Citrix Provisioning services installation and configuration

Описание: In this step-by-step installation guide I will install Citrix Provisioning Services 7.1 on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 system. I will install the PVS console, the server itself, configure the PVS farm, installing the target device software, running the Imaging Wizard, and finaly I will apply some optimizations.

For this installation I will use my current DHCP server, Microsoft SQL 2012 server and Citrix License server which are installed on a separate server. In addition to these components, you must also create a folder for the vDisk Store and create a services account before starting the installation.
ervices account permissions

The services account needs the following permissions;

Database:

db_datareader
db_datawriter
Execute permissions on stored procedures
System:

Run as service
Registry read access
Program Files\Citrix\Provisioning Services (Full Control)
Read/write access to any vDisk location
If using Personal vDisk with XenDesktop, XenDesktop Full administrator privilages
If using KMS licensing, the service account needs to be a member of the local administrators group
Active Directory:

Domain User
Create, Reset and Delete computer objects permissions on relating OU’s
Reset password permissions on relating OU’s
User who performs the installation

The user you are using for the Citrix Provisioning Services Server installation needs the following SQL Database permissions;

DBCreator
Security Admin
Prerequisites (on Windows Server 2012 R2)

Provisioning Services Console

Microsoft Management Console 3.0
Windows PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 (when using with XenDesktop)
Microsoft .NET 4.0
Provisioning Services Server

Windows PowerShell 2.0
Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 (when using with XenDesktop)
Microsoft .NET 4.0
Windows Target Device

Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 (when using with XenDesktop)
Microsoft .NET 4.0
DHCP Scope options

If PXE is not an option in your environment, you can configure the DHCP services to delivers the bootstrap file location. You can do this with the following DHCP scoop options;

66: Boot Server Host Name
67: Bootfile Name (ARDBP32.BIN)