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

v2 March © 2015 Citrix

Faster DeploymentsProvisioning ServicesXenDesktop Setup Wizard

Streamed VM Setup Wizard

Raul Davila

Escalation Engineer

May 2015

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Agenda

• Overview – How the Wizards automate and accelerate deployment

• Process flow Under The Hood

• Upgrade and Compatibility

• Troubleshooting

• Resources

• Questions

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Overview

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Wizard Scenarios

• New Environments

• Quick Disaster Recovery

• On-demand resources

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Overview of the PVS Wizards

• Leveraging the Wizards to accelerate VM deployment

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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

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XenDesktop Setup Wizard

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Validate Access to the XD Site

Validate Roles

Check Catalog permissions

Enumerate Scopes

Enumerate Host Connections

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Select Host Connection

Logon to the Hypervisor

Check the Storages and Networks

Enumerate the Templates

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Select the Template

Select the correct VDA version installed in the vDisk

Note: Selecting a wrong version might lead to Unregistered Desktops

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Select the vDisk that will be assigned to the Devices

Only vDisks in Standard Mode are shown

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Create a new Catalog

New-BrokerCatalog

Same naming requirements as XenDesktop

Select existing Catalog

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

Also determines the possible Catalog Types

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User Experience – Only for Desktop Operating Systems

Random vs Static

Personal vDisk

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Virtual Machine resources

The Wizard will ignore any Write Cache disks in the Template

Configure Personal vDisk options

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Boot Options

PXE boot

BDM disk

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Active Directory computer accounts

Automatic computer account creation

Console user needs correct permissions to create accounts in Active Directory

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Importing Existing computer accounts

Import from AD or from a file

Import from an OU

CSV File Format:Name,Type,Description

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Select OU for the Machines

Finish the Wizard to create the Machines


Virtual Machine Creation ProcessHypervisor Interaction Details

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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

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VM Creation – XenServer

• Use XenAPI to automate XenServer



• Clone the VM

• Configure Virtual Hardware

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VM Creation – VMWare

• Leverage vCenter



• Clone the VM

• Finalize VM creation and configure Virtual Hardware


Streamed VM Setup WizardProcess flow Under the Hood

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Select the correct Hypervisor

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

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Select the template to be used

Templates must reside in shared DataStores

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Select the vDisk that will be assigned to the Devices

Only vDisks in Standard Mode are shown

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Select an existing Device Collection

The Streamed VM Setup Wizard does not create new Device Collections

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Additional VM Configuration

Write Cache size is inherited from the Virtual Machine Template


Upgrade and Compatibility

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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

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Troubleshooting

Cannot connect to XenDesktop Controller

Capture CDF Traces on the XenDesktop Controller

“access for Admin:GetAdministrator denied”

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Troubleshooting

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

Known issue enumerating templates: LC5783

Check permissions and access to objects

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Troubleshooting

Failure to create Virtual Machines

Verify which object failed to create

Permissions on the Hypervisor, XD and AD

Communication with Domain Controllers

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Conclusion

• Dramatically accelerate XenDesktop and XenApp Server deployments

• Differences between the Wizards

• Process flow and VM Creation

• Troubleshooting


Resources

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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

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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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