1Y0-203 · Question #106
Scenario: A Citrix Administrator will use PowerShell to configure a new restart schedule for the Windows 2016 Server OS group named "Win2016-ServerOS" within the company's XenDesktop infrastructure…
The correct answer is D. New-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 -Name XYZ-ServerOS-DailyReboot- DesktopGroupName. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Scenario: A Citrix Administrator will use PowerShell to configure a new restart schedule for the Windows 2016 Server OS group named "Win2016-ServerOS" within the company's XenDesktop infrastructure. The administrator needs the machines in the Server OS group to restart at a time when NO users will be accessing them: beginning at 23:00 h (11 PM) each day, with 30-minute intervals between each machine restart. Which PowerShell command should the administrator use?
Options
- ASet-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 -Name XYZ-ServerOS-DailyReboot-DesktopGroupName
- BSet-BrokerRebootSchedule -Name XYZ-ServerOS-DailyReboot-DesktopGroupName Win2016-
- CNew-BrokerRebootSchedule -Name XYZ-ServerOS-DailyReboot-DesktopGroupName Win2016-
- DNew-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 -Name XYZ-ServerOS-DailyReboot- DesktopGroupName
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A3% (1)
- B16% (5)
- C6% (2)
- D75% (24)
Community Discussion
5D is your answer. Think of it like scheduling a new recurring alarm on your phone versus editing one that already exists, New-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 is the cmdlet that creates a brand-new reboot schedule object in the Broker, and you need the V2 version specifically because XenDesktop 7.x (and the 1Y0-203 exam domain) uses the updated V2 schedule model that supports the granular options like stagger intervals and time-of-day settings that this scenario calls for.
D is correct, and the key discriminator here is the New prefix combined with the V2 suffix. New-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 is the cmdlet that creates a reboot schedule from scratch in XenDesktop 7.x environments, and the V2 variant is required because it introduces the RebootDuration and StartTime parameters that make the 23:00 start and 30-minute stagger window possible. A quick mnemonic for the exam is "New needs V2 to stagger the queue," reminding you that Set modifies an existing schedule while New creates one, and only the V2 version carries the granular timing controls tested in the 1Y0-203 blueprint under section Managing Machine Catalogs and Delivery Groups.
Saw something almost identical on my exam last month and almost got tripped up between C and D. The key is that V2 is required for the newer reboot schedule cmdlets in XenDesktop 7.x and later, and since you are creating a brand new schedule (not modifying an existing one), you need New- not Set-, so D is the only one that makes sense.
I almost picked C, but V2 is the current cmdlet for XenDesktop 7.x.
Saw this exact trap on my 1Y0-203, Set vs New gets you every time. New-BrokerRebootScheduleV2 creates, Set modifies an existing one.