5.2

Procedure
1
In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools.
2 Select the pool to recompose by double-clicking the pool ID in the left column.
3 Choose whether to recompose the whole pool or selected desktops.
Option Action
To recompose all desktops in the
pool
On the selected pool's page, click the Settings tab.
To recompose selected desktops
a On the selected pool's page, click the Inventory tab.
b
Select the desktops to recompose.
4
Click View Composer > Recompose.
5 Follow the wizard instructions to recompose the linked-clone desktops.
If you recompose the whole pool from the Settings tab, you can check the Change the default image for
new desktops box. With this setting, new desktops that are created in the pool use the updated base image.
This setting is checked by default.
On the Ready to Complete page, you can click Show Details to display the linked-clone desktops that will
be recomposed.
The linked-clone desktops are refreshed and updated. The OS disks are reduced to their original size.
In a dedicated-assignment pool, unassigned linked clones are deleted and recreated. The specified number of
spare desktops is maintained.
In a floating-assignment pool, all selected linked clones are recomposed.
In vCenter Server, you can monitor the progress of the recomposition on the linked-clone virtual machines.
In View Administrator, you can monitor the operation by clicking Inventory > Pools, selecting the pool ID,
and clicking the Tasks tab. You can click Cancel Task, Pause Task, orResume Task to terminate a task, suspend
a task, or resume a suspended task.
NOTE If you used a Sysprep customization specification to customize the linked clones when you created the
desktop pool, new SIDs might be generated for the recomposed virtual machines. For details, see
“Recomposing Linked Clones Customized with Sysprep,” on page 106.
Recompose Linked-Clone Desktops That Can Run in Local Mode
You
can recompose linked-clone desktops that can run in local mode. However, the desktops must be checked
in or rolled back to the datacenter before the recompose operation can take place.
Prerequisites
n
Familiarize yourself with the recomposition guidelines. See “Updating Linked Clones with Desktop
Recomposition,” on page 256.
n
Familiarize yourself with the procedure for updating the base image and recomposing linked-clone
desktops. See “Prepare a Parent Virtual Machine to Recompose Linked-Clone Desktops,” on page 253 and
“Recompose Linked-Clone Desktops,” on page 254.
n
Familiarize yourself with the procedure for publishing base images to the Transfer Server repository. See
“Publish Package Files in the Transfer Server Repository,” on page 316.
Procedure
1 Check in or roll back the local, linked-clone desktops that were created from the base image.
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