Steps to Add or Manage ESXi host with Distributed switch in vCenter server 7.0

Login to vCenter server

Select vDS switch -> Right click and select Add and Manage Hosts

Click Add host

Click next

Click new host and select host from the list that you want to add in vDS and manage through Distributed switch

Click next

Select free NIC and assign to uplink 

Check mark on Apply this uplink assignment to the rest of the hosts

Click OK

Now VMNIC1 from all 3 hosts have assigned to uplink 2 

Click next

Click Next and select the correct VMK0 that you want to migrate. In my case I am not going to migrate I shall do it later.

Select the port group name

Select the kernel port and assign to port group, if you want to migrate incase not they click next 

Check mark on Migrate virtual machine networking, if you want to migrate the VM with VM network.

Click next and finish.

Once you will add host it will look like below.

Steps to create Distributed switch and port in vCenter server 7.0

 Steps to create Distributed switch and port in vCenter server 7.0

Login to vCenter server 

Select Datacenter Name and right click -> Select Distributed Switch 

Select new Distributed switch

Give distributed switch Name & Click next

Select ESXi version, in my case I am selecting higher version

Specify number of uplinks

Check mark to create a default port group  

Give port group name: MGMT

Click next

Click Finish

Now a Distributed switch has created.

To create additional port group 

Select Distributed Switch -> Right click and select Distributed port group

Select new distributed port group

Give port group name

Modify the changes as per your requirements

Click next and finish

Now I have created 4 port groups as per my requirements.

Create Delivery group in Citrix 7.9 Step by Step

 

Create Delivery group in Citrix 7.9 Step by Step

To create a Delivery Group we need to first create a machine catalog and before creating a machine catalog we need to deploy machines.

Login to DDC server 

Open Citrix Studio -> Select Delivery Group

Right click on Delivery Group -> Create Delivery group

Click Next

Select the machine catalog that you want to assign in delivery group

In my case I am selecting DEMOVDI that I created recently.

Choose the number of machines for this Delivery group

Add Users or group names here to whom you want to allow access.

As I am doing for testing purpose so selecting here Domain admins

If you want to publish an application from here, Click Add and publish application as well but in my case I am not publishing application from here.

Click next.

Click next

Enter Display name that will show when you will launch Citrix storefront web console

Check mark on Enable desktop.

Click next

Enter delivery group name

Click finish

Now newly delivery group has been created.

Now launch Citrix  StoreFront and login with user ID  & Password

http://demopvsdc.ads.com/Citrix/StoreWeb/ 

Newly created Delivery group DEMOVDI is showing here.

Create Machine catalog in Citrix Studio 7.9 step by step

 Create Machine catalog in Citrix Studio 7.9 step by step

Login to DDC server where you have installed Citrix Studio

Open Citrix Studio console

Right click on Machine Catalogs -> Select Create Machine Catalog

Click Next

Select Operating system types (In my case I am creating for server OS)

Select Machine Management for VM select Power managed

Deployment type – in my case I am using PVS based

Enter PVS Name

Expend Site and select collection that you want to publish.

Click Next

Enter Machine catalog name

Enter machine catalog description 

Click Finish

New Machine catalog has created.

Now all 6 machines are showing that is available in that device collection.

PVS Device collection

Next steps will be create delivery group

http://www.mytechinfoit.com/2021/12/citrix-provisioning-2109-installation.html 

http://www.mytechinfoit.com/2021/12/how-to-create-bulk-machines-in-citrix.html 

How to create bulk Machines in Citrix PVS using streamed VM setup wizard

How to create bulk Machines in Citrix PVS using streamed VM setup wizard

First of all you need to prepare one machine using all the prerequisite software and install Citrix provisioning target device software and export image and create vDisk

You can follow below link for Citrix target device software installation and image export.

http://www.mytechinfoit.com/2021/12/citrix-provisioning-2109-installation.html

Now convert one VM to template in XenServer.

Now login to Citrix PVS server

Open Citrix provisioning console

Make sure you have already added Hypervisor host 

Now right click on Site (In my case Bihar is my PVS site)

And click streamed VM setup wizard.

Click next

Enter Citrix Hypervisor Name

Username

Password

Port 80

Click Next

It will detect Virtual Machine template from XenServer

Click next

Select vDisk that you create during image export.

Drop down and select the collection where you want to create these VMs

Give VM number:-4

Assign vCPUs: - 2

Assign memory:-2048

Click next

Select Computer account option like create new or import

Dropdown and select domain: - ads.com

Select OU

Give account naming schema ## is number start from 0

Click next 

Click finish

Now all 4 devices have created. 

Click done

Now go to device collection -> ITDemo_2K16 and you will see newly created VMs

Also go to XenCenter and you will see all newly created VMs.

Now you can power it on publish on Citrix..

I will cover it in next document.