How to increase CPU,Memory,Drive size for MCS catalogs with VMware

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Description

This article explains how to increase the  CPU,Memory,Drive size in MCS created VMs on VMware.


Instructions

To increase the Drive size in MCS:

  1. Delete the existing catalog.
  2. Increase the drive size on master image.
  3. Create a new machine catalog.

Note: The drive space is set in the provisioning scheme of the catalog upon creation, and this cannot be modified.

VMware will not allow you to do this due to existing snapshots for this VM. Also, removal of any snapshots from the master image will cause Citrix Studio to have problems.

To change CPU, Memory in MCS

Open PowerShell as an Administrator

  1. Run the command: asnp citrix*
  2. Retrieve the current provisioning scheme by running: Get-ProvScheme -ProvisioningSchemeName "Name of Your Catalog"
  3. To change the CPU count, use the following command: Set-ProvScheme -ProvisioningSchemeName "Name of Your Catalog" -VMCpuCount "New CPU Count"
  4. To change the memory size, run the command: Set-ProvScheme -ProvisioningSchemeName "Name of Your Catalog" -VMMemoryMB "New Memory Size in MB"
  5. run the Update Catalog wizard from Citrix Studio to apply the changes to the machines in the catalog.

Issue/Introduction

How to increase the  CPU,Memory,Drive size in MCS created VMs on VMware.

Additional Information

Disk Provisioned Size Greyed Out: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/272616
Create a Machine catalog: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/7-6-long-term-service-release/xad-build-new-enviroment/xad-mach-cat-intro/xad-mach-cat-create.html