V2 March © 2015 Citrix Faster Deployments Provisioning Services XenDesktop Setup Wizard Streamed VM...

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Faster DeploymentsProvisioning ServicesXenDesktop Setup Wizard

Streamed VM Setup Wizard

Raul Davila

Escalation Engineer

May 2015

Agenda

• Overview – How the Wizards automate and accelerate deployment

• Process flow Under The Hood

• Upgrade and Compatibility

• Troubleshooting

• Resources

• Questions

Overview

Wizard Scenarios

• New Environments

• Quick Disaster Recovery

• On-demand resources

Overview of the PVS Wizards

• Leveraging the Wizards to accelerate VM deployment

Main differences between the PVS Wizards

• XenDesktop interaction

• Cross version compatibility

• The XenDesktop Setup Wizard must be used to create PvD enabled Virtual Machines

• Streamed VM Setup Wizard does not initialize the Write Cache

• The XenDesktop Setup Wizard allows usage of multiple storages

XenDesktop Setup WizardProcess flow Under the Hood

XenDesktop Setup Wizard

Validate Access to the XD Site

Validate Roles

Check Catalog permissions

Enumerate Scopes

Enumerate Host Connections

Select Host Connection

Logon to the Hypervisor

Check the Storages and Networks

Enumerate the Templates

Select the Template

Select the correct VDA version installed in the vDisk

Note: Selecting a wrong version might lead to Unregistered Desktops

Select the vDisk that will be assigned to the Devices

Only vDisks in Standard Mode are shown

Create a new Catalog

New-BrokerCatalog

Same naming requirements as XenDesktop

Select existing Catalog

Selecting the correct Operating System will determine if the Personal vDisk Option will be available.

Also determines the possible Catalog Types

User Experience – Only for Desktop Operating Systems

Random vs Static

Personal vDisk

Virtual Machine resources

The Wizard will ignore any Write Cache disks in the Template

Configure Personal vDisk options

Boot Options

PXE boot

BDM disk

Active Directory computer accounts

Automatic computer account creation

Console user needs correct permissions to create accounts in Active Directory

Importing Existing computer accounts

Import from AD or from a file

Import from an OU

CSV File Format:Name,Type,Description

Select OU for the Machines

Finish the Wizard to create the Machines

Virtual Machine Creation ProcessHypervisor Interaction Details

VM Creation – Hyper-V

• Leverage PowerShell and SCVMM

• Verify VM doesn’t exist

• Get the Template Properties

• Build PowerShell job to create the Virtual Machine

• Finalize VM creation and configure Virtual Hardware

VM Creation – XenServer

• Use XenAPI to automate XenServer

• Clone the VM

• Configure Virtual Hardware

VM Creation – VMWare

• Leverage vCenter

• Clone the VM

• Finalize VM creation and configure Virtual Hardware

Streamed VM Setup WizardProcess flow Under the Hood

Select the correct Hypervisor

For Hyper-V, SCVMM console must be installed on the PVS Server

Select the template to be used

Templates must reside in shared DataStores

Select the vDisk that will be assigned to the Devices

Only vDisks in Standard Mode are shown

Select an existing Device Collection

The Streamed VM Setup Wizard does not create new Device Collections

Additional VM Configuration

Write Cache size is inherited from the Virtual Machine Template

Steps for Computer Account creation are the same as in XenDesktop Setup Wizard

Select OU for the Machines

Finish the Wizard to create the Machines

Upgrade and Compatibility

PVS Version XenDesktop Version

Upgrade and Compatibility

PVS Upgrade could require a XenDesktop upgrade

PVS 6.x reaches End Of Life on June 17, 2015

Provisioning Services 7.6

XenDesktop 7.0, 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6

XenDesktop 7.0 and 7.1

XenDesktop 5.5 and 5.6

Troubleshooting

Cannot connect to XenDesktop Controller

Capture CDF Traces on the XenDesktop Controller

“access for Admin:GetAdministrator denied”

Troubleshooting

“Object reference not set to an instance of an object”

Known issue enumerating templates: LC5783

Check permissions and access to objects

Troubleshooting

Failure to create Virtual Machines

Verify which object failed to create

Permissions on the Hypervisor, XD and AD

Communication with Domain Controllers

Conclusion

• Dramatically accelerate XenDesktop and XenApp Server deployments

• Differences between the Wizards

• Process flow and VM Creation

• Troubleshooting

Resources

XDSW Requirements: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/provisioning-7/pvs-install-task1-plan-6-0.html#pvs-install-task1-plan__pvs-plan-req-xd-wizard

SVMSW Requirements: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/provisioning-7/pvs-install-task1-plan-6-0.html#pvs-install-task1-plan__pvs-plan-req-streamed-vm-wizard

ESX Permissions: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/provisioning-7/pvs-xendesktop-setup-wizard-readme.html

VMware vSphere 6 - Citrix Known Issues: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200969

PVS Data Tools: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136079

Citrix Insight Services: https://taas.citrix.com

Questions

Before you leave…

• Recommended related breakout session– SYN412 - Faster deployments: XenDesktop Setup Wizard and the Streamed VM Setup

WizardThursday May 14 at 4:30 p.m. -- Valencia Ballroom D

• Conference Surveys are available online at www.citrixsynergy.com starting Thursday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m.– Those who provide feedback by 6pm, Friday, May 15th will receive:– $20 Amazon e-gift card– Name entered in a drawing for a free Trip to Synergy 2016 (5 chances)

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