This article is a summary of the top support articles related to Machine Creation including MCS, PVS and App Layering
CTX224551 - Delivery Controller cannot contact vCenter server after certificate update on vCenter
CTX138640 - Error:"Cannot Connect to the vCenter Server due to a Certificate Error"
CTX214389 - How to Define VMware vSphere User Privileges for XenApp and XenDesktop
CTX414520 - Azure Application Secret shows expired when testing the hosting connection on Citrix Cloud
CTX139460 - How to change network interface in an existing Hosting connection
CTX277468 - Citrix Cloud - Hosting connection to VMWare vCenter Server fails after certificate update
CTX218082 - Machine Creation Services (MCS) Storage Considerations
CTX464167 - Fail to Delete Old Basedisk on Vmware: Cannot delete file[VMStorage]****.vmdk
CTX127068 - Xendesktop - How to Resolve a Broken Catalog
CTX224587 - How to export list of machines of specific Machine Catalog or Delivery Group to a text or csv file
CTX140734 - Error: “Preparation of the Master VM Image failed” when CREATING MCS Catalog
CTX284738 - Provision Hybrid AAD joined Virtual Machine on Azure to enable Intune
CTX129205 - How to update Master Image for Dedicated and Pooled MCS Catalog using PowerShell SDK
CTX226174 - How to Update Machine Catalog to propagate changes applied to the Master Image
CTX229033 - How to Update MCS created Machine Catalog to modify vCPU, RAM.
CTX217456 - Error: “Preparation of the Master VM Image failed” When UPDATING a Catalog
CTX202656 - Catalog Creation (MCS), Preparation of Master VM Image Fails With Exception ID XDDS:7BE07C6A
CTX476058 - How to Make MCS Fullclone VM as New Master Image
CTX339979 - Adding Machines to MCS catalog missing machine identify and domain credentials option
CTX478169 - Migrating Citrix MCS Catalogs To New Storage
CTX297184 - Unknown Power States within Citrix Cloud Studio
CTX461430 - Autoscale powering on more machines than users connected
CTX227725 - Citrix Provisioning Services Boot Process
CTX131239 - Supported Hypervisors for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (MCS) and Citrix Provisioning (PVS)
CTX124185 - Citrix Provisioning Services Antivirus Best Practices
CTX130499 - How to Migrate a Provisioning Services Database to a New SQL Server
CTX330966 - Simplified Steps for Reverse Imaging PVS vDisk to Citrix Hypervisor VM
CTX224003 - Citrix Provisioning: How to update a vDisk – Versioning Method
Write Cache
CTX256682 - Recommendations to Prevent PVS Write Cache from filling Up Too Fast
CTX119469 - Understanding Write Cache in Provisioning Services Server
Troubleshooting PVS
CTX221996 - Changing the Service startup timeout (ServicesPipeTimeout) in Windows
CTX133193 - How to Troubleshoot a Target Device not Booting into a vDisk
CTX402846 - Citrix PVS Configuration Wizard fails after upgrading from 1912 CU5 to 2109 or higher
CTX132198 - Error: "No device license is currently available for this computer" on Citrix Provisioning service
CTX222099 - Debugging Layer Integrity Problems in Citrix App Layering
CTX225997 - Considerations When Creating a Platform Layer in Citrix App Layering 4-x or higher
Tools and Resources