Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) XenDesktop 5 and Virtual Machine (VM) setup wizard

Where to Find Documentation

These documents describe the features, prerequisites and known issues added by this release:

Using the Provisioning Services XenDesktop Setup Wizard.docx

Using the Provisioning Services Streamed Virtual Machine Setup Wizard.docx

Please read the appropriate document before installing the XenDeskTop 5 and Virtual Machine setup wizard.

Issue(s) Resolved in this Hotfix

This hotfix provides a patch to the Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP 1 management console, adding two new wizards to the Site context menu.  The first is an updated version of the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, compatible with XenDesktop 5 that automates deployment of collections of streamed virtual desktops.  The second is a new Streamed VM Setup Wizard that provides similar functionality for the deployment of other types of streamed VMs, including XenApp servers.

Installing and uninstalling this package

Notes:

• The user must have administrative rights to the server.

To install this Package:

1. Download the package from the Package and Service Packs page of the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.

2. Copy the package to an empty folder on the hard drive of the server you want to install to and unzip the file.

Steps to install the package:

INSTALLATION

First install or upgrade to Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP 1 and apply the appropriate installer for this enhancement to the Citrix Provisioning Services console.

The release folder includes the 6 files:

For 32bit Windows installations:

ConsolePatch.msp

ServerPatch.msp

Host.PowerShellSnapIn.msi

For 64bit Windows installations:

ConsolePatch_x64.msp

ServerPatch_x64.msp

Host.PowerShellSnapIn_x64.msi

For Citrix Provisioning Services Server installations run the following installs, this will update the console that is running on the server, do not run the ConsolePatch.msp in a Citrix provisioning Service Server:

1. ServerPatch.msp or ServerPatch_x64.msp depending if the Citrix Provisioning Services Server Operating System is running on 32 or 64 bit respectively.

2. HostPowerShellSnapIn.msi or HostPowerShellSnapIn_x64.msi depending if the Citrix Provisioning Services Server Operating System is running on 32 or 64 bit respectively.

For Citrix Provisioning Server Console installations (No Citrix Provisioning Server installed) run the following installs:

1. ConsolePatch.msp or ConsolePatch _x64.msp depending if the Citrix Provisioning Services Server Operating System is running on 32 or 64 bit respectively.

2. HostPowerShellSnapIn.msi or HostPowerShellSnapIn_x64.msi depending if the Citrix Provisioning Service Server Operating System is running on 32 or 64 bit respectively.

This patch requires PowerShell 2.0.

On a Windows Server 2008 Provisioning Server, if PowerShell 2.0 is not already installed, a reboot will be required.

UNINSTALLATION

You can not remove this patch from the server or console.

The Citrix Host Snapin can be uninstalled separately.

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