Citrix Provisioning

Sites

A site allows you to manage logical groupings of Citrix Provisioning servers, device collections, and local shared storage. A site administrator can perform any task that a device administrator or device operator within the same farm can perform.

A site administrator can also perform the following tasks:

Farm-level tasks:

Some site-level tasks include:

To create a site:

  1. Right-click on the sites folder in the farm where you want to add the new site. TheSite Propertiesdialog appears.
  2. On theGeneraltab, type the name and a description for the site in the appropriate text boxes.
  3. On theSecuritytab, clickAddto add security groups that have the site administrator rights in this site. TheAdd Security Groupdialog appears.
  4. Select the box next to each group to which you want to apply site administrator read-only privilege, then clickOK. Optionally, check theDomains/Group Namecheck box to select all groups in the list. The groups that are not selected will have read-write access.
  5. On theOptionstab, if new target devices are to be added using theAuto-Addfeature, select the collection where these target devices reside. Enable this feature first in theFarmproperties dialog.

To modify an existing site’s properties, right-click on the site in the Citrix Provisioning console, then selectProperties. Make modifications in theSite Propertiesdialog. The tabs in this dialog allow you to configure a site. Site administrators can also edit the properties of a site that they administer.

TheSite Propertiesdialog contains the following tabs.

General Tab:

  • Name:Type the name of this site in the textbox.
  • Description:Optional. Type the description of this site in the textbox.

Security Tab:

  • Add:ClickAddto open theAdd Security Groupsdialog. Select the box next to each group to which you want to apply site administrator read-only privilege. To add all groups that are listed, check theDomain\Group Namecheck box. The groups that are not selected will have read-write access.
  • Remove:ClickRemoveto remove site administrator read-only privileges of the selected groups. To remove all groups that are listed, check theDomain\Group Namecheck box.

MAK Tab:

  • Enter the administrator credentials used for Multiple Activation Key enabled Devices:MAK administrator credentials must be entered before target devices using MAK can be activated. The user must have administrator rights on all target devices that use MAK enabled vDisks and on all provisioning servers that stream those target devices. After entering the following information, clickOK:
    • User
    • Password

      Note:

      If credentials have not been entered and an activation attempt is made from theManage MAK Activationsdialog, an error message displays. TheMAKtab appears, allowing you to enter the credential information. After entering credentials, clickOKand theManage MAK Activationsdialog reappears.

Options Tab:

  • Auto-Add:Select the collection for the new target device from the menu. Enable this feature first in theFarmproperties dialog. Set the number of seconds to wait before Citrix Provisioning scans for new devices specified in theSeconds between inventory scansoption. The default is 60 seconds.

vDisk Update Tab:

  • Enable automatic vDisk updates on this site:Select this check box to enable automatic vDisks updates, then select the server running the updates for this site.
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