Export Storefront Configuration

[Paul Morrison]

Hey All,

 

I am trying to relocate my storefront configuration to a new set of servers and I'm not having any luck with the Export-STFConfiguration command. This is what I get:

 

PS C:\Windows\system32> Export-STFConfiguration -TargetFolder c:\temp -ZipFileName "backup" -NoEncryption

Export-STFConfiguration : An error occurred configuring StoreFront diagnostics. The running command stopped because

the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: Cannot remove item

C:\UsersAppData\Local\Temp\Citrix\TemporaryStoreFrontConfigurationFolder\Receiver

Clients\Windows\CitrixReceiver.exe: You do not have sufficient access rights to perform this operation.

At line:1 char:1

+ Export-STFConfiguration -TargetFolder c:\temp -ZipFileName "backup" -NoEncryptio ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Export-STFConfiguration], Exception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.ActionPreferenceStopException,Citrix.StoreFront.ExportConfi

   guration

 

It seems this is a temp file/folder created by the export command to first dump the config and then zip it. I assume I am missing something rather simple as I cannot find anything on this error anywhere else. I have also tried creating the credential object as per the documentation but regardless, I still get this error. As a result I cannot import either. Can anyone advise how I can get around this? 

 

Thanks;

[CarlStalhood]

Sometimes the permissions on the files under C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Receiver Clients are not correct. Try propagating permissions to those files.

[Paul Morrison]

Thanks Carl. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to help. I've even given myself full control permissions on that folder and propegated but I still get the same error running the export. 

[Paul Morrison]

Ok so renaming the Receiver Client folder has allowed me to export the configuration without error. Importing is now giving me an issue. I've tried the same trick with the Receiver Client folder but that doesn't appear to be the issue on the import side. I've also stopped all storefront services but I get the same error each time:

 

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-STFConfiguration -ConfigurationZip C:\Users\Desktop\backup.zip

Import-STFConfiguration : An error occurred configuring StoreFront diagnostics. Method invocation failed because

[system.Collections.Hashtable+ValueCollection] does not contain a method named 'Contains'.

At line:1 char:1

+ Import-STFConfiguration -ConfigurationZip C:\Users\Desktop\backup.zip

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [import-STFConfiguration], Exception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException,Citrix.StoreFront.ImportConfigura

   tion

[Paul Morrison]

Any other ideas here? I really don't want to have to re-configure storefront from scratch here so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. 

 

Thanks.

[Martinho Hinterholz1709157929]

I also have a problem, at the moment of "import":

 

Import-STFConfiguration : An error occurred configuring StoreFront diagnostics. The property 'Count' 
cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-STFConfiguration -configurationZip "C:\Software\SRVBRIXDSF002. ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-STFConfiguration], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException,Citrix.StoreFron 
   t.ImportConfiguration

[Ryan Butler1709155785]

Work around that worked for me.

 

1. Open PS as Admin
2. Run "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Management\Cmdlets\AdminServiceLoader.ps1"
3. Copy C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Management\Cmdlets\ConfigurationManagement.psm1 to something like C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Management\Cmdlets\ConfigurationManagement-mod.psm1
4. Comment out the line with "set-strictmode" (line 5)
5. Remove the signature block SIG # Begin signature block and save -mod file. Import modified module with command

   Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Citrix\Receiver StoreFront\Management\Cmdlets\ConfigurationManagement-mod.psm1" -Force

    

6. Now use Import-DSConfiguration with the same parameters as Import-STFConfiguration.  Example..

   Import-DSConfiguration -configurationZip "C:\Storefrontconfigs\MYNEW.zip"

    

 

[Owen Reynolds1709159121]

Ryan's above fix ^^^ worked for me as well. Great find!

[Suk Sapkota1709159748]

In process of importing and exporting StoreFront Configuration using PowerShell Cmdlets, I got this issues while importing to new server:-

 

Import-STFConfiguration : An error occurred configuring StoreFront diagnostics. The property 'Count' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-STFConfiguration -configurationZip "$env:userprofile\desktop\b ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-STFConfiguration], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException,Citrix.StoreFront.ImportConfiguration

 

Can anyone please me to understand this error? 

[Randy Lorfing1709157682]

below is the process I follow when importing storefront configuration when building "Test" storefront servers to test patching and new configurations.

 

1. build new test storefront windows server

2. install storefront

3. open storefront on the new server and create a new store. (I normally name it anything, and when the new configuration is imported it will change it)

3. export configuration of production storefront server

4. import production backup to the new server

 

I have gotten the above error "The property 'Count' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists." and I think the only thing I did to fix this is to create a dummy store before importing the configuration on the new server.

 

[Matias Migone1709161438]

Ryan, you are the best.

My experience, after Clear-STFDeployment a file still remain into one of the sites folders, so Import keep failling, after delete it i was able to import using Ryan workaround

 

Regards

[Jerome MIGNON1709158746]

Thanks all, this post help me to migrate from W2012 to W2019

1 -> export-stfconfiguration  from old Strofrefront in local Admin (error "C:\Users\user~1.name does not exist" ... with domain account)

2 -> connect new Storefront in local admin and create a fake store (Error "The property 'Count' cannot be found on this object" if no store existing)

3 -> import-stfconfiguration => import OK

The fake store is updated with imported configuration information

[Kamil Matusiak1709163187]

Hi All,

 

For the issue with "The property 'Count' " it was solved for me by including the -hostbaseurl parameter in the import command - with this import continiued without any errors!

[Kapil Bandlish1709163834]

I created a temp Store and then ran the command to import the configuration, that fixed the issue.