Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops SDK

New-ProvImageDefinition

Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2303

Create a new image definition.

Syntax

New-ProvImageDefinition
   [-ImageDefinitionName] <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -OsType <OsType>
   -VDASessionSupport <VDASessionSupport>
   [-Metadata <Hashtable>]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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Description

Lets you create a new image definition. An image definition can contain multiple image versions (See New-ProvImageVersion). The image definition defines basic information of all its image versions.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Create a new image definition with name “MyImage”.

New-ProvImageDefinition ImageDefinitionName MyImage -OsType Windows -VDASessionSupport MultiSession -Description "Windows image"

  CreateTime              : 1/1/2022 12:00:00
  Description             : Windows image
  OsType                  : Windows
  VDASessionSupport       : MultiSession
  ImageDefinitionName     : MyImage
  ImageDefinitionUid      : 7585f0de-192e-4847-a6d8-22713c3a2f42
  LatestVersion           : 0
  VersionsCount           : 0
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Parameters

-OsType

A value indicating the OS type for the image definition.

Type: OsType
Accepted values: Windows, Linux
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-VDASessionSupport

A value indicating the VDA session support for the image definition.

Type: VDASessionSupport
Accepted values: MultiSession, SingleSession
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2402

-ImageDefinitionName

The name of the image definition to be created.

Type: String
Position: 2
Default value: None
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Length range: 1 to 64
Disallowed characters: \/;:#.*?=<>\|[]()"'
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2402

-Description

A value indicating the image description.

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Metadata

The metadata to be associated with this image definition.

Type: Hashtable
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Introduced in: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2402

-LoggingId

Specifies the identifier of the high-level operation this cmdlet call forms a part of. Citrix Studio and 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.

Type: Guid
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CitrixCommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common Citrix parameters: -AdminAddress, -AdminClientIP, -BearerToken, -TraceParent, -TraceState and -VirtualSiteId. For more information, see about_CitrixCommonParameters.

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

None

You can’t pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Outputs

Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.ImageDefinition

This object provides details of the image definitions and contains the following information:

CreationTime <DateTime>

The date and time when the image definition was created.

Description <string>

The description for this image definition.

OsType <string>

The OS type for this image definition.

VDASessionSupport <string>

The session support of VDA for this image definition.

ImageDefinitionName <string>

The name of this image Definition.

ImageDefinitionUid <Guid>

The unique identifier for this image definition.

LatestVersion <int>

The latest version number in this definition.

VersionsCount <int>

The total versions count in this definition.

Metadata <System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[string, string];>

The metadata to apply to the image definition, if specified.

Notes

In the case of failure, the following errors can result.

Error Codes


DatabaseError

An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation.

DatabaseNotConfigured

The operation could not be completed because the database for the service is not configured.

ServiceStatusInvalidDb

An error occurred in the service while attempting a database operation - communication with the database failed for

for various reasons.

CommunicationError

An error occurred while communicating with the service.

PermissionDenied

The user does not have administrative rights to perform this operation.

ConfigurationLoggingError

The operation could not be performed because of a configuration logging error.

ExceptionThrown

An unexpected error occurred. To locate more details, see the Windows event logs on the controller being used or examine the XenDesktop logs.

UnsupportedByServer

The requested operation is not supported by this version of the service.

New-ProvImageDefinition