All VDAs reported as Power State Unknown in Studio
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Article ID: CTX574933
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Description
- Connectivity is lost to the hypervisor and all VDAs show a power state unknown within the studio.
- The hosting connection test runs successfully
- Host Connection credentials are valid and new machines can be created
- New machines are in power state unknown as well
Environment
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Resolution
If the issue is resolved by any stage do not proceed with successive steps
- Place the hosting connection in and out of maintenance mode
- Use 'Get-BrokerHostingPowerAction -pending' to determine if there are pending power actions. Do not restart the Citrix Host service if there are pending power actions
- Restart the Citrix Host service on one Delivery Controller at a time
- Restart the Citrix Broker service on one Delivery Controller at a time
- Restart both the Delivery Controllers one at a time
Problem Cause
Connection was lost between site and hypervisor
Additional Information
You may also refer https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2023/02/13/how-to-fix-vms-that-continuously-show-an-unknown-power-state/ for a few other causes and fixes for unknown power state issues.
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