Comments on: XenAppPrep is here! http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/ Bits of a Silicon Valley Engineer and MicroISV Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris S http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-247 Chris S Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:28:34 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-247 Love this tool, so much better than doing this all manually. I did notice that the IMA Service didn’t start after the shutdown and power on even though it was set to automatic. I just ran the dsmaint tool and it worked a charm. Thank you! Love this tool, so much better than doing this all manually. I did notice that the IMA Service didn’t start after the shutdown and power on even though it was set to automatic. I just ran the dsmaint tool and it worked a charm. Thank you!

]]> By: Ben http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-173 Ben Thu, 07 May 2009 13:11:34 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-173 Shannon, In regards to that earlier item I posted about the IMA service restarting after generalization while building the vDisk, I now suspect that a Group Policy hardening template that was setting the IMA service to Automatic during a Group Policy background refresh caused the IMA service to restart. Ben Shannon,

In regards to that earlier item I posted about the IMA service restarting after generalization while building the vDisk, I now suspect that a Group Policy hardening template that was setting the IMA service to Automatic during a Group Policy background refresh caused the IMA service to restart.

Ben

]]> By: shannonma http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-141 shannonma Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:13:38 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-141 It sounds like XenAppPrep reinitialized the system. To confirm this, you can check the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Citrix\IMA\Logging\Hostname key and it should be set to the new machine's name. I'm also assuming there were no errors from XenAppPrep in the Event Log and your VM is joining an existing farm that's being hosted on a non-Access database. Before you ran XenAppPrep on the server, were you able to verify the installation was in working order (e.g. by launching a session)? I'd recommend contacting Citrix Support where someone will be able to investigate this issue further. It sounds like XenAppPrep reinitialized the system. To confirm this, you can check the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Citrix\IMA\Logging\Hostname key and it should be set to the new machine’s name. I’m also assuming there were no errors from XenAppPrep in the Event Log and your VM is joining an existing farm that’s being hosted on a non-Access database.

Before you ran XenAppPrep on the server, were you able to verify the installation was in working order (e.g. by launching a session)? I’d recommend contacting Citrix Support where someone will be able to investigate this issue further.

]]> By: Kyle http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-140 Kyle Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:14:22 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-140 XAP service is running. IMA still set to manual When I try to start manually, it gives teh generic -2######### error. Usually that means it cant talk to the datastore. Right now I am having an issue where none of the VM's will even boot all the way up. Just a gray screen. XAP service is running.
IMA still set to manual
When I try to start manually, it gives teh generic -2######### error. Usually that means it cant talk to the datastore.

Right now I am having an issue where none of the VM’s will even boot all the way up. Just a gray screen.

]]> By: shannonma http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-139 shannonma Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:11:36 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-139 When the VM boots up, is the XenAppPrep service running? Also, is the IMA service's startup mode still set to manual? What happens if you start manually? When the VM boots up, is the XenAppPrep service running? Also, is the IMA service’s startup mode still set to manual? What happens if you start manually?

]]> By: Kyle http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-138 Kyle Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:41:31 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-138 Yes, I am using the newest version. When I run the /pvs switch, they stop them, and get the server ready for generalization. I then run the image builder. Then I take the newly created vDisk and ad it to a XenServer VM, and it boots, but the IMA service never starts. I combed the event logs and found nothing. Yes, I am using the newest version.

When I run the /pvs switch, they stop them, and get the server ready for generalization. I then run the image builder.

Then I take the newly created vDisk and ad it to a XenServer VM, and it boots, but the IMA service never starts. I combed the event logs and found nothing.

]]> By: shannonma http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-137 shannonma Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:50:18 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-137 Hi Kyle, Are you using the latest version of XenAppPrep? v2.01 was released back in February. In this new version when the /pvs switch is specified the XenAppPrep service always starts the XenApp services (they're set to manual), versus setting them to automatic. Also, between steps 7 and 10 the XenApp services should not be started. Do you see this happening in your Event Log? Any IMA service errors from your Event Log could help shed some light too. Hi Kyle,

Are you using the latest version of XenAppPrep? v2.01 was released back in February. In this new version when the /pvs switch is specified the XenAppPrep service always starts the XenApp services (they’re set to manual), versus setting them to automatic.

Also, between steps 7 and 10 the XenApp services should not be started. Do you see this happening in your Event Log? Any IMA service errors from your Event Log could help shed some light too.

]]> By: Kyle http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-136 Kyle Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-136 Shannon- In regards to your reply to Ben's post: Hi Ben, By chance, when you created your PVS image did you restart your server after running the tool? When using the /pvs switch, the XenAppPrep tool expects you to shutdown the machine before running it. When the tool is run with the /pvs switch, it will stop and set the IMA service to manual start. The XenAppPrep image must be in this state to be deployed via PVS. The next time the image boots it will set the IMA service to start-up automatically and kick it off. If you took an image when the server is in this state and deployed it via PVS, you would see a behavior similar to yours. I have the same behavior, where the services will not start. Are these the desired steps ? (This is what I did.) 1. Install and configure XenApp 2. Restart Master Target Device 3. Install PVS DC client and shutdown 4. Add target device to PVS DB and configure it to boot from HD 5. Boot target 6. Install and run XenAppPrep 7. XenAppPrep.exe /Pvs 8. Start…progs….pvs….Client Image Builder 9. Build vDisk 10. Shutdown master target device 11. provision new vDisk This is what I have done, and my services will not start. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Kyle Shannon-

In regards to your reply to Ben’s post:

Hi Ben,

By chance, when you created your PVS image did you restart your server after running the tool? When using the /pvs switch, the XenAppPrep tool expects you to shutdown the machine before running it.

When the tool is run with the /pvs switch, it will stop and set the IMA service to manual start. The XenAppPrep image must be in this state to be deployed via PVS. The next time the image boots it will set the IMA service to start-up automatically and kick it off. If you took an image when the server is in this state and deployed it via PVS, you would see a behavior similar to yours.

I have the same behavior, where the services will not start.

Are these the desired steps ? (This is what I did.)

1. Install and configure XenApp
2. Restart Master Target Device
3. Install PVS DC client and shutdown
4. Add target device to PVS DB and configure it to boot from HD
5. Boot target
6. Install and run XenAppPrep
7. XenAppPrep.exe /Pvs
8. Start…progs….pvs….Client Image Builder
9. Build vDisk
10. Shutdown master target device
11. provision new vDisk

This is what I have done, and my services will not start. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kyle

]]> By: shannonma http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-100 shannonma Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:32:22 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-100 Yeah, it was recently removed from CDN and published as a Citrix download at http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063. Yeah, it was recently removed from CDN and published as a Citrix download at http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063.

]]> By: Doogie http://shannon.neutex.net/2008/10/27/xenappprep-is-here/#comment-99 Doogie Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:56:35 +0000 http://shannonma.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-99 Hi Shannon. I bookmarked this page last year and have been looking forward to getting a chance to use it however when I click through to CDN to download it, I get an access denied error, something about page level permissions. Was it released and then removed again? Hi Shannon.

I bookmarked this page last year and have been looking forward to getting a chance to use it however when I click through to CDN to download it, I get an access denied error, something about page level permissions. Was it released and then removed again?

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