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Detach a View Composer Persistent Disk
When you detach a View Composer persistent disk from a linked-clone desktop, the disk is stored and the
linked
clone is deleted. By detaching a persistent disk, you can store and reuse user-specific information with
another desktop.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Persistent disks.
2 Select the persistent disk to detach.
3 Click Detach.
4 Choose where to store the persistent disk.
Option Description
Use current datastore
Store the persistent disk on the datastore where it is currently located.
Use the following datastore
Select a new datastore on which to store the persistent disk. Click Browse,
click the down arrow, and select a new datastore from the Choose a
Datastore menu.
You cannot select a local datastore to store a detached persistent disk. You
must use a shared datastore.
The View Composer persistent disk is saved on the datastore. The linked-clone desktop is deleted and does
not appear in View Administrator.
Attach a View Composer Persistent Disk to Another Linked-Clone Desktop
You can attach a detached persistent disk to another linked-clone desktop. Attaching a persistent disk makes
the user settings and information in the disk available to the user of the other desktop.
You attach a detached persistent disk as a secondary disk on the selected linked-clone desktop. The new
desktop
user has access to the secondary disk and to the existing user information and settings on the desktop.
Prerequisites
Verify that the selected desktop uses the same operating system as the linked clone in which the persistent
disk was created.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Persistent disks.
2 Click the Detached tab.
3 Select the persistent disk.
4 Click Attach.
5 Select a linked-clone desktop to which to attach the persistent disk.
6 Select Attach as a secondary disk.
7 Click Finish.
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