5.2

With linked-clone desktops, vCenter Server always deletes the virtual machines from disk.
IMPORTANT
Do not delete the virtual machines in vCenter Server before you delete a desktop pool with View
Administrator. This action could put View components into an inconsistent state.
Procedure
1
In View Administrator, click Inventory > Pools.
2 Select a desktop pool and click Delete.
3 Choose how to delete the pool.
Option Description
Pool that contains full virtual-
machine desktops
Choose whether to keep or delete the virtual machines in vCenter Server.
If you delete the virtual machines from disk, users in active sessions are
disconnected from their desktops.
If you keep the virtual machines in vCenter Server, choose whether to let
users
in active sessions stay connected to their desktops or disconnect them.
Linked-clone pool with View
Composer persistent disks
Choose whether to detach or delete the persistent disks when the desktops
are deleted.
In
both cases, vCenter Server deletes the linked-clone virtual machines from
disk. Users in currently active sessions are disconnected from their linked-
clone desktops.
If you detach a persistent disk, the linked-clone desktop that contained the
persistent disk can be recreated, or the persistent disk can be attached to
another desktop. You can store detached persistent disks in the same
datastore or a different one. If you select a different datastore, you cannot
store detached persistent disks on a local datastore. You must use a shared
datastore.
You can only detach persistent disks that were created in View 4.5 or later
releases.
Linked-clone pool without View
Composer persistent disks
vCenter Server deletes the linked-clone virtual machines from disk. Users in
currently
active sessions are disconnected from their linked-clone desktops.
The
desktop pool is removed from View Connection Server. If you keep the virtual machines in vCenter Server,
View Manager cannot access them.
When you delete a desktop pool from View Manager, linked-clone computer accounts are removed from Active
Directory. Full virtual machine accounts remain in Active Directory. To remove these accounts, you must
manually delete them from Active Directory.
When you delete a pool that contains local desktops, the datacenter copies of the desktops are removed from
View Manager. The local desktops no longer function when the clients contact View Connection Server or the
maximum time without server contact is exceeded. If you choose to keep full virtual machines in vCenter
Server or detach and save View Composer persistent disks, changes that users made on their local desktops
since the last replication or check-out are not preserved in the virtual machines or persistent disks.
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