How to configure Citrix VDI with UPL (Personal vDisk) to reboot after logoff

When you use Citrix VDI with user personalization layer (UPL), it is necessary to configure 2 options. If you don’t, the PvD (Personal vDisk) will not be saved correctly and the VDI is not available for use. 

First off all you need to ensure that the Power Management settings for the Delivery Group that you want to configure are set correctly. Example: only on weekdays from 8:00 AM till 06:00 PM.

• On the DDC, open Powershell and run this command: Get -BrokerDesktopGroup. You will see all the Delivery Groups and there settings in your environment. 

• Locate the Desktop Delivery Group that you want to configure and look these settings up: ShutdownDesktopAfterUse and AutomaticPowerOnForAssigned. If this settings are set on $False you will need to change it.

• In Powershell run this command: Set-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name “DeliveryGroupName”  -ShutdownDesktopAfterUse $True and Set-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name “DeliveryGroupName”  – AutomaticPowerOnForAssigned $True

To ensure the settings are changed you can run again: Get -BrokerDesktopGroup. Now you will see that the 2 settings are changed to $True.

Now your Delivery Group with VDI’s is set correctly for use. When a user uses his VDI now and logs off the VDI will automatically shut down and start up. The Personal vDisk is now ready to be used again on a VDI.