Administrators of a different forest are unable to log on to PVS Console

Administrators of a different forest are unable to log on to PVS Console

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Article ID: CTX269398

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Description

Error : "An unexpected MAPI error occurred"

Details: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index

Administrators of same forest as that of PVS servers are able to log in to the console of PVS servers, however, administrators of a different forest are unable to log into the PVS server console with "Run as a different user". 
There is Full Trust between the two forests.




 

Resolution

SOLUTION 1:

In the registry setting, locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\ProvisioningServices:
Create a DWORD named “DomainSelectOption”.and value:7

SOLUTION 2:

1.    Create a group and add that user account to the group.
2.    Give Admin rights to the group.
3.    Add this group in PVS farm properties.

Reference :

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120080
and
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/7-15/install/pre-install.html

SOLUTION 3:

Try with an user account which is not part of large number of security groups.

SOLUTION 4:
 
1.    Remove the service account from local users on PVS console.
2.    Re-run the configuration wizard using the admin account
3.    Try to open the console

SOLUTION 5:

Add the user to one of the groups configured in the Farm

§ You can do this through Active Directory. Please remember to logout that user from Windows and log back in for the group membership to take effect
§ You can also use a known good admin to login to the PVS Console and add a group to the Farm that the non-working user belongs to

 

Problem Cause

Permission issue with the access to PVS console from a different forest