This XenServer PowerShell script resets a XenServer VM by doing the following: Shuts down the VM down and waits for the VM to power off Reverting to the “Baseline” snapshot (creates one if one not already created) Starts the VM Waits for VM to be in a running state, (waits until the VM’s Netlogon Windows… Continue reading Citrix Hypervisor PowerShell – Reset VM
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Citrix Hypervisor PowerShell – Restart VM
This Citrix Hypervisor PowerShell script restarts a Citrix Hypervisor host and waits for the host to be in the running state before continuing by waiting until the Netlogon service on the VM is running.
XenServer PowerShell: Capture Metrics
Sometimes, I need to capture CPU, RAM and disk metrics on my XenServer hosts. I’ve been able to automate this process with PowerShell. Start-XSMetrics This script starts the metric gathering process on a XenServer host. The first block are the parameters. To make this work, I need to create a SSH session to the XenServer… Continue reading XenServer PowerShell: Capture Metrics
XenServer PowerShell – New Windows VM from ISO
I tend to build many Windows VMs on XenServer and want a way to automate as much as possible. I want to avoid using Sysprep. I’m getting a Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft every 6 months (semi-annual release). If I go with Sysprep, I have to manually create the VM, sysprep it, turn it into… Continue reading XenServer PowerShell – New Windows VM from ISO
Citrix Workspace Visio Stencils
The latest Visio stencils for the Citrix Workspace, including Virtual Apps (XenApp), Virtual Desktops (XenDesktop), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), Endpoint Management (XenMobile), Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer), Content Collaboration (ShareFile) and Citrix Cloud. Citrix Visio 2013-2016 Stencils Citrix Visio 2003-2010 Stencils Citrix PowerPoint 2016 Icons Daniel (Follow on Twitter @djfeller) Change Log October 24, 2022 Visio Updated -… Continue reading Citrix Workspace Visio Stencils
XenServer PVS Accelerator Sizing – Part 2
As you might have read, I recently ran a few XenServer PVS Accelerator tests to determine a starting point for the cache size. This initial investigation looked at Windows 10 and Windows 2012R2 for boot and logon operations. Looking back, I determined that I want to include three additional items Impact of a larger cache… Continue reading XenServer PVS Accelerator Sizing – Part 2
XenServer PVS Accelerator Cache Sizing
How large should we make our PVS Accelerator cache? Too large and we waste resources. Too small and we lose the performance. Let’s take a step back and recall our best practice for sizing the RAM on Provisioning Services. We would typically say allocate 2GB of RAM for each vDisk image the server provides. This… Continue reading XenServer PVS Accelerator Cache Sizing
Monitoring PVS Accelerator
I love data. I like seeing numbers and graphs. I like to see if something is having an impact. I like when new capabilities provides us with the means to monitor because this data gives me reassurance that the feature has an impact instead of me simply believing it does. Let’s look at XenServer 7.1… Continue reading Monitoring PVS Accelerator
Improving Logon Time with PVS Accelerator
The title is correct. We can improve user logon time by implementing PVS accelerator in XenServer 7.1. This actually makes perfect sense. We already showed that PVS Accelerator drastically improves VM boot times because portions of the master vDisk image are cached locally. Booting a VM equates to roughly 80% reads and 20% writes. VMs… Continue reading Improving Logon Time with PVS Accelerator
Provisioning Services Accelerator
An interesting new feature was included with the XenServer 7.1 release: Provisioning Services Accelerator. In a single sentence, PVS Accelerator overcomes PVS server and network latency by utilizing local XenServer RAM/Disk resources to cache blocks of a PVS vDisk to fulfill local target VM requests. Take a look at the demo video to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_vhMf3SFks… Continue reading Provisioning Services Accelerator
