How i configured my systems for MCS/PVS Run the Slunk service as a Domain services account. Make the service account a administrator in you XenDesktop environment Take OWNER of the Splunk directory on the server/workstation with local administrators group Ensure the local administrators group has full rights to the folder structure, or allow inheritance. Make the service account a local administrator on your server, give it the Login As a Service right Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -force on your MCS or PVS gold image to allow the .ps1 scripts Create a startup task Set system environment variable SPLUNK_HOME C:(install folder) Start task, executes 1 minutes after system startup C: CD C:(install folder)\bin C:(install folder)\bin\splunk.exe stop splunkd rest POST /services/server/settings/settings host=%COMPUTERNAME% splunkd rest POST /services/server/settings/settings serverName=%COMPUTERNAME% C:(install folder)\bin\splunk.exe start ,How i configured my systems for MCS/PVS Run the Slunk service as a Domain services account. Make the service account a administrator in you XenDesktop environment Take OWNER of the Splunk directory on the server/workstation with local administrators group Ensure the local administrators group has full rights to the folder structure, or allow inheritance. Make the service account a local administrator on your server, give it the Login As a Service right Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -force on your MCS or PVS gold image to allow the .ps1 scripts Create a startup task Set system environment variable SPLUNK_HOME C:(install folder) Start task, executes 1 minutes after system startup C: CD C:(install folder)\bin C:(install folder)\bin\splunk.exe stop splunkd rest POST /services/server/settings/settings host=%COMPUTERNAME% splunkd rest POST /services/server/settings/settings serverName=%COMPUTERNAME% C:(install folder)\bin\splunk.exe start ... View more