Hotfix package name: BrokerSvcWX64_7_15_2001.zip
For: XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for Citrix Broker Service (7.15.2000.243)
Replaces: None
Date: October, 2018
Languages supported: English (US), Japanese (JA), Simplified Chinese (SC)
Readme version: 1.00

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Important Notes about This Release

• Important: This hotfix can only be applied to a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU2 Desktop Delivery Controller.

• Caution: The Broker Service hotfix (Broker_Service_x64.msi) included in this update also modifies the Broker DbSchema of the Site data store.* These modifications are permanent and irreversible. Should you decide, for any reason, to uninstall this update at a later time, these modifications do not revert automatically. As a result and as a matter of precaution, Citrix recommends strongly that you back up your Site data store as described below before installing this update. Doing so allows you to manually restore your Site data store to the backed up version. Even so, any changes you make to your Site data store between backing up and restoring it are lost. For information about backing up and restoring data stores, see Knowledge Center article CTX135207. 

  
  For an automatic database upgrade, the Studio user needs permissions to update the SQL Server database schema (for example, the db_securityadmin or db_owner database role). If the Studio user does not have those permissions, initiating a manual database upgrade will generate scripts. The Studio user runs some of the scipts from Studio; the database administrator runs other scripts using a tool such as SQL Server Management Studio. If the SQL scripts are run manually, they should be run using either the SQLCMD utility or SQL Management Studio in SQLCMD mode. Inaccurate errors can result otherwise. 

• After the upgrade to this release, a prompt might appear for the License Server compatibility check in Desktop Studio that makes sure that your License server is the required version. If you are using the License server released with XenDesktop 7.15 or from a more recent version, you do not need to upgrade the License server. Click Continue to proceed with the DBschema upgrade.

Important Disclaimer - Limited Release Hotfix

If the Download link is not available on this page and you wish to obtain this limited distribution release, visit our support site at http://www.citrix.com/support and open a support case using your Citrix account credentials, or contact your reseller at http://www.citrix.com/partners/locator.

Testing of this release was targeted only at the affected functionality, and regression and stress testing were minimal. Introduce this release to a test environment for evaluation before deploying it to a production environment.

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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 XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) CU2 on the Citrix Product Documentation site.
• For information about XenApp and XenDesktop upgrade best practices, see Upgrade a deployment on the Citrix Product Documentation site.
• For information about installing 7.x Controller update, see Knowledge Center article CTX201988.

New Fixes in This Release

1. You import changes from the principal broker to the Local Host Cache (LHC) database and remove a user or machine from the Active Directory without removing it from Citrix Studio. As a result, errors might occur and the LHC isn't updated.

   [From BrokerSvcWX64_7_15_2001][#LC9054]]

Fixes from Replaced Hotfixes

No hotfixes were replaced by this release.

Component Versions

Installing and Uninstalling this Release

Notes: 

• Important Notes: This release is packaged as a .zip file containing the replacement .msi files for the Broker components of XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU2 Controller. For more information about deploying msi files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web Site and search on keyword msiexec.

• Caution: The Broker Service hotfix (Broker_Service_x64.msi) included in this update also modifies the Broker DbSchema of the Site data store.* These modifications are permanent and irreversible. Should you decide, for any reason, to uninstall this update at a later time, these modifications do not revert automatically. As a result and as a matter of precaution, Citrix recommends strongly that you back up your Site data store as described below before installing this update. Doing so allows you to manually restore your Site data store to the backed up version. Even so, any changes you make to your Site data store between backing up and restoring it are lost. For information about backing up and restoring data stores, see Knowledge Center article CTX135207. 

  
  For an automatic database upgrade, the Studio user needs permissions to update the SQL Server database schema (for example, the db_securityadmin or db_owner database role). If the Studio user does not have those permissions, initiating a manual database upgrade will generate scripts. The Studio user runs some of the scipts from Studio; the database administrator runs other scripts using a tool such as SQL Server Management Studio. If the SQL scripts are run manually, they should be run using either the SQLCMD utility or SQL Management Studio in SQLCMD mode. Inaccurate errors can result otherwise.

• Caution: Downgrades, also known as rollbacks, from individual component update in this release are not supported and might leave your systems in an unstable state. The component update in this release do not patch the existing installations of the components - each fully replaces the original component with a new installation. As a result, uninstalling a component update removes the entire component from the Controller. If the need arises to revert to an earlier version of the product, you must uninstall each component update of this release and then reinstall the earlier versions of each component. Reverting to an earlier version of a component might result in the loss of settings you configure while this upgrade is installed. 

• To install the component updates in the release successfully, servers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.

• For information about installing XenDesktop/XenApp 7.x Controller updates, see Knowledge Center article CTX201988.

To install the component updates in this release: 

1. Copy the compressed hotfix package to a shared folder on the network.
2. Extract the compressed hotfix package and save the component msi file(s) on the Delivery Controller you want to update.
3. Run the .msi file(s).
4. Restart the Delivery Controller even if not prompted to do so. 
5. To upgrade to the latest DbSchema installed by this release, go to the Desktop Studio Dashboard and click Upgrade. 

To uninstall this hotfix and revert to an earlier level of the component and the data store: 

1. Uninstall the component from ARP/Programs and Features.
2. Restore the data store as described in Knowledge Center article CTX135207.
3. Install the desired level of the component (base or other hotfix).
4. Restart the Controller even if not prompted to do so.