OS upgrade on a Citrix Provisioning Server

[Robert Madrian]

Hello,

We have two PVS Servers 1912 LTSR CU4 on Windows Server 2012R2 and want to upgrade the OS to Windows Server 2019.

we know the KB Article https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX277841 but I want to upgrade without adding a Servers with new names/ip 

but I want to shutdown one of the two servers - install a new one on Server 2019 with the same Name and IP and config and want to join the new one to the Farm (Configuration Wizard) so I must not change the bootstrap for all our VMS..

 

is this save and possible - any expiriences?

 

Robert

[Sjoerd Van den Nieuwenhof]

Hi,

 

Yes this is possible, PVS will see the same name within the console and even server settings from the console are kept. 

So yes this is an option, you mis the load balancing feature during this process.

[Robert Madrian]

Thanks

[Garuda Illo1709164060]

Could we do an OS in place upgrade without building a new server on a pair of PVS servers? I know it's not recommended, but will PVS continue to work if we do one at a time and load balance over?