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Delete Desktops from View Manager
When you delete desktops from View Manager, users can no longer access the desktops.
Users in currently active sessions can continue to use full virtual-machine desktops if you keep the virtual
machines in vCenter Server. After the users log off, they cannot access the deleted desktops.
With linked-clone desktops, vCenter Server always deletes the virtual machines from disk.
NOTE Do not delete the virtual machines in vCenter Server before you delete desktops with View
Administrator. This action could put View components into an inconsistent state.
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, it can be attached to another desktop. You can
store detached persistent disks in the same datastore or a different one.
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.
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