Citrix Provisioning Server for OS to remote machines
I followed this link which goes to 3 parts:
http://carlwebster.com/learning-the-basics-of-citrix-provisioning-services-and-xenapp-5-for-windows-server-2003-part-1-of-3/
What I got from the 3 parts I have read so far, is how to configure PVS,vdisk,create Target Device on PVS an type the MAC address of the Target device (the Master image),install Target device software on the Master image, download/and run the Xconverter from Master image in order to format the vDisk located on the PVS.
But I have not seen the scenario where the disk/diskless computers that will be rebooted and will grab the OS they are supposed to grab from PVS and become fully functional computers.
I am trying to understand how PVS is similar in deploying OS to remote physical or virtual Machines, a process similar to Windows Deployment Services (ex RIS) that deploys an OS to a computer as a clean install or overwriting the existing OS .
Any help on that?
Thanks
http://carlwebster.com/learning-the-basics-of-citrix-provisioning-services-and-xenapp-5-for-windows-server-2003-part-1-of-3/
What I got from the 3 parts I have read so far, is how to configure PVS,vdisk,create Target Device on PVS an type the MAC address of the Target device (the Master image),install Target device software on the Master image, download/and run the Xconverter from Master image in order to format the vDisk located on the PVS.
But I have not seen the scenario where the disk/diskless computers that will be rebooted and will grab the OS they are supposed to grab from PVS and become fully functional computers.
I am trying to understand how PVS is similar in deploying OS to remote physical or virtual Machines, a process similar to Windows Deployment Services (ex RIS) that deploys an OS to a computer as a clean install or overwriting the existing OS .
Any help on that?
Thanks
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So, we still have to manually type every computer MAC Address and maybe install the Target Device software and run Xconverter ??
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<<<You still need to manually type every computer MAC address - YES.>>>
There is an "Auti-add" option in PVS config.
I thought this option will avoid us from manually typing the MAC address of each computer
There is an "Auti-add" option in PVS config.
I thought this option will avoid us from manually typing the MAC address of each computer
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Excellent!
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Target master image= The PC which we want to use as the Golden image
Target Device= is the logical name of the PC that will be created on the PVS
When you create a master image. you manually create the target device and type manually its MAC address on the PVS. This way when you run the Target Device software and Xconvert from the Target master image, it will point to the Target Device which is associated to a vDisk and will format and copy the image of the Target master image to the vDisk
Now, for the other PCs [Not the Master Image], when they boot through PXE and connect to a PVS , how do they know which vDisk to point to ? seeing that the their MAC address is not prestaged [not manually entered on the PVS]