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While there might be a way, I was never able to figure one out. &nbsp;~35 server 4.0 farm, all running physical on boot-from-SAN blades. &nbsp;I had a base OS install that had the citrix install files pre-loaded on it. &nbsp;Clone the LUN, boot it, newsid, rename server, join to domain, install Citrix, then push apps via installation packager manager. &nbsp;The whole process would take ~45 minutes per server.<br />
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I tried cloning fully-built ones, and they never worked right. &nbsp;Wouldn't join the farm, ZDC got mad, all sorts of stuff.<br />
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Good luck,<br />
exx
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While there might be a way, I was never able to figure one out.  ~35 server 4.0 farm, all running physical on boot-from-SAN blades.  I had a base OS install that had the citrix install files pre-loaded on it.  Clone the LUN, boot it, newsid, rename server, join to domain, install Citrix, then push apps via installation packager manager.  The whole process would take ~45 minutes per server.

I tried cloning fully-built ones, and they never worked right.  Wouldn't join the farm, ZDC got mad, all sorts of stuff.


Good luck,
exx

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check out xenapprep. &nbsp;<a href="http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063" rel="ugc">http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063</a><br />

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check out xenapprep.  http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063 [http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116063]


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We have an application running on a VM Server in a Presentation Server 4.0 farm. The server is currently handling 40 users but the number of users will almost double so we need to deploy a new server and balance the load.<br />
What we have in mind is to clone the existing VM and run the NewSid. The question is: Is it possible to add the new cloned server to an existing farm without reinstalling Citrix?<br />
What would be the best approach?
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We have an application running on a VM Server in a Presentation Server 4.0 farm. The server is currently handling 40 users but the number of users will almost double so we need to deploy a new server and balance the load.
What we have in mind is to clone the existing VM and run the NewSid. The question is: Is it possible to add the new cloned server to an existing farm without reinstalling Citrix?
What would be the best approach?

How to add a cloned Citrix Server to the farm

Citrix is the synonym for the virtualization and application infrastructure systems developed by the company of the same name. Main areas are application virtualization, Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), cloud-computing and networking. The two most well-known are Citrix XenApp or Citrix CloudPlatform.