Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) is a component of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that manages images for virtual machines (VMs). It creates a catalog of VMs that are provisioned and imaged using MCS.
Topics covered in MCS basics:
- Image management: MCS can manage images for shared or dedicated machines.
- Orchestration: MCS orchestrates the image build process by telling the hypervisor what and where to do.
- Hypervisor APIs: MCS uses hypervisor APIs to create copies of linked clones from a master VM.
- Master image: MCS copies images cloned from a master image to VMs.
- VM catalog: MCS creates a catalog of VMs that are provisioned and imaged using MCS.
- Design: The design of an MCS environment is influenced by the hypervisor and storage used.
Related topics
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Citrix Provisioning (PVS)An alternative to MCS for provisioning VMs. PVS streams the master image to user devices.
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Citrix DirectorA web-based tool that helps monitor environments, troubleshoot issues, and perform support tasks.
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Delivery Controller (DC)Authenticates users manage the assembly of users’ virtual desktop environments, and brokers connections between users and their virtual desktops.
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