Specifications

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Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
18. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
19. Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 installation disk.
20. Click Finish.
21. Right-click the XD-PVS, and choose Edit Settings.
22. On the Hardware tab, click Add…
23. Click Hard Disk, and click Next.
24. Click Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
25. Specify 50 GB for the virtual disk size, thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, and specify SSD.
26. Choose SCSI (1:0) for the device node, and click Finish.
27. Click the new SCSI controller, and click Change type…
28. Select VMware Paravirtual, and click OK.
29. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, check box Reserve all guest memory, and click OK.
30. Start the VM.
Installing SQL Express on XD-PVS
A SQL database is required for Provisioning Services; we used the included SQL express installation files on the
Citrix Provisioning Service media to create a database on the XD-PVS host.
1. Log into the server named XD-PVS.
2. Insert the media for Citrix Provisioning services 6.0.
3. Browse to the SQL Express 2005Express\directory, and run SQLEXPR.exe.
4. Accept the End user agreement, and click Next.
5. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
6. Verify the system passes the system configuration check, and click Next.
7. Enter a name and organization, and click Next.
8. Select the default features, and click Next.
9. Select Windows authentication, and click Next.
10. Check both boxes to Enable user instances, add user to the SQL Server administrator Role, and click Next.
11. Click Next for error usage reporting, and click Next.
12. Click Install.
13. When completed, click Next, and Finish.
14. From the vCenter desktop, open StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft SQL Server 2005Configuration ToolsSQL
Server Configuration Manager.
15. Click SQL Server Network ConfigurationProtocols for SQLEXPRESS.
16. Right-click TCP/IP, and select Enabled.
17. Click SQL Servicesright-click SQL server browser, and select Properties.
18. In the SQL Server Browser properties, select the services tab, change the start mode to Automatic, and click OK.
19. Start the SQL server browser service.
Installing Citrix Provisioning Services 6 on XD-PVS
1. Log into the server named XD-PVS as VDI\administrator
2. Insert the media for Citrix Provisioning services 6.0.
3. Click Auto Run.
4. Click Server installation.
5. Click Install server.
6. At the welcome screen, click Next.
7. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
8. Enter user name and organization name, and click Next.
9. Accept the default installation path, and click Next.
10. Select complete setup, and click Next.