In this course, you will learn about the architecture, communication, and processes that make up Provisioning Services to be successful with deploying and managing a farm. Manage and integrate vDisks and target devices with XenApp and XenDesktop for easy rollback, upgrades, and performance of Virtual Delivery Agent machines. At the end of this course you will be able to install, configure and manage the Provisioning Services solution.
- Citrix Versions Covered:
- This course is currently based on Citrix Provisioning Services 7.13.
Module 1: Provisioning Services
- Getting started with Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Architecture
Module 2: Provisioning Services Infrastructure
- The PVS server role
- The Farm database
- The vDisk Store
Module 3: Streaming the vDisk
- Introduction to vDisks
- Machine preparation
- Streaming vDisks
- Boot methods
Module 4: Target Devices
- Introduction to target devices
- Data I/O
- Handling persistent and non-persistent data
Module 5: Integrating Provisioning Services with XenApp and XenDesktop
- XenDesktop Setup Wizard
- Device Collections
- Published Apps and Desktops
- Using Provisioning Services with XenApp and XenDesktop
Module 6: Provisioning Services Redundancy
- Farm component redundancy
- Store redundancy
- Database redundancy
Module 7: Supporting Provisioning Services
- Performing updates
- Auditing and support
- vDisk imagining
- Migrating vDisk images
- Troubleshooting
