When updating a catalog with MCS this error is seen .

Image Preparation Finalization Failed

Stack Trace:

at Citrix.Orchestration.Base.PowerShellSdk.ProvisioningSchemeService.BackgroundTasks.ProvisioningSchemeTask.ThrowOnTerminatingError(SdkProvisioningSchemeAction sdkProvisioningSchemeAction)

at Citrix.Orchestration.Base.PowerShellSdk.ProvisioningSchemeService.BackgroundTasks.ProvisioningSchemeTask.WaitForProvisioningSchemeActionCompletion(Guid taskId, Action`1 actionResultsObtained)

at Citrix.Orchestration.Base.PowerShellSdk.ProvisioningSchemeService.BackgroundTasks.PublishProvisioningSchemeImageTask.RunTask()

at Citrix.Orchestration.Base.PowerShellSdk.BackgroundTaskService.BackgroundTask.Task.Run()

StudioErrorId : ProvisioningTaskError

ErrorCategory : NotSpecified

TaskState : ImagePreparationFinalizationFailed

TaskStateInformation : Terminated

ErrorId : ImagePreparationFinalizationFailed

Operation : ImagePreparation

ErrorMessage : Image preparation step 'FixSCCM' failed. To skip FixSCCM and try again follow https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX217456. 

Do not follow the steps from  https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX238513/recommendation-on-installing-sscm-client-on-citrix-if the VDA version is CVAD 2311 or greater.

Problem Cause

The recommended steps from https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX238513/recommendation-on-installing-sscm-client-on-citrix- are no longer necessary as the MCS image prep step performs this  automatically on the prepared image.

If the administrator deletes the certificates and smscfg.ini prior to updating the catalog it will cause the issue .