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1Y0-401 · Question #171

The Radiology group requires that changes on the virtual desktops be retained. Which configuration should the architect specify for the XenDesktop infrastructure?

The correct answer is C. Provisioning Services with Personal vDisk (PvD). To ensure changes are retained on virtual desktops for the Radiology group, the XenDesktop infrastructure should be configured with Provisioning Services using Personal vDisk (PvD).

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Question

The Radiology group requires that changes on the virtual desktops be retained. Which configuration should the architect specify for the XenDesktop infrastructure?

Options

  • AProvisioning Services with cache on server persistent
  • BProvisioning Services with cache on server
  • CProvisioning Services with Personal vDisk (PvD)
  • DProvisioning Services with standard image mode

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • C
    92% (36)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

To ensure changes are retained on virtual desktops for the Radiology group, the XenDesktop infrastructure should be configured with Provisioning Services using Personal vDisk (PvD).

AProvisioning Services with cache on server persistent

Provisioning Services with 'cache on server persistent' is a write cache optimization strategy for the PVS server itself and does not retain individual user changes on the virtual desktop.

BProvisioning Services with cache on server

Provisioning Services with 'cache on server' refers to a general write cache location on the PVS server and does not provide the capability to persist user-specific changes on the virtual desktop.

CProvisioning Services with Personal vDisk (PvD)Correct

Personal vDisk (PvD) is a XenDesktop feature that allows user-specific changes, installed applications, and user data to be persisted on a dedicated disk across reboots in a shared-image, non-persistent virtual desktop environment, meeting the requirement to retain changes.

DProvisioning Services with standard image mode

Provisioning Services with 'standard image mode' results in a non-persistent desktop where all user changes are discarded upon reboot, directly contradicting the requirement to retain changes.

Concept tested: Citrix PVS Virtual Desktop Personalization (PvD)

Source: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/current-release/configure/personal-vdisk.html

Topics

#Personal vDisk (PvD)#User persistence#XenDesktop configuration#Radiology group

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