Storage for VMs

Select different storage types for virtual machines in Azure environments that use MCS. For target VMs, MCS supports:

• OS disk: premium SSD, SSD, or HDD
• Write-back cache disk: premium SSD, SSD, or HDD

When using these storage types, consider the following:

• Ensure that your VM supports the selected storage type.
• If your configuration uses an Azure ephemeral disk, you do not get the option for write-back cache disk setting.

Tip:

StorageType is configured for an OS type and storage account. WBCDiskStorageType is configured for write-back cache storage type. For a normal catalog, StorageType is required. If WBCDiskStorageType is not configured, the StorageType is used as the default for WBCDiskStorageType.

If WBCDiskStorageType is not configured, then StorageType is used as the default for WBCDiskStorageType

Configure storage types for VMs

To configure storage types for VMs, use the StorageType parameter in New-ProvScheme. To update the value of the StorageType parameter in an existing catalog to one of the supported storage types use Set-ProvScheme command.

The following is an example set of the CustomProperties parameter in a provisioning scheme:

Set-ProvScheme -ProvisioningSchemeName catalog-name -CustomProperties '<CustomProperties xmlns="http://schemas.citrix.com/2014/xd/machinecreation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Property xsi:type="StringProperty" Name="UseManagedDisks" Value="true" />
<Property xsi:type="StringProperty" Name="StorageType" Value="Premium_LRS" />
<Property xsi:type="StringProperty" Name="LicenseType" Value="Windows_Client" />
</CustomProperties>'
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Where to go next

• To manage catalogs, see Manage machine catalogs and Manage a Microsoft Azure catalog.

• For information on features related to storage, see:

  • Azure ephemeral disks
  • Write-back cache disk

• For information on other specific features, see:

  • Encryption

More information

• To review the entire configuration process, see Plan and build a deployment.
• Create and manage connections and resources
• Connection to Microsoft Azure Resource Manager
• Create machine catalogs
• Create a Microsoft Azure catalog test