Support for replicated vDisk storage
Citrix Provisioning supports the replication of a vDisk on stores that are local,local/attached
storage on provisioned servers, and contained within a site.
复制considerations include:
- All Citrix Provisioning servers must have network connectivity with all other servers in the farm.
- 复制must be properly configured to function with Citrix Provisioning and meet all requirements.
- Replicated files include:
*.vhdx
,*.avhdx
, and*.pvp
. If you are importing existing vDisks, the*.xml
manifest files can also be replicated. The*.lok
files are not replicated. - It is not necessary to shut down a server during the replication process.
- Store path must be set for each provisioning server.
Note:
If you are setting an override store path on the server’sPropertiesdialog, the path must be set before creating a version of the vDisk. Because this path information is stored and referenced in the
.vhdx
头信息,改变the path after versioning can cause unexpected results. - Necessary storage must be available and have read/write access.
Note:
While DFS Replication can be used with Citrix Provisioning, DFS Namespaces are not supported as store paths.
The following illustration shows a replication scenario where a version is not available to all servers from local storage.
The replication status can be viewed for a particular version of a vDisk or for all versions of a vDisk.
Troubleshooting and viewing replication status for a particular vDisk
Citrix Provisioning allows users to view the availability of replicated vDisks to provisioning servers within a farm.
- Right-click on a vDisk in the Citrix Provisioning console, then select theVersionsmenu option. ThevDisk Versionsdialog appears.
- Highlight a version in the dialog, then click复制. ThevDisk Version Replication Statusdialog displays showing the replication status availability for each server that can provide this version of the vDisk.
- If a version is inMaintenance(hammer icon),Test(magnifying glass), orPending(hour glass) states, that state displays in the first row.
- Ablue checkmarkindicates that the server has access to this version.
- Anorange warningindicates that a server currently does not have access to one or more versions of this vDisk. The version that is missing, or has an issue, has an orange warning under that version column.
Troubleshooting and viewing replication status for all versions of a vDisk
- Right-click on a vDisk in the console, then select the复制Statusmenu option. ThevDisk Version Replication Statusdialog appears.
- The服务器column lists all servers that can provide this vDisk and the general replication status of that server. TheVersioncolumn lists each version of the vDisk and that versions individual replication status.
- If a version is inMaintenance(hammer icon),Test(magnifying glass), orPending(hour glass) states, that state displays in the first row.
- Ablue checkmarkindicates that the server has access to this version.
- Anorange warningindicates that a server currently does not have access to one or more versions of this vDisk. The version that is missing, or has an issue, has an orange warning under that version column.