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View Manager Administration Guide
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Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked
Clone Desktops
Youcanonlyrecompose,refresh,orrebalancelinkedclonedesktopsthatarepartofa
persistentpool.IfyouwanttochangetheParentVMofanonpersistentlinkedclone
desktoppoolyoumustmodifythepooldirectlybyusingthepooldeploymentwizard.
Thedeploymentwizardcanbeinvokedbycl
ickingEditonthesummarypageforthe
nonpersistentpool.
Ifyouwanttomakechangestothedatastoreprofile(addorremoveastorage,or
modifythepoolconfiguration)beforerebalancing,youmustfirstusetheEditDesktop
wizardtoreconfigurethepool.
To refresh a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,cl
ickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythe
desktoppage.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselectedinthelefthandpaneandselectthe
persistentdesktoppoolyouwanttorefresh.
3 Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
Torefreshtheentiredesktoppool,ensurethattheSummarytabisselectedin
therighthandpane.
Torefreshthedesktopsassignedtospecificusersinthedesktoppool,ensure
thattheUsersandGroupstabisselectedintherighthandpane.
Ifyouwanttorefreshthedesktopofoneormoreassignedusers,selectthe
correspondingcheckboxes.Youdonotneedtodothisifyo
uwanttorefresh
thedesktopsofallassignedusers.
Torefreshspecificdesktopsourcesinthepool,ensurethattheDesktop
Sourcestabisselectedintherighthandpane,select.
Ifyouwanttorefreshmultipledesktops,selectthecorrespondingcheck
boxes.Youdonotneedtodothisifyouwanttorefreshallthedesktopsinthe
pool.
N
OTERebalancingwillautomaticallyinitiatearefreshofthetargetdesktopor
desktops.Inaddition,onlydesktopsintheReady,Error,orCustomizingstatewithno
schedulesorpendingcancellationscanberebalanced.
CAUTIONDonotmodifytheParentVM(forexample,convertittoatemplate)from
withinVirtualCenterbeforeorduringanyoftheproceduresdescribedinthissection.