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13 (Optional)Thisstepappliestopersistentpoolsonlyanddetermineshowuserdata
isstoredbydesktopswithinthispool.
Ifyouwantuserdatatobepreservedafterarefreshorrecompositionevent,
selectRedirectuserprofiletoaseparatediskandspecifythemaximumsize
oftheuserdatadiskandassociateddriveletter.
Ifyouareusingmultipledatastores,youcanselectUsedifferentdatastores
foruserdata
disksandOSdisks.Thenyoucanchoosewhichdatastoresare
usedforwhichtypeofdataduringdatastoreselectioninStep 14.
Ifyoudonotwantuserdatatobepreservedafterarefreshorrecomposition
event,selectStoreuserprofileonthesamediskastheOS.Userdatais
retaineduntiloneoftheseeventsisperformedbytheadministratoror
executedautomaticallybypolicy.
Onceyouhaveconfiguredthe
userdatastoragecriteria,clickNext.
14 Selectoneormoredatastoresonwhichtostorethedesktoppool.Ifyoudonot
havesufficientspaceavailable,youmustaddfreespacebyselectinganadditional
datastore.
IfyouarecreatingapersistentpoolandyouselectedUsedifferentdatastoresfor
user
datadisksandOSdisksinStep 13,youcanclickthedownarrowinthe
Use Forcolumntospecifyhowthestoragespaceforthecorrespondingdatastore
isused.YoucanselectOSDataorUserData.
TheStorageOvercommitcolumnentrydetermineshowaggressivelythesystem
assignsnewvirtual
machinestothefreespaceavailableonadatastore.Asthelevel
increases,lessspacewillbereservedforindividualvirtualmachinegrowthbut
morevirtualmachineswillfitonthedatastore.Clicktheentrytomodifythe
aggressionlevelforeachdatastore.
CAUTIONDonotselectaletterthatcorrespondstoadrivethatisalready
presentontheParentVM.
NOTEForclusters,onlyshareddatastoresaresupported;everyhostinthecluster
mustbeconnectedtothedatastoretobeshown.
N
OTEYoumustallocatesufficientspaceforboththeoperatingsystemanduser
datainordertoproceed.