Administration

4 Choose how to delete the virtual-machine desktop.
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 virtual-
machine 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
remote desktops.
If you detach a persistent disk, the linked-clone virtual machine that
contained the persistent disk can be recreated, or the persistent disk can be
attached to another virtual machine. You can store detached persistent
disks in the same datastore or a different one. If you select a different
datastore, you cannot store detached persistent disks on a local datastore.
You must use a shared datastore.
You can only detach persistent disks that were created in View 4.5 or later
releases.
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 remote desktops.
The machines are removed from View Connection Server. If you keep the virtual machines in vCenter
Server, View cannot access them.
When you delete virtual-machine desktops, linked-clone virtual machine 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.
Managing Unmanaged Machines
In View Administrator, you can add and remove unmanaged machines from manual desktop pools and
remove registered machines from View. Unmanaged machines include physical computers and virtual
machines that are not managed by vCenter Server.
For information about deleting a desktop pool that contains unmanaged machines, see “Delete a Desktop
Pool,” on page 145.
When you reconfigure a setting that affects an unmanaged machine, it can take up to 10 minutes for the new
setting to take effect. For example, if you change the Message security mode in Global Settings or change the
Automatically logoff after disconnect setting for a pool, View might take up to 10 minutes to reconfigure
the affected unmanaged machines.
NOTE RDS hosts are also unmanaged machines, since they are not generated from a parent virtual machine
or template and managed by vCenter Server. RDS hosts support session-based desktops and applications
and are treated as a separate category. See “Managing RDS Hosts,” on page 161.
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