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1Y0-201 · Question #29

A Citrix Administrator needs to update a master image to deliver an updated application to Desktop OS machines. Which steps should the administrator take next to complete the update of the Desktop…

The correct answer is C. Update the master image, then update the session machine catalog. In Citrix MCS environments, updating Desktop OS machines requires updating the master image first, then applying that image to the machine catalog.

Managing Applications and Desktops

Question

A Citrix Administrator needs to update a master image to deliver an updated application to Desktop OS machines. Which steps should the administrator take next to complete the update of the Desktop OS machines?

Options

  • AUpdate the master image, then update the Delivery Group.
  • BUpdate a Desktop OS machine, then update the Delivery Group.
  • CUpdate the master image, then update the session machine catalog.
  • DUpdate a Desktop OS machine, then update the session machine catalog.

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    92% (44)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

In Citrix MCS environments, updating Desktop OS machines requires updating the master image first, then applying that image to the machine catalog.

AUpdate the master image, then update the Delivery Group.

Delivery Groups reference machine catalogs, not master images directly, so updating the Delivery Group does not propagate a new image to Desktop OS machines.

BUpdate a Desktop OS machine, then update the Delivery Group.

Manually updating an individual Desktop OS machine bypasses MCS and does not scale the change to the rest of the provisioned machines in the catalog.

CUpdate the master image, then update the session machine catalog.Correct

In Machine Creation Services, the master image is the source of truth for provisioned machines. After updating the master image, the administrator must update the machine catalog in Citrix Studio, which pushes the new image to all machines in that catalog. The Delivery Group does not need to be updated for image changes - it references the catalog, not the image directly.

DUpdate a Desktop OS machine, then update the session machine catalog.

Updating an individual Desktop OS machine and then the catalog is incorrect because catalog updates pull from the master image snapshot, not from a manually updated machine.

Concept tested: Citrix MCS master image update workflow for machine catalogs

Source: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/install-configure/machine-catalogs-manage.html

Topics

#master image#machine catalog#MCS#application update

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