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Activities

 

Connect To PVS

 

This activity connects to a Provisioning Server host.

 

Disconnect From PVS

 

This activity disconnects from a Provisioning Server host.

 

Add vDisk

 

Add Device To Domain

This activity adds the device to the specified domain.

Add vDisk

This activity imports and adds a vDisk with a given name.

 

Append vDisk To Device

 

This activity adds a vDisk to an existing Device on Provisioning Server farm.

 

Set vDisk Build Version

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Connect To PVS

This activity connects to a Provisioning Server host.

Create Device

This activity sets creates a new value for the Build property of the specified vDisk.

 

Set Access Mode vDisk

 

This activity sets a new value for the Access Mode property of the specified vDisk.

 

Remove vDisk From Device

 

This activity removes the specified vDisk from the existing Device on Provisioning Server farm.

 

Remove vDisk

 

device on the Provisioning Server farm.

Disconnect From PVS

This activity disconnects from a Provisioning Server host.

Get vDisk Info

This activity returns a collection with the specified vDisk properties and their correspondent values on Provisioning Server farm.

Remove Device

This activity removes a specified device from Provisioning Server Farm.

Remove vDisk

This activity removes the specified vDisk from the Provisioning Server farm.

 

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Remove vDisk From Device

 

This activity creates a new device on the removes the specified vDisk from the existing Device on Provisioning Server farm. 

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Access Mode vDisk

 

This activity sets a new parameters for an existing device.

 

Add Device To Domain

 

This activity adds the device to the specified domain.

 

Remove Device

 

This activity removes a specified device from Provisioning Server Farm.

 

Get vDisk Info

 

This activity returns a collection with the specified vDisk properties and their correspondent values on Provisioning Server farm. value for the Access Mode property of the specified vDisk.

Set Device

This activity sets new parameters for an existing device.

Set vDisk Build Version

This activity sets a new value for the Build property of the specified vDisk.

 

 

Activities Parameters

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Connect To PVS

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Input values

This activity has seven input parameters of string type. The input values for "Username" , "Site IP" , "Server Domain" and Password Binding are given via IN arguments of type string. "Site Port" parameter has a default value "54321" which is the standard port for Citrix Provisioning Servers using PVS consoles. "Password Binding" parameter has no default value because its value must be given passed encrypted when run executing the task outside the flowster Design Studio (for example Admin User Portal).
The Password parameter is a Password editor type. If the password is to be embedded in the task, "Password" parameter is used then. The value for "Password" parameter is given via the Password editor. When clicked, the Password editor opens and the user may specifiy specify the desired password.
The "Protocol" parameter is a combobox, when clicked it displays a drop down list has a special drop-down editor and the user may choose selects from the list the desired option for this activity. The default value is "HTTP". IN arguments can be defined for drop-down editors but the value inserted as input must be equal to one of the drop-down list options.
 
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The output returned by this activity is stored to variable Connection:
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The input parameter Connection takes the value stored in the variable Connection, which contains the result of Connection To PVS activity. 
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The IN arguments "Username" , "SiteIP" , "ServerDomain" are defined with default value in the Parameters section,Arguments tab in Task Designer panel.

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Output values

The output value is stored in "Conn_PVS" variable of type CommandSetClient.The output value stored in "Conn_PVS" variable must be used as input for the "Connection" parameter from all activities placed under Citrix Provisioning Server category.

When defining the variable "Conn_PVS", the default variable type is string. The "Output" parameter is of type CommandSetClient . To define a variable of a different type than the default ones, select the "Browse for Types.." option from the "Variable Type" column.

"Browse and Select a .Net Type" window opens. In the Search field, type "CommandSetClient" and hit "Enter". After the results are displayed, select the CommandSetClient option and hit "Enter".

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The "Browse and Select a .Net Type" window will close and the "Conn_PVS" defined variable will be of type CommandSetClient like the type of the "Output" parameter from this activity. 

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Device Activities Sequence

 

Get vDisk Info

 

The Connection parameter takes the value stored in the variable defined for Connect To PVS activity.

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