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View Manager creates a linked-clone desktop for each persistent disk you select and adds the desktop to the
original pool.
The persistent disks remain on the datastore where they were stored.
Restore a Linked-Clone Desktop by Importing a Persistent Disk from vSphere
If a linked-clone desktop becomes inaccessible in View Manager, you can restore the desktop if it was
configured with a View Composer persistent disk. You can import the persistent disk from a vSphere datastore
into View Manager.
You import the persistent disk file as a detached persistent disk in View Manager. You can either attach the
detached disk to an existing desktop or recreate the original linked clone in View Manager.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Persistent Disks.
2 Click the Detached tab.
3 Click Import from vCenter.
4 Select a vCenter Server.
5 Select the datacenter where the disk file is located.
6 Select a linked-clone pool in which to create a new linked clone desktop with the persistent disk.
7 In the Persistent Disk File box, click Browse, click the down arrow, and select a datastore from the Choose
a Datastore menu.
8 Click the datastore name to display its disk storage files and virtual-machine files.
9 Select the persistent-disk file you want to import.
10 In the User box, click Browse, select a user to assign to the desktop, and click OK.
The disk file is imported into View Manager as a detached persistent disk.
What to do next
To restore the linked-clone desktop, you can recreate the original desktop or attach the detached persistent
disk to another desktop.
For details, see “Recreate a Linked-Clone Desktop With a Detached Persistent Disk,” on page 201 and “Attach
a View Composer Persistent Disk to Another Linked-Clone Desktop,” on page 200.
Delete a Detached View Composer Persistent Disk
When you delete a detached persistent disk, you can remove the disk from View Manager and leave it on the
datastore or delete the disk from View Manager and the datastore.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click Inventory > Persistent Disks.
2 Click the Detached tab.
3 Select the persistent disk.
4 Click Delete.
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