##Written by Jason Samuel - jasonsamuel.com

##http://www.jasonsamuel.com/2014/10/16/citrix-xenapp-7-x-vda-registration-state-stuck-in-initializing-self-healing-powershell-script



Add-PSSnapin Citrix.*.Admin.V*



$Results = @()

 

$Date = (Get-Date -DisplayHint Date)

$save_date = $Date.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-tt")



$Results += Get-BrokerMachine -RegistrationState "Initializing" | select DNSname, AgentVersion





If (!$Results) 

{

exit

}



Else {

##Restart the Citrix Desktop Service on stuck servers

foreach ($vda in $Results)

{



Restart-Service -InputObject $(get-service -ComputerName $vda.DNSName -Name "Citrix Desktop Service") -Verbose

$EmailBodyList += $vda.DNSName + "`t" + $vda.AgentVersion + "`r`n"

}

}



##Writes the result to a CSV file on your delivery controller for historical purposes

$file_output = ('D:\Citrix_VDA_Restart\XA_VDA_' + $save_date + '.csv')

$Results | Export-CSV -Path $file_output -NoTypeInformation





##Sends an email with the list of servers in the body as well as the CSV attachment

$filename = $file_output

$smtpServer = “YOURSMTPSERVER”

 

$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage

$att = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($filename)

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

 

$msg.From = “citrix@YOURDOMAIN.com”

$msg.To.Add(“citrixadmins@YOURDOMAIN.com”)

$msg.cc.Add("noc@YOURDOMAIN.com")

$msg.Subject = “XenApp 7.6 servers stuck Initializing”

$msg.Body = “The below XenApp 7.6 servers are stuck Initializing on the Delivery Controllers. This script is now attempting to restart the Citrix Desktop Service on the impacted servers and force the VDA to register.” + "`r`n" + "`r`n" + $EmailBodyList

$msg.Attachments.Add($att)

 

$smtp.Send($msg)



Start-Sleep -s 5



exit