Reset-ProvVMDisk

Last published : Oct 31, 2026
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2209
Resets the OS disk of persistent VMs or the Identity disk of persistent and non-persistent VMs.

Syntax

Reset-ProvVMDisk
     [-ProvisioningSchemeName] <String>
     -VMName <String[]>
     [-RunAsynchronously]
     [-Identity]
     [-Recreate]
     [-PurgeJobOnSuccess]
     [-Force]
     [-LoggingId <Guid>]
     [-SkipCertificateValidation]
     [-WhatIf]
     [-Confirm]
     [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
     [<CommonParameters>]
Reset-ProvVMDisk
     [-ProvisioningSchemeName] <String>
     -VMName <String[]>
     [-RunAsynchronously]
     [-OS]
     [-PurgeJobOnSuccess]
     [-Force]
     [-LoggingId <Guid>]
     [-SkipCertificateValidation]
     [-WhatIf]
     [-Confirm]
     [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
     [<CommonParameters>]
Reset-ProvVMDisk
     [-ProvisioningSchemeUid] <Guid>
     -VMName <String[]>
     [-RunAsynchronously]
     [-Identity]
     [-Recreate]
     [-PurgeJobOnSuccess]
     [-Force]
     [-LoggingId <Guid>]
     [-SkipCertificateValidation]
     [-WhatIf]
     [-Confirm]
     [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
     [<CommonParameters>]
Reset-ProvVMDisk
     [-ProvisioningSchemeUid] <Guid>
     -VMName <String[]>
     [-RunAsynchronously]
     [-OS]
     [-PurgeJobOnSuccess]
     [-Force]
     [-LoggingId <Guid>]
     [-SkipCertificateValidation]
     [-WhatIf]
     [-Confirm]
     [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
     [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Allows you to reset the disks of persistent VMs from Machine Creation Services and hypervisor.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Reset the OS disks of all VMs in provisioning scheme myProvScheme
,(Get-ProvVM -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme") | Reset-ProvVMDisk -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme" -OS


TaskId                 : 2706e50b-aff9-44c7-a3e3-8c8c7f1f4ac5
Active                 : False
Host                   : MY-DDC
DateStarted            : 5/24/2022 12:02:29 PM
Metadata               : {}
CurrentOperation       :
TaskProgress           : 100
LastUpdateTime         : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
ActiveElapsedTime      : 10
DateFinished           : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
TerminatingError       :
Type                   : ResetVM
Status                 : Finished
ResetVirtualMachines   : {XD\machine01$, XD\machine02$}
FailedVirtualMachines  : {}
ProvisioningSchemeName : myProvScheme
ProvisioningSchemeUid  : 3d79b132-22c5-40d3-9a99-7cb497924f9e
TaskState              : Finished
TaskStateInformation   :
WorkflowStatus         : Completed
TaskExpectedCompletion :

EXAMPLE 2

Reset the OS disks of machine01 and machine02 in provisioning scheme myProvScheme
Reset-ProvVMDisk -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme" -VMName ("machine01","machine02") -OS


TaskId                 : 2706e50b-aff9-44c7-a3e3-8c8c7f1f4ac5
Active                 : False
Host                   : MY-DDC
DateStarted            : 5/24/2022 12:02:29 PM
Metadata               : {}
CurrentOperation       :
TaskProgress           : 100
LastUpdateTime         : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
ActiveElapsedTime      : 10
DateFinished           : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
TerminatingError       :
Type                   : ResetVM
Status                 : Finished
ResetVirtualMachines   : {XD\machine01$, XD\machine02$}
FailedVirtualMachines  : {}
ProvisioningSchemeName : myProvScheme
ProvisioningSchemeUid  : 3d79b132-22c5-40d3-9a99-7cb497924f9e
TaskState              : Finished
TaskStateInformation   :
WorkflowStatus         : Completed
TaskExpectedCompletion :

EXAMPLE 3

Reset the OS disk of machine01 in provisioning scheme myProvScheme
Reset-ProvVMDisk -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme" -VMName "machine01" -OS


TaskId                 : 2706e50b-aff9-44c7-a3e3-8c8c7f1f4ac5
Active                 : False
Host                   : MY-DDC
DateStarted            : 5/24/2022 12:02:29 PM
Metadata               : {}
CurrentOperation       :
TaskProgress           : 100
LastUpdateTime         : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
ActiveElapsedTime      : 10
DateFinished           : 5/24/2022 12:02:41 PM
TerminatingError       :
Type                   : ResetVM
Status                 : Finished
ResetVirtualMachines   : {XD\machine01$}
FailedVirtualMachines  : {}
ProvisioningSchemeName : myProvScheme
ProvisioningSchemeUid  : 3d79b132-22c5-40d3-9a99-7cb497924f9e
TaskState              : Finished
TaskStateInformation   :
WorkflowStatus         : Completed
TaskExpectedCompletion :

EXAMPLE 4

Reset all configurations in the identity disks of all VMs in provisioning scheme myProvScheme
,(Get-ProvVM -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme") | Reset-ProvVMDisk -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme" -Identity

EXAMPLE 5

Completely recreate he identity disk for VM machine01
Reset-ProvVMDisk -ProvisioningSchemeName "myProvScheme" -VMName "machine01" -Identity -Recreate

Parameters

-OS

Indicates that the OS disk should be reset. This parameter is exclusive with "Identity". Either "OS" or "Identity" must be provided.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Identity

Indicates that the identity disk should be reset. This parameter is exclusive with "OS". By default, all configurations in the identity disk will be reset. "Repair-AcctIdentity -Target IdentityInfo" should be executed before this command. For hybrid Azure AD, Set-AcctADAccountUserCert -Force should be executed to reset the DeviceKeyPair in advance.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2308

-VMName

List of VM names that will be have the disk reset.
Type: String[]
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProvisioningSchemeName

The name of the provisioning scheme from which VM disks will be reset. This feature is available on VMware, Azure, AWS and Citrix hypervisor.
Type: String
Position: 2
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProvisioningSchemeUid

The unique identifier of the provisioning scheme from which VM disks will be reset.
Type: Guid
Position: 2
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Recreate

Indicates whether the identity disk will be completely recreated. This parameter is only used with "Identity".
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2407

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates whether the command returns before it completes. If this is specified, the command returns an identifier for the task that was created. This task can be monitored using the Get-ProvTask command.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: False
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PurgeJobOnSuccess

Indicates that the task history is removed from the database when the task completes. This cannot be specified for tasks that run asynchronously.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Force

Suppresses prompts for confirmation before proceeding to reset the disk of the specified VMs.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-LoggingId

Specifies the identifier of the high-level operation this cmdlet call forms a part of. Citrix Studio and Director typically create high-level operations. PowerShell scripts can also wrap a series of cmdlet calls in a high-level operation by way of the Start-LogHighLevelOperation and Stop-LogHighLevelOperation cmdlets.
Type: Guid
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SkipCertificateValidation

Forces the cmdlet to skip checking SSL certificates. By default, the cmdlet will check the certificate from the server. If the certificate is not valid, the cmdlet will not connect to the server.
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2511

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: SwitchParameter
Aliases: wi
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: SwitchParameter
Aliases: cf
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CitrixCommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common Citrix parameters: -AdminAddress, -AdminClientIP, -BearerToken, -TraceParent, -TraceState and -VirtualSiteId. For more information, see about_CitrixCommonParameters.

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Removed Parameters

Parameters in this section were available in older releases, and have been removed or replaced due to changes in functionality.

-ResetIdentityInfo

Indicates whether only machine password and trust keys in the configuration file will be reset. This parameter is only used with "Identity".
Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2311
Removed in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2407

Inputs

Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.ProvisionedVirtualMachine

You can pipe an object containing parameters called 'VMName' and 'ProvisioningSchemeName' to Reset-ProvVMDisk.

Outputs

When the RunAsynchronously identifier is specified, this GUID is returned and provides the task identifier.

System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

This object provides details of the task that was run and contains the following information: TaskId \&lt;Guid\>
The identifier for the task that was performed.
Active \&lt;bool\>
Indicates whether the task is still processing or is complete.
Host \&lt;string\>
The name of the host on which the task is running or was run.
DateStarted \&lt;DateTime\>
The date and time when the task was started.
Metadata \&lt;Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.Metadata\[\]\>
The list of metadata stored for the task. For new tasks, this is empty until metadata is added.
CurrentOperation \&lt;string\>
Operation specific phase of the overall "Running" task state.
TaskProgress \&lt;double\>
The progress of the task 0-100%.
LastUpdateTime \&lt;DateTime\>
The date and time of the last task status update.
ActiveElapsedTime \&lt;int\>
Number of seconds the task has taken for active execution.
DateFinished \&lt;DateTime\>
The date and time when the task was completed.
TerminatingError \< Citrix.Fma.Sdk.ServiceCore.CommonCmdlets.TaskterminatingError\>
Diagnostic information if the task completely fails.
Type \&lt;Citrix.XDInterServiceTypes.JobType\>
The type of task. For new reset disk tasks, this is always "Reset-ProvVMDisk".
Status \&lt;string\>
Where in its lifecycle the task is.
ResetVirtualMachines \&lt;Citrix.DesktopUpdateManager.SDK.VirtualMachineCreation\[\]\>
See FailedVirtualMachines for details of the object parameters.
FailedVirtualMachines \&lt;Citrix.DesktopUpdateManager.SDK.VirtualMachineCreation\[\]\>
ADAccountName \&lt;string\>
The domain-qualified AD Account name of the machine.
ADAccountSid \&lt;string\>
The AD account SID of the machine account.
DiagnosticInformation \&lt;Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.ExceptionSurrogate\[\]\>
A collection of handled error states which caused the provisioning to fail.
ExceptionType \&lt;string\>
The type of exception this object represents.
Message \&lt;string\>
The exception message.
Details \&lt;string\>
The full exception content including stack trace.
InnerException \&lt;Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.ExceptionSurrogate\>
Information relating to any contributing error state.
Status \&lt;string\>
The status of the virtual machine.
StatusAdditionalInformation \&lt;string\>
Extra information about the Status.
VMId \&lt;string\>
The virtual machine identifier in the hypervisor.
VMName \&lt;string\>
The display name of the virtual machine in the hypervisor.
ProvisioningSchemeName \&lt;string\>
The name of the provisioning scheme from which the VM was created.
ProvisioningSchemeUid \&lt;Guid\>
The unique identifier of the provisioning scheme from which the VM was created.
TaskState \&lt;Citrix.DesktopUpdateManager.SDK.ProvisionVMState\>
The state of the task. This can be any of the following:
Processing
Indicates that the task is in its initial state.
LocatingResources,
Indicates that the task is locating information from other services.
HostingUnitNotFound
Indicates that the required hosting unit could not be located.
ProvisioningSchemeNotFound
Indicates that the required provisioning scheme could not be located.
Provisioning
Indicates that the task is at the provisioning stage.
IdentityPoolNotFound
Indicates that the required identity pool could not be located.
TaskAlreadyRunningForProvisioningScheme
Indicates that the provisioning scheme already has another task running.
Finalizing
Indicates that the task is finalizing.
Finished
Indicates that the task is complete.
FinishedWithErrors
Indicates that the task is complete but there were errors. Specific details of errors are included with each failed virtual machine.
Removing
Indicates that the task is removing virtual machines from the hypervisor.
Failed
Job failed for reasons specified in TaskStateInformation.
Canceled
Indicates that the task was stopped by user intervention (using Stop-ProvTask)
TaskStateInformation \&lt;string\>
Provides more detailed information about the current task state.
WorkflowStatus \&lt;System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowStatus\>
Indicates the status of the workflow that is used to process the task.
TaskExpectedCompletion \&lt;DateTime\>
The date and time at which the task is expected to complete.

Notes

Only one long-running task for each provisioning scheme can be processed at a time.
In the case of failure, the following errors can result.
Error Codes ----------- ProvisioningSchemeNotFound
The specified provisioning scheme could not be located.
ProvisioningSchemeNotReady
The specified provisioning scheme is not in Ready state.
JobCreationFailed
The requested task could not be started.
DatabaseError
An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation.
DatabaseNotConfigured
The operation could not be completed because the database for the service is not configured.
ServiceStatusInvalidDb
An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation. Communication with the database failed for
for various reasons.
WorkflowHostUnavailable
The task could not be started because the database connection is inactive.
CommunicationError
An error occurred while communicating with the service.
InvalidParameterCombination
Both PurgeJobOnSuccess and RunAsynchronously were specified. When running asynchronously, the cmdlet terminates before the job does, so it cannot clean up the completed job.
PermissionDenied
The user does not have administrative rights to perform this operation.
ConfigurationLoggingError
The operation could not be performed because of a configuration logging error
ExceptionThrown
An unexpected error occurred. For more details, see the Windows event logs on the controller being used or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops logs.
The cmdlet is associated with a task of type ResetVirtualMachine, and while active will move through the following operations (CurrentOperation field)
ValidatingInputs
ResettingVirtualMachines