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