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8Editthebaseimageusedbytheselecteddesktoppool.
Ifyouwanttoanchortheclonesinthedesktoppooltoadifferentsnapshot
withinthesamebaseimage,selectanewsnapshotfromthelistprovided.
IfyouwanttochangethecurrentbaseimagetothatofanewParentVM,click
ChangeandselectanewvirtualmachinetobetheMasterVMforthepool
fromthosehighlightedinthelist.ClickOK.
ClickNext.
9Schedulewhenyouwanttherecompositioneventtotake
place(thedefaultisset
tothecurrenttime,andthereforeimmediately).
Ifyouwantanycurrentlyconnecteduserstobeloggedoffassoonasthe
recomposeeventstarts,selectForceUserstologoff.
Ifyouwantthesystemtowaituntilauserhasdisconnectedbeforeinitiating
arecompositionoftheirdesktop,selectWaitforuserstologoff.
10 TheReadytoCompletepageisdisplayed.Thispageprovidesasummaryofthe
recomposetask,includingwhichsnapshotwillbeused,whenthe
taskis
scheduledtostart,andhowmanyvirtualmachineswillbeaffected.
Ifyouare satisfiedthattheinformationdisplayedonthispageiscorrect,click
Finishtostarttherecomposition.
To rebalance a linked clone desktop pool
1FromwithinViewAdministrator ,clickDesktopsandPoolstodisplaythedesktop
page.
2EnsurethattheInventorytabisselected
intheleftpaneandselectthedesktop
poolyouwanttorebalance.
3Intherightpane,selecttheDesktopSourcestab.
4 Selectoneormoredesktopsfromthedesktopsourcelistprovided.Youdonot
havetoselectanydesktopsifyouintendtorebalancetheentirepool.
N
OTEIfyouselectthisoption,connecteduserswillbenotifiedpriorto
disconnectionandgiventheopportunitytoclosetheirapplicationsandlog
out.ThenotificationmessagecanbeaccessedfromwithintheGlobalSettings
sectionoftheconfigurationpage.