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Personal vDisk

Personal vDisk. Citrix XenDesktop 5.6. Jits Langedijk Sr. Consultant Application & Desktop Delivery. jla@pqr.nl @ JRLangedijk JitsLangedijk. Agenda. Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 What is a Personal vDisk ( PvD )? What are the PvD requirements? What does Personal vDisk do ?

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Personal vDisk

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  1. Personal vDisk Citrix XenDesktop 5.6

  2. Jits LangedijkSr. Consultant Application & Desktop Delivery jla@pqr.nl @JRLangedijk JitsLangedijk

  3. Agenda • Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 • What is a Personal vDisk (PvD)? • What are the PvD requirements? • What does Personal vDisk do? • How to install or upgrade PvD? • What is a PvD Inventory?

  4. Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 • March, 9 released • Main Focus is integration of Personal vDisk (RingCube). • Features • PvD integration into core components. • Support for Microsoft SCVMM 2012 and SCCM 2012. • Updated Citrix License Server v11.10. • Desktop Director 2.1 adds support for PvD. • Fixed Issues.

  5. Citrix Personal vDisk technology • Complete personalization Personalized PC experience Departmental & user installed apps Personalized apps, data & prefs • Efficiency and management Single OS image management Reduce storage by 65% Enables pooled VDI for all

  6. What is a Personal vDisk? • RingCube 5.5 user personalization technology. • VDI with PvD offers a virtual desktop & workspace. • Each user gets a workspace stored on a SAN. • Workspace contains entitlement based applications, data and settings. • Workspace contains only user changes. • Reduces storage requirements.

  7. VDI Desktop Models – Dedicated Desktops User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals Increased storage High per user cost Increased management overhead Complex and unique base images Highly personalized for users Increased user acceptance Base Image Base Image Base Image Operating System Operating System Operating System VM1 VM2 VM3

  8. VDI Desktop Models – Pooled Desktops No personalization Poor user acceptance Limited scope/user base Reduced storage requirements Centralized management Uptime & predictability Common Base Image Operating System BASE / PARENT VM

  9. Citrix Personal vDisk – Best of both worlds User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals User Profile & Settings-------------Departmental Applications-------------User Installed Applications------------- Local Peripherals Enterprise scope Highly personalized for users Increased user acceptance Reduced infrastructure requirements Centralized management Uptime & predictability PvD 1 PvD 2 PvD 3 Common Base Image Operating System BASE PARENT VM

  10. Personal vDisk Requirements • XenServer 5.6 SP2 or above • VMware vSphere5.0 • VMware vSphere4.1, Update 1 • Hyper-V • Citrix License Server v11.10 • XenDesktop 5.6 will not work with older license servers

  11. Component Requirements

  12. What Does Personal vDisk Do? • PvDintercepts application I/O requests (files, registry keys, registry values) and redirects these requests. • Requests are satisfied from the base Virtual Machine or Personal vDisk. • PvD decides which layer to satisfy the request from by consulting a set of rulescalled the resourcecatalog. • PvD provides a blendedviewof both base Virtual Machine and the users Personal vDisk.

  13. PvD Storage Architecture Pooled Desktops with Personal vDisk Assigned Desktops

  14. MCS – ID Disk, Difference Disk, Base VM relationships This is what the user sees as Drive C:\ This is hidden from the users view Windows 7 Master VHD Chain VHD Chain VHD Chain Diff Disk Diff Disk Diff Disk ID Disk ID Disk ID Disk Virtual Desktop 2 Virtual Desktop 1 Virtual Desktop x Storage Subsystem

  15. MCS with PVD – ID Disk, Difference Disk, PVDisk Windows 7 Master This is what the user sees as Drive C:\ This is hidden from the users view VHD Chain VHD Chain VHD Chain Diff Disk Diff Disk Diff Disk ID Disk ID Disk ID Disk Virtual Desktop 2 Virtual Desktop 1 Virtual Desktop x Storage Subsystem

  16. MCS with PVD – ID Disk, Difference Disk, PVDisk Windows 7 Master VHD Chain Diff Disk ID Disk Virtual Desktop 1 Personal vDisk • This part is seen by the user as Drive P:\ • Used for USERDATA e.g. My Documents • By default user is allowed 50% of the PVDisk • This part is Drive V:\ • It’s hidden from the user • Merged with the Diff Disk • Seen by user as Drive C:\ • E.g. Installed apps • PVDisk is created by copying UserData.VDESK.TEMPLATE from Base VM during catalog creation • 10GB by default with 50/50 split for User Data / App Data Storage Subsystem

  17. Workflow • Common Base Setup • Install OS, common apps and VDA in base VM • Create VM pool and entitle • User Access • Login through XenDesktop Client • PvD assigned on first login • Locally administered/User installed/streamed apps • Image Update • Update base VM without affecting any user personalization User’s Workspace Common Base Image Operating System

  18. How do I install PvD? • Upgrade options exist for • XenDesktop 5, XenDesktop 5.5 and the VDA • A ‘mixed’ site is permitted • Controllers running XenDesktop 4, 5 and 5.5 can control desktops running XenDesktop 5.6 VDA’s. • Controllers running XenDesktop 5.6 can control desktops running the only the XenDesktop 5.6 VDA. • Desktop Studio from XenDesktop 5 SP1 can manage sites created with XenDesktop 5.6 unless they include desktops with PvD. • Desktop Studio from XenDesktop 5.6 can manage sites created with XenDesktop 5, 5 SP1. Citrix Confidential - Do Not Distribute

  19. Controller Installation / Upgrade • After installation/upgrade you need to configure a Site • This includes, Licensing, Database set up and Host connection • Desktop Deployment Wizard is used to configure a site • Quick Deploy Wizard cannot be used with PvD

  20. XenDesktop 5.6 – Post Installation (Existing Hosts) Add Personal vDisks to existinghosts • In Desktop Studio • Select host • Select Enable Personal vDisk • Add Personal vDisk storage

  21. XenDesktop 5.6 – Post Installation (New Hosts) Add Personal vDisks to a new site • In Desktop Studio • Create a catalog • Pooled with Personal vDisk (MCS) • Streamed with Personal vDisk (PVS) • Number of VMs • Size (min of 3GB) • Drive letter

  22. Virtual Desktop Agent Installation • VDA can be installed in two modes: • Virtual Desktop Agent – includes the new features of XD 5.6 • Virtual Desktop Agent for HDX 3D Pro • Enable Personal vDisk for VDA • PvD is always installed. You either enableor disable the drivers.

  23. PvDDisk • May be attached to any storage targets defined in the hypervisor • Thin provisioning is supported for those hypervisors that support it • Can be located on same VM, or different (IOPS split among locations) • Default size and location selected in Desktop Studio catalog creation • (or PVS XenDesktop Setup Wizard, if PVS in use) • PvD disks can be resized

  24. What is a PvD Inventory? • The PvD inventory consists of a few things … • The resource catalog • A set of 0-byte files which track files sourced from the base VM • Essentially information about what is installed in the base VM • The inventory is created by the administrator • Start -> Citrix -> Personal vDisk -> Update Inventory • At each base VM shutdown via the shutdown tracker • These options are only available in the base VM

  25. Template VHD • The inventory is computed and placed in the template VHD • i.e. the resource catalog and sentry files corresponding to the base VM • The template VHD is savedfor use during first time boot in Pooled VM mode • After inventory creationa snapshot is taken and the XenDesktop catalog is created • An empty, unformatted volume is attached to each virtual machine • This volume becomes the Personal vDisk for the user of that VM • Initial size and SR location are obtained from DS/PVS setup wizard

  26. Pooled VM – First Time Boot • MCS / PVS starts each VM in the pool • The Personal vDisk driver detects the unformatted volume and formats it • The template VHD from the base VM is copied into the new volume. • This is a VHDinsideavolume

  27. Pooled VM – Subsequent Boots • On each subsequent VM boots the drivers perform the following tasks … • Detects the volume with the VHD inside • Mounts the VHD • Load the resource catalog from the VHD into the system registry • Begin interception / virtualization • PvD also will detect if the volume has been increased in size and resize the VHD if needed

  28. Pooled VM – User Changes • Over timeusers will make changes to their environment • Add/delete/change files • Add/delete/change registry keys/values • Install/uninstall software (if rights permit) • Receive provisioned applications (eg, via SCCM) • It’s important to note that PvD captures all changes being made • These changes are redirected to the PvD VHD file • No changes to the VM image are permitted

  29. Base VM – Life Cycle • Base VM images can and will change over time • A new inventory will be computed and stored in the base VM • On next pooled VM bootthe VM will notice that it is out-of-date with respect to the new base VM • PvD drivers will mount the VHDand merge the changes from the previous inventory with the new inventory, respecting any changes made by the user. • After this 3-way merge the VM will restart. • Note – the broker will stop user logins during image update

  30. Reminders • PvD is not a User Environment Management solution • Be aware of the 50/50% profile and apps split • PvD turns pooled VDI into pooled-static • Admin always wins 

  31. Summary • Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 • What is a Personal vDisk (PvD)? • What are the PvD requirements? • What does Personal vDisk do? • How to install or upgrade PvD? • What is a PvD Inventory?

  32. Thanksforyour patience! jla@pqr.nl

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