VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 174

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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,"
a View Composer Persistent Disk to Another Linked-Clone Desktop,"
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.
5 Choose whether to delete the disk from the datastore or let it remain on the datastore after it is removed
from View Manager.
Option
Delete from disk
Delete from View Manager only
6 Click OK.
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Description
After the deletion, the persistent disk no longer exists.
After the deletion, the persistent disk is no longer accessible in View Manager
but remains on the datastore.
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