Thanks everyone who has responded so far. I will look at the links you've so kindly sent. This was all setup by a former employee and I'm trying to figure it all out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon Bjerke Systems Administrator Communications Data Group 102 S Duncan Road Champaign, IL 61822-2818 217-355-8400 x322 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 01/11/2008 08:02 AM Subject: RE: Citrix help needed Your IMA Datastore (which is most probably the Access version) is on the old server. You need to move it to the new server. You also need to verify that you have moved the Web Interface (if you are using it), the PNAgent site (if using PNAgent), the Citrix License server and remove all references to the old server from all Published Apps. Since 99% of the Citrix farms I go to work on have never backed up their Access or MSDE based IMA datastore, you should seriously consider adding that to your backup regime. Lookup ?dsmaint backup?. This should be in a scheduled batch file or script that runs daily. If (or when) you lose the IMA Datastore your Citrix farm is hosed if you have no backup to restore. You should also make a backup copy of your Published Apps on a regular basis. Most people have no idea what server or servers host an app or what users and/or groups are allowed to run a Published App. This makes it very difficult for people like me to come in and get your farm back up and running. Have a look at: http://www.thomaskoetzing.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=207 To move your datastore: http://support.citrix.com/article/ctx677542 To move or restore an Access data store Follow this procedure to install a backup of the data store or move an original data store to a new host server in the event of a hardware failure or upgrade: 1. Copy the backup database or the original database to the server that is to become the new host server. 2. On the new host server, create a new ?File DSN? pointing to the new local database from Step 1. 3. On all servers in the farm, execute dsmaint failover to point to the new host server. Note: The IMA Service must be running on these servers for the command to execute properly. You must do this before executing dsmaint config on the new host server as specified in the next step; otherwise the other servers in the farm cannot write to the database. 4. On the new host server, execute dsmaint config to point the IMA Service to the newly created DSN file from Step 2. If no security was set on the Access database, use the default user account and password information (citrix/citrix). Note: Include the full path (in quotes) in the /dsn: switch to the file dsn. For example, /dsn:"C:\Program Files\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture\MF20.dsn" WARNING! This fix requires you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. 5. Change the original host server to its new role as an indirect server (it will now access the data store indirectly through the new host server) by running the Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and changing the value of the following registry key from Imaaccess.dll to Imaodbc.dll: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\IMA\DatabaseDriver Note: If you are performing these steps with a MetaFrame XP Feature Release 3 farm, the previous step is no longer necessary. With a MetaFrame XP Feature Release 3 server, running the command dsmaint failover new_direct_servername on the original host server removes the value in the registry. Feature Release 3 no longer uses the value Imaodbc.dll for indirect servers. 6. Stop and restart the IMA Service on the new host server. 7. When the IMA Service on the new host server is running, stop and restart the IMA Service on all of the other servers in the farm. Important: Restarting the IMA Service instead of restarting the server might cause the SNMP service to Dr. Watson if SNMP is enabled. This error is benign. Hope this helps. Webster CCIA From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix help needed We are running PS 4.0 with 2 servers in our development farm. All published apps have been updated to run on "newserver" and everything is working fine. Today I powered down "oldserver" to check for any issues before I reuse it. When "oldserver" is powered off, none of the published apps work, even though they are configured to run on "newserver" only. As soon as I powered up "oldserver" the apps began working. The message we get is "resource is not available". The only thing I see in the event log is that "newserver" has become the farm metric server. Where do I begin looking? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~