Symptoms
The XenApp 6 server is unable to contact the license server after a reboot.
The output of the Qfarm /load command indicates a server load of 20000.
Changing the license server name under policies to a bogus name and then changing back to the correct name (gpupdate /force and an IMA service restart might be needed) resolves the issue until the server is rebooted.
Citrix Policies created using the Delivery Services Console might not be applied.
Cause
If the IMAService is unable to contact the Data Store in a timely manner, Citrix Delivery Console Policies are deleted from the registry.
Resolution
CTX126324 – LIMITED RELEASE - Hotfix XA600W2K8R2X64009 - For Citrix XenApp 6.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2 - English
“Restarting the IMA Service while the data store is unavailable results in the temporary deletion of certain farm policy settings from the server. This occurs because reading the settings from the local host cache - intended as a backup mechanism for retrieving farm policy settings in case the data store is down - does not work properly. Even without this fix, the issue is temporary: restarting the IMA Service as soon as the data store is available again repopulates the farm policy settings. This fix addresses the issue that prevents the proper reading of the farm policy settings from the local host cache in the first place.”
[From XA600W2K8R2X64009][#234694]
Workarounds
Caution! This procedure requires you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that might require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of the Registry Editor can be solved. Use the Registry Editor at your own risk. Back up the registry before you edit it.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix – values LSName and LSPort
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix\License – Empty
Notes: If the information is accurate and located in the specific registry keys, a Citrix policy that includes licensing information is really not required. There might be other reasons for the 20000 server load. You might need to recreate the LocalHost Cache (run dsmaint recreatelhc from a command prompt with the IMA Service stopped and then restart the IMA Service). Removing the Citrix License information from the existing policy would sometimes recreate the non-Licensing related policy values. Do not attempt to add the above registry values if the values in the Data Store are empty. A new policy without licensing information might need to be created. Such policies appear to be retained on subsequent reboots.
More Information
A policy registry key might contain ICAPolicies and IMA:
Then Licensing is added:
This information is also located in the Wow6432Node\Policies\Citrix Node.
Upon Reboot, all of the Policy information (ICAPolicies and IMA) is missing.
The XenApp 6 server is unable to contact the license server after a reboot.
The output of the Qfarm /load command indicates a server load of 20000.
Changing the license server name under policies to a bogus name and then changing back to the correct name (gpupdate /force and an IMA service restart might be needed) resolves the issue until the server is rebooted.
Citrix Policies created using the Delivery Services Console might not be applied.
Cause
If the IMAService is unable to contact the Data Store in a timely manner, Citrix Delivery Console Policies are deleted from the registry.
Resolution
CTX126324 – LIMITED RELEASE - Hotfix XA600W2K8R2X64009 - For Citrix XenApp 6.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2 - English
“Restarting the IMA Service while the data store is unavailable results in the temporary deletion of certain farm policy settings from the server. This occurs because reading the settings from the local host cache - intended as a backup mechanism for retrieving farm policy settings in case the data store is down - does not work properly. Even without this fix, the issue is temporary: restarting the IMA Service as soon as the data store is available again repopulates the farm policy settings. This fix addresses the issue that prevents the proper reading of the farm policy settings from the local host cache in the first place.”
[From XA600W2K8R2X64009][#234694]
Workarounds
Caution! This procedure requires you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that might require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of the Registry Editor can be solved. Use the Registry Editor at your own risk. Back up the registry before you edit it.
- If the Citrix Licensing information (ServerName and Port) was added during the Farm creation and when subsequent servers were joined to the farm, investigate the following:
Use dsview.exe from the Support\Debug folder within the XenApp 6 server media.
Expand Server Neighborhoods > TheNameoftheFarm > MFServerFarm > Parameters
- And -
Expand Server Neighborhoods > TheNameoftheFarm > MFServers > EachIndividualServer
For LSHostName and LSPortNumber
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix – values LSName and LSPort
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Citrix\Licensing – Note: This next screen shot would generally show license information contained in the data store and in the above screen shot. These values were deleted by Citrix support during analysis of the issue.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Citrix\License – Empty
Notes: If the information is accurate and located in the specific registry keys, a Citrix policy that includes licensing information is really not required. There might be other reasons for the 20000 server load. You might need to recreate the LocalHost Cache (run dsmaint recreatelhc from a command prompt with the IMA Service stopped and then restart the IMA Service). Removing the Citrix License information from the existing policy would sometimes recreate the non-Licensing related policy values. Do not attempt to add the above registry values if the values in the Data Store are empty. A new policy without licensing information might need to be created. Such policies appear to be retained on subsequent reboots.
- If the License Server information was chosen to be added later, the above Data Store and Registry values should be empty. You might want to remove all policies entries from the policies created in the Delivery Services Console and use gpedit.msc to create the policies with the desired license server information. The policy information from the registry should be retained on consistent reboots.
More Information
A policy registry key might contain ICAPolicies and IMA:
Then Licensing is added:
This information is also located in the Wow6432Node\Policies\Citrix Node.
Upon Reboot, all of the Policy information (ICAPolicies and IMA) is missing.
