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HOWTO: Easy install a Linux Virtual Delivery Agent

With the availability of Citrix XenDesktop 7.12 comes the “Easy install” feature for installing the Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA). Previously, a lot of manual steps were involved for installing and configuring the prerequisites for the Linux VDA. This has now become a lot easier with “Easy install”. During my tests with “Easy install”, I ran into an issue regarding...

Citrix

HOWTO: Automate the creation of Citrix PVS boot devices (ISO/VMDK)

Recently, I was working for a customer to automate the deployment of a Citrix Provisioning Services environment (PVS). The customer didn’t want to use the PXE and TFTP method for booting the target devices to PVS. Instead, the customer chose to use the CD-ROM (ISO) boot method for their target devices. Because I wanted to automate the complete environment, including...