
The new machine must be a Template and not a regular virtual machine. In the vSphere Client, right-click the original virtual machine, expand Clone, and click Clone to Template.
Edit the Settings of the virtual machine and make sure there is a blank, formatted cache disk.Shut down the original virtual machine.The easiest way to preserve the hardware configuration is to clone the original virtual machine. The hardware of the additional target devices must match the original virtual machine so the drivers contained in the vDisk continue to function.
2018 Apr 1 – in XenDesktop Setup Wizard section, added links to Start-PvsProvisionXdMachines at What’s New in Provisioning Services 7.17 at Citrix Docs, and Chris Twiest Create new Citrix Provisioning target devices, including VMware VM’s, DHCP reservation and AD accounts from a CSV file with PowerShell. 2018 Sep 3 – replaced Provisioning Services with Citrix Provisioning. 2018 Nov 7 – XenDesktop Setup Wizard – added link to Ray Reyes Automate PVS Target Device and VM Creation. 2019 Jun 23 – Citrix Studio Catalog of Citrix Provisioning Machines – new Export Devices wizard in Provisioning 1906. Citrix Studio Machine Catalog of Citrix Provisioning Machines. This article applies to all 7.x versions of Citrix Provisioning, including 2212, LTSR 2203 CU2, LTSR 1912 CU6, and LTSR 7.15.45 (aka LTSR 7.15 CU9).