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Rapid Provisioning Bulk Virtual Machines using SCVMM and Hyper-V; Creating Full Clones for XenDesktop or Microsoft VDI

Over the last several years I've written a number of PowerShell scripts, ranging in complexity from one-liners to very complex multi-function modular packages for distribution (See the Citrix Chained Reboot Scripts for XenApp and XenDesktop for an example of one of my more complex scripts). As I've discovered, scripting in PowerShell is an adaptive process, easily allowing you to take bits and pieces from a previous script to feed into the next. Well, that's just what I've done with this SCVMM/Hyper-V script to create Full VM Clones for Citrix XenDesktop or Microsoft VDI. See below for a demo of the [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|April 6th, 2014|Citrix, Microsoft|9 Comments

Deploying Generation 2 (Gen2) Virtual Machines from SCVMM 2012 R2 Templates Fails with Error (23352)

Trying to deploy Generation 2 (Gen2) Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machines from System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) templates over the weekend, I found consistent failures with Error (23352): Error (23352) VMM cannot find the device or this device is not valid for a boot device. Recommended Action Make sure you specify a valid device as a boot device. On the Details tab, the deployment task fails at "Change properties of virtual machine." Digging a bit on the web, I found these symptoms matched the following TechNet forum thread: Cannot create VM from Gen2 template The resolution to the [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|December 14th, 2013|Microsoft|0 Comments

Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V MDT 2013 Deployment Comparing Gen1 to Gen2 Legacy/Synthetic Network Boot

Having fun on a Saturday, recorded this nice benchmark showing the improvements booting from the network between Hyper-V Gen1 VMs w/Legacy vs. Gen2 VMs w/Synthetic. For more details, check out Aidan's blog (http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=14913) or Technet for more details on Gen2 VMs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvGcp7ZRSxw&amp;feature=youtu.be The Gen1 w/Legacy took about 11 minutes end to end while the Gen2 w/Synthetic finished in about 8 minutes. As always, if you have any questions, comments, or just want to leave feedback, please do so below. Thanks for reading! @youngtech

By Dane Young, MBA|November 9th, 2013|Microsoft|0 Comments