In the first part of the Machine Creation Services Primer, we focused on the creation of Pooled-Random, Pooled-Static and Dedicated desktops. The process was very similar. However, at this point, items start to change and I want to focus on updating the master image, as this question usually comes up pretty quickly. With Machine Creation [...]
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Machine Creation Services Primer – Part 2
Posted: June 28, 2011 in Machine Creation Services, Uncategorized, XenDesktopTags: mcs
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Machine Creation Services Primer – Part 1
Posted: June 22, 2011 in Machine Creation Services, UncategorizedTags: mcs, xendesktop
I get a lot of questions about different components of XenDesktop. What are they? How do they work? Should I use it? I’ve decided to spend some cycles trying to provide information about some of these components. The first one we will hit is Machine Creation Services. Machine Creation Services (MCS) is one option for [...]
Migrate from MCS to PVS
Posted: May 13, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: machine creation services, mcs, migration, Provisioning services, pvs, xendesktop
When installing XenDesktop 5, I bet many people were interested in using Machine Creation Services. And why not? It is easy to setup and configure because there is nothing to setup and configure. What could be easier? However, as many of you start to grow your desktop virtualization implementations to include more users, more desktops [...]
PVS or MCS – What’s Your Decision Going to Be
Posted: March 9, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, machine creation services, mcs, Provisioning services, pvs, xendesktop
The decision between using Provisioning Services or Machine Creation Services is based on many things, with a few being discussed previously: Big Picture Operations Resource Requirements Let’s say you’ve gone through these discussions and are still trying to determine what approach you should take. Personally, I like to use decision trees, like the following: By [...]
PVS or MCS – We Talking About IOPS Again
Posted: March 2, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, IOPS, machine creation services, mcs, Provisioning services, pvs, xendesktop
Deciding between PVS and MCS is a tough decision for many organizations. Although MCS is limited in that it can only do virtual machines, it does appear to be easier to setup than PVS. In fact, MCS just works while PVS requires another server and configuration of bootstrap processes like TFTP/PXE. So it sounds like [...]
