Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops SDK

Start-Brokerrebootcycle

Creates and starts a reboot cycle for each desktop group that contains machines from the specified catalog.

Syntax

Start-BrokerRebootCycle [-InputObject] <Catalog[]> -RebootDuration <Int32> [-WarningDuration <Int32>] [-WarningTitle <String>] [-WarningMessage <String>] [-WarningRepeatInterval <Int32>] [-LoggingId <Guid>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [-BearerToken <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
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Detailed Description

The Start-BrokerRebootCycle cmdlet is used to create and start a reboot cycle for each desktop group that contains machines from the specified catalog. For a given desktop group, only the machines from the target catalog are rebooted and any machines from other catalogs are not rebooted.

Creating a reboot cycle for catalog ensures that all machines in the catalog are running the most recent image for the catalog and that all PvD image updates have been performed.

Parameters

Name Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value
InputObject Creates a reboot cycle for each desktop group that contains machines from this input catalog SDK object. The catalogs can be specified using UID values, name values (including wildcards) or catalog objects. true true (ByValue)  
RebootDuration Approximate maximum duration in minutes over which the reboot cycle runs. true false  
WarningDuration Time in minutes prior to a machine reboot at which a warning message is displayed in all user sessions on that machine. If the warning duration value is zero then no message is displayed. In some cases the time required to process a reboot cycle may exceed the RebootDuration time by up to the WarningDuration value; Citrix recommends that the WarningDuration is kept small relative to the RebootDuration value. false false  
WarningTitle The window title used when showing the warning message in user sessions on a machine scheduled for reboot. false false  
WarningMessage Warning message displayed in user sessions on a machine scheduled for reboot. If the message is blank then no message is displayed. The optional pattern ‘%m%’ is replaced by the number of minutes until the reboot. false false  
WarningRepeatInterval Number of minutes to wait before showing the reboot warning message again. false false  
LoggingId Specifies the identifier of the high level operation that this cmdlet call forms a part of. Desktop Studio and Desktop Director typically create High Level Operations. PowerShell scripts can also wrap a series of cmdlet calls in a High Level Operation by way of the Start-LogHighLevelOperation and Stop-LogHighLevelOperation cmdlets. false false  
AdminAddress Specifies the address of a XenDesktop controller that the PowerShell snapin will connect to. This can be provided as a host name or an IP address. false false Localhost. Once a value is provided by any cmdlet, this value will become the default.
BearerToken Specifies the bearer token assigned to the calling user false false  

Input Type

Citrix.Broker.Admin.Sdk.Catalog

Catalogs may be specified through pipeline input. The catalogs can be specified using UID values, name values (including wildcards) or catalog objects

Return Values

None

Examples

Example 1

C:\PS> Get-BrokerCatalog -Name "SampleCatalog" | Start-BrokerRebootCycle -RebootDuration 240 -WarningMessage "Save your work" -WarningDuration 15
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Description

Starts a new reboot cycle for each desktop group containing machines from the catalog “SampleCatalog”. Each reboot cycle has a duration of six hours. Fifteen minutes prior to rebooting a machine, the message “Save your work” is displayed in each active user session.

Example 2

C:\PS> Get-BrokerCatalog -Name "SampleCatalog" | Start-BrokerRebootCycle -WarningMessage "Rebooting in %m% minutes." -WarningDuration 15 -WarningRepeatInterval 5
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Description

Starts a new reboot cycle for each desktop group containing machines from the catalog “SampleCatalog”. Fifteen, ten and five minutes prior to rebooting each machine, the message “Rebooting in %m% minutes.” will be displayed in each user session with the pattern ‘%m%’ replaced with the number of minutes until the reboot.

Start-Brokerrebootcycle