping client service."

   [#LC0450]

Fixes from Earlier Releases

Important: This release also includes all fixes contained in the releases it replaces. Make sure to check the readmes of previously released hotfixes for instructions on any fixes that might require customer action, including setting registry keys:

Component Versions

Target Device Binaries

Note : This information is provided only for customers who are performing a manual Target Device upgrade. If you are performing a manual upgrade, replace the following files with their namesakes included in this package:

Installing This Release

This is a full product release; you can use it to perform a clean installation of the product as well as to upgrade an existing installation of Provisioning Services 6.1.

Important:

To apply this update to an existing Provisioning Services 6.1 base installation, after installing the update, you must run the CPVS61020_dbUpgrade.sql script that is included with this hotfix. You do not need to run the script if you ran the script in a previous hotfix for this product or if you apply this update to Versions 5.6.3 or 6.0 of the product.

To install or update the Console component:

1. Copy the hotfix package (PVS_Console_x64, PVS_Console) to an empty folder on the hard drive of the computer you want to update.
2. Close all applications.
3. Run the executable.
4. Restart the computer.

If it does not exist already, this will add a new entry, Citrix Provisioning Services Console (x64), to the Add/Remove Programs list.

To install or update the Server component:

1. Copy the hotfix package (PVS_Server, PVS_Server_x64) to an empty folder on the hard drive of the computer you want to update.
2. Close all applications.
3. Run the executable.
4. Restart the computer.

If it does not exist already, this will add a new entry, Citrix Provisioning Services (x64), to the Add/Remove Programs list.

To install theTarget Device component:

For information about installing the Target Device component of this hotfix, see Knowledge Center article CTX135746.

If it does not exist already, this will add a new entry, Citrix Provisioning Services Target Device (x64), to the Add/Remove Programs list.