[THIN] Re: Automating Citrix installations
- From: "Andrew Wood" <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:06:15 +0100
Angela,
The team I'm working with has got a document/white paper that should be out
soon that demonstrates using Microsoft's ADS service to deploy & manage a
citrix server farm.
The process utilises the ADS functionality to allow admins to create a
server build that can be deployed for zdcs/wi/silo servers. The w2k3+sp1 &
MPS4 builds are all pretty much fully automated (some SSL relay components
require an administrator to add a server cert). The build scripts that
include a good deal of the tuning stuff that's in the public domain.
ADS is also utilised for application deployment & patch management. We've
utilised ads rather than IM as at present I don't think you can script an IM
process :(
Its not 2 hours tho' - its more like 50 mins. I can look at putting some
extra sleep statements in if you like?
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Angela Smith
Sent: 27 March 2006 11:47
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Automating Citrix installations
Hi
Im looking at designing a new Citrix Presentation Server 4 farm and wish to
automate as much as possible. I was originally going to use Ghost but am
now looking at the following:
- Scripting the OS (Windows 2003 R2) - unattend.txt or equivalent
- Scripting Citrix Presentation Server 4
- Automate Installation Manager so it installs base applications on the new
server
- Server tweaks / customisations
Is this possible? I basically want a process where I can set and forget -
come back 2 hours later to a server that is ready to go. Im aiming for
total automation but I know its probably not possible. If I can automate
the OS + Citrix then I'll be happy. Id like a process I can give to any
technician and guarantee the same server config.
Are there any sites that assist with the scripting required to do this as I
cant script very well... Does anyone have any intelligent scripts they are
happy to share?
Any help appreciated
Thanks
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