[THIN] Re: IMA fails to start after Datastore SQL Password changed
- From: Pat Coughlin <strangedog@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:00:15 -0500
You need to check the registry key and see where the IMA startup is
failing. One other guess is a bad app streaming cache "dsmaint
recreaterade". Worth a shot if app streaming is installed.
Patrick Coughlin
On Feb 27, 2013 6:05 AM, "Angela Smith" <angela_smith9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Citrix Independent Management Architecture service isn't even started so
> no issues here with order. I tried DSMAINT command, then recreatelhc then
> rebooted and same issue.. I was concerned my dsmaint syntax was wrong esp
> the section /user:SQLUSER as I wasn't sure if it was trying domain
> authentication. I need to use SQL Authentication. It looks like my syntax
> is OK but both my servers are broken. I tried reinstalling MS Root
> certificate as I have seen issues in the past with IMA not starting if the
> certs are wrong..
>
> I don't know what else to check.. Understand issue could be something
> else and not the SQL Authentication but highly unlikely as system has been
> reliable for months. As soon as SQL password was changed it broke.
>
> Thanks
> Ang
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: webster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: IMA fails to start after Datastore SQL Password changed
> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:39:12 +0000
>
> Jeffrey,
>
>
>
> According to edocs:
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> Stop the Citrix Independent Management Architecture service before using
> config with the /pwd option.
>
>
>
> So you should have the net stop "Citrix Independent Management
> Architecture" /y before your dsmaint config command.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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>
>
> Webster
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>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Gardiner, Jeffrey
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: IMA fails to start after Datastore SQL Password
> changed
>
>
>
> Angela,
>
>
>
> Your command line looks correct. I have a batch file for doing the same
> thing and yours looks similar:
>
> dsmaint config /user:SQLUSER /pwd:SQLPWD
> /dsn:"%programfiles%\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture\MF20.dsn"
>
> pause
>
> net stop "Citrix Independent Management Architecture" /y
>
> pause
>
> dsmaint recreatelhc
>
> pause
>
> net start "Citrix Independent Management Architecture"
> net start "Citrix WMI Service"
>
> Are you getting any authentication messages on the SQL server?
>
>
>
> Also, there are numerous other reasons why the IMA won't start and may not
> have anything to do with the SQL password change. Maybe the timing is just
> a coincidence and something else is really causing the trouble. For
> instance, a few months IMA wouldn't start on one out of 500+ servers
> because a helpful user added a local route command that prevented it from
> accessing the ZDC on TCP 2512. It could get to the data store, just not
> the server currently acting as ZDC. The point is, look at the bigger
> picture if you can't find anything obviously wrong with the SQL password
> piece.
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> *On Behalf Of *Angela Smith
> *Subject:* [THIN] IMA fails to start after Datastore SQL Password changed
>
> Hi
>
> We run a Windows 2008 R2 XenApp 6.5 farm. We use SQL Authentication for
> Data store authentication. We recently changed the SQL Password.
> Unfortunately our farm is now broken. The IMA Service wont start and
> Citrix MFCOM hangs on startup.
>
> I tried to run dsmaint command with new SQL password but it has not
> helped. I ran the following:
>
> dsmaint config /user:SQLUSER /pwd:PASSWORD /dsn:"C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture\mf20.dsn"
>
> Is this the correct syntax for SQL Authentication? I did not make any
> changes to the DSN as the contents are correct, only the SQL password has
> changed.. What else could be the problem?
>
>
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