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Configure Personality Data on the Target Devices

For Citrix XenDesktop configure the personality data once you create the catalogs using the XenDesktop setup wizard or Streamed VM setup wizard, and before the desktop group(s) are created out of the machines.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Target Device Properties dialog in Citrix Provisioning Services Console for a virtual desktop.
2. Click the Personality tab and add the following parameters:

   CA_DSM_ISDBPATH

   Specifies the path where the instance software database is stored. The path can be local or network depending on the pool type. Specify a network path for nonpersistent pools and local or network path for persistent pools (difference mode vDisk based virtual desktops groups in XenDesktop where the desktop assignment is fixed).

   In the later case, specifying a local path is only possible if the persistent disk associated with the virtual desktop is available. Environment variables and predefined macros like {SCALABILITY_SERVER} and {GROUP_NAME} are allowed as part of the path.

   Example: \\{SCALABILITY_SERVER}\{GROUP_NAME}\%COMPUTERNAME%

   {GROUP_NAME}

   Returns the desktop group name of the virtual desktop. This macro is applicable only for Citrix XenDesktop.

   {SCALABILITY_SERVER}

   Returns the scalability server to which the virtual desktop reports to. By default, virtual desktops report to the same scalability server that the golden template or vDisk reports to. If you have changed the scalability server assignment explicitly, the macro returns the new scalability server name.

   CA_DSM_ISDBUSER

   Specifies the name of the Instance software database user in an encrypted form. The user name is encrypted using the sd_acmd encrypt command.

   CA_DSM_ISDBPASSWORD

   Specifies the encrypted instance software database password in an encrypted form. The password is encrypted using the sd_acmd encrypt command.

   CA_DSM_RUN

   Specifies when to execute the Offline RAC process. Valid values are OnRecompose and OnLogon.

   OnRecompose

   Specifies that the Offline RAC is initiated when the desktop starts after a reset or snapshot update (in case of Citrix MCS) and vDisk update or reset (in case of streamed virtual desktops).

   Use this option for desktop groups where the desktop assignment to users is fixed, such as pooled static desktops and desktops that are based on difference mode vDisks.

   OnLogon

   Specifies that Offline RAC is initiated on user logon.

   Use this option for pooled desktop groups where the desktop assignment to the users varies from session to session such as pooled random desktops and pooled desktops that are based on standard mode vDisks.

3. Save the properties.

   The virtual desktop is configured to include the instance software state database details.

4. Do one of the following tasks:
   • Perform steps 1 through 3 on all the virtual desktops.
   • Copy the parameters from a desktop to all the virtual desktops.

You have now configured personality data on the target devices.

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