I encountered this error message on August 29, 2014:
Here are the steps I used to create provision file:
Log in my.esri.com
Go to Products >> Authorizations
Select ArcGIS for Server Advanced Enterprise version10.1 - 10.2.2
click on Authorization code
After provision file is created. I download it to the server where ArcGIS server.
Then,
It is the place where I received the error message:
"prvs is an invalid file for a single use authorization"
Solved! Go to Solution.
ESRI confirm this is a bug in my.esri.com.
The solution is to rename the .prvs to .prvc.
thank you.
Try to make the extension .rsps