5.2

Procedure
1
In View Administrator, click Inventory > Desktops.
2 Select one or more desktops and click Remove.
3 Choose how to delete the desktops.
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
desktops are removed from View Connection Server. If you keep the virtual machines in vCenter Server,
View Manager cannot access them.
When you delete desktops 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 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.
Export View Information to External Files
In View Administrator, you can export View table information to external files. You can export the tables that
list users and groups, pools, desktops, View Composer persistent disks, ThinApp applications, events, and
VDI sessions. You can view and manage the information in a spreadsheet or another tool.
For example, you might collect information about desktops that are managed by more than one View
Connection Server instance or group of replicated View Connection Server instances. You can export the
Desktops table from each View Administrator interface and view it in a spreadsheet.
When you export a View Administrator table, it is saved as a comma-separated cvs file. This feature exports
the entire table, not individual pages.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, display the table you want to export.
For example, click Inventory > Desktops to display the desktops table.
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