VMware vSphere 5 Support for Citrix Provisioning Server 5.6.x and 6.0

Written by Thomas Poppelgaard on. Posted in Citrix, Provisioning, VMware, vSphere

Finally its now supported to build a Citrix Provisioning Server 5.6.x or 6.0 on a VMware vSphere 5 solution.

Symptoms

Provisioning Server 5.6 and 6.0 Target Devices hosted on VMware vSphere 5.0 becomes unresponsive after Windows operating system restart (at a black screen with PXE)
- Or -
“hang” after “Found “!PXE” @ xxxx:yyyy” (with BDM).

Provisioning Server 5.6.x and 6.0 are now supported with vSphere 5 with an updated Bootstrap configuration change.

Workaround

The workaround for this issue is to select Interrupt safe mode in the Bootstrap.

This needs to be performed in one of two places:

If you are providing the Bootstrap through the Provisioning Server:

In the Provisioning Server Console, right click on Configure Bootstrap, click on Options, and select Interrupt safe mode, as shown in the following screen shot:

If you are using the BDM boot ISO to provide the bootstrap to your Target Devices, perform the following:

  • Click on Start > Citrix > Boot Device Manager, as displayed in the following screen shot.

  • In the Specify Login Server screen, enter the necessary information for your environment, click Next.
  • On the Set Options screen, select Interrupt Safe Mode and click Next, as displayed in the following screen shot:

  • On the Burn the Boot Device screen, enter any relevant details for your configuration, select: Citrix ISO Image Recorder from Boot Deviceand select Burn, as displayed in the following screen shot:

  • Save the Boot ISO and/or move it to the VMware data store that your Target Devices have access to, and configure your Virtual Machines to start from the new Boot ISO you just created.

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Comments (4)

  • Dane Young

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    Thomas,

    Did Citrix actually make a statement that this is supported now? Send me a DM on Twitter @youngtech if you don’t mind. I’m very curious if Citrix is now supporting PVS w/vSphere 5.

    Thanks!
    –youngtech

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  • Thomas Poppelgaard

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    Hi Youngtech

    Citrix have created this knowledge article http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131993

    So i would say yes there is support from Citrix now, i still have people telling me that if you turn on “Interrupt safe mode” then the issue is still there and vSphere 5 doesn’t work with Citrix Provisioning Server 6

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  • Pete

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    You need to apply the available hotfixes to the golden image and create a new clone from this. Then it works.

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  • Pete again

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    You need to apply the available hotfixes to the master image and create a new clone from this. Then it works.

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Dan

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Hi Thomas,
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Christian Eilskov

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You can see the DHCP options here:

http://www.wyse.com/kb and search for 21501

You can transfer a image using Wyse Device Manager(WDM), the same goes for smaller updates like new ICA client and so.

Thomas Poppelgaard

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Thank you Barry =)
The deep compression codec for Citrix XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro will be intergrated for Citrix XenApp in Excalibur so there is a big difference with bandwidth consumption. This means that XenApp in Excalibur will be the best platform for user density and works great over WAN with high latency as HDX 3D Pro have been known to deliver for several years. Yes i know of cases with WAN optimization, I will gather these and share them.

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Barry Schiffer

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Hi Thomas,

Nice work! Awesome to see these results on XenApp! Is there any noticable difference between XA 6.5 and Excalibur that you are aware of? Do you have experience with WAN Optimization and how this helps to reduce bandwidth further?

Kind regards,

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