Citrix Provisioning 2109 Installation and configuration step by step

 

Requirement for Citrix Provisioning 2109 installation and configuration

1. Domain Controller (Already configured DHCP & DNS on SRV16.ads.com)

2. SQL server – (Already installed and configured on Database.ads.com)

3. PVS Server (For Console Installation, Server Installation & License server Installation) –      DEMOPVSTS.ads.com

4. Target device – WIN16TS.ads.com

Login to DHCP server and configure both point 066 & 067

Open DHCP expand Scope -> Go to Scope Options 

Right click on Scope Options -> Click Configure Options

 

Select point 066 and assign PXE boot server Name. In my case I am using a PVS server for PXE boot.

Now select point 067 to assign file Name for PXE boot ARDBP32.BIN.

Now login to PVS server

Mount Citrix provisioning application on PVS server “DEMOPVSTS.ads.com” to complete Console Installation and Server Installation

 Select Console Installation

Console installation will start

Once Installation will complete click Restart

Once server will back login to the server and launch Citrix Provisioning Setup

Click Server Installation

Click Install

Click Next

Click I accept and Next

Click next

Click next

Click Install

Now installation has completed

Once you will click Finish one pop up will come to install Citrix Console

Click Okay and do the configuration

Check mark on the service that runs on another computer (In My infra I have configured DHCP on my Domain controller server, in case if you have configured DHCP on same PVS server then keep it default)

Choose the option for PXE Services, in my case I am running PXE service on the same PVS server that you can see in DHCP configuration.

Select Create farm or use existing farm

In my case there is no existing farm so I am selecting Create farm

Enter Database server name – database.ads.com

Instance name -:  Give the name if you have already created or click next for let it create auto

TCP port-:  1433 

Enter Database Name: - database.ads.com

Farm Name: - DEMO

Site Name: - BIHAR

Collection Name: - Collection

Select use Active Directory group for security

Assign Name and path for Store

Enter License server Name

License server port

Uncheck validate license server communication: - In my case there is no License server that’s why I am unchecking.

Select Use network service account or Specified user account if you want to run it with a separate account.

Check mark to Automate computer account password within selected days

Select Network card for streaming and Management

In my case I am using single NIC for both Streaming and Management

If you are using PXE boot from the same server then check mark on Use the Citrix provisioning TFTP service or browse and assign the path for ARDBP32.BIN file.

Click next and add Stream server IP if you have different one

Click Next

Enter My Citrix user details to submit error details online else leave it.

Below is the final configuration details

DHCP - The service that runs on another computer PXE - Install Service Database Server = DATABASE\ Farm = database:DEMO Site and Collection = BIHAR, Collection AD Group = ads.com/Builtin/Administrators Store and Default Path = Store, C:\PVSStore License Server:Port = DEMOPVSDC:27000 User Account = Network Service Account Computer account password changes every 20 days Communications - First Port = 6890, Last Port = 6909 Console - Soap Port = 54321 NIC - Selected IP = 192.168.1.30 Management NIC - Selected IP = 192.168.1.30 TFTP - Install Service File = C:\ProgramData\Citrix\Provisioning Services\Tftpboot\ARDBP32.BIN Stream Service - Server IP, Server Port, Device Subnet, Device Gateway 192.168.1.30, 6910, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0

Click Finish

Now Installation completed.

Now launch Citrix Provisioning Configuration wizard

Now go to Target Device server WIN16TS.ads.com and launch Citrix Provisioning setup

Select Target Device Installation

Click Target Device Installation

Click Finish

Once installation will complete it will ask for reboot the server.

Reboot the server and again launch Citrix provision installation setup wizard

Select Target device installation

Accept license agreement and click next

Click Next

Click install

Check mark on launch imaging wizard and click finish to start Image wizard

Or you can launch later.

Or you can launch Imaging Wizard from start menu

Click next

Enter PVS site IP or name -> click next

Select create a vDisk -> Press Next

Enter Target device name: it should not be existing one

vDisk Name: Enter vDisk Name 

Select vDisk type Dynamic VHDX/VHD

Select Volume licensing type. In my case I am not using any types of license server

Chose entire Image boot disk or custom 

Click on edit partition size to assign new size that you want to copy

Click optimization settings, if you want to customize else select do no optimize and click next

Click Create

Click continue once status will change to successful

It will ask to reboot the machine but before rebooting it you need to change the boot setting using below screen.

Before reboot the server, change server boot option

Next boot with network -> Apply Ok

Click yes to reboot the machine,

Once the machine comes online, login to the server.

Auto setup will start to copy files, it will take time to complete copy process.

Launch Citrix Provisioning Console from PVS server

Right click and select connect to Farm

Enter PVS server Name or IP address to connect with Farm -> Click connect

Now the new Farm has connected also you can see new vDisk WIN16-vDisk has been created.

Click on Device Collection to see live machine that is using vDisk

Now right click on Hosts and select add new host -> Next

Select Hypervisor -> In my case I am using Citrix Hypervisor -> Click next

Enter Hypervisor Name

Enter Hypervisor IP and port

Enter Username and password 

Click on Verify connection.

If connection verification is OK, click next

 

Click finish

Thank you all done for installation and configuration of PVS 2109

Monitor Failover Cluster nodes and cluster applications using SCOM 2019

 Monitor Failover Cluster nodes and cluster applications using SCOM 2019

How to configure monitoring of failover clusters in SCOM?

Install an agent on all cluster nodes (cluster member Computer).

Enable agent proxy on all computer nodes.

Login to SCOM Console

Administration -> Managed Agent -> Right click on each of the cluster node -> Property

Go to security -> Check mark on Allow this agent to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other computers

Apply and OK.

Once you will enable proxy on all cluster nodes and after sometimes when you will check Agentless Managed you will see list of the cluster application will reflect here for monitoring i.e. Exchange DAG, SQL cluster resource or other cluster application. In my case currently I don’t have a configured cluster resource.

Citrix PVS Reverse Imaging on Target Device from a Virtual Disk to a Local Hard Disk

 

Citrix PVS Reverse Imaging 

We do reverse imaging when you want to update vDisk, VMTool, OS or drivers. To update Citrix target devices it is not mandatory to do reverse Image but you can do it’s up to you.

How to do Reverse Image

Login to PVS server 

Select the vDisk which vDisk you want to do reverse image

Change vDisk Access mode from Standard to Private

Assign vDisk to master target device

Change boot mode from vDisk to Hard Disk

Now go to XenCenter

Select master device 

Add new HDD more than actually vDisk size (In my case current size of vDisk is 24GB we can assign new disk of 25 GB)

Select Storage click Add

Assign new disk size and name

Now go to Master disk image properties

Select Boot Option 

Change boot order 

Select boot from Network

Now power on the master device, this time it will boot from local disk not from vDisk.

Once OS will load go to Disk management

Newly added disk you shall see like below, don’t format the disk at this moment

Go to C drive \Program file\Citrix\Provisioning Services

Select P2PVS and run it

Select from Citrix Provisioning vDisk 

To this machine

Click next

Format the disk 

Click Convert

Wait for to complete the vDisk conversion

Now the vDisk conversion has done

Now boot the machine and do the changes that you want to do at OS level, i.e Windows update, VMtool update or driver install.

Once changes done at OS level again you need to 

Now login to PVS server or where you have installed Provisioning Service Imaging Wizard and launch it

Enter the PVS site address

Select Create vDisk

Enter Target device Name, it should be different then existing one.

Enter vDisk Name and select vDisk type

Select Image entire boot disk

Click Edit optimize and do the changes that you want

Change the configuration as per your requirement-> Click Ok

Click Create

Now vDisk creation is completed.

Now change the master target device boot mode.

Set it to boot from Network

Boot the server

Now vDisk creation and copy completed

Now shutdown the Master target machine

Go to PVS server

And open Provisioning service console

Click vDisk pool. Now you will see newly created vDisk

Now right click on newly created vDisk -> Go to Properties 

Change from Access mode from Private to Standard mode.

Now Power on the target device and this time it will boot from network.

Now go to PVS Provisioning console 

Go to vDisk pool -> Right click on newly created or locked vDisk 

Select vDisk usage to see which target device is using vDisk

Now all done Thank you!