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Table 5‑1. Worksheet: Configuration Options for Creating a Linked-Clone Desktop Pool (Continued)
Option Description Fill In Your Value Here
Select separate datastores for
replica and OS disks
(Available only if you do not use Virtual SAN)
You can store the replica (master) virtual
machine disk on a high performance datastore
and the linked clones on separate datastores.
For details, see “Storing View Composer Replicas
and Linked Clones on Separate Datastores,” on
page 194.
If you store replicas and OS disks on separate
datastores, native NFS snapshots cannot be used.
Native cloning on a NAS device can only take
place if the replica and OS disks are stored on the
same datastores.
Parent VM Select the parent virtual machine for the pool.
NOTE You cannot use View Composer to deploy
machines that run Windows Vista Ultimate
Edition or Windows XP Professional SP1.
Snapshot (default image) Select the snapshot of the parent virtual machine
to use as the base image for the pool.
Do not delete the snapshot and parent virtual
machine from vCenter Server, unless no linked
clones in the pool use the default image, and no
more linked clones will be created from this
default image. The system requires the parent
virtual machine and snapshot to provision new
linked clones in the pool, according to pool
policies. The parent virtual machine and
snapshot are also required for View Composer
maintenance operations.
VM folder location Select the folder in vCenter Server in which the
desktop pool resides.
Host or cluster Select the ESXi host or cluster on which the
desktop virtual machines run.
In vSphere 5.1 or later, you can select a cluster
with up to 32 ESXi hosts if the replicas are stored
on VMFS5 or later datastores or NFS datastores.
If you store replicas on a VMFS version earlier
than VMFS5, a cluster can have at most eight
hosts.
In vSphere 5.0, you can select a cluster with more
than eight ESXi hosts if the replicas are stored on
NFS datastores. If you store replicas on VMFS
datastores, a cluster can have at most eight hosts.
See “Configuring Desktop Pools on Clusters
With More Than Eight Hosts,” on page 125.
Resource pool Select the vCenter Server resource pool in which
the desktop pool resides.
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