Describes how to use the “Citrix provisioning devices export wizard" and explains what the provisioning services console is contacting during each stage of the export

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Instructions

The  “Citrix provisioning devices export wizard"  uses a 2 step process to  export devices to Citrix Cloud

1. The remote powershell SDK authenticates directly to Citrix Cloud in order to enumerate available Host resources.
2. The Citrix provisioning console then authenticates directly to the Host to enumerate Target device details from the host.

 
As a result the machine where the wizard is run needs to have network access to citrix cloud and network access to the hypervisor on prem.
 
The following steps give an overview of the process of exporting target devices to Citrix Cloud
 
If you have not already created a host connection:
 

1. In the Citrix Cloud Console >  select Add Connections and Resources
2. Select create a  new connection:

 

3. Under connection select a hypervisor which is supported by Citrix provisioning

• ​​​​​​​https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131239

4.  Under "Create virtual machines using" select Citrix provisioning tools (machine creation services or Citrix Provisioning)
5. Select appropriate storage and network configuration in the next page
6. Once your host connection has been created, log on to a machine with the Citrix Provisioning services console installed. 
7. Uninstall the Citrix DaaS (formerly known as Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops) SDK from the PVS console and install the remote powershell SDK as per:

• https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/current-release/configure/cloud-connector.html

8. Launch the “Citrix provisioning devices export wizard" from the Citrix provisioning console > right click on the site node >  select "Export devices wizard…"

 

9. Enter your cloud connector address  > next
10. When prompted authenticate using your cloud credentials 
11. It is not proxied through the cloud connector.
12. Select the correct Cloud account:

 
 

13. Select physical or virtual devices
14.  Select the host connection created previously or any other supported host connection with resources (storage and network specified in the cloud UI)
15. You will then be prompted to enter valid host credentials to authenticate directly to the Host from the PVS console:
16. You must have direct network access between the machine where the PVS console is installed and the hypervisor.

   

17. Select the device collection and targets to import

 
 
Troubleshooting:
 
If created host connections are not visible after authenticating to cloud please ensure the following:

• The connector specified the PVS UI does not appear as down in the cloud UI

 

• The host connection has been created with storage and network specified.

Suitable host connections can be found by running the following command from within a PowerShell window on the machine with the remote powershell sdk installed
 
Get-childitem -LiteralPath xdhyp:\hostingunits
 

 
If nothing is returned by this command you have not specified resources under this host connection
Or
The connector in the resource location where this host resides is not reachable from cloud.
 

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The “Citrix provisioning devices export wizard" uses a 2 step process to export devices to Citrix Cloud 1. The remote powershell SDK authenticates directly to Citrix Cloud in order to enumerate available Host resources. 2. The Citrix provisioning console then authenticates directly to the Host to enumerate Target device details from the host. As a result the machine where the wizard is run needs to have network access both to citrix cloud and direct network access to the on prem hypervisor .

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131239
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/current-release/configure/cloud-connector.html