Citrix PVS: domain/user does not have access to farm

Tucker Gibson  July 29, 2011    1 comment
Background:  I saw a bunch a folks having issues accessing the Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) console after installing it and then uninstalling, reinstalling, changing service accounts etc to get access.  See this forum.  I think the problem is simply setting up the security groups in PVS. Problem/Errors: When trying to access the PVS console get the following error(s): "The domain/user does not have access to the farm: "An...
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XenDesktop 5 and Database Mirroring

Tucker Gibson  July 28, 2011  ,   No comments
Background: We setup our two XenDekstop 5 Desktop Delivery Controllers (DDC) and then configured our new DDC SQL database to be mirrored.  As result, you must update the DDC's database connection. A side note, you don't need to do this for Provisioning Services (PVS) since you can specific the failover mirror in the install wizard.  As result, just follow the PVS db setup best practices and the mirror ahead of time and your are all set.  Additional Info: Change XD5 Database Connection http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX127538 DB...
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Slow Citrix XenDesktop 5 and XenDesktop 5 SP1 MMC

Tucker Gibson  July 26, 2011  ,   3 comments
Slow Citrix XenDesktop 5 and XenDesktop 5 SP1 MMC when launching Desktop Studio Problem: XenDesktop 5 Desktop Studio launches slowly and snap-in fails to load and/or get the following error(s): "Adding snap-in to console" "This snap-in not responding"   Note: Also, I have seen this in Provisioning Services (PVS) as well Resolution:  Go to IE > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced and uncheck "Check...
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