Citrix Provisioning Services 6 has an issue with target devices getting a black screen or the target devices stop responding on reboot. This issue is caused by a DHCP lease issue with Provisioning Services 6. See Citrix Knowledge Center article…
Jarian Gibson
Application, Desktop, and Server Virtualization
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Provisioning Services 6 Black Screen Issue
Tagged with: Black Screen, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, vDisk
Posted in Provisioning Services
Posted in Provisioning Services
Using XenClient to Update Provisioning Services vDisk Images
In December of 2009 I wrote about Upgrading Provisioning Services vDisk Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers. In that blog post I wrote about using the Reverse Imaging, Hyper-V Direct VHD boot, and XenServer Direct VHD boot options…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenClient, XenDesktop
Using EdgeSight in Provisioned XenDesktop Environments
When using EdgeSight in provisioned XenDesktop environments you have a few options when using the EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops Agent. Monitoring provisioned XenDesktop environments is pretty straight forward and fairly easy to setup with minimal requirements. In this blog post I am going to go over what the…
Tagged with: EdgeSight, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenDesktop
Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk
Resizing a Provisioning Services vDisk is pretty straight forward. You can use VHDResizer with diskpart or attach the VHD in Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 and extend the volume through Disk Management. Carlo Costanzo has a good blog post on using the diskpart…
Using EdgeSight with Provisioned XenApp Servers
Using EdgeSight in provisioned XenApp environments can be tricky if you don’t follow the proper installation steps. Monitoring provisioned XenApp servers is pretty straight forward and easy to setup with minimal requirements. In this blog post I am going to go over what the…
Tagged with: EdgeSight, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in EdgeSight, Provisioning Services, XenApp
Using XenDesktop with Hyper-V
Recently I have worked with Hyper-V and SCVMM in my lab to get more hands on with Hyper-V R2. I also recently started working with XenDesktop and Hyper-V using the lab manuals I received when I attended Citrix and Microsoft…
Updating Provisioned XenApp vDisks: To XenAppPrep or not to XenAppPrep?
Over a month ago I was in some conversations with some fellow Citrix consultants on Twitter about how they use XenAppPrep when updating provisioned XenApp servers. There has also been some forum postings on this subject as well. This is also a…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenAppPrep
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
Posted in Provisioning Services, XenApp
Upgrading Provisioning Services vDisks Target Device Software, Virtual Machine Tools, and Network Drivers
With each release of a Provisioning Services Target Device update, hypervisor virtual machines tools update, or network drivers update we are tasked with upgrading the Provisioning Services vDisk and what method to use to complete the upgrade. In this blog…
Tagged with: Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, Target Device Software, vDisk
Posted in Provisioning Services
Posted in Provisioning Services
Citrix Products 2010: A Wish List (continued) +1
This week Helge Klein started a Citrix products 2010 wish list. Tim Arenz expanded on Helge’s wish list on his blog earlier today. I want to expand on both Helge’s and Tim’s additions with my own wishes as well. I’m…
Tagged with: Application Streaming, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, NetScaler, NetScaler VPX, Power and Capacity Management, Provisioning Server, Provisioning Services, VM Hosted Apps, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Access Gateway Enterprise, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Posted in Access Gateway Enterprise, Citrix Receiver, Merchandising Server, Provisioning Services, XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer
Provisioning Services Database Redundancy – Mirroring or Replication?
Awhile back I wrote the blog post Provisioning Services 5.1 Specifiy Database Mirror Failover Partner…Huh? and got some good feedback from Pete Downing the Principal Product Manager for Provisioning Services. In his comments on my blog post he mentioned that he…
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